Thanks to everyone on our beta team who has been giving us such amazing feedback. We've been hearing some questions on a couple of topics in particular, so I wanted to post an update on a few key things to make sure you know what's happening.
Stats are essential to knowing what works (and doesn't) on your blog. In the preview of the new TypePad, the stats are not appearing consistently, and the data that's being presented isn't as accurate as it needs to be. So we've been back in the idea lab cooking up how to best get you the things you want from stats - more visual cues, more referrer links, more useful and reliable information. We also want you to be able to easily access your own third party solutions that can give you more rich detail about your traffic.
Your own stats are still there in the old version of TypePad, so if you want to take a look, you can click back to the previous version to see the stats you're used to. We know that's a major pain point in the new design, so hang in there - things will get better in the next couple of weeks.
New themes are something everyone asks for! We added a bunch of new themes from our team in Japan. Check them out here.
We're working on really cool new ways to customize your blog just the way you like it. You can also read our knowledge base for some great tips and tricks for customizing your blog with CSS.
Your dashboard is evolving too, thanks to your insight and feedback. You'll see changes there in the next few weeks too. It helps you see more about activity on your own blog, and to also discover cool new blogs.
People you follow is going to evolve too. The people we suggest on the dashboard that you follow are just to give you a feel for how some of the new features can work, like following other TypePad bloggers and finding other great blogs to read.We're glad you're telling us how we should be making it work for you, and want to incorporate those suggestions into the new TypePad.
Want to know what else we've been up to? Read more about it on Everything TypePad.
