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Custom RSS Tags
09/11/06 13:27 Filed in: Work
When a Podcast is added to your Blog, RapidWeaver
inserts any custom RSS tags defined in the your
blog's Setup... area. You may override these RSS
tags by using the Custom RSS Tags tab to
customize any of the tags that RapidWeaver
automatically inserts in your Podcast. Click the
(+) button at the bottom of the "Custom RSS Tags"
list and add any custom tags as required; to
remove a custom tag, select it in the list and
click the (-) button.
When you are satisfied with your settings in the "Add Podcast..." pane, click the "OK" button to save your settings and close the pane. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to add a link to your Podcast in your blog entry.
Blog - Podcast: Custom RSS Tags
You may also override the default Podcast settings on the Custom RSS Tags panel to link to external media files for your Podcasts (rather than using the Podcast dropbox), or to use multimedia types not directly supported by RapidWeaver. Click the "Override default Podcast settings" checkbox to enable these fields and fill in the URL to the media file, specify its size (in bytes) and its file type. When published, the file specified will be linked to your Podcast. For more details, see Podcasting with RapidWeaver in the Tutorials area.When you are satisfied with your settings in the "Add Podcast..." pane, click the "OK" button to save your settings and close the pane. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to add a link to your Podcast in your blog entry.
Blog - Add Podcast Link
Click "OK" to add a text link to the end of your blog entry, and click "Cancel" if you don't wish to add a link.
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Blog Setup
09/10/06 13:23 Filed in: Humor
The Blog Setup area has six main tabs:
- General - Set Archiving, Permalink and Commenting options
- Categories - Enable and create blog categories
- RSS Feed - Configure the RSS feed for your Blog page
- Date Format - Configure the format of your time and datestamp in blog posts
- Podcast - Set the default iTunes tags and Custom RSS Channel tags for your Podcasts
- Ping - Enable weblog directory/tracking services to keep track of recent changes in your blog page.
When you first click the "Setup..." button, the pane will default to the "General" tab. Click the desired tab to expose the contents of its pane.
General
09/09/06 13:18 Filed in: Apple
The top section of the General tab contains the
archiving options for your blog, in which you can
customize the archiving behavior, if used. By
default, archiving is active. Disabling it will
cause RapidWeaver to keep all of your blog's
posts on the same page, growing longer with each
blog entry you add. If enabled, archiving will
move all your old posts to separate pages,
keeping only the current week's or month's posts
on the main page, as selected in the "Archive by"
popup menu. You can also set the minimum number
of posts that must appear on the main blog page
before older posts are archived, and whether or
not to show gaps in your archived
posts.
The bottom portion of the General tab allows you to enable Comments in your blog entries, allowing visitors to post feedback for your blog posts. To enable blog comments, you must first sign up with Haloscan, a free comment-tracking service for bloggers. Once you have an account, enter your Haloscan username into the "Username" field and enable comment feeds by clicking the "Enable" checkbox. If you want to change the name of the comment feed's RSS link that appears in the sidebar, type it into the "RSS Link" field. Once commenting is enabled, you will see "Comments (0) | Trackback (0)" appear under each entry in your blog. As comments and trackbacks are added, the values in the parentheses will increment. By default a link labeled "Comments Feed" will appear in the sidebar of your blog page. Visitors who click this link will be taken to your user account page on Haloscan, showing all of your visitors comments. You can prevent the link from appearing in your sidebar by removing the text from the "RSS Link" field on the "General" tab.
Blog - Setup: General Tab
The middle section of the General tab allows you to enable Permalinks in your blog and to set the Permalink's link title. If you use summaries in your blog entries, you may choose whether the Permalink points to the summary rather than the blog entry itself by clicking the "Include Summary" checkbox. When published, the Permalink will point to the summary, which will include a Read more... link to the full blog entry. You may also change the Read more... link's wording by typing a word or phrase of your own choosing. This will become the system-wide link phrase when used in summaries in your blog.The bottom portion of the General tab allows you to enable Comments in your blog entries, allowing visitors to post feedback for your blog posts. To enable blog comments, you must first sign up with Haloscan, a free comment-tracking service for bloggers. Once you have an account, enter your Haloscan username into the "Username" field and enable comment feeds by clicking the "Enable" checkbox. If you want to change the name of the comment feed's RSS link that appears in the sidebar, type it into the "RSS Link" field. Once commenting is enabled, you will see "Comments (0) | Trackback (0)" appear under each entry in your blog. As comments and trackbacks are added, the values in the parentheses will increment. By default a link labeled "Comments Feed" will appear in the sidebar of your blog page. Visitors who click this link will be taken to your user account page on Haloscan, showing all of your visitors comments. You can prevent the link from appearing in your sidebar by removing the text from the "RSS Link" field on the "General" tab.
NOTE: You can manage your comments and the look of the pop-up-window by logging into the members area on Haloscan. Instructions on how to integrate commenting with Haloscan can be found here.
Categories
09/08/06 13:14 Filed in: Personal
By default, categories are enabled in RapidWeaver
allowing you to set a category or classification
of your individual blog entries. If categories
are not desired, you may disable them by
unchecking the "Enable" checkbox. If enabled, you
may also choose to display the number of blog
entries in each category in the sidebar by
clicking the "Show Post Count"
checkbox.
At the bottom of the Categories pane, you'll find a Separator field. RapidWeaver uses the characters in this field to delineate the various blog entry details such as the datestamp, category, and permalink elements (located below the blog entry's title in your blog). The default separator is a 'pipe' delimiter ('|') with a space character before and after it for balance (e.g. ' | '), but you may use a different combination of characters if desired.
Blog - Setup: Categories Tab
You can create additional categories for your blog by clicking the (+) button at the bottom of the categories list and typing the name of the new category. To remove a category, click on its name and click the (-) button. You may also arrange the categories in the list by clicking and dragging a category into a new position.At the bottom of the Categories pane, you'll find a Separator field. RapidWeaver uses the characters in this field to delineate the various blog entry details such as the datestamp, category, and permalink elements (located below the blog entry's title in your blog). The default separator is a 'pipe' delimiter ('|') with a space character before and after it for balance (e.g. ' | '), but you may use a different combination of characters if desired.
Ping
09/04/06 12:47 Filed in: Apple
As blogs have come into widespread use across the
Internet, blog referral and tracking services
have come into being. Companies like Technorati,
Postami, BlogPulse and Google follow blogs and
keep track of what's important in the blogosphere
— which bloggers are commanding attention, what
ideas are rising in prominence, and the speed at
which these conversations are taking place.
