Advanced Templates: User Tags

The User tags are for displaying your Author Profile information.

Customizing an Advanced About Page (Pro)

Pro members have the option of selecting to use the About Page default template or using a custom About Page template. With a custom About Page template, enter the HTML and TypePad Tags in the text field to create your design. You can also use the user tags in an advanced index or archive template.

Tip: MTUserSiteURL

An About Page does not “belong” to a specific weblog so it does not make sense to use the <$MTBlogURL$> tag in an advanced About Page template. Use <$MTUserSiteURL$> instead, adding the necessary directory information for the weblog that you are referring to.

Important Note: If you're not comfortable writing/editing HTML, you should continue using the default About Page template above.

Sample Template

When creating a custom About Page, you will need to write the HTML for the entire page. If you're also using an Advanced Template Set, you can copy over elements from your regular weblog templates and this is the easiest way to do it if you want the page to look like one of your weblogs.

For the content of the page, that is, the actual profile information, you can use a format like the following:

<h2>Contact</h2>
<p>
Email Me: <$MTUserEmail$>
Website: <a href="<$MTUserURL$>"><$MTUserURL$></a><br />
<a href="<$MTUserWishlist$>">Amazon Wishlist</a><br />
Location: <$MTUserLocation$><br />
</p>
<h2>One-Line Bio</h2>
<p><$MTUserMiniBio$>p>
<h2>Interests</h2>
<p><$MTUserInterests$></p>

You can add tags for other profile information that you'd like to display. The available tags are listed below.

TypePad Tags for Displaying Author Profile Information:

Name = <$MTUserFullName$>

About Page Title = <$MTUserAboutPageTitle$> (Your first and last name is used for the About Page title. If Nickname but not Name is selected to display on about page, Nickname is used. If neither are selected, “About Me” is used.)

Profile Photo = <$MTUserPhoto$>

Email Address = <$MTUserEmail$> (automatically spam-protected as described above)

AIM Name = <$MTUserAIM$>

ICQ Number = <$MTUserICQ$>

Yahoo! ID = <$MTUserYahoo$>

MSN Messenger = <$MTUserMSN$>

Web address (URL) = <$MTUserURL$>

Location = <$MTUserLocation$>

Biography = <$MTUserBio$>

One-Line Bio = <$MTUserMiniBio$>

Interests = <$MTUserInterests$>

Amazon Wishlist = <$MTUserWishlist$>

PGP Key = <$MTUserPublicKey$>

PGP Key Link = <$MTUserPublicKeyLink$>

Your example.typepad.com address = <$MTUserSiteName$>

Your http://example.typepad.com/ address = <$MTUserSiteURL$>

Your TypePad registration date = <$MTUserStartDate$>

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