See you in 2010!
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.
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,
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
I've survived 7 years post breast cancer. Here is a card I made for survivor sisters....
I received a big thank you goodie basket from General Mills, thanking us for being Pink Together Ambassadors on Cheerios and other packaging last year, and introduced us to the next 5 survivors who are on the boxes this year....we are blessed!
MFT "Think Pink" stamps, watercolors, A Muse & SU ribbon, watercolor paper, prima flowers, stardust pen
I made this card last year, and it got trumped by the kids card and newsletter, so I made a plethora to send out this year.
A Muse Igloo, parka girl, all is calm stamps, and A Muse background paper.
Igloo girl & igloo are shaded with Copics, then puff paint in her furry jacket parts, stickled snowflakes, hills are watercolor paper with snow glitter and shading with pearly chalks for warm doorway :)
I pulled out some of the older stamps for a try at pumpkin-flavored cards...and this is what came of it.
The truck is actually a burnt red, but it is hard to see in the shot. Prismacolor pencils for all coloring.
I used A Muse birch trees, pumpkin truck and U-pick, then some shimmering pearls and Pearl powder for the moon, Stardust pen for moonlit branches and leaves, black Sakura gel for the tires, silver Sakura for the bumpers/rims, and A Muse black organza ribbon for the 'road'.
Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.
This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!
Go to www.blogactionday.org to learn more, get a badge for your blog showing your participation, and see some ideas for your post on climate change.
Can't wait to read your posts!
~ daisy
Darn it!
I 'had' to use my craft store coupon, and when the item I wanted (an Iris photo sorter) was on sale already, I had to find a new item....I found "Paper Bouquet" by local author Susan Tierney Cockburn.
Now it contains the most gorgeous paper punch flowers, and finding the punches is like a treasure hunt...yaaaargh. That was said with pirate panache.
Like I need new product? not.
BUT it's so fun, and the flowers are so pretty, perfect for covering journals and Ikea paper boxes for holiday gifts.
If you want to trade punchies, let me know, here are the shapes I can cut for you :)
