Mar 23, 2014 / 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.
  • To keep from losing your place in the comment thread while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on a link to open it in a new tab or window.
  • No running on the deck.

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  1. Hello,
    I hope this is an appropriate place to pose this question. I’m having a hard time with the WP music player in the sidebar of my blog: squareonenotes.com
    I can’t tell if it’s an operator error or if it’s my computer? Would you mind stopping by to see if you can get it to play more than just the first track?
    Thanks, Sandra

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      1. Thank you so much! That actually does help. At least I know it’s not just me. And thank you for the kind feedback! I really appreciate it.

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  3. Busy mom, dads or anyone else who like easy recipes with pictures step by step if you could look at my blog and let me know if it’s easy to follow or any feedback that would be appreciated. Please check all the pages to see if it’s well explained. Thank you!

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  4. Hey everyone, my last post says it all. I’m a newbie, but usually I can trouble shoot my way out of these such things. Does anyone have any helpful advice or direction they can point me in? Also any feedback would be greatly appreciated. shegetsalife.wordpress.com

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    1. Hi – I do not know much about historical sites and am afraid I will not be able to provide much constructive feedback on your writing. I would however like to mention that I love the way your blog is set up and that it is cluster free. I look forward to reading more of your work! Cheers! 😀

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    1. Hello- I read your blog and also left a comment. You mentioned you love making citations and providing excerpts…I believe it would be even more interesting if your could cite the book or the source from where you are making a quote since some of them are really lovely! Good luck! 😀

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      1. Hey sure, a lot of stuff I write are random shit created in my mind, which I term as personal anecdotes and I would from next time definitely try and provide citations for the quotes where they exist! Keep in touch 🙂

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  7. Hi! I started a blog about a month ago and have posted a few posts. Now that I have some content and readers can get a gist of my blog, I would love your feedback.

    http://www.lookscooksandbooks.com

    I would like to know what you think of the blog itself, the posts, the theme I have chosen, anything missing that would help me get more readers to my blog and anything else that you liked about or disliked about and also how I can improve the blog. TIA, really appreciate your time 🙂

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    1. Hi – I read your blog and found it quite interesting. Design, food and books are really avid and diverse themes to write on and you pull that off pretty well. I am counting on the idea that you are looking forward to some suggestions, and would like to advise you to create different pages for your three themes and post accordingly. This would make navigation easy for your readers and allow them to scroll to the section they are most interested in. Not only that, then you would be able to trace which page is getting the maximum likes and will be able to draw which particular topic works best for you and will be able to accordingly work on the other subjects. 
      I also think making your blog more aesthetically appealing would enhance your content. Try using a more personalised header for your blog, and maybe add some colour to the background! Good luck and cheers! 😀
      http://biswalnikita.wordpress.com/

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      1. Thank you for the comments! I especially liked the one about different pages.

        I would like to know what kind of a personlised header do you mean for my blog, any ideas?

        Once again thanks!

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      2. I wanted to suggest something which actually speaks for your blog’s theme 🙂 You could use an illustration from the internet, a quote that describes your blog’s concept against a nice background or perhaps you could devise a logo for your blog! Anything which reflects the mood of your blog… for I believe it will work better than a flower which is much different from your blog’s concept 🙂
        I am glad to have helped! Cheers 😀

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  9. If somebody could look at my blog for me and give me some feedback good or bad I can take it, But I don’t know if anybody out there is reading my blog so if somebody could just tell me if I am doing something good or not it would be extremely helpful

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