Connecting on TypePad has never been easier

Today we released a snazzy blogside toolbar to Beta members. Over the past year, we’ve rolled out a number of social features for our bloggers and the toolbar is another essential piece for connecting blog audiences with TypePad bloggers. The toolbar has two important functions. Firstly, it will help readers engage with your blog by giving them easy access to follow, favorite and reblog content. Therefore as a blog owner, the toolbar can be a powerful tool for building community around your blog. Secondly, it’s a great tool for all TypePad bloggers when surfing the TypePad network because you’ll be able to follow new blogs immediately and easily reblog content that you find.

All logged-in, Beta members will see the new toolbar when browsing TypePad blogs. Additionally as the blog owner, you have the option of showing the toolbar to all your readers, including those not yet in the TypePad network. What does that mean for you? By turning on the toolbar for your entire audience, you’ll help convert readers into active community members by making tools like reblog, favorite, comment and follow much more accessible.

Beta blog owners can turn the toolbar on for all readers by going to:

• Blog > Settings > Basics
• Check the box for TypePad Toolbar: "Show the TypePad toolbar on this blog"
• Save Changes

Sounds awesome, right? Well there’s more! When viewing the toolbar on your own blog, you’ll get quick access to important links to the Dashboard, Edit Post and Stats. The toolbar bridges the gap between the blog view and the TypePad interface – so your management options are just a click away. And lastly, we think the design is pretty great too. The toolbar is small, sits right below the browser window so it doesn’t interfere with your blog design, and it has a neat expand-collapse feature.  

Give it a try, and let us know in the comments about ways we can improve it for you! If you need further settings information, check out the Knowledge Base article.