TPBETA 1505
TypePad, Weblogs 07/21/2003 |
My own little concept for marking my spot as a TypePad beta tester. A small badge, with ‘TPBETA’ on the left, and ‘1505’ on the right. 1505 is the ID number for my TP blog — obviously, the older the blog, the lower the ID number will be. Just another idea to toss into the mix of ideas running around right now. 
On the off chance anyone wants to duplicate this, I used the Kalsey Button Maker with the following settings:
Outer border: 666666
Inner border: ffffff
Bar position: 50 pixels from left
Left box:
Text: tpbeta
Background: 006699
Text color: ffffff
Text start: 5 pixels from left
Right box:
Text: 1505
Background: dddddd
Text color: 000000
Text start: 4 pixels from the bar
Update (prompted by Grumpy’s comment): You can find your blog ID# by logging into your TypePad admin page, going to your weblog editing screen, and checking the address bar of your browser. The end of the URL will look something like blog_id=1505 — there you go!
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22 Responses to “TPBETA 1505”
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schinji
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Michael Hanscom
July 21st, 2003 at 8:46 pm
That’s a great idea; but, please tell me — where do I find my ID number? I’ve looked high and low and can’t see anything that resembles a Typepad ID nubmer.
July 21st, 2003 at 8:48 pm
Disregard. I believe I just discovered it — in the Address line.
July 21st, 2003 at 10:23 pm
Here is something for you. For those who might use multiple blogs within a blog, every blog you create starts a new blog id. I just played around with mine and found that out.
July 21st, 2003 at 10:29 pm
I emailed Raymond over at @Typepad to let him know of your idea. Its so wonderful. I hope others use it.
July 21st, 2003 at 10:43 pm
I wondered about that. Damn, and here I could have had 1503, since I played around a bit with a couple ideas before finally settling down…;)
474, huh?
July 21st, 2003 at 11:11 pm
Yeah, I guess I was quick, eh?
July 21st, 2003 at 11:47 pm
Tip: TPBeta User Button.
Following a tip from American Swami News via e-mail a new button has emerged for TypePad Beta Users. It includes your TypePad user ID and looks quite attractive and is nice for TypePad users to use without alienating everyone else.
July 22nd, 2003 at 12:29 am
TP Beta ID
Yet another button I’ve added. This happens when you have too much time on your hands. This also happens when you cannot sleep in normal hours, like normal people.
July 22nd, 2003 at 5:43 am
Oops!
Well, er… What can I say other than sorry. I didn’t mean to cause offense, if anything, it was meant to offset the growing (and misplaced - in my opinion) snobbery among Typepad users, to cement the sense of
July 23rd, 2003 at 9:36 pm
I don’t know why, but i feel compelled to point out that my TypePad blog ID is 60.
July 23rd, 2003 at 10:00 pm
Well, yeah, but you…you’re…
ADAM KALSEY.
Without whom, my cute lil’ ‘TPBETA’ button would have been much harder to create.
Without whom, I wouldn’t have that nifty ‘Related Posts’ sidebar on my other weblog (one of the few things I’ll miss if/when I move to TypePad permanently).
Without whom, I wouldn’t have waxed nostalgiac and inflicted my Newly Digital post on the unsuspecting web (well, okay, not entirely true, since it was a rehash of an earlier post).
Okay, I’m done. Annoying enough?
Seriously, though, it’s been amusing me. Apparently that little ‘TPBETA’ button has caught on, I’m catching glimpses of it on quite a few TypePad sites as I bounce around. It’s cool and all, but I swear — 95% of the buttons I see have lower numbers than mine! I tell ya, seeing things like that just does wonders for one’s ego.
July 24th, 2003 at 5:08 am
Hmm. I think my blog’s 32. Now I feel bad for having created and deleted about a dozen others, I think I remember having #4.
July 24th, 2003 at 1:43 pm
The button is great!
Similar to Anil… “why didn’t I log on sooner,” I said to myself with #958.
July 24th, 2003 at 4:25 pm
You’re giving me entirely too much credit. The only reason I have a low number is I whined at Anil to give me access to the alpha test so that we could make sure Zempt worked with it.
Feel free to use my number in your button. Live vicariously though me.
July 24th, 2003 at 4:48 pm
Well, sure I am. But somebody’s gotta do it, right?
And I can make myself #60, huh? Ooooh…(rubs his hands together, cackling with glee)…one more step on the road to global domination!
Or something like that.
July 24th, 2003 at 5:23 pm
How exactly do you figure out yer blog # ?
July 24th, 2003 at 7:08 pm
disregard. i saw the Update to the post.
July 29th, 2003 at 3:07 am
TPBeta button
[Via Eclecticism] Here’s my new button. Now, how am I going to get it into my template? UP
July 30th, 2003 at 10:08 pm
Brilliant idea!
July 31st, 2003 at 2:02 pm
Get involved…
Come on TP Beta Testers! Get into the act. Get labeled. Just get with it! If you haven’t made your button yet… DO IT!! :o)
August 4th, 2003 at 9:00 am
Excuse my ignorance, but do you have to be a Pro user to add the button? I’m a Plus user and can’t figure out how to add one.
August 4th, 2003 at 10:28 am
No excuses necessary! Here’s one solution I’ve seen, it should work for either Plus or Basic users:
Hopefully all this helped!