![]() Later, if you want to revert to the previous design, it is just a matter of a couple clicks. Typepad will make a copy of the design and convert the copy to the Advanced set. Put a check mark in the box to the left of the design name, then click "Convert To Advanced".ĭon't worry, the original design will not disappear. So if you named your test blog "Test Meta Tags", you'll see a design named "Test Meta Tags". TypePad will have used the new blog name as the name for the design. Toss up a test post, and publish the whole shebang.Ģ. Under "Change Layout" choose the number and placement of columns. ![]() Click the Design tab, "Change Theme", "Custom Theme" to choose, colors, borders, fonts. I usually name test blogs by what I am testing out "Test Meta Tags" for example. To create a new test blog, click on the "Weblogs" tab -> click "Create A New Weblog". Don't mess with your working blog until you've comfortably got the new thing figured out. I find this is always a good idea when testing new things in any environment. I just wanted to demonstrate the basic concept: TP "modules" blossom out into lines of standard HMTL. When the same blog page is published, and viewed with a browser, that one line of code will expand to look like thisĪctually there are several more lines in the expanded code, but I didn't want your eyes to glaze over. Blog pages generated by TypePad use a "module" system.įor example, if you look at the code for your blog's header while working within TypePad, it will look like this Keep in mind it is usually simplest to create as much of your design as possible with TypePad's wizards, before converting to Advanced Templates.įirst, allow me to bore you with a few sentences about how TypePad works. But since META TAGS can only be added in Advanced Templates, and everyone is anxious to work on their META TAGS, I'll go for it. I was going to put off talking about converting to TypePad Advanced Templates until after I'd written more posts about using the design wizards. If you want to check how how to add META tags in Basic Templates, read Teresa Boardman's post here Typepad and Meta Tags ( ) My post below describes how to manually add META tags in Advanced Templates.
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