Typepad has come to the rescue of our head-scratching dilemma of automating Technorati Tags while composing a post.
UPDATE IIa: The code for Advanced Templates and the steps to take follow these Basic Template instructions:
Now you can include tags automatically (SWEET). Here are the steps:
- At the bottom of the "Compose a New Post" screen, click on the "Customize display of this page link at the bottom right". Do this BEFORE you write your post.
- Select either the ADVANCED option (which will enable T’rati Tagging by default) or Select CUSTOM and choose Technorati Tags from there. (I did the latter).
- Send Typepad a Thank You Note!
UPDATE I: There may be a need to tweak a module or template if you’re using advanced templates. Another update to come shortly.
UPDATE IIb: Thanks to the TypePad team (they’ll be updating the Knowledge Base soon), we’ve been able to implement this into sites that use Advanced Templates:
- Go to Design>Edit Current. Create a new module. I named mine tech-tags.
- Paste the code that follows these instructions into that module.
- In the entry-list and entry-individual modules, enter this text line: <$MTInclude module="tech-tags"$> above the <p class:="entry-footer"> line, as shown:
</MTEntryIfExtended>
</div>
<$MTInclude module="tech-tags"$>
<p class="entry-footer">
If you’re using FeedBurner’s FeedFlare script, place the new module above that script.
Here’s the code I placed into the tech-tags module
<!– technorati tags –> <MTWeblogIfExposeTags> <MTEntryIfTagged> <p class="entry-technorati-tags"> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/<$MTEntryPermalink$>" title="<$MTTrans phrase="Find related items at Technorati."$>"><$MTTrans phrase="Technorati Tags"$></a>: <MTEntryTags glue=", "><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/<$MTTagLabelClean encode_url="1"$>" rel="tag"><$MTTagLabel$></a></MTEntryTags> </p> </MTEntryIfTagged> </MTWeblogIfExposeTags>
Hat tip to Andy Wibbels for the alert. Read more about Typepad’s new look and new tool.
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