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MuseumsAndTheWeb: Typepad

http://www.typepad.com/
Typepad is essentially a hosted version of Movable Type, with some differences

Pros:

• Easy to start
• Easy to customize without technical knowledge
• Spend your time blogging instead of messing with the guts
• Photo albums

Cons

• Limited templates
• Limited customization (in cheaper pricing schemes)
• No third-party plugins (?)

Pricing: http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/compare

• Basic - $4.95 / month
  • 1 author, 1 blog, standard templates only, 100M storage
• Plus - $8.95 / month
  • 1 author, 3 blogs, customized templates, 500M storage
• Pro - $14.95 / month
  • unlimited blogs and authors, full html and css editing, 2G storage
• Free trial: 30 days
• Discounts to pay by year

Design customization is extremely limited at the Basic level and only fully accessible at the Pro level. If you want to run a group blog, or give some people editor access and others publishing access, you must go with the Pro account.

Typepad Plus and Pro do a better job than most blog software at allowing you to configure layout options without having to go into the templates.

Examples:

• http://obscurestore.typepad.com/
• http://senatorfeldman.typepad.com/
• http://makower.typepad.com/