Nov 16, 2015 / Community Pool

Community Pool

The place for feedback, advice, 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?

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    2. Very cute! I am a mother of four, ages 21, 16, 12, and 10 so its fun to read about new moms, babies and look back on all of the funny things that happened to my husband and I. Cute blog:)

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      2. Hahaha, four boy at that! You’ll be fine. We all have a “plan” of how we are going to parent and sometimes we follow part of that plan, but in the end, you do what you gotta do and all of our kids, with love and lots of grace, end up just fine:) Enjoy the journey; it goes fast

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    3. Hi Jules I really like your writing style. Have you done an ‘About’ page just to give the reader some background on who you are and your blog? I couldn’t find one. This might be worth doing. I really like what you have to say. There are quite a few posts I want to read properly and I’m interested in your future posts so I’m a new follower. Keep it up from https://cultivatingtime.wordpress.com

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    1. I’m a huge advocate of flash fiction, and I certainly enjoyed reading yours! I particularly enjoyed the description of the dry mud and poisoned leaves. I suggest adding more such visual/physical/tactical descriptions in the beginning, and perhaps less of the inner monologue.

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  7. Hey guys, just a little hello-I’m-here, I’ve just started up at http://www.dearkhale.com and I’d love to build a little bit of a presence and hear your thoughts – I’m posting a piece of writing through a series of letters, and I do have a couple other pieces up there too, if you make it that far in 😉
    Since I’m still squeaky-clean-new I’d love to find some new reading material – drop by if you like, whether we post similar writing or not.

    Love always

    Elle x

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    3. I like the concept. The series of letters is fascinating and enjoyable 🙂 I like your writing style as well. You have talent haha. I encourage you to keep writing and keep posting. You’re doing great! I wish you the best of luck!

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  8. Hello!
    Keelin here. I’ve been blogging for about 6 months, and I’m looking for some feedback. For November I’ve decided to post every day (which I’ve creatively called Post-vember). My most recent post explains my thinking on the attacks in France. Hopefully you find it interesting!

    Also I’ve been struggling to get comments and views lately. Can you think think of anything that could be stopping readers from commenting?

    https://itskeelin.wordpress.com/

    Thanks so much!

    Keelin

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    1. It’s easy for people to click a LIKE button, but it takes more effort to leave a comment. Most of us, I think, get very few comments. Just keep going.

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    2. Hi,
      I liked your blog. I read through a few of your posts and found them very interesting. Especially the Disney one haha. I personally really liked the movie Brave. Great post 🙂
      I’m not sure why people don’t but I think getting comments and views is something many of us struggle with. But I encourage you to not give up and not let it discourage you. Keep posting and keep writing!

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    3. Hi Keelin – I love your Brave post. I’ve left some comments for you. Maybe one way to increase comments is to connect more with other Bloggers, visit other blogs, make genuine comments. It’s a way of building relationships with Bloggers. From https://cultivatingtime.wordpress.com

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    1. My blog is baiscly a shocase for my illustration and I also have a book review blog series on there as well

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      1. thanks, I had the sidebar before (and its still on my blog but I thought it distracted from the work. I’ll see what I can do. thanks alot. 🙂

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    5. Hi Justin,
      I found your blog very enjoyable to look through. I always love finding artistic people and so you were a joy 🙂 You have talent my friend. I loved your illustrations and sketches. Keep up the great work. You’ve just earned yourself a new follower!

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  10. Hello everyone! I’ve recently begun what I like to call a hodge podge blog. Unlike a fashion blog or baking blog or gaming blog, mine is an assorted reflection of my eclectic personality (super girly and super geeky). It’s just getting off the ground, but I intend it to be an equal mix of geek/pop culture posts (mostly console game reviews), fashion, and baking. I am doing it for fun and to have a creative outlet, not to have a super popular sleek and shiny powerhouse blog, but I’d still definitely appreciate any words of advice from other bloggers whose blogs are multi-focused.

    Thank you for checking it out!
    https://girlygeekgirl.wordpress.com/

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    1. Your posts are really interesting, especially when you talk about games. And I’m with you – I’m not into Fallout either.

