We're safely in NYC, ensconced in our childhood home, and still the mail keeps coming in requesting the steps for de-listing Amazon. We gladly share Tito's wisdom below but point out that these steps are specifically designed for Typepad users. If you don't use Typepad, these steps are unlikely to help.
Further, it should be noted that you will find it a little more time consuming. Cover art (if you want it) needs to be downloaded on your own and uploaded separately. Basically, all the stuff that was automatic needs to be done manually. But we've said it before, we say it again: If dummies like us can do it, it must be simple, indeed.
Herewith, the steps, courtesy of the Mighty Tito:
I can help show you how to do the Powell's links instead of amazon. It's a matter of creating a custom Type List.
* Creating the type list: Create a custom type list, when you configure the type list, there is a radio button to "show notes as text". Choose this.
* Adding content to the typelist: When you add a new book recommendation (or any type of entry) all you do is put the HTML (image, link, notes, etc...) in the "Notes" section. Leave "Link Title" and "Link URL" blank. Whatever you put in the "Notes" section will be rendered as HTML, so go to town. If you don't know HTML you're up shit creek, (but is pretty easy to learn, so at least you'll have a paddle)
* Including the typelist in your page:
How you add it to your site depends on wether you use "Advanced Templates" or "basic" (??) design:
-- Advanced Templates: add this code into the "sidebar.inc" template wherever you want it:
<$MTListInclude name="FOO"$>
(replace FOO with the name of your type list.)
-- "basic" (i don't use this so I'm a little fuzzy) - go to the Web Log configuration -> Content & add the type list & edit the layout as normal.
As an aside, powell's links to books & images with a standard URL where you just add the ISBN. for example:
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/imageDB.cgi?isbn=0142437964
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0142437964
reference:
http://help.typepad.com/typelists/tips.html#displaying_typelists_on_your_weblog
http://help.typepad.com/faq/typelists/index.html#can_i_create_a_typelist_f
http://help.typepad.com/tags/typelist.html
cheers!
"de-linking"? sounds like "de-lousing."
Posted by: daniel olivas | December 23, 2004 at 08:15 AM
Amazing ...
Posted by: Jozef Imrich | December 30, 2004 at 06:20 AM
Amazing ...
Posted by: Jozef Imrich | December 30, 2004 at 06:22 AM