Aug 18, 2013 / Community Pool

Community Pool

Community Pool

The Community Pool is for those of you looking for input, whether on post ideas, writing, blog design and layout, or anything else. If you have a post, page, or idea you want to bounce off someone, leave a comment. Your fellow bloggers can then click through and offer input either on your site, or in the comments here (feel free to indicate which you’d prefer).

Read on for the ground rules and to leave a comment . . .

  • You’ll get the best feedback if you can be as specific as possible about what you’d like people to respond to or where you’re struggling.
  • Please keep all comments civil and constructive. We’re here to help and support one another, not to beat anyone down.
  • If you haven’t looked at our Commenting Guidelines in a while, now might be a good time.
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  6. i have just started my blog and was wondering if i could have some feed back on what i have done so far. I haven’t done loads yet but would love some advice
    Thankyou

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    1. First off, I’d put a “Who” at the front of your tagline’s final mini-sentence.

      The other thing I’d suggest is adding some visual interest to your tagline. Right now, it’s just some large black text in a sea of empty space where an image would normally be with that theme. If you were to create a single-page PowerPoint document (saved as a JPEG) with the text in a more interesting font and with a background color, it would be a great improvement. (I would have suggested putting a horizontal line at the top and bottom of the header but you’d have to crop the JPEG to fit the header’s required dimensions and it would be time-consuming to get the placement right in PowerPoint. )

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  7. I recently started my blog and was looking for some feed back about the design and layout. Also, should I stick with two pages (home and about) or expand by category (fiction, poetry etc)?? I would really appreciate any advice, comments, or feedback!! Thank you 🙂
    auburnhairgingertea.wordpress.com
    http:///

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    1. Right now, I think Home and About are sufficient. Since you’re already using the category widget, visitors can already sort posts by type. (Other popular page types are “About Me,” “Contact,” and “Blog Roll;” you don’t have to include them but I find that visitors flock to an “About Me” page.)

      As far as design goes, I’d strongly recommend adding a custom header. It would add some visual interest. If you don’t want a header, I’d suggest changing the orange text color or light blue background. (Considering your blog topic, probably the background…) The two colors look mismatched without any other images to tie them together.

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      1. Okay, I will look into adding a header or editing my color scheme. Thank you so much for your feedback!

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  10. Reblogged this on miroslavjokic41 and commented:
    Prvi put se javljam ,i moram priznati da mi puno stvari nisu poznate,pisao bih nesto,da li su odredjene teme pisanja,komentarisanja,obracanja,kome i kako. Svaka pomoc od Vas dobro bi mi dosla .Potrebno mi je samo da krenem,sto bi kod nas kazali”da udjem u fazon”,i na svakoj pomoci bio bih veoma zahvalan.Puno srece i zdravlja i od Boga svaki blagoslov dobili. Hvala Vam najlepse.

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  11. Hello, everyone. My name is AT Augustine, and my blog is called Crown Town Scribe. Through it, I explore storytelling in all its different forms, from the staples we all know and love like books and movies, to the mediums we may not expect like dance and video games.

    I just reformatted my site to include a home page, and an about page. I’d love for you guys to take a look and see if they help or hinder viewers.

    Thank you in advance.

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    1. Since you are aiming to write stories of imagination, though not on your blog, consider a blog header design/photo that is less technical (city skyline) and something more suggestion of memory, imagination.

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      1. That’s actually a picture of the city the blog is named after, and I guess I need to reword the premise of the blog since it must have misled you. I won’t be writing stories, but shining a light on how stories are told on different mediums. For example, I’ve got an article about the storytelling power of dance, and another about how video games tell stories.

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  13. Hi there. I’m icythunder and I very recently joined this site and started blogging not too long ago, my first real post 3 days ago. My blog is mainly about health and nutrition and I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas for my future posts.

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  15. Hi everyone, only started my blog site this morning, please have a look and let me know what you all think. Howtobeautyandhair@wordpres@.com

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    1. Congrats on three years.

      I’m hesitant to make too many suggestions for improvement because i have no idea what your regular readers are used to. However, the gray background color doesn’t seem to match the tone you’re going for. It’s a little dry and businesslike for an author who goes by the name “Christrocks.”

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      1. Thanks for the input! Well, the color scheme is actually pretty similar to my original theme, which was Book Lite. I mostly went for this one because of the side bar. Besides, I kind of like the clean, simple look. I appreciate your sharing your thoughts! 🙂

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    1. I love that post! Really gets in the head of someone who wants to try a little more, take one more step, test their limits -even that means getting out of bed! Definitely write more posts.
      Also, I’d love it if you could check out my blog if you have a chance 🙂

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  22. Hello everyone. My name is toots. Im very new to this so if u guys could help me out with some feedback or encouraging words that would be lovely.

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  24. I was wondering what was something a lot of people enjoy reading? I always write with my own thoughts in mind which is a good way to write, but what is something that people find interesting, or inspirational, or beautiful

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  28. Hi everyone! I started my first blog in April. It is an online poetry notebook – a place to test out ideas and get them out in the open. It took me a lot to be brave enough to do this, and I would really love it if you would take the time, just choose a poem from the right hand navigation and give me some feedback on it. I want to grow as a poet and I am hoping that you are willing to help!! Thank you 🙂

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  30. hey there, I’ve been working on my new blog since March and would appreciate any feedbacks.. what do you think? 🙂
    turquoisewheel.wordpress.com

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