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.
I have been trying to save a post for a while now but have been having a difficult time with it.
Evidently I have done something to anger my vox site...probably just ignoring it was the problem :-)
Today I all of the sudden really wanted to start writing again. When I was in Running Start I wrote more often than I spoke. I invested all my time and energy every quarter into 12 weeks of research and 30-40 pages of a written, organized and creative "discussion", proving my point. That was my life, and I loved it. Today I all of the sudden had the urge to get back in school, take some writing classes, and be immersed again! I miss it. Although, I don't feel like writing about the things I was forced to write about in school...I'm on to other topics and desires.
For example...how cool would it be to start a blog for teens (specifically girls), and just talk about life, confront it's issues...and then speak Life into their situations. I'm not talking about a wimpy blog, that's hosted by a common site like vox, or that is inconsistent with updates, or treated as an "extra curricular" so-to-speak, that a few youth girls from your local church check out occasionally. I'm talking like a nationally-known source for teenage girls, that is an actual website...something that is real, legitimate, and is simply a blog that provides TRUTH. (Who knows, maybe something like this already exists?)
Because let's face it...girls these days have to face a lot more than any other generation, but they don't know the difference. And how will they know the difference if no one shows them truth?
They watch shows like The Hills, Laguna Beach and The O.C. and think that's how "normal" 16-18 year old young women think, act, look, dress, and live. How are girls supposed to grow into women if these shows and the magazines on the shelves are the ideal they're faced with everyday? If these sorts of resources are their constant influence, how will they know and understand God's purposes for women, what it means to be a woman of God and how important we are to God's plans for generations to come? Whether we realize it, or the influence happens subconsciously, girls (and a lot of women, for that matter) are affected everyday by the world and culture. And this influence produces a generation that is backsliding from the purposes and intentions of God.
And furthermore, if girls don't read their Bible, it makes matters even worse. The Word of God moves the scales away from our eyes, so we can see the truth. How cool would it be to bring presentation of the Word, so girls can have head and HEART knowledge of the difference between women of the world and women of God.
Now I'm just rambling...but seriously....how cool would it be?
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.
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
