Aug 29, 2016 / 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? Are you redesigning your blog and could use some layout or design advice from your more seasoned peers?

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    1. Nice blog, it could be good to add the ‘read more’ option to your posts 🙂 like the content too, looking forward to seeing more

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      2. When you are writing a post, there should be an option in the line of editing buttons (where you can bold or italic fonts etc) I can only see it on my laptop though which is annoying!
        The code can be added in manually to the html editor which is ‘‘ without the ‘ round it, so I always enter down in the html editor and put the more code on a separate line

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    2. Hey, I haven’t seen a blog layout like yours before, very unique, I really like it 🙂 I also really like the way you write, the ‘little companion’ post is lovely

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    3. Hey

      I also love the layout! Nice slogan, ‘thoughts and feelings go down here’. Honest and simple, which makes me like your blog straight away. I read you most recent flash fiction piece, which I found moving, then picked one at random, ‘The Night Before’. I think that one is more effective – the name drew me in as did the creative opening sentence.

      I hope this is useful!
      Alexander

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      1. Hello! 😄
        Thank you so much for visiting! I thought that slogan summarized what the blog is about. I’m really pleased to hear you enjoyed reading them and your thoughts on them. It all is really valuable feedback,
        Thank you, Alexander! 😄

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    4. I think I’m in love with the layout of your blog:P The colors also really compliment each other. Congrats on building your amount of followers up so fast:) Very impressive. I like your writing and the content you write as well.
      I hope you’re having a great day!

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  4. Hello everyone ,would love to hear your thoughts on my new blog post .And I would definitely head over to yours 🙂 anamikaablog.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/to-the-girl-who-walked-in-when-everyone-else-walked-away

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  7. Hello Everyone, Maryam here…….
    I would like to invite you to my blog for giving me any suggestions, feedback or appreciation/criticism if any….I would love to reply back….
    Regards,
    Syedah Maryam Iqbal
    writcrit.wordpress.com

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  8. Hello Beautiful People. I am new in the blogging world and blogging on my travel journey. Anyone who is a travel blogger here that could help me gain more confidence, give feedback and advice or suggestions on my blog, you are more than welcome. Shukran!

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    1. Hello Shukran, I like your blog very much. There are only few posts so far but I was quite taken with your pictures which caught my attention right away! The only thing that you should maybe considered is to check your text widget on the right side. I can see that it is there and what it is for but there is no content. Apart from that great job, I’m your new follower 🙂

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    2. Hi Shukran

      Your photos are stunning! Very inspiring for a fellow blogger who aspires to travel and blog along the way. I really like the Trekking Mt. Apo guide – very informative and ace photos, as are all the others on your blog. I think you could get away with throwing some personal anecdotes in there too – what funny things happened along the way? Which bits did you personally find challenging? Etc.

      Hope this helps!
      Alexander (also a new follower!).

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    4. I love your blog! The pictures you include are awesome and with the text it just makes it more personal. I wish to travel a lot too someday, I just have to find a way to afford it:P
      You just earned yourself a new follower!

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    1. I like the new project you’ve started and that you’ve chosen to share it with your followers:)
      Maybe you should take a look at the text widget you’ve got on the right side, there’s nothing written in it, so it just says “text widget”. Hope this helps:)

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    2. I agree with you about the harm of helping students cheat on tests. If we allow some students to cheat, the tests are no longer valid, we reinforce the bad behavior of cheaters, those who don’t cheat are treated unfairly, and we have no way to measure if what we are teaching has increased the overall knowledge level of students. https://gracelead.co

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    1. Hello Wildy Fit (i love your nick), I think you have a great blog, I read few of your posts and I enjoyed reading about your thoughts and challenges. I would maybe add few pictures to your posts to make it more eye-catching? Aaand I think you’re doing a great job 🙂

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    2. Hey. Nice blog you have. You give great advice that many need to hear. The layout on some of the posts was a little difficult to keep up with. You may want to work on different formatting techniques like doing numbered items, bullet items, italics or bold print. It will help break up the monotony (lack of variety). If you could, please check out my blog at: http://merrymadnessblog.wordpress.com Thanks!

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  18. Hello everyone! 👋
    I just started blogging this month of August, so I’m still a newbie here I think. 😊
    I would love to hear your thoughts about my works in my blog and I hope you could take some time to visit it. I would really appreciate that. 😄 I’ll definitely take some time to visit yours too.
    https://yourdeevibes.wordpress.com/
    Thank you!

