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Hi all,
I would really like some feedback on a recent post. It is pretty short and it is an excerpt from a much longer work. I would like some thoughts mainly on my writing style but absolutely any feedback is appreciated. Thank you!
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That was absolutely lovely. I think you have awesome potential! Can you give me an overview of the story? Would you consider reading a bit of my fiction? Thanks, lily
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I would love to read some of you fiction. Any specific posts?
Thanks for the comment and compliment. I am still piecing this story together but it involves a war of good and evil and these two are key players. I’ve got another excerpt that I hope to put up soon.
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okay, here is the link: https://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/a-calling-of-light-fiction-2/ this is a story I wrote while manic. I am putting it up a chapter at a time. There’s a chunk of it up already, so just read a little section. Thanks a lot…I get a lot of feedback on my posts but not as much on the fiction. Part of that is because I have a good share of male followers and they run like hell from “female” fiction…LOL.
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I read A Calling of Light and really loved it. You are a great writer!
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Oh Amie, thanks so much…that really means a lot coming from you. I will follow you for more installments of your story. 🙂
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I followed you back so I can follow your story as well 🙂 It really hooked me in.
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Hello everyone! Please check out my blog and let me know what you think about the content. https://fstop2018.wordpress.com
Thank you!
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Just stopped by your blog! LOVE IT! I especially love the name. After having done photography for a little while as a hobby, it’s just a very clever name for a blog! Your pictures are great. It is set up wonderfully!
I love how simple your posts are. They are easy to get through and the attention is really brought to the photos (which are WONDERFUL by the way). Absolutely wonderful! Now following. 🙂
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Very nice images. Are you going to write at all? It might be fun…:)
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Greetings, all! Happy Monday! I just published a post that’s based on, of all things, “Ravishing” Rick Rude’s tights. So, if you’re a wrestling fan pissed that an overrated someone who’s neither good on the mic nor a great mat technician is getting to main event Mania this Sunday, stop on by to celebrate an underrated promo God and great wrestler who never got a chance at the top spot. Everyone else: I analyze and catalog the performance apparel of a professional wrestler.
https://findingaid.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/on-the-spandex-codex-or-cataloging-ensues-when-archivist-watches-wrestling/
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Would like some feedback on my creative pieces!
I’m having a hard time cause I think my fiction writing is lacking something – was hoping for an outside perspective
Much love
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need a ink
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oops…link
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https://writingthroughthemonotony.wordpress.com
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I quite enjoy your fiction pieces. I followed you 🙂
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Hello!
I am still fairly new to the blogging world. I have been gone for about 2 months, but I am starting up again as of today. I would love some feedback on my blog! Anything would be good…good or bad! Feel free to comment on any post in specific or on the overall blog. Thank you so much in advance!!
The link to my blog is: https://kennalynn24.wordpress.com
Thank you!
McKenna 🙂
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Simply put McKenna, this is one of the happiest, upbeat and cheerful blogs, I have ever come across.
Just keep shining!
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Thank you so very much! 🙂
I looked through your blog as well, and I absolutely loved it! I just had to follow! I also really love your setup….it’s fantastic!
I really appreciate your feedback! 🙂
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Left you a comment:) Really cute!
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Really nice layout and friendly feel. Your sincerity shines through in your posts. Very nice of you to share
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Thank you so much! I truly appreciate it!
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I would love some constructive criticism and/or opinions on my latest blog post. It’s about self love, especially when we are naked.
Thank you so much!
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I liked your post, a lot. Just want you to remember that you’re beautiful!
Also, my little advice is that maybe you can try to make smaller paragraphs because some readers can get bored. Also, I noticed that in one of them you had too many ideas, so smaller ones will help a lot.
Stay inspired!
-Random girl
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Thank you so much for your kind words! Your tips are helpful & I’ll remember to break my ideas up better next time. 🙂
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Your welcome!
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I agree with the idea of smaller paragraphs. Didn’t keep me from reading but it was a bit distracting. Otherwise nice post. Normally I suggest adding graphics but considering the subject matter an omission is quite understandable
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Thank you!
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Hey guys, I wrote my first ever blog post this week, it’s about planning for our London holiday. Please can I have some feedback on the style, what to include and what to avoid?