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    2. Fellow geek spotted! Hi! Love the blog. However, I would recommend adding a few more images to your posts, and perhaps Read More tags for some of your longer posts to minimize annoying scrolling Cheers!

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  11. Hey everyone! I run a fashion blog that focuses of short little pieces of text with a couple of photos! sometimes I write about lifestyle like food and travel too. I would love for everyone feedback (good & bad) and if you have a blog similar to mine I would love to check that I too. Thanks in advance x

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    1. Hello Brie,
      I loved your blog. The layout is very clean and elegant. I loved the header image as well. And how awesome to find another Christian on the wordpress community 🙂 I really enjoyed your post recent post. It’s very encouraging and well written. I admire your sincerity. Great job. Keep doing what you’re doing! Cheers 🙂

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    1. Hello mate, Here are the quick suggestions for your blog:
      1) Justify the blog’s content in order to make it look more symmetrical.
      2) Add few more menus for easy access of the genre of your writings.
      3) Try a colorful background or picture in the backdrop in order to make it look more appealing.
      4) You may use few more widgets for a dapper look.

      Thanks.

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  21. What’s up people! I’m just completing my first week of this thing called blogging. While I’ve gained enough followers to keep me going, this is meant to be shared with ALL. So I’m figuring out all the gadgets to reach the masses all at one. More than my imagination, but for now, that’ll have to do. This has been long thought out, so should you come check it out, feel free to be brutally honest. Even if I’m not your cup of tea, there’s always a chance we’ll cross paths.#NOTHINGMatters http://weknownothing2015.wordpress.com

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  22. Hi my blog turned 3 this month (I still pause for drum roll lol) and j changed my theme (yet again! 🤓😩😩). I would really appreciate some candid and honest comments on both the theme and content of the blog. Thank you 😊 😳😳

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    1. Hello there. Congratulations for your journey so far with the wordpress and all the best for the journey ahead. I am also going to complete 3 months on wordpress with my blog, by the end of this month.
      Well, it would be great if you could share link to your blog so that we give a feedback on the same.

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    2. Hi,
      I loved your blog. The layout you chose is very clean and elegant. I really liked the font you chose as well. I had no trouble navigating around your blog at all. Great job 🙂 The contents itself is engaging as well. Keep it up! I wish you the best of luck!

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  23. Hey bloggers!
    Jade here! I write poems and shirt stories. Also I have a challenge going on it would be awesome if some of you all could participate in it! It will help both of us!

    Also I recently wrote a poem about losing your keep!

    Losing Your Keep

    Thanks!

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  24. I recently put up a Flash Fiction entry on my blog at

    Different

    It is about a small boy called Victor who has a genius intellect, but struggles with fitting in.

    I’ll be extremely grateful for any feedback provided.
    Please feel free to read any of my other stories on my blog and give me your opinion on them too. Let me know if I can improve my narrative skills, and if you have any tips or observations regarding writing short stories I’ll be happy to read them too.

    Thanks in advance,
    Prasanna Kulkarni ( vacreed)

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  25. Hi there :). Please feel free to drop by my blog its new and all my own experiences with motherhood. Only have two posts so far but hoping to do it more regular eventually . And trying to get more followers so I know people are actually interested in my blog , I’m not just writing it for myself I’m writing for all the mums and mums to be out there 🙂
    https://motherhoodhonesty.WordPress.com
    hope you like it!
    X

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    2. The only way to include your own text at your site’s footer would be by switching to a theme that has widget areas in the footer — many of our more recent, minimalist themes are like that.

      Otherwise, a copyright notice in the sidebar, as Alex suggested above, is the way to go.

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      1. Can you switch themes without changing your content? I’ve included it in the sidebar for now and realised that on an android it comes up at the bottom of the page anyway. Thanks!

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  30. So sorry I wasn’t clear on my previous comment. My blog turned 3 years. I changed my theme to the “Button” theme and will appreciate honest comments on how I can make it better, user and viewer friendly.
    Then also content, I wasn’t very consistent the past two years, but I have done way better this year. So I would appreciate any sort of advice or critic. Thanks.
    Here’s the link https://sunesiss.wordpress.com

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