First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
I'm trying to earn brownie points from my parents in light of recent events.
I haven't been a very good daughter lately so I believed some parental ass-kissing was in order. Said ass-kissing comes in several forms, most of which would be running various errands for my parents, such as bringing my father's shirts to the tailor, buying light bulbs at the hardware store, and filing a letter of complaint at the telephone company's office.
I was doing the last over the weekend.
I arrived at the phone company's office, carrying a letter that was typed just a few hours ago by my father, filled with hateful, possibly, swear-filled sentences, hoping that this particular errand wouldn't take long.
Once my number was called, I approached the counter, coming face-to-face with a fair-skinned, generally decent-looking woman. She asked me what I needed, and I said I was filing a complaint. She then asked me to describe the nature of my complaint, exposing a mouthful of crooked lower bottom teeth. I briefly summarized the contents of my father's letter, while simultaneously handing over one of the printed copies I had brought. I doubt she was listening to me at all, since she was reading the letter while I was talking. Stupid bitch. Tinanong mo pa ako, I thought.
She then told me that she was going to send an electronic report to the main office so that a technician could come over to our village to look at the problem. I nodded amiably, and waited, as she took eons, epochs, and endless eras to file the report. I imagined her looking at her Facebook account, watering crops on Farmville or whatever the hell horribly-coded games she might be playing, or posting on her friends' walls instead of actually filing the report, inevitably wasting her and my time. As she was doing this, she looks over at her co-worker and proceeds to detail her and her boyfriends' plans for the weekend. HOLY FUCK. YOU SHOULD BE FILING MY COMPLAINT, I thought.
I stared at her forehead really, really hard, hoping to somehow telepathically communicate this, or even possibly hoping that my brainwaves were transferring at least a teeny tiny bit of my intelligence, but no such thing occurred. I then proceeded to scrutinize her face again, wondering how this fat, crooked-toothed woman with her powder-covered face and horribly applied makeup even managed to get a boyfriend. Christ. The standards that people have these days. I rolled my eyes and waited.
After a few more epochs, eras, and centuries passed, she finally informed me that a technician was coming over to the village the next day to inspect the phone lines. I nodded, only giving her half my attention because God knows she didn't value or need it, hoping to make the conversation as short as possible so I could get the hell out of there and go home.
Walking out of that office, I remember thinking when I last looked at the woman behind the counter, I hope to hell I don't end up like you.
Hmm. My post looks like prose. :| whatever. It feels good to know I'm not as rusty as I thought. :D
Sometimes I forget why I like walking so much. Maybe it's because it's infinitely better with a friend. Or maybe it was just because I probably walked the equivalent of 2.5 miles today. X| ugh. From the Math Building to Ylanan Gate to the supermarket to home via Tandang Sora. Tiring, but not incredibly so. :P
Karl Marx was right; the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. :|
DARRREEEENNNN. I cannot wait to hang out tomorrow. :D I miss our evul conversations and spurts of random nothingness. :)) Christmas parties cannot come fast enough. Pleaseohpleaseohplease. Let nothing fuck that up. [-O<
Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I trust you.
I hope you know what that means.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
I haven't blogged here for so long that I've already forgotten my URL. :| I was typing http://joeyboeydoodledoah.vox.com/ a while ago and kept wondering why it wouldn't work. @-)
I was supposed to put a sonnet here, but I couldn't find one that was exactly appropriate, so I gave up. Noone would be able to figure it out anyway. :)) GRABE TALAGA. I couldn't believe my bodily reaction a while ago. Freaky talaga. :| Ah well, we're getting there. No way but up! \:D/ At syempre na din, kung dun ka masaya, ano namang magagawa ko, diba? :P Duh, Jo, edi maghanap ka ng mas hot na lalaki. 8-| Pangit naman sya, eh. You'll be able to find a replacement in no time. Heehee. Toodidoo. :-"
Yung mga iba dyan kasi. Ang daming dramang nalalaman. 8-| Lalo na nung Saturday. :)) Hahaha. Loveyou, madaldal na person! May utang ka pang game plan sa akin. ;)
Okay. Ngayon ko lang narealize na ang incoherent ng post ko. :| Whatever. Lame lang ako at mahilig akong magpost ng di nagegets na posts. :))
There's nothing you can say, nothing you can do,
there's no other way when it comes to the truth;
so keep holding on.
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.
This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!
Go to www.blogactionday.org to learn more, get a badge for your blog showing your participation, and see some ideas for your post on climate change.
Can't wait to read your posts!
~ daisy