Planning for London | My Occasional Jottings – https://ananthnatarajan.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/planning-for-london/
Thanks
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I have a few new posts out on http://www.smalltownfashionblogger.wordpress.com
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Really love the layout of your blog. I do suggest adding widgets such as categories on the side just to make it easier for readers to find related posts if they wanted to. Other than that, keep up the great work 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Hi community pool!! I really do love reading through blog posts and connecting with other bloggers, so my last post was an opportunity to share blogs! Please leave a comment with your blog and check out some of the other blogs: https://sherinaspeaks.wordpress.com/2015/03/21/the-search-for-meaning-and-blog-share/
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Hi Sherina,
Just waving hi!
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Waving hi back! 🙂
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good afternoon,
It’s been a slow monday so I thought I’d venture over and see what everyone’s doing. Here’s one of my most recent posts…something different from my usual stuff: https://romancedonewrite.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/if-ive-accomplished-anything-today-this-is-it/
Any feedback would be great and if you care to look around I have writer-ly posts and some posts on my trip to San Francisco. I’d be happy to look at anyone else’s stuff if you leave a comment.
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Hi Vanessa. I looked at your blog and found your insights useful and easy to comprehend. Nice job with your about page as well
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Hey thanks!
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hello everyone! I post my artwork and travel experiences on my blog. If you have similar interests, check out my blog! any type of feedback for the page layout is appreciated..thanks!
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Nice job-I’ve visited your blog before. Liked your post about volunteering in particular
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Thank you Ben for taking the time! Much appreciated. 😊
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Anyone like history blogs? Genealogy blogs? I am always looking for some feedback about what I can do to make this better. I just finished a new piece that took weeks of research. It was much harder than others I’ve done. I’d be curious to have someone take a look.
Thanks,
Julie
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Your blog is everything a blog should be: well researched, interesting, tastefully decorated, classy. I really love your blog. One of the best ones around. http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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You made my day!!!
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Hello guys! I started a blog for a course i have at university. It’s for a project. You can give it a look and give some comments, or a feedback! Its about technology.
Thank you so much!
https://unictechfreaks.wordpress.com/
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Nice visual appeal on this blog! http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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It would be super neat if I could get some feed back on my post. Just thoughts and such! https://delaneyclark.wordpress.com
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Very fun and playful…meaningful without being a drag verse. Was a TOUCH on the long side. Very nice job. http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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Hi peoples! I… well, is my blog annoying in any way? Does it make your eyes hurt, or make you want to go out and buy a kitten just to kick it in anger? (No kittens were hurt during the writing of this post.)
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Hi bloggers! Thefabletters is a series of letters about various topics; our last post was about social media. We would appreciate any feedback on our writing and overall blog! https://thefabletters.wordpress.com/
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cool blog. I thought it was different and I liked how you responded to letters. Keep it up.
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I love blogs about social media. There is so much to say. Great job! http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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Hi – I’m pretty new to blogging….only a few months in and I would love appreciate any feedback/thoughts regarding my content and the areas I’ve been writing about. Thank you!
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You have engrossing prose, but I’d work a bit on your denouement. In reading the topmost post I found myself well engrossed in your tale, but the sharp ending left me unfulfilled. I understand the juxtaposition you were attempting, but I think the ending’s abruptness undercut the message, rather than bolstered it.
I think your topic choices are rich for literary mining, I’d suggest only that you not shy away from bleak endings. Your humor is good, trust what you have and try not to oversell it in feeling the need to end on an up note.
As I said, very engrossing regardless of my nitpicks. Well done.
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Thank you! I appreciate the feedback! I definitely struggle with endings….always….I’ll keep working on it!
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That’s the key. Good luck and happy writing.
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You’re a really good story teller. You have a good voice. Just from reading your blogs, I feel like I know you
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Thank you, Sabrina! I’ve really been enjoying it and it’s also been so great to find this whole community of others with interesting stories and lives and experiences to share.
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Hi
I’d love to get some feedback on my latest post.
Thanks 🙂
heregoesblog.wordpress.com
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My first suggestion goes to site organization. I agree that you want to highlight your newest content, but in putting the newest works at the top of the page and the oldest at the bottom, you work against the natural reading pattern. Newer readers are actually discouraged from reading more than a couple of posts and they thus miss a great deal of your content. I would limit the number of posts you display on a single page and work on organizing your archive so that it runs from top to bottom. Regular readers, those who read each post as it comes out, won’t have any trouble with your content as it’s laid out now, but new readers, like me, have to struggle to read from the beginning. Anything you can do to make it easier for viewers to read your page will pay dividends in readership.
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Thanks a lot! I’ll try to reorganize 🙂
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hello!
For personal reasons, I’ve scrapped my old blog ‘new teacher life’ and over the weekend my new blog ‘diary of a teachaholic’ went live.
