Jul 6, 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. Hi there 🙂 I’m still relatively new to blogging and have noticed that though my home page gets a good number of views, few of the posts do.

    I’d really appreciate some feed back on the lay-out of my blog and advice on what, to change so as to make it more accessible. Thanks in advance.

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      1. Oh no – and this one is better than the one before it 😦 I’ll try to find a Theme to better organize the blog, thank you for letting me know 🙂

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      2. Wait, did you mean the theme that is up now is cluttered, or was it the one before? Sorry, I just saw the time of your comment and I know I changed the theme right around this time.

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  2. Hey everyone!!

    I just added a new Photography post, it would be great to get some feed back from you guys!!! Please go check it out!!!
    Also if ya’ll want to lurk around my other post and tell me what you think!!!
    Thanks!! Happy Friday (today is my Friday)!

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  4. Hello, I am a new blogger doing the Blogging 101 course and I’d love some feedback on the theme I’m using. It is McKinley, and I like it, but now I’m very intrigued by the new theme Baskerville. I wonder if I should try Baskerville later, when I have more content. Would love some thoughts on those or other recommended themes. I plan to use my blog, Middle Aged Rage, mostly to write about life and comment on current events from the POV of “the sandwich generation.” Thanks.

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    1. If you’re not sure about switching (which is perfectly understandable and common for people to feel!), and previewing the theme doesn’t give you enough of an idea how it will look in “real life,” I’d consider starting a test blog — which you can set as private — where you can try out not only new themes, but also other design and layout elements like widgets, custom headers and backgrounds, and more. (Since you can have as many sites as you wish for free, this doesn’t cost anything extra). Here’s a post we ran a while back on the advantages of using a test blog:
      https://wordpress.com/dailypost/2013/10/30/test-blogs/

      I hope this helps!

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  5. Hello fellow bloggers, I just started blogging, literally, 3 days ago and I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on how to get noticed, I guess. how do I spread the word of my blog? Any advice would be great, thanks in advance!(:

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    1. First, finish your blog; and by finish I mean complete the About page.
      For followers and everything, in my opinion, just interact with other bloggers out there and participate in events, etc.
      Just keep blogging, and everything will follow.

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    1. You could use the ‘Read More’ tag more often on your long posts. It’s difficult to navigate the blog when all the posts are big and expanded.
      Also, your About page would feel a lot more welcoming and personal if you just wrote about yourself instead of a series of questions and answers. Kinda gives the feel of an interview.

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  9. I would also like some feedback on my blog with an idea of getting an email pal (penpal) in USA. Must add, computer and my cooking are not a good mix. I almost spoiled this evenings meal.

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  10. Hi all! I’m currently trying to find a relief for my stress and anxiety, hoping that a blog would help me to get some relief (let the blog ‘absorb’ the anxiety). I would love to have some feedback about my writing style. Also, probably due to my anxiety, I have a constant fear that I’m not getting feedback or views because my writing is awful / the subject is awful / I’m just complaining and crying for no apparent reason. I would like honest feedback, I think that it’s better than just let my mind wonder and speculate.

    The blog is https://mentalchattering.wordpress.com/

    Some of my post I’ve taken the time to write and review and spent a lot of time revising, like this one: https://mentalchattering.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/non-reactivity-practice/

    Other posts are quick relief, just writing what’s on my mind and letting them go, mostly when my anxiety is more severe, like this one: https://mentalchattering.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/sadness/

    Thank you very much for taking the time (whether you liked the blog or not, I really do thank you for your time and feedback)

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      1. sure…
        do u want me to put some illustrative pictures or are you suggesting some? O.o
        (i’m a bit confused lol my bad)

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  13. I’d really appreciate just general feedback on my blog. I made one post, so far. I am not sure how I will organize things, yet.

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    1. I liked the journal approach, it makes me feel immediately like I’m reading something intimate, something that you’ve shared with the world. I commented regarding the specific post in your blog. Good luck!

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  15. Hey everyone!
    So I have been working on my blog for about 8 months or so now and have accumulated a bunch of pieces. Mostly I write poetry but have also written other self-development/introspective type pieces. All the artwork I have found after I have written my writing to attach what I have written with an image which best reflects the content.
    Please let me know what you all think 🙂

    Thank you! x

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  16. Hi everybody! My blog is fairly new, I am beginning to understand how everything works, but would like some feedback on some of my most recent posts! Feedback on the writing, how I could improve, what I could be doing differently, if my posts are interesting enough? I am still learning and need all of the help I can receive! It would be much appreciated if anybody could offer some feedback 🙂 thank you for your time!!

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  19. Hi, I’m completely new to blogging and would like advice about how to use ‘tags and categories’ do I just write relevant words in there? this is probably a silly question but I’m a complete novice not just to blogging but computers in general! Id really appreciate any advice and feedback, thank you

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  20. I have just published 2 new Christian blog posts as well as 3 new Christian links to the Lutheran Hour & the Spurgeon Archive; If it would really help keep my blog’s viewership up high, I suggest that you would please read them. Thank you so very much.-JW

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