Nov 21, 2016 / Community Pool

Community Pool

The place for feedback, advice, and blogging camaraderie.

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?

The Community Pool is for peer feedback and advice. Looking for more specific information? Check out some of these resources:

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

  • 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, as well as for not starting numerous threads in a single Pool.
  • 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. Also note that including multiple links in your comment might automatically put it in the moderation queue, which will delay its publication.
  • Please keep all comments civil and constructive. The idea is to have fun — it’s a pool, after all!
  • 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.
  • If you haven’t looked at our Commenting Guidelines in a while, now might be a good time.
  • No running on the deck.

Are you a new blogger looking to share your very first post? We have a special forum for bloggers just like you in our weekly First Friday posts.

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    2. Overall, your site is organized and easy to navigate. I didn’t see an About page to tell me the purpose of your site. I enjoyed your Vienna post. The photos seemed the right size to me. I liked the alternating text with supporting photos. Your text seemed a bood balance between personal reactions to Vienna and some travel tips. https://gracelead.co

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  4. Wanted: feedback on my blog (layout, content, flow, photos…)
    I’m a rookie blogger having fun. I have a journal blog with a focus on helping others make positive changes in their life.
    crystaleyes20.com

    Thank you,
    Crystal

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    1. Overall, your site is visually pleasing. Your Gratitude Memory Page idea is wonderful. The photo next to it, illustrates it perfectly. Your use of tags seems good. You may want to consider assigning posts to categories which you put in your Menu. That way, if a visitor is interested in a category, it will easier to find those posts without scrolling through a long list. https://gracelead.co

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  9. Hi! I started my Thoughts & Pieces blog a few days ago. Any tips on content, feedback, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Time for me to go check out some of the other great blogs out there!

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  10. Hi some great blogs on here, so thank You all for commenting. If you get the time I would love to get feedback on my blog, i want to start out reviewing products. My first product review is done. If you can follow me add suggestions on how to improve things and make my blogging experience better for myself and visitors that would be fantastic.

    Thanks,

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      1. Hi, thanks for the feedback, I’ve not considered that to be honest. I know you can add tags but that’s as far as I’ve got.

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      1. Thank you so much for the feedback, I defiantly have to pay better attention when I proofread. That’s quite embarrassing!

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    1. Hey, