Before you setup your people list you need to know your "friend's" blog name, URL blog address, and email address.
One thing to note about TypeLists is that typepad manages this item independently from the blog; therefore, any people list developed can be displayed on any blog within your account. Set up of this list is only required once. Whether or not the people list is displayed on the blog depends the particular blogs design setup. For example, Ciga Rest and HowTo are setup under the same account; however Ciga Rest uses the Bloggin' Partners list which includes all members of the class. HowTo uses the HowTo Partners list which includes only members of that group blog.
So let's start -
1. Enter into the green TypeList tab
2. Create a new TypeList PEOPLE which is located at the far right of the page and boxed as number 1. In box number 2 enter the list name. This is what will appear as the label on the blog that represents the people you add to the list. In the above example this equates to Bloggin' Partners and HowTo Partners. HIT "Create new List"
3. This will bring up a new screen with a box on the right side that ask you to enter a URL to quickly add a new friend. Enter the URL and HIT "Add". Please note: When entering friends your first friend entered will become your last friend on the list. Or perhaps, your new enemy. I have not mastered how to juggle friends and move them about once in a list. On my second try I got smart and entered by alphabetical order.
4. A new box of information to add will appear. Enter the "friend's" name. In the above examples, I decided to use the Blog Name as the Friends Name. Enter the Site Name (Blog Name), the blog URL into Homepage, an email address, can skip the one-line bio or what's really cool is this will prefilled with some verbiage if your friend was full of himself (only kidding!!) on his blog page. And by the way it won't let you delete the one-line bio. HIT "Save and Update".
5. Depending on how many friends you have continue step 3 and 4 until all friends entered.
NOW -- HOW THE HECK DO I GET THIS LIST ONTO MY BLOG?????????
After adding friends, if you have multiple Weblogs, make sure your in the Weblog you want to add the list to. Enter the blue DESIGN tab. Go to Edit content (Actually its the first "sub" tab so no need to move anywhere.) Under Your Content select Change content selections. This will bring you to a new page. Scroll down this page and on the right you will see Your TypeLists. Check off your people list so it will appear on your Weblog. Don't forget to Scroll all the way down and HIT Save Changes.
BAM! (mike how about a review on one of emeral's books or a cook book once written i can change to a trackback bringing the reader right to the entry) You've added a People List!
Please let us know how this worked out for you!
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