Typo

This is where you configure the overall settings for your blog.

General settings

Blog name: The name that shows up at the top of your blog

Blog subtitle: The subtitle that shows up right beneath the blog name

Blog URL: The URL for your blog, Typo will automatically try to guess this so you don’t have to set it.

Read

Display X articles on my homepage by default: The number of articles that will be put on every webpage that shows a list of articles, for example, the archives for May will have these many articles shown on every page.

Display X articles in my news feed by default: The number of latest articles shown in your feeds

Show full article on feed: If this isn’t checked, any extended content in your articles isn’t included in your feeds.

Write

<strong>Editor:</strong> Typo now includes the [http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/ TinyMCE visual editor] so it's easier to use the web admin to write articles.  You need to enable it to use it.  Typo will generate an AJAX live preview that you can turn off if it's too slow.

Discuss

Enable Trackbacks by default: Any new articles that you write will have trackbacks enabled by default.

Enable comments by default: Any new articles that you write will have comments enabled by default.

Enable gravatars: Gravatars are avatar images that can follow you everywhere, Typo support can be enabled by checking this option.

Spam protection

Enable spam protection: Various spam protection features, like local blacklists or checking external spam lists (surbl.org, for example), are enabled. [http://akismet.com/ Akismet] is a spam filtering service that is provisionally enabled when you check this option, assuming you enter a proper Akismet key below.

Akismet Key: You must go to the [http://akismet.com/ Akismet website] and get a key from them in order to use their service. Enter the key Akismet gives you here.