May 6, 2016 / First Friday

Welcome to First Friday!

Did you just click publish for the first time? Congrats, and welcome! Share your handiwork with us.

If you’ve already started blogging and are looking for support or feedback, the Community Pool is the place for you!

Have a technical question? Try the WordPress.com Support Forums.

If a blogger publishes her first post and no one reads it, did it really happen? Of course it did! But when someone does read it, even better. Welcome to First Friday, a weekly open thread where any new blogger can share a link to his or her very first post with the larger WordPress.com community.

To share your first post with us, copy and paste the link right into a comment here; feel free to introduce yourself, and tell us what you hope to blog about. If you’re not new, you can still be a part of First Fridays: visit a link or two, and leave the blogger a like or comment. The first recognition a blogger gets is powerful, and you can provide that for someone brand-new!

Need help finding, copying, and pasting your link?

Head to your blog’s home page.

Click on the title of your post to open the individual post page.

Highlight and copy the URL you see in your browser’s address bar. You can copy by going to the Edit menu in your browser and selecting Copy, or with a keyboard shortcut (Control+C for a PC, Command+C on a Mac).

Paste the URL into a comment here. You can paste by going to the Edit menu in your browser and selecting Paste, or with a keyboard shortcut (Control+V for a PC, Command+V on a Mac).

That’s it!

You can make this a useful space for new bloggers with a few simple guidelines:

  • We encourage anyone who shares a link to visit one or two other bloggers here. New readers for all!
  • In commenting, the third time is not the charm: don’t share the same link repeatedly.
  • Please don’t use this as a space to share your first post…. that you published three years ago. Post should have been published within the last month. We’ll remove older posts to keep this space focused for new bloggers.
  • Keep comments civil. Even better: visit a blogger and leave your comment directly on their blog!
  • To keep from losing your place while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on a link to open it in a new tab or window.
  • If you haven’t looked at our Commenting Guidelines in a while, now might be a good time.
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  1. Hello everyone, Welcome to wordpress.

    I’m not exactly new anymore, but I am looking to expand my network and I’m always willing to post comments on your stuff, no matter what it is, if it catches my eye haha.

    I’m a writer, normally on this, but I may do other stuff haha.
    Hopefully see you round guys, happy blogging.

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    1. Hello from India.. loved to see ur blog.. Visit more places and keep us updated 😉
      I am not a professional writer but wanted to suggest u.. keep writing… do read my blog too.need your suggestions !

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      1. Thanks Poorva! Just saw your comment, and that’s really nice of you to say that. I think we all do love to write, so I believe you will have more great & encouraging post! A nice photo will probably enhance your encouraging posts!

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  4. My name is Michael. I’ve been a developer for quite some time, but only recently have started to blog for me. I am a freelance ghostwriter that has spent too much time creating for other people.

    I have two sites that I am working on:
    http://CrossingColorado.com and http://WriterSanctuary.com

    The first is a health and fitness site since I am in the progress of losing 110 pounds. The second I started in order to help people work from home as a writer. I think it’s going to be where most of my creative stuff is going to be stored.

    I am working on restoring Writer Sanctuary, so I apologize if it looks haphazard at the moment.

    My interests are quite diverse. I’ve worked on projects ranging from animals to travel. Currently, I am working on my first self-published novel that I am excited about.

    Feel free to comment about my sites. I’m always looking for ways to improve them. 🙂

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  14. @michelleweber .. I did the course with you a couple of years ago now .. and I was wondering when if ever the blogger 101 and the 201 + the writing 20? .. can be removed form my blog list ?? They have started to become increasingly enjoying .. as they are permanently up top above everything else .. I have asked a few times if one of you beautiful people can remove them … but so far I seem to be being ignored .. If you could blitz them for me I would be extremely grateful. Thank you .. Oh & Tanks again for the course’s it was fun.

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      1. @michelleweber Thank you but its not working ?? I’m hovering and nothing comes up at all that gives any kind of options .. I’ve tried everywhere I could think of .. on the blog page itself and in the wp admin ..even on my sites page … but no where does a little box like that pop up ?? Is there a specific place I have to go to to hover over the URT ? If there is I would be most grateful if you could point me in the right direction .. THANK YOU though you are the first one who has answered me so respect and gratitude for that 🙂

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      3. Thank you @michelleweber .. I think they are gone .. but ?? all gave me an error message about not having the authority and needing to contact an administrator ?? which I don’t understand .. but probably do not need to understand 🙂 ..SO thank you 🙂 ❤

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  16. Hi Everyone! I love writing ever since I picked up a pencil and I just started my blog a couple of days ago. I’m 17 years old and WordPress gave me a way to express my feelings. My posts are poems about the way I feel or the experiences I’ve had. Here is a poem on mothers, I hope you like it enough to give my poems a chance
    Thank you so much
    https://thatawkwardsomali.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/mothers/

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    1. Hi there. I enjoyed reading your posts, you have an interesting writing style and a neat point of view. However, may I respectfully suggest you proofread your posts before posting? Especially if you can get another set of eyes on them. There were a number of sentences that I couldn’t quite understand.

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  19. Hi all, I have posted five blogs at this point, and am really enjoying it. My blogs have all ended up with something of a political undertone while also bringing in my personal life a bit. None of this was my intention, but hey, that is what blogging is all about, right? Just… writing. Check out my blogs here:
    https://thoughtsbyamodernwoman.wordpress.com/

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  22. Just wanted to pop by and say hello! to all the new bloggers. I’ve been blogging awhile so I’ve already kinda settled into my little corner of WordPress, but it’s always fun to meet the neighbors. Hope you guys enjoy the blog-sphere 🙂

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      1. No sir, I guess u might have copied the wrong link. But that’s fine. Will try to get to u in some other way

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    1. Fantastic idea!! I’ve wanted to do something about online dating for a while, it’s quite insane out there. Sounds like you’ve got a great perspective and rather funny too. Looking forward to reading!!!

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