I’d love to know what you all think and any feedback you have ! 🙂
http://www.diaryofateachaholic.com
Sare x
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As a former teacher I just loved this. I really miss teaching:( http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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haha i love it, most of the time! week like this week, I could definitely jack it in! Thanks for looking! 🙂 x
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Hi there! I’d love to hear feedback & opinions on my blog! I’d love to check out yours as well :~)
https://astralnative.wordpress.com/
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good tv review, disappointed walking dead didnt make your list
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It would’ve if not for the fact that I stopped watching it! But thank you :~)
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I like your “Update of Somesort” blog because it was honest and real. I appreciated that.
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Hi,
I really like your blog, you’ve actually made me want to watch a show I wasn’t interested in before (the 100). I also like your writing style. A good blog, well done you! 🙂
I’d love to hear what you think of mine … I’ve literally just started in the last week or so.. a total blogging virgin, so be kind 😉
https://u2cansee.wordpress.com/
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Can’t comment on content…have you thought of a bit of color? http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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I’ve gotten several comments on my posts! That’s strange that you can’t comment on them; is there just no space for you to leave comments?
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Oh no…I am just unfamiliar with the subject matter.
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Oh! Sorry, I misunderstood. Thank you though! :~)
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I really like your blog! Love the content. However, I would say try a different theme. The current theme is (for lack of a better term) boring. Great writing! Will have to try a few of your favorite TV shows!
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Hi everybody, check out my b log I focus on disabled rights and current event politics. REcently destroyed netanyahu in an article.
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I just finished the Blogging 101 course — what a great benefit provided by WordPress! I consolidated what I learned here:
http://giffordmacshane.com/2015/03/23/blogging-101-whats-its-done-for-me/
I heartily recommend this course for anyone who hasn’t taken it yet.
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I was in the class too, and loved your summary of it. http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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Very nice summary and I appreciated the specific examples you gave. Well done
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Hiya there!! It would greatly appreciate if I could get some feedback on my blog as I am a new blogger with only a couple of months under my belt. Any feedback on content, website design, writing style, etc. is welcomed! Thanks 😀
eat8travel.wordpress.com
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left you a comment on your blog:)
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Thanks appreciate the feedback! (:
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Hello, all. I’m most interested in comments on my most recent post, the one entitled Fortune Cookie Friday. I’d like to start a regular interactive feature and wondered if anyone had any suggestions on how to make this feature more enticing. Here’s the link:
https://thistlehammertransmutational.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/fortune-cookie-friday-for-20-march-2015/
Thanks in Advance.
– Alexander
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Hi,
I like your idea ‘fortune cookie friday’. It gives you a nice ‘hook’ and invites people to comment, which is good (I have just done so by the way). Not sure how you could make it more exciting though … maybe add some kind of ‘philosophical’ quote or inspirational topics, to invite discussion?
I love the idea anyway, well done 🙂
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Thanks for the suggestion.
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I like the idea of this being a regular feature. I think you are going to have to “prime the pump” by finding some bloggers and asking them to participate for a while until you get some takers.
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Thanks for the advice, I hadn’t even considered that.
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Sometimes when I wait for comments to show up, I get old. I drag in my regulars and they are so kind as to help out.
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How do you go about that? My followers seem on the quiet side so I sadly haven’t much engagement with them yet.
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okay 1) go to this thread: https://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/2015/03/21/what-do-you-blog-about/ 2) find some blog topics you like 3) visit the blogs and leave sincere and thorough comments 4) try to get a dialogue going 5) when you find someone friendly, ask them to write a blurb for you. People are flattered to be asked. I’ll write one.
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Thanks very much, I’ll give it a shot. I’d be happy to have your blurb.
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just e-mail me with what you want and I’ll write it up for you:)
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Hi, I’m new to the whole blogging thing, would love some feedback 🙂 Many thanks x https://u2cansee.wordpress.com/
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Hi,
I like your idea ‘fortune cookie friday’. It gives you a nice ‘hook’ and invites people to comment, which is good (I have just done so by the way). Not sure how you could make it more exciting though … maybe add some kind of ‘philosophical’ quote or inspirational topics, to invite discussion?
I love the idea anyway, well done 🙂
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Ooops .. that was meant to go on the post above! haha .. told you I was new!! 😛
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jengo,
I liked your first paragraph…I thought that was your “about” for the blog. I would take the rest of it and pick two or three ideas and expand on those for some other posts. You’re off to a really great start. http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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Thanks for looking 🙂
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Hello guys! I am just now starting to consistenly blog and I would love some feedback. Thank You! https://sabrinakwhite.wordpress.com
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Hi, Sabrina, one thing I have trouble is small print. So I would personally recommend a slightly larger print — you don’t have to go huge, but something that’s a bit easier to read.
