TypePad Mobile User Guide

How do I install and use TypePad Mobile?

Answer
TypePad Mobile is a free application that allows you to instantly publish photos from your smartphone to a TypePad weblog or Photo Album to share with others.

Requirements
In order to use TypePad Mobile, you must have a TypePad account and a smartphone running one of the following operating systems:

Palm OS 5 (treo)
Windows Mobile 5 (Cingular 2125, T-Mobile SDA, Motorola Q, etc.)
Series 60 (Nokia 6600, 7610, 3250, 6680, N70, N80, N93, etc.) A full list of supported devices is available here.
Installation
Using your smartphone's web browser, go to http://get.typepad.com and select your smartphone model. Then follow the prompts to download and install the software. As an alternative, you may download the software to your desktop computer and then transfer it to your smartphone via Bluetooth, USB Sync or Email.

Updating TypePad Mobile on your smartphone
To check your version of TypePad Mobile, go to Tools > About TypePad Mobile... to view the version number. You can download the most recent version of application at get.typepad.com or go to Tools > Check for Updates... on your mobile device to install the latest version.

Getting Started

1 Launch TypePad Mobile on your smartphone.


2 Enter your TypePad member name and password in the Account Info dialog. Please note that your member name and password are both case sensitive.


3 Select the weblogs and Photo Albums you’d like to have access to on your smartphone in the Manage Blogs dialog.

When you first launch TypePad Mobile you’re presented with the Home View, which displays a list of your TypePad weblogs and Photo Albums. The Weblog View displays your posts in a list format with Title, Description and a thumbnail image. The Photo Albums View displays a grid of thumbnail images from your Photo Albums.

Note: Each of these views will initially be empty until you’ve posted entries from your smartphone.

Posting Photos
You can post a photo to a Weblog or Photo Album by either capturing a new photo with the built-in camera or selecting a photo that is already stored on your smartphone.

Capturing a New Photo

1 Select Camera from the Options Menu to launch the Camera app.


2 The Camera viewfinder displays. Press center-nav to capture an image.


3 The New Post dialog appears where you can enter a Title and Description, and apply one or more Categories.

Note: Categories are only available in Weblogs, not Photo Albums.

Adding an existing Photo

1 Select New Post from the Options Menu. The New Post dialog appears with no Photo selected.


2 Press center-nav and choose Add Photo from the menu.


3 The Photo Picker opens and displays a list of photos on your smartphone. Scroll the list using up/down and select a photo using center-nav.

Note: You may add only one image at a time to a Weblog; however, you may add multiple images at a time to a Photo Album.

Image View
Select an item in Weblog or Photo Album View and press center-nav to view it. The image is displayed full screen with the Title, Description, Date/Time, and Categories displayed below it.

Nav Left/Right to view the Previous/Next entry.
Nav Up/Down to scroll the text description.
Press center-nav to close the Image View.
Select the Options Menu to Edit or Delete the item.
Preferences
From the Tools menu, select Prefs to edit the Camera, Photo, and Archive preferences. Some versions of the TypePad Mobile application also include Font &/or Network preferences.

Camera Preferences
Show new post dialog
Select this option to display the New Post dialog after capturing a photo to enter a Title, Body and Category. Otherwise, photos will be saved without displaying the New Post dialog.
Stay in camera
Select this option to stay in camera mode after taking a picture so that you can continue taking more pictures without interruption.
Photo Preferences
Resize to 640px
Select this option to resize larger images to 640 pixels before uploading to the web. Otherwise, the full resolution photo will be uploaded. Note: the full resolution image will remain on the smartphone even if you choose to resize before uploading.
Delete after upload
Select this option to automatically delete photos from the smartphone after they have been successfully uploaded to the web.
Archive Preferences
Limit entries
Select this option to limit the number of entries that are stored on the device by automatically deleting the old ones.
Limit entries to
Specify the number of entries to keep on the smartphone. For example, enter “20” to store a maximum of 20 entries on the smartphone. Once you exceed 20 entries, the oldest entries will be automatically deleted so that no more than 20 entries are stored on the smartphone.
Delete photos as well
Select this option if you wish to also delete the Photos on the smartphone when the weblog entry is deleted.
Note: These setting only affect the smartphone. All post and photos will continue to exist on your blog.

Font Preferences
Choose Font
Select the Type, Size, and Style of the font used for posts created with the smartphone.
Network Preferences
Default access point
Your default access point for connecting to typepad.com.
TypePad Mobile needs an internet access point defined in order to connect to the internet and work with your TypePad blog. It will use your default access point on your device, unless you change this setting. Some devices which switch between access points - such as between a GPRS and wifi connection - may require you to change this setting in TypePad Mobile as well, in order to connect to the internet.
If you find that you are having problems publishing posts to your blog, check this setting to make sure it's using the same access point as your device's web browser. If you can view a webpage in your browser, then your access point is working. Choose that same access point in TypePad Mobile in order to publish your posts to the web.
Use proxy server
If necessary, enter a proxy server address and port number.
Proxy servers collect information from the Internet and store it locally until you view it. In order to work correctly, and in some cases to allow Internet access at all, a proxy server setting must be properly set up in TypePad Mobile.
Your service provider or network administrator should have provided you with the necessary server names and port numbers. If not, please contact the appropriate party and ask them for such information.