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Ellen Perlman
Washington, DC
News, feature and travel writer
Interests: travel, hiking, biking, studying spanish
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Mar 15, 2010
I agree with the photographer who said it's all a guessing game how to line up type with photos. Why isn't the "preview" a real preview? It really doesn't offer any help. The page has to go "live" before you can see how the type lines up with the photos. Also, is there a way to be able to caption the photos, right underneath? Or alongside? All my captions are way at the bottom of the post. Granted, it gets people to read to the end but it leaves the photo hanging out there without any info. Thanks again.
Toggle Commented Jan 30, 2008 on A Bright New TypePad in 2008 at Everything Typepad
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I like typepad alot but I have found it to be very quirky. Examples: - The typeface often changes on me mid-post. The default typepace is "normal" which is too small to read in the travel template. So I always type in "larger" but it bounces back to normal unpredictably while I'm typing. -If I highlight a word to make it a hyperlink, the hyperlinked text often continues into the next word, even though I only highlighted that one word and I've begun typing the rest of the post. I don't know how to undo that. So I have to remove the link, hit "enter" to create some breathing room in the text box, arrow back up to where I was and type the word again, link it again and hope for the best. -Yesterday, somehow a whole paragraph ended up turning into one big blue link with one click - I think because the first word of the next sentence was linked and somehow it glommed onto that command. -On other issues, I'd love to have the travel template widened. It's too narrow to create three columns nicely and I could really use a third column. -I'm still fiddling with my site and I alter the categories from time to time. It would be GREAT if somehow typepad could automatically go through entries and replace one category for another. Or put a particular category in - without me having to go back to each post and fix it and save it individually. I know this is asking a LOT. But I thought I'd mention it in case it's at all possible. -Another thing I'd love to see: subcategories. I'd love to be able to have four or five major categories such as "places," "activities" and "xyz" and then under THOSE, have the "real" categories. Now, my categories are in some disarray - a place, followed by two activities, followed by another place - because it's alphabetical. It's a bit nonsensical to my readers. If I think of more things, I'll check back in.
Toggle Commented Jan 30, 2008 on A Bright New TypePad in 2008 at Everything Typepad
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