First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
Well Vox, there have been good times, and bad times. Mostly really bad times. So, I'm picking up and leaving all these sorrows behind. Those that are interested can find me at my new shiny domain, KnitsAndWiggles.com - I hope to see you there!
Paisley and I had a big day today. We went to the Howl-o-ween party in Troy, IL. That was exhausting, and then we came back and sat around a bit.
Today, for the first time in what surely seems like weeks, the sun was shining over St. Louis. The sunset was beautiful on the way home from work. The moon was in the sky, and there were pink clouds. It was an awesome start to what I hope is an awesome evening.
What's the worst vacation you've ever taken?
Easy. It was to a place that I call "chickens in the street" Mexico. It was to be in a wedding, one for which I hadn't quite realized yet, but I disliked both the bride and the groom. The whole trip was one atrocity after another.
I didn't even get to see the city because we were so busy being pushed to do pointless shit that wasted my money, along with the money of others. And don't even get me started on the maid of honor.
And, it's for that exact reason that I'll never say yes to being a bridesmaid ever again.
Worst. Trip. Ever.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
Somehow, it's only Wednesday night, and yet I feel like time is slipping away faster than ever.
- Work is going famously
- It won't stop raining
- I go to a fiber retreat in a week and I'm pumped
- Knit night rocked tonight because I got heaps done
- The end.
Yesterday I spent an hour on the elliptical. I paid for that today. To counter act that, I did it again tonight. I will either hurt in a major way tomorrow or feel really great.
