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The TypePad team is pleased to introduce TypePad Connect, its latest project designed to enrich the experience of all bloggers (those on TypePad, Movable Type, WordPress, Tumblr and Blogger get step-by-step directions; otherwise all that's necessary is a snippet of Javascript for any web page you please).TypePad Connect is a free suite of services that makes community management easier with the ability to track, moderate and respond to comments across multiple sites and blogs from one dashboard or via email.  With TypePad Connect you can build a lively community on...

For the lucky ones who already have an iPhone and a TypePad account, we are happy to announce the availability of a free native TypePad application. The application allows for a full, seamless mobile blogging experience anytime, anywhere, and can be downloaded from the official iPhone App Store.For a brief, unbiased review of the native TypePad app for iPhone, look no further than Mashable.And for the (slightly less) lucky ones who have an iPhone but no TypePad account, never fear: TypePad offers free trial accounts direct from all of its...

We are pleased to announce the inauguration of an official group dedicated to the French TypePad community on Facebook! A private group open only to current TypePad users, it is designed to serve as a forum where TypePad bloggers everywhere can meet, share their news and gain some visibility. Joining the group is easy: simply sign up and provide Anna, our Community Manager, the URL of your TypePad blog.TypePad is proud of its diverse and international community. Join us! ...

Facebook users have always been able to poke their friends, grow plants, throw food or keep in touch with contacts through their online profiles. Now, they can create real posts on TypePad, Twitter, Blogger, Pownce, WordPress, Movable Type and other services directly from Facebook.Blog It, created by the team behind TypePad, is designed to bridge the gap between blogging and social networking. Besides making it easy to post to an existing blog from within Facebook, it offers the option to notify friends and contacts all over the Internet when the...

We are excited to announce the imminent release of an iPhone Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for TypePad. Although TypePad and Movable Type users already enjoy an optimized mobile blogging environment on iPhone (as well as on 80% on the smartphone market, including Symbian Series 60, Windows Mobile and Palm), this new SDK will further extend TypePad functionality on the iPhone.Mobile Product Manager Stéphane Delbeque spoke of his commitment to mobile blogging solutions, saying that "providing a mobile option for our customers has always been a priority and we will continue...

Following the popularity of Movable Type Design Assistant, we've created a new version of this easy-to-use tool for TypePad. TypePad Design Assistant allows you to:* "test-drive" more than 100 professionally-designed themes and five classic layouts* experiment with customizing CSS for your blog without making a commitment* see screenshots reflecting changes in real time* discover new possibilities for the look of your blog quickly and easilyBy now, chances are that you have seen some well-designed blogs hosted by TypePad. The reasons why so many designers and artists use TypePad to power...

Blog Book is a service that prints, sets and binds your blog into a real, bookstore-worthy book. Fully compatible with TypePad, bloggers need only to download the free BookSmart editing software on their Mac or PC, design their masterpieces and wait patiently for their professionally-bound tome to arrive via post. After publishing your cookbook/novel/coffee table book/portfolio/wedding album/poetry collection/business manual, you can sell it through Blurb, the San Francisco-based company behind Blog Book, or keep it among friends.European orders are printed in and shipped out of the Netherlands. Prices begin at...

One of more popular feature requests lately has been a way to make it easy to upgrade from a Wordpress blog to TypePad. So yesterday afternoon we enhanced the Import / Export functionality to support importing your WordPress blog to TypePad via the WordPress eXtended RSS export format. The import process is simple and easy: Export your blog from Wordpress by navigating to the Manage > Export tab in your Wordpress dashboard and clicking the "Download Export File" button. Import your blog into TypePad by navigating to the Manage...

A mobile version of TypePad has been released, allowing on-the-go blogging from your Apple iPhone. We eagerly await the arrival of the iPhone in France, alongside all our fellow Europeans...More on TypePad and iPhone on the Everything TypePad blog....