Feb 2, 2015 / Community Pool

Community Pool

The place for advice, feedback, and friendly blogging chatter.

Have you just published a new post and are dying for some feedback? Did you recently start your blog and could use some layout or design advice from your more seasoned peers?

Tap into the wisdom of The Daily Post blogging community and leave your question here in the comments. Others can then click through and offer input either on your site, or in the comments here (feel free to indicate which you’d prefer).

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  6. I am fairly new to this blogging thing and would love any and all feedback on my blog. I hope to give feedback on your efforts as well! Thanks in advance

    This Restaurant Life

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  12. General question.

    Is there a reason why some people’s post on Reader say “Sorry, this blog only allows us to show the first section of a post.” when you go to comment- as oppose to the entire post, or “read more”?

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  13. Hi there I have 2 blogs one I have had for a little while now and another is brand new. Both completely different focuses. My main one in question is http://www.thoughtsoutloud.me I will include the link to what seemed to be my most “liked” post as far as sharing on Facebook went. IF you have time I would super appreciate if you checked out some of the other posts as well. I just need feedback….badly. I have zero traction when I share my posts on Facebook wah-wah 😦 I hate to sound like such a cry baby but I have a lot of passion for this blog and I feel like NO ONE reads it. I definitely don’t get any interaction on posts so how would I know?

    Here is the link to my post “The Imagination Killer” http://thoughtsoutloud.me/2014/05/12/the-imagination-killer/

    And here is the link to my newest blog and the only post so far on there, like I said its brand spankin new…also check out the Home page while you’re there if you wish, it lets you know what the site is all about in a nutshell.

    http://dynamicness.com/category/beauty-reviews/

    But I am most concerned with the first post.

    Thank you!!

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    1. One suggestion I have is maybe try to add the “continue reading” to your posts so when they show up on your home page, readers have to click to the posts page to keep reading. Right now its a little hard to sift through the posts.

      I hope this helps you a little!

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      1. Oh ok! That’s a good idea! Yeah I am still trying to work on the formatting for the blog. Did you get a chance to really read any of the content? Thank you!

        Also I really like your blog, the pictures are great and the post about new portrait photography is a great takr on brining out someone personality, without evening showing their face.

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    2. thanks for looking at my blog!

      I read a couple of your more recent posts and the one you linked to above, and I really do like the content and what you talk about. I think if you just look into different ways to format, maybe include more images to engage readers visually, and maybe even write more (from what I saw it was only a post a month) then you can increase traffic. But of course, just don’t give up!

      Good luck to you! 🙂

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  14. Hello everyone , i just recently started my blog and would really appreciate if any of you guys took the time to check my blog and give me your feedback and opinions about my theme , titles , writing and overall my blog . your opinion is really important for me and that’s how i plan to learn .
    https://adlysalwa.wordpress.com/
    Thanks 🙂

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  15. I recently moved my blog over here from another site where I had many followers. I came here because my content wasn’t getting the feedback and discussion that I feel it deserved. I’d love some feedback and discussion! I’ll return the favor!

    I chronicle my life as a main stream disability college student whose been through some tough stuff.

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    1. Be sure you are logged into your wordpress account and not just reading an email.

      Go to the MySites tab and click on WP-admin. This will show you you classic dashboard, the place where you can edit pages and posts and publish. On the left, you will see the word “comments” click on that and you will see a list of comments and how to approve or deny them.

      If you have trouble doing so, get into your dashboard and click on the word “setting” on the left. Then click on the word “Discussion.” Here you can change your settings for your comments – you may have them blocked.

      If these actions do not help, seek the help files. In the dashboard, they are found by clicking the word “help” in the upper right corner of your screen. We bloggers all learn how to do things with them, sometimes easier than talking with each other. They are simple, accurate.

      If you cannot find what you are looking for in the help files; contact a happiness engineer. You can learn many great things from happiness engineers.

      Once you play around with your site, approving comments is not so difficult and other blogging abilities are easy to learn, too. Leave a comment on jcm3blog.com about our latest post; let us know if this reply was at all of any help.

      Good luck with your plight in blogging. It is fun, for sure. 🙂

      @jcm3rockstar (twitter name)

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  19. It literally made me Lol! Nice blog, good balance, may I suggest the old phone would appreciate a little more about his role while he was still the latest and greatest, and perhaps his plot for revenge? Ha-ha-ha.

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  25. Hello , I request feedback on my recent post ‘A Dog’s Musical Evening’. I was having issues with my page , they just seem to have got resolved , fingers crossed. Out of the 10 postings , one is finally visible on Reader. I could not post comments on other bloggers post also. So will get active now.

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    2. Looks good and sounds like it will be quite an adventure. I especially like seeing photos in the posts

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  28. Hi guys! I just started blogging about two days ago… Just have two posts. #Newbie Would love to get some feedback and meet fellow bloggers.
    I have been checking your pages and I must say it’s really encouraging to see so many awesome and interesting blogs. Really inspires me to get mine to its best.

    Here’s the link: https://unwindthechaos.wordpress.com/
    Any comments, follows, likes and suggestions are greatly welcome!

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  29. Hello bloggers. I have spent the evening reading some of you … And its with a lot of hesitation I offer mine to this forum. All of you, from across countries, ages, cultures have written such amazing posts. Thank you for a wonderful evening. I hope to continue the feast tomorrow. Onwards!

    I would surely like to hear from you. And if you can leave your comments on my page, I would really appreciate it.
    Thank you.
    You can find us on
    http://www.pennshutter.com

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    2. hi, have left you a comment on your site, and am now following you, where exactly are you? The post about the elephant mourning process was – and I don’t use the word often – awesome!

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  30. Hello there,

    I just recently posted on my blog. Does anyone else feel sick when they post something? I feel like I just had a baby after every single posting. Can someone please take a look at my blog and tell me if I should just abandon ship. I really need some honest feedback about what is working and what is not working when it comes to my blog. I would really appreciate any feedback and would love to return the favor.

    https://remodelinghouseandheart.com

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