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Design Lab: Adding A Banner

We are continuing our series exploring our new Design Lab for our mobile themes. Previously we walked through how to apply fonts to customize your blog. Now, let's focus on the banner for your blog. 

Your blog’s banner is the first thing readers see and a visual representation of your blog. You want a custom banner that clearly shows your blog’s name and logo. When you are using the Design Lab you have two choices. You can use a banner image or a text banner.

Adding An Image Banner

To add the image banner, click on the Blogs tab, then click on Design. Click on the Banner tab on the left. Upload your image. You have two options for the span of the banner:

Span the width of the blog: Recommended image dimensions Width: 1140px Height: 250px

Span the width of the browser: Recommend image dimensions Width: 1400px Height: 250px

 

After you upload the image and select the span, click on Save Changes.

Next, click on the Style tab, then Banner (on the right under Fonts). When you add your own image you can change the color of the top strip above the navigation bar (if you do not want the Top Strip, change it to be the same color as your background color). You can also decide if you want to show the banner from the blog.

Tip: Don't have a banner image? Read our article about using Canva or Picmonkey. These are great online image editor that help you customize or create the perfect banner for your blog. 

Customizing Your Text Banner

If you do not add an image, your blog banner will be your blog title and the description. From the Style page, click on the Banner tab (on the right, under Fonts). Here you can change the text font/color and change the background color. You can also decide to hide the text and description from the blog.

Tip: You can update the Title and Description of your blog under the Settings tab.

 

 

 

Banners are a great way to show off your creativity and represent what your blog is about. If you have additional questions about our Design Lab please contact our support team. We are always happy to help! 

Make sure to check back with us for more information about our new Design Lab. Stay in contact through our RSS feed or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest.

 

10 Cheesy Riddles for Christmas

Merry Christmas from Typepad

We hope your holiday is filled with friends, family, and fun! To help make everyone smile, here are some Christmas themed riddles. 

Mom, can I have a dog for Christmas?
No, you can have turkey like everyone else.

Who is never hungry at Christmas?
The turkey, he is always stuffed.

What do snowmen eat for breakfast?
Snowflakes.

Why are Christmas trees like bad knitters?
They both drop their needles.

Why is Christmas just like a day at the office?
You do all the work and the fat guy with the suit gets all the credit.

When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary.

When Santa Claus sets off from the North Pole on Christmas Eve, in which direction does he travel?
South. Everywhere is south from the North Pole.

What did Mrs. Claus say to Santa when she looked up in the sky?
Looks like rain dear.

Why is Santa so good at Karate?
Because he has a black belt.

What is the best present you can receive for Christmas?
A broken drum. You just can't beat it!

Antiques and Bath & Body from Shop Typepad

Typepad loves to promote our bloggers! You can help support them too by doing your holiday shopping at Shop Typepad. We know you will find something unique for that special person(s) in your life!

Antiques

The T-Cozy: Blog | Shop

Tongue in Cheek: Blog | Shop

Royal Port Antiques: Blog | Shop

Bath & Body

Angry Chicken: Blog | Shop

Sweetbrier Farms: Blog | Shop

Weighty Business (German): Blog | Shop

Design Lab: Adding Custom Fonts

Our Design lab is now available to everyone who is using a responsive theme. There are a plethora of options to customize your blog to fit your brand. In the coming weeks we will continue this series to help familiarize our bloggers with all the customization tools our Design Lab offers. Make sure to check back with us through our RSS feed or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest.

The font you pick is very important. Fonts affect the readability and the perceived level of professionalism of your blog. When you are in our Design Lab, you can customize the fonts to fit your branding. Using the preview window you can also see how they look with other font choices. You don’t have to make everything the same font. 

To use the Design Lab you need to have one of our mobile responsive themes. Check out Mobile Themes Rolling Out Of Beta to learn more about switching to our mobile themes! 

Selecting and Applying A Font

Click on the Design tab, then click on Style. On the top right in gray you will see Fonts, click on it to expand your options.

You can choose between many different fonts. We have them organized based on Style.

Handwriting: These fonts are made to look like you wrote them yourself. They have fluid strokes that gives a personal touch. Use this sparingly, as it can be hard to read.  

Display: These are large fonts that are great for headings. They are eccentric and have a variable design to help the text stand out.

Serif: These fonts have a line at the end of every stroke. This is great for bulk text that needs to be read clearly. 

San Serif: These fonts do not have a line at the end of every stroke. It is great for bulk text for easy reading. 

You can select any one of these fonts and apply it to your blog. After you have selected the font you want to use you will see it is the Active Font. Select the tab for the area you want to customize. In this case we want to change the Title Text. Click on Banner, then next to Title, click on Apply Font. You will see the font change in the preview window and under Title.

Selecting a font.

Applying a font

Importing Fonts

We have a wide selection of fonts for you to choose from. If you need more options you can import from Google Fonts. Find the font you want in Google Fonts and then upload into the Design Lab. Then you can apply it to any section.

From the Style page, on the top right in gray you will see Fonts, click on it to expand your options. Click on Import. You will see where you can import fonts. Click on Google Fonts to view the selection in Google Fonts. Here you will have many different fonts to choose from. Once you have found the perfect font (in this case Roboto), you want to highlight the name of the font and copy it. Go back to your Style page and paste in the name of the font (the font name has to match exactly), then click on Import. To make it an active font you need to click on the name of the font. Then you can apply the font where you want.

Fonts are a great way to brand your business. We have made choosing the right font quick and easy. Have fun and see you soon with more about our Design Labs. 

