Nov 9, 2015 / Community Pool

Community Pool

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

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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?

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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).

To help us make the Community Pool a productive space for discussion, here are some tips you might find useful:

TIP: To keep from losing your place in the comment thread while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on a link to open it in a new tab or window.

  • While you’re not required to, we encourage everyone who requests feedback to also reply to at least one or two other bloggers who need some help. Spread the love!
  • The Community Pool comments section can get quite big — and starting duplicate threads doesn’t help. Thanks for not posting the same question more than once!
  • If you’re looking for quality feedback, be as specific as you can. Questions about a particular post tend to draw more comments than ones about entire blogs. Questions about specific design elements are more likely to be answered than ones asking for general layout advice.
  • We discourage leaving links without a more substantive message or question. These are often overlooked by other bloggers, and we frequently remove them to make the comment reading experience smoother.
  • Please keep all comments civil and constructive. The idea is to have fun — it’s a pool, after all!
  • If you haven’t looked at our Commenting Guidelines in a while, now might be a good time.
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    1. Hi!

      I really enjoyed looking at your blog, especially your dog photo shoot, which was really cute, especially the most recent one 🙂 I have also read some of your posts, which are really inspiring ❤ just enjoy what you do.

      Can you check out my blog in return? It's right here https://jenzpic.wordpress.com/

      Thank you and I hope this helps.

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  5. Today is the 3rd anniversary of my blog, Dream In Music, and I have posted not one, not two, but four all-new posts to celebrate the occasion; You are all invited to read them at http://www.j2w7.WordPress.com. I could not have made this blog a whole lot better without the support of my blog’s followers as well as all the other bloggers…Thank you all so very much! Let’s hope I keep this going for a few more years!-JW 🎂

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  6. Thank you for the help I have received so far! All of the insight into getting more readers on my blog has been very useful! How do I inspire repeat-viewers? I have attracted many first time viewers to my blog (www.janerunswild.com), but would love advice on maintaining their viewership. Thanks! 🙂

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  9. Hi all! I just started blogging last weekend! 🙂 I’m excited to see where this takes me. Being able to write freely about past experiences, current experiences, and everything between really makes me feel something I never have. Relief, maybe? Id love for any of you to check out my first writing, feed back welcome! I’m working on my second blog now. All good things take time! Thanks in advance!! 🙂
    https://reclaimedrevival.wordpress.com

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    1. Hi!

      I thought it was a beautiful piece. It just reminded me, after a tired day, of the suffering and degradation which the men willingly suffered. I also enjoyed looking around your blog: I love the format of it and your writing style is a joy to read.

      Would you mind checking out my blog in return? It’s right here: https://jenzpic.wordpress.com/

      Thanks, and I hope this helps.

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    1. Hi!

      I enjoyed reading your blog! You have such a beautifully simple format and a distinct writing style. I love your most recent post – I would definitely want to visit Coachella in the future, it seems like a beautiful place.

      Can you check out my blog in return? It’s right here: https://jenzpic.wordpress.com/

      Thank you, and I hope this helps 🙂

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    1. Hello!
      I really like it! I completely agree with you on every point; social media obsession is dangerous and unproductive. If it didn’t exist, they’d be more talented and hopeful individuals in the world today.

      Please check out my blog in return! It’s right here: https://jenzpic.wordpress.com/

      I blog about similar topics to you. I’ve written a post about online dating, if you’d like to check it out!!

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    1. Hi!

      I love it! I love the format of your blog, and especially your most recent post, your skin care routine. It is very inspiring and the images are a nice addition. Looking forward to reading more of your writing in the future 🙂

      Can you check out my blog in return? It’s right here: https://jenzpic.wordpress.com/

      Thank you, and I hope this helps x

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  21. Hello amazing Internet people;

    I am looking for constructive criticism and advice on my blog! It’s been running for a while now, and I’d like to hear some feedback. I would especially like comments on the content, format, and ideas for future posts etc. 🙂

    In return, I will check out your blogs and give advice if this is wanted!

    Please check it out! Its right here – https://jenzpic.wordpress.com/

    Thank you so much! Have a great day!

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  22. Hello beautiful people! !
    I am Mukthi Raja from India. I am 17 years old and this is my second take on blogging. The first one left me in pieces. *sigh *
    Now, i am looking for criticism. Tell me where i am going wrong, tell me where i have scope to improve, point out my mistakes , point them and help me grow!

    Welcome

    Thankyou all you beautiful people!

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    1. Checking it out! So far your writing style is really awesome, great tone and love the atmosphere. I’ll drop some comments to let you know what I think of individual works.

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  23. Just hoping to get more exposure and more discussion (especially constructive criticism) on my writing blog. It’s mostly a personal writing blog about my thoughts and feelings, dealing with recovery from abuse and issues of love. But there will also be some short stories and eventually some posts about how I write. But in the mean time I’m learning to improve my writing… a lot.
    https://saclerihue.wordpress.com/

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  24. Hey everybody! My blog feels very quiet right now and I would love some visitors. Anybody who looks at my blog and writes a comments or likes one of the posts I will try to get a look at your blog 🙂 I’m trying to write a post every day so, it will be very active at my place 🙂 Would love the traffic if you have time 🙂

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  26. Hello. This is dnablogger. I hope you follow me and check out my blog. The three actions are waiting. Like, Comment, and View. I am new to the blogging world, too. See you at dnabloggercom.wordpress.com

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  29. Hey everybody! I have a quick question, what is the difference between a post and a page?? if anyone could answer I would really appreciate it!!! thank you 🙂

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    1. Creating a page is like creating a page on a website. It’s good for permanent information that you don’t want pushed down by newer content, such as an “about me” or “Contact Information” page. These can be connected to the menus you use with your theme to make your site easy to navigate. Posts are good for creating a flow of updated, fresh content, since the newest post will be at the top. Your posts will also show up on the front page of most themes, while pages will only show up as a menu option.

      My “About Me” and “contact information” leads to pages when clicked in the menu, the stream of content I provide are posts, as an example from my blog. (the other options are links to specific categories of posts)
      https://thethoughtfulthought.wordpress.com/

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