I recently completed a new blog design for Steve Rubel's Micro Persuasion. Steve wanted a simple, clean design that worked within TypePad and still allowed him to use their TypeList features. The new design is a CSS update that is pasted into the Custom CSS screen on TypePad.
The original idea was to use TypePad's advanced templates and expand some of the blog's functionality. Unfortunately, when you switch to advanced templates in TypePad you lose the ability to easily manage and re-order your TypeLists. You can include a basic set of TypeLists in an advanced template, but you can't re-order them without editing the HTML of the template. Anybody have a solution for that?
Visitor Comments
Josh, you are right about advanced templates, there is a lot that seems like it should be easy that becomes harder when you switch. I'm been involved in a major buildout of blogs on TypePad, and we're using all advanced templates/modules and it definitely takes flexibility away from the blogger.
Fortunately we have the ability to publish parts of the site through our corporate content management system, which the bloggers can access and use to manipulate discreet HTML fragments to reshape the pages, to a degree. But it's still tougher than basic templates, by far.
Posted by: Lou Schilling | January 4, 2006 8:26 PM
An awesome job ... just as you did on the new Business Blog Consulting site. I like the use of the new feed icon.
Posted by: Tris Hussey | January 5, 2006 12:15 PM
I noticed the redesign, but didn't realize you did it. Looks awesome. You always do a great job.
Posted by: Jen | January 5, 2006 9:22 PM