Your articles are very good, but as they tend to be longer, you might consider a theme that would give you a 2- or 3-column layout. Or you could tell the system to only display a certain number of words on your home page with a “Read More” button that takes the reader to the rest of your article.
You could also spiff up your page with “Widgets” — right now at a minimum you could use the Search feature and then maybe a list of blogs you follow or articles you’ve liked on other blogs. (I recently put both of these on mine if you want to look.) If you click on “MY SITES” at the top of your page, go down to “Look and feel” and choose “Customize” you’ll find the “widgets” function in the left panel. Lots of choices there, just pick the ones you like best.
Also, right now I see a place to leave a comment, but not a button for “Like”, so it’s hard to tell how popular each article is. The “like” button can also help you direct the road you take in the future.
Overall, you’ve done a very nice job with the articles. I think your layout should reflect your creativity as well.
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Thank you so much for the feedback, I’ll have to work on the layout. I have been focusing more on the content, but I understand that both are important.
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Sabrina, I enjoyed your review of the concert very much. In June, wordpress will be offering Blogging 101, a free class which would be of great help. I took it twice and it made such a difference on my blog. Am glad you are being consistent…that is important to grow an audience. Don’t forget to get out there and meet other bloggers and make friends. http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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As soon as I saw your latest post’s title I knew what it would be about. Very nice how you describe your concert experience
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I’m creating new pages and want to move some of my previous posts to them. Is there an easier way to do this than copying and pasinting each one individually?
e.g: I have a trivia post every Tuesday, right now there just on my main “Posts” page. I want to move them over to my new “Tuesday Trivia” page.
Any suggestions? thanks in advance …
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giff,
I just cut and pasted to get those old posts onto a new page.
Same with your trivia. Check across the top of my opening page. I keep adding to that fiction page every week. That’s what you could do with your trivia. http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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Thanks, Lilypup — I did try that, but I didn’t get the nice dividers you have between the posts (with the date, etc). Do you do that for each one manually? And does the system know to report it as a new post? Thanks again!
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yep…had to do it manually. ick, I know. i have no clue as reporting as a new post…i don’t think mine did.
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Hey, a very nice support person helped me out with this in an on-line chat — I set up some category pages and now everything shows up where I want it, and is also included on my “Latest Posts” page.
Instructions are here: https://wordpress.com/support/category-pages/
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I’m not new to blogging but I’ve recently experienced the supportive community of bloggers through Blogging 101. Wow! And to know that can continue is reassuring.
I am adding a regular feature to my blog and wonder if it would be best to post them in a separate project or just categorize them separately. Any suggestions? From a reader’s perspective?
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Marie, what exactly are you doing? I am putting up a book one chapter at a time. I have put that on a separate page from my regular posts. Is that what you mean?
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I don’t know if I want my Wednesday feature to show up in my regular posts. Not sure yet? Trying to get advice on the best way to go with it.
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I use my features to give my readers more content. With my schedule I am only writing two fresh posts a week which is about my limit. So I add in two features and I have four posts a week. The schedule has helped me a lot. I was scattered all over the place before.
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Yes I’m adding a feature so that I can give my readers more content and force myself to be more consistent. Thank you for your help.
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Hey there. Please take a look and let me know what you think. Follow if you like.
https://moxiieinthemorning.wordpress.com/
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You gave a lot of opinions in that one post. I might take that down to one per post. http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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I was considering making it a Politics page. I’ll give it some thought, thank you very much.
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Your blog is exactly what a blog is meant for: a platform for your ideas. You could enhance it with some graphics but ultimately it’s your space and your call
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Thanks. =) I am just trying to acquire at least a little bit of a reader base but I think my conservative views turn a lot of readers off.
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Perhaps. But they’re not your audience anyway
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Very true! I plan to continue regardless. I do this for me no matter what. Thank you for taking the time to take a look.
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Ben, what do you think, does a new layout help? It’s not graphics but its got a bit more goin on.
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I clicked your link & didn’t see your previous page. Send me the link again?
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Saving and sharing. Just getting started with the blog here. 🙂
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Good luck with your blog:)
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Thank you. I am heading to visit with you now.
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I look forward to reading more of what you write.
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Thank you for the follow…will try to live up to it:)
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Don’t even try. Just be yourself.
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Took a look and as your title indicates it is a potpourri of different subjects-exactly the type of diversity one would expect in an attic of treasures 😉
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