Jun 22, 2015 / Community Pool

Community Pool

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

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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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    1. I love your blog krai. Especially your poem, “Wait”
      My opinion which is totally fine if you don’t agree, on the layout of your blog is that I was misguided, thinking that it’s a photography blog. 😀

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  2. Hi, bloggers! I hope you’re all having a good night. My blog is a “literature lifestyle” blog– you can find it at https://littlelitterateur.wordpress.com/!

    I’d love to know people’s general impressions when they see the page for the first time. Is the font too big? Is it clean and nice looking or just boring?

    And, of course, if you’re interested, I’d love to know anyone’s critique or thoughts on the posts themselves.

    Hope you all are having a great summer (if it’s summer where you live)!

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  4. Hi!

    I just started my blog where I post the recipes for ice cream and other frozen desserts that I find from around the internet. There isn’t much on the blog yet, but I think you can get a sense of how I am doing things. Recipe/picture/link back to the original blog for credit. I’d like to know what people think about my layout and would love to hear critiques and suggestions. Thanks everyone!

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      1. Great blog! Simple and refreshing. Your posts don’t beat around the bush before getting to the recipe and I like that.

        It would be nice if you could update the About page, even though the blog name does it say it all. Maybe tell us how you came to be the ice cream recipes guy! Or if you’ve made any of these ice creams yourself…?

        All the best 🙂

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  5. i would love any/all tips! my blog is a a record of my thoughts about a movie i have just watched (i hesitate to say review, as I am supremely unqualified- hence the purpose of the blog). I think that I can come across as stuff/pretentious in some posts, and then too laid-back in others- thoughts? is there a way to reach a happy medium? also the theme i have- does anyone have any idea how to make an about me page button? for the life of me, i can’t get it to appear on the home page- thanks!

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  8. Hi friends!! I am a new blogger. I love reading and somewhere inside me was an urge to write, but always has an inbuilt fear that “I CANNOT WRITE”. On much persuasion from my hubby I took a pledge to overcome my fear. AND here am I.

    Need feedback on my recent posts and would love to connect with people round here.

    Also would love to have opinions on how can I improve my site and writing skills.

    https://niharikamodi.wordpress.com/

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    1. Hi Niharika, love your latest post on monsoon season~ Your blog and posts are wonderful, don’t hesitate, keep writing!!

      If I may suggest, you could organize posts into categories and display them on the blog menu/sidebar so readers can easily find any topics that they want to read.

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      1. Thank you for liking my post!!. Your suggestion is appreciated and I will surely work on it.

        Keep visiting and providing your feedback. It will help me keep the fire of writing burning inside me. 🙂

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  9. Hi everyone! I just started active blogging recently and my blog still need more posts to shape into what I envisioned. I write mainly about book reviews, events, product reviews, food, some writings and thoughts.

    Let me know what you think of my recent posts, any feedback is truly appreciated! 😀

    https://xiaohuamaobiji.wordpress.com/

    Please do share your blog too so that I can visit and do the same!

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  10. Hi everyone!
    I, too, am a new blogger and I am trying for once to show people some personal writing and thoughts of mine. It’d be really cool if you more seasoned bloggers could give me feedback on my layout or on my wirings, editing, or thoughts/concepts in general!

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  11. I’m really new in doing blogs and I want to know how will the readers be able to read my blog? How will I gain new readers? In my first blog I have one viewer next I have 3. Will I just post and post and wait till it create a buzz?

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    1. While publishing posts regularly is crucial, there’s more you can do attract more readers. For example:

      I hope this helps!

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    3. Hey Nice blog you have there,loved the theme,content was fun to read.The only think I would like to suggest is to increase your font size.It might be just my opinion but i found it too small have a good reading experience.

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      1. Thank you! 🙂

        No, I would need a custom WP site to increase my font size :I. Other than that, I have to enlarge the size of the page with my mouse :I

        But, thanks that was helpful to know! 🙂

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  17. Would love to get a constructive feedback on my blogs, especially the stories.
    To all bloggers and community members a big thanks in advance. You can visit my page at forewordmarch.WordPress.com

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  19. Hello everyone! i just joined WordPress and could really use some help with how to make my blog interesting? Anything about the theme or layout, posts, attracting and keeping up the readership?

    Thanks, for your time, in advance!

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  20. Hello guys! Please check out my new post, The Relationship We Never Had. It’s my first fiction that is longer 150 words and it’s in a diary style.

    Here’s the link https://thestrangeher.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/the-relationship-we-never-had/

    I would love some feedback! If you want to see the featured image of the post, just click on Bittersweet Sensations on the left. Thanks guys!

    (This might be my 2nd comment coz the first is still in moderation and it isn’t appearing yet. Sorry.)

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  25. Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I stopped here, but the weather’s just been too cold for the pool.

    Anyway, over the past few weeks I’ve been working on breaking the mold of my poetry: I used to follow a very strict pattern. I think I’ve well and truly broken the pattern, and if you’d like to drop in and give me any feedback that would be much appreciated.

    My latest mold-breaking poem is here: https://tuckedintoacorner.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/poetry-101-rehab-found/

    Thank you in advance!
    Sarah.

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  26. Hi Everyone, we’ve been re-jigging our lay out a little and were wondering what you think. Still trying to get the hang of what to where (sidebar etc) and figuring out whether there are too many features, or whether somethings might be missing. We would love to hear what you think.
    ❤ ThreevB

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  27. Hey, Been using WordPress for a while but I’m a slow blogger so I dont get many likes and followers and all.
    I’m focusing right now, to have a more regular blogging habit and become better at generally writing.
    Looking for all the feedback I can get, and to make some friends on here. Hoping for good results 🙂

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    1. I’m not an expert where I am new to blogging, but I have had a small amount of success getting some traffic by visiting other blogs. So many people write amazing posts! It’s fun to explore!

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