We hope the new blog template will make your blogging journey a little easier and to that end, we've put together a few pointers. Feel free to add additional questions or tips in the comments. Thank you again for blogging for Toronto Public Library! The library’s online typeface “Open Sans” will automatically be applied to […]
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Titles and Permalinks – The Title that you enter for your post will determine the URL for the post's Permalink (a permanent hyperlink to an entry in a blog). For example, a post with the title "Blogging Tips and Tricks" will have a Permalink like this: https://blogs.tpl.ca/testblog/2016/10/blogging-tips-and-tricks.html If you'd like to change the Permalink (to […]
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There was a lot of discussion about "evergreen content" at this year's Blogger Day. How should I best use it? For instance, would you suggest I: do nothing with the old post but link to it in a new one do nothing with the old post but alert TPL's blog team about it in case they […]
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Adding Alt Text to images – A trick to adding Alt Text to your images – unique to Typepad – is naming your image files the way you want the Alt Text to show up. So, instead of the file name “bookcover-mockingbird-21578.jpg” rename it to “To Kill a Mocking Bird.jpg” and the image file name […]
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