Jewelry/Accessories and Home & Hearth from Shop Typepad

 

Typepad loves to promote our bloggers! You can help support them too by doing your holiday shopping at Shop Typepad. We know you will find something unique for that special person(s) in your life! 

Jewelry, Accessories

Ask Harriete: Blog | Shop

EAB Designs: Blog | Shop

Elephantine: Blog | Shop

GirlyGeekChic: Blog | Shop

Jona G: Blog | Shop

A Sweet Life Rocks: Blog | Shop

Shabby Cottage Adorned: Blog | Shop

Sweet Sticky Rainbow: Blog | Shop

Home & Hearth

Mignon Kitchen Co.: Blog | Shop

Plant Passion: Blog | Shop

Wood You Like: Blog | Shop

The Mattress Expert: Blog | Shop

Handcrafts and Kids Toys from Shop Typepad

Typepad loves to promote our bloggers! You can help support them too by doing your holiday shopping at Shop Typepad. We know you will find something unique for that special person(s) in your life!

Handcrafts

Attic 24: Blog | Shop

Craft With A Capital C: Blog | Shop

Harding Hill Designs: Blog | Shop

House On Hill Road: Blog | Shop

Turkey Feathers: Blog | Shop

Planet Stencil Library: Blog | Shop

Rosebud's Cottage: Blog | Shop

Swoonish: Blog | Shop

Stitchin' Post: Blog | Shop

ChrisW Designs: Blog | Shop

SeeSaw: Blog | Shop

Kids

Frog Pond Toys: Blog | Shop

Happy Chanukah, Celebrate With An Extended 30 Day Free Trial

Typepad would like to wish all our Jewish bloggers  and anyone else who is celebrating Chanukah this year a 

Happy Chanukah! 

In honor of Chanukah we would like to offer new bloggers an extended 30 day trial! Sign up for our Plus or Unlimited package to start blogging today. After your free trial you will be prompted to add your debit/credit card to the account (you can also pay with PayPal!). The promotion will be valid from Dec 12th to 20th, 2017 and is only available for new Typepad accounts. 

Use promotion code CHANUKAH2017 when you create your new account.

 

Share with your followers to spread the love.  

Happy Chanukah! Typepad is extending their free trial for 30 days! Check it out!

 

Celebrate Chanukah with Typepad! Use their promo code to get an extended free trial.

 

I love Typepad and you will too! Celebrate Chanukah and start a blog with their special promotion.

Happy Chanukah!

Food, Books and Paper Goods from Shop Typepad

Typepad loves to promote our bloggers! You can help support them too by doing your holiday shopping at Shop Typepad. We know you will find something unique for that special person(s) in your life!

Food

Terra Americana: Blog | Shop

Tea Lover's Archives: Blog | Shop

Books

Nana Company: Blog | Book

The Wednesday Chef: Blog | Book

Social Embers: Blog | Book

Found By Bike: Blog | Book

Peregrine Publishing: Blog | Book

Positively Present: Blog | Book

Tony Mase: Blog | Book

Paper Goods

Botanical Paperworks: Blog | Shop

Grasshopper Lane Designs: Blog | Shop

Purple Onion Designs: Blog | Shop

Visions & Verses: Blog | Shop

Songs Of My Heart: Blog | Shop

Blue Moon Creations: Blog | Shop

Save 60% On .Info Domains

Logic Box (our partner for Typepad Domains) is offering a discount we want to share with you. When you buy an .info domain you will receive a 60% discount. You can purchase your domain easily through Typepad and apply it to your blog. You have until December 31st, 2017 to purchase your .info domain from Typepad.

To Purchase Your Domain

Click on the Accounts tab, then click on Domain Mapping. Under Domain Mapping, type in the domain you want. From the drop down, select info, then click on Check Availablility.

If the domain is available, you will see the discounted price. Click on Select to purchase your domain.

Tip: We recommend you purchase Privacy Protection for your domain. This will shield your personal information from data miners that could use our information to contact you for their services. Before you check out, click on Add Privacy Protection. In the pop up, click on the toggle to turn it on. This will be a $4.50 charge and click on Save Settings. Privacy Protection is not part of the discount.

Once you have selected your purchase, click on Checkout. You will need to quickly create an account with Logic Box. Once you have an account (this is separate from your Typepad account), you can select to pay with PayPal or use your Typepad account. Last, click Pay Online.

You will be taken back to Typepad to approve the transaction. Click on the Approve button, then click on Complete Registration. After the registration is completed, you will be directed back to the Domain Mapping page.

Below Domain Map with Typepad, you will see your new domain. Click on Map a Typepad Domain. Add your subdomain (examples: www, blog) then select your new domain from the drop down. Next to My Blog, select the blog you want to map the domain to. Put a check next to Forward the non-www domain to this subdomain. Next, click on Begin Domain Mapping.

Last, scroll down to Mapped Domains and click on Activate. We suggest that you wait for a little while before activating the mapping.

Now your blog has a great custom domain and you saved money!! Win Win!

Prints and Painting Blogs from Shop Typepad

Typepad loves to promote our bloggers! You can help support them too by doing your holiday shopping at Shop Typepad. We know you will find something unique for that special person(s) in your life! 

Prints, paintings, etc.

A Fanciful Twist: Blog | Shop

The Black Apple: Blog | Shop

Cinnamon Pink: Blog | Shop

Karla Dornacher: Blog | Shop

enJOY it: Blog | Shop

Nepal Art Dogs: Blog | Shop

Claudia Roulier's Art: Blog | Shop

Volume 25: Blog | Shop

Aerial Combat: Blog | Shop

Floating Lemons: Blog | Shop

Elaine Phipps: Blog | Shop

She Dreams if the Sea: Blog | Shop