Typepad Explained - Part 1 of many
July 9, 2008 by Robert A. Gibbs
Filed under Typepad
Hello bloggers,
This week I’m going to start a series of posts on TypePad, one of SixApart’s blogging platforms. TypePad is a hosted, you pay for it, platform. I’ve used several different ones (in fact, I’m using Wordpress to write this post) and I keep coming back to TypePad because it is as simple to use as it is powerful.
Right out of the gun, I want to address the issue of cost. First off, it isn’t a lot. In fact, depending on what you might pay for a hosted site it might be less. If you want your blog to be your site, with IDX integration and other forms and such, I would recommend the “Pro” package (14.95/mo). It gives you the flexibility to edit directly into the templates and other powerful things but still use their basic setup. All of the packages are listed here.
Why pay when there are so many free ones? A couple of reasons. The different packages come with varying levels of tech support to help you integrate different pieces like <iframe> for IDX and other widgets or anything else you might be having trouble with. There is never any worry about updating software or making sure your webhost knows how to host your software because TypePad is hosting their own software on their servers. In short, it just works. You get multiple blogs, multiple authors, unlimited photo hosting (in the pro package). Full CSS editing capability and a ridiculous amount of bandwidth to name just a few things.
Next time, getting started with a new blog on TypePad…
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