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    1. Love the “feel” of your blog, the picture of the globe in the header, and in your “about” page your desire for closer community.
      Just had a very brief look, liked what I saw enough to follow.
      Happy blogging! 🙂
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      1. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me Carl! I’m glad you like it, also thank you for the follow. 😊 God bless.

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      1. Thank you Pam! 🙂 I’m glad you appreciate it. I would certainly visit yours too! God bless.

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  23. Hi everybody,

    I’ve just started blogging and would really appreciate a little feedback along the lines of whether you enjoy the tone of my writing, the content itself, and any tips for building an audience that have worked for you (although if any other areas for improvement jump out at you, let me have it!).

    My most recent article is a book recommendation:
    https://thelifeshelf.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/books-on-the-lifeshelf-1-ghostwritten-david-mitchell/

    But if meditation and mindfulness is more your bag, try this one:
    https://thelifeshelf.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/four-ways-meditation-will-improve-your-life/

    Feel free to reply here or comment on the posts, thank you! I’ll have a scroll down now and check out your feedback requests.

    Alexander

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    1. Hey Alexander! I have only read the book recommendation post but I already love it! This is probably biased because I love books and Ghostwritten just rings paradise to me XD
      I love the tone of your writing and I also love how you choose your photos with a theme in mind? That’s how I see it, I don’t know if it was intentional. Anyways, I’m reading your meditation post now and I look forward to your other posts. 😊

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      1. That’s so kind of you, thanks Kate! At the moment I use stock photos, but I intend to get a camera and learn to use it so I can use my own… I’m glad you think these work for now though! I will check out your blog too 🙂
        Ps. Do read Ghostwritten if you haven’t already!

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      2. No problem! I did see you used Pixabay. I do the same too, and I hope I’ll be able to have my own photos for my blog someday. 😀
        Oh I will! And I’m already swamped with books I need to look for in bookstores 😄

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      3. Hey Carol
        I’ve had a quick look and hit follow, because I’m a big flash fiction/short story fan. Have you ever checked out the Bristol Short Story Prize? I’d recommend their anthologies, I think there are ten volumes or so of a really high standard.
        All the best
        Alexander

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      4. I have heard of it but not looked into it too much. I’m taking a few months off from trying to submit to finish the manuscript for my novel but then I’ll be getting back into the swing of lining myself up for rejection letters/email.
        Thanks for the recommendation though. I’ll check out the anthologies. 🙂

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      1. Hi, thanks for commenting!

        I’ll take all of that onboard, especially re: post length. Shorter ones would also take less time to write! Thanks so much for your time and feedback.

        Re: your blog. The recent fiction piece is great, and strong striking image. Just the right type of creepy. I find the rest of the blog is quite eclectic and a little confusing to navigate, but I do like the variety of content. Keep up the good work!

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      3. No worries. Thanks for your feedback re: post length. Because of your comment I’ve written my first (slightly) shorter one today and had a lot of fun doing it!

        Someone has just suggested the ‘read more’ thing to me as well, but I don’t actually know what that is?

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      4. That’s great! I think it’s a feature that does so that when scrolling through the home page on the blog, you don’t have to scroll through an entire post to get to the next. There will be the first few line of the post showing and then if yiu want to read more you can press that option. At least I think that’s how it works:) I found out that you can add it when you’re writing the post. It’s an option just like ‘add image’ is one as well.
        Sorry for the long comment:P I hope this helps!

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      1. Okay! Thank you! But I thought I already sorted that out.. Someone else pointed that out.. So, I did something.. Please, how then do I create an “About Page?”

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      4. I still don’t see a menu. When you make a change to your site, you can click Preview to see how your changes look or you can log off and access your site as a typical reader.

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      1. Thank you so much! I do hope I won’t scare you with my weird quirks 😄 I’ll check out your blog too. In fact, I’m going there right now.

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  27. Hello all ,

    I have just added a post to the daily post word/ fifty .
    Welcome all to post comments / suggestions to my post . I am new to writing .

    Please visit my page randomacts.wordpress.com .

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    1. I love your writing style it’s short and sweet. To the point, no waffle or ramble at all. You’ve got a new follower here, looking forward to reading some more 🙂

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    3. That’s a lovely tribute to your loved ones. I noticed a couple of grammar issues. For instance, “Today evening” should be “This evening.” You have some redundant words. You could remove “There is this bunch of people and” to begin the sentence with “My life.” Your overall site looks good. https://gracelead.co

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