So I’ve put the new look at NevOn into effect. In doing so, I encountered a significant difficulty with TypePad.
What I did was upload two files to the root directory of the blog - the new style sheet plus the new banner image. The style sheet overwrote the one that was there. Then, I opened the blog in Firefox expecting to see the new layout - but the original one displayed.
I refreshed the browser, then emptied the cache and tried again - still the old look. Tried it in Internet Explorer, refreshed, emptied the cache - still the old look.
Then I thought: let’s check the settings from within TypePad. Maybe it isn’t just a simple matter of uploading a new style sheet. And that is the case - it is not just a matter of doing that when you make a major design change. At least, not with TypePad Plus, the service level I have, which doesn’t let you directly edit page code or stylesheets.
When I looked at the design settings, I discovered that they were all still set to the blog layout as it was before the changes. Fixed pixel widths. The previous banner. So I manually adjusted the settings, uploaded the new banner through the settings interface (ie, not uploading it directly as I had done), and saved. This time, the new look took effect.
While I’m curious about how this all works, I’m not that curious! It works and I’m happy with the implementation. But note for any future change: whatever you do to the stylesheet, you still have to make the changes from within TypePad. And that has significant limitations on what you can do.
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Hi, I´m not sure what you really did. As far as I know Typepad Plus doesn´t permit any editing of HTML/CSS at all, at least that´s why I am thinking about moving to Pro (but haven´t done so far).
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