Ready to get your new blog off to a great start (or kick-start your old one)? Blogging 101 returns on Monday, January 5.
New to blogging? A new session of our introductory blogging course starts on Monday, January 5 — and all bloggers are welcome, whether you blog on WordPress.com, a self-hosted WordPress blog, or somewhere else entirely.
Blogging 101 is four weeks of daily bite-size assignments that take you from “Blog?” to “Blog!” — along with a supportive community to encourage you all the way through. At the end of the course, you’ll have a blog you’re proud and excited to publish, and that others are excited to read. Here’s how it works:
My blog has gone from being dull and plain to having widgets and all this shmancy tech stuff, and from having almost no followers to having a loyal following now!
– Microgalactic
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Assignments fall into three broad categories — publishing posts and pages, customizing your blog, and engaging with the community — and are designed to build on one another.
- We’ll post a new assignment here on The Daily Post each weekday at 12AM GMT. Each assignment will contain all the inspiration and instructions you need to complete it. Weekends are free (but we’ll suggest some ways you might want to spend them).
- Participants will have a private community site, the Commons, for chatting, connecting, and seeking feedback and support. Daily Post staff and Happiness Engineers will be on hand to answer your questions and offer guidance and resources.
You’ll walk away with six (or more!) published posts and a handful of drafts, a customized theme that reflects your personality, a small but growing audience, a good grasp of blogging etiquette — and a bunch of new online friends.
Registration is now closed, but Blogging 101 returns in February!
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Really looking forward to this
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Like you I too very much enthusiastic about it; I hope we all have a nice time all together.
Isn’t it????????????
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yup 🙂
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does anyone know how much is the registeration fee?
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There is no fee — everything on The Daily Post is free.
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I am looking forward to this consortium and to learning how to send a good message.
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Arent we all
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We can do this with blogs that are meant to start off a business, right?
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Sure, it’s open to anyone 🙂
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Outstanding! Can’t wait.
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I don’t have access to an Internet connection at least 2 days a week because my husband and I commute to our cabin 17 days out of the month. there is no electricity and very little cell signal. Is it still possible to take the class and catch up on assignments on the other days of the week we are in the city?
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Everyone does the assignments on their own time, so you can participate however fits your schedule. And there are no new assignments on weekends specifically to give folks a chance to catch up.
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Seems fun! Gotta join
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This looks really interesting! X
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Looking forward to this, Happy New Year everyone 🙂
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Same to you……
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Back for a refresh. Blog needs a few of its cobwebs dusted 🙂
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So glad I am not the only one with that thought 🙂
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Well, that and I might have enjoyed it so much the first time around, I want to do it again.. 🙂
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I’ve been sooo layzee! It’s time for a jumpstart! This may just be the ‘course’ I need to take.
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This is exactly what I needed! Just joined WordPress last week!
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Welcome! I’ve been blogging since June and love it. This is going to be a new experience for me as well. Looking forward to it!
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me too, hope I can stay motivated 🙂
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Sounds great!
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Wonderful! I’m new to the game! Can’t wait..
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This is awesome! Can’t wait!
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Can’t wait to start this, sounds great
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great! 🙂
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Can’t wait for this! My New Year’s resolution is to blog more often and to try and make my blog professional and interesting to a wider audience.
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Thanks, Jody. I’m going to add that to my list of intentions for the new year.
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Same!
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I note that this has been posted twice. Was this posted in error a second time instead of the much loved Community Pool by any chance?!
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It was only posted once here, and once over on the main WordPress.com news blog. You might have accidentally gotten two notifications, though.
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Really then i can’t wait
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When I add a picture to my site and then go to ”preview site” only the picture is there and all of my posts are gone, just the picture is there…..?? how do you put pics up without deleting your posts?
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Putting up a photo shouldn’t have any effect on the rest of your posts. I’m not able to see exactly what you’re doing, but if you head to the support forums, a support staff specialist or volunteer should be able to get you sorted:
https://wordpress.com/forums/
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Thanks, I had the picture I wanted on my site and it looked fine with the caption above and everything BUT now today I posted another story and the Picture is GONE along with my other posts.. I have no idea what to do now.
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At this point, you’ll want to contact our support folks. You can either contact them through the support site, or post a request for help in the support forums:
https://wordpress.com/support/contact/
https://wordpress.com/forums/
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Can you start a few days later or do you have to be part of it from the start?
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Sure, the first few assignments will still be available, so you can catch up. We’re also going to start running this course monthly, in case you want to wait for a month where you can participate in the whole thing.
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A great job indeed! I am looking forwar to it!
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Can’t wait to start! 🙂
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Hope I can give it my hundred percent this time. 😊
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Yes, as always!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I am looking forward to this course to jump start the creative juices and hone up on my writing and blogging skills
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Just registered for the course. I look forward to learning new things.
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happy new year for eveyone
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Awesome! Happy New Year! 🙂
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I hope folks here are bilingual, i mean french and english. anyway it’s a pleasure to gossip with all of you about blogging. so i wish u all amazing happenings in 2015
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What an exciting way to start off the new year!
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Cant wait till 2015 !
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Unfortunately the form doesn’t open. Would still very much like to join along with this 🙂
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It’s the “s” in the “https” triggering a warning in your browser — you can either just delete the “s” (it’s totally safe, I promise), or fill out the form right in this post instead (eg, by visiting the post on The Daily Post rather than using the link in the email).
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The link in the actual post does the same thing. I shall try deleting the ‘s’. Thank you very much for your help.
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I’m excited to take part in this great opportunity.
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Would love to join this as I am looking to get my blog started for my business. I am unable to open the form either.
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Give the embedded one a try — if you look at this post on a computer, you should see a form right in the post itself.
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