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WOW - it has been a while!
But now that little Luke is home from the hospital, is now 3 months old (on Oct. 30th) and we're getting more into routines, I can now get back to writing my monthly newsletters and more frequent blog postings ( www.blogsbyheather.com).
There will be a new format to the newsletter as well:
- What's New
- What's Coming
- Blogger Tip
- Typepad Tip
- (WordPress Tip occasionally)
- Blog Maintenance Reminder
Enjoy!
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WHAT'S NEW!
Blogs By Heather is on the Typepad Experts Page!
I am proud to be part of the new Typepad Experts Launch! Click here view the all-star team! How cool is this? I'm very excited.
Typepad is offering many FREE webinars!
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WHAT'S COMING!
Blog Store Setup Services
This has become very popular amongst Stampin' Up! demonstratos. However, I can do a store setup for other customers for personal artwork or photography, books, or other desired product or services you'd like to sell.
Below is a snap shot of a recent blog and store setup I did for Linda Aarhus, Stampin' Up! demonstrator. Here blog and store can be found at www.polkadotsandpaper.net.
So, be sure to look for the big announcement on my blog, www.blogsbyheather.com and for the new Page I will add to the upper left corner describing the service - what it entails and pricing.
NOTE: Michelle Laycock, www.laycockdesigns.com, designed Linda's graphics where I then installed all the buttons, banner, background, signature, as well as created many pages and sidebar items Linda needed to complete and launch her new blog.
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A Blogger Tip - Dropdown Boxes for Categories and Archives
This is much easier to do in Blogger than in Typepad.
For Categories
- From the Dashboard, go to Layout.
- Go to Edit HTML.
- Click on the Expand Widgets.
- Find this line:
<b:widget id='Label1' locked='false' title='Labels' type='Label'/>
- Then replace with this code:
<b:widget id='Label1' locked='false' title='Categories' type='Label'> <b:includable id='main'> <b:if cond='data:title'> <h2><data:title/></h2> </b:if> <div class='widget-content'> <br/>
<select onchange='location=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;'>
<option>Select a Category Here</option>
<b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'>
<option expr:value='data:label.url'><data:label.name/>
(<data:label.count/>)
</option>
</b:loop>
</select>
For Archives
- From the Dashboard, go to Layout.
- Then Page Elements.
- Find the Archives gadget and click Edit.
- There in the options, to the right of Style you can choose Dropdown Menu.
- Save changes.
- You're done.
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A Typepad Tip - Dropdown Boxes for Categories and Archives
There are two ways to go about this: 1) using a Notes Typelist and manually entering the values; 2) using Advanced Templates and copying/pasting code one time.
Using a Notes Typelist
Create a Notes Typelist and copy and paste this code and you will get the drop down boxes you see listed in one of my test blogs:
<html>
<body>
<form>
<select onchange='location=this.value;'>
<option value=http://heatherporto.typepad.com/testing2>Select By Category</option>
<option value=http://heatherporto.typepad.com/testing2/family/>Family</option>
</select>
<BR><BR>
<select onchange='location=this.value;'>
<option value=http://heatherporto.typepad.com/testing2>Select By Archive</option>
<option value=http://heatherporto.typepad.com/testing2/2009/01/index.html>January 2009</option>
</select>
</form>
</body>
</html>
You would have to continue each list enter new values respectively for each month/year and for each category.
Converting to Advanced Templates
One way to accomplish this functionality is to switch and convert to Advanced Templates. However, this choice should be not be one that you just jump to since it does change the way you maintain your blog and does require the $14.95 Pro Level package in Typepad.
This is the code you will have to put inside one of your Sidebar Modules:
First, find this line of code:
<!--#include virtual="/lists/tph_subscribe/module.inc"-->
And replace with:
<div class="module-content"> <ul class="module-list"> <form> <select style="width:150px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 5px; font-family: verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;" onChange="document.location=options[selectedIndex].value;"> <option value="">archives by month</option> <MTArchiveList archive_type="Monthly"> <option value="<$MTArchiveLink$>"><$MTArchiveTitle$></option> </MTArchiveList> </select>
<select style="width:150px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 5px; font-family: verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;" onChange="document.location=options[selectedIndex].value;">
<option value="">archives by category</option>
<MTArchiveList archive_type="Category">
<option value="<$MTArchiveLink$>"><$MTArchiveTitle$> (<$MTArchiveCount$>)</option>
</MTArchiveList>
</select>
</form>
</ul>
</div>
To view a sample, see another one of my developmental blogs (testing area):
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BLOG MAINTENANCE
www.blogsbyheather.com
It's almost that time again where new promotions will be released (the first of every month).
Michelle Laycock will update her site with all the new, beautiful promotional buttons she has available: www.laycockdesigns.com, and I would be more than happy to maintain your sidebars for you!
BLOG MAINTENANCE (Sidebar Maintenance)
This is service to help you maintain the sidebars of your blog when new Stampin' Up! promotions or catalogs are released. I will go into your blog and add the new sidebar items and remove old promotions/catalogs.
For this service I normally bill monthly (although I had been behind dur to pregnancy and my son being in the hospital after birth) and pricing is as follows:
3 updates = $10
4 updates = $15
5 updates = $20
6 updates = $25
7 updates = $30 and so on (I have never had more than 7 in a month so far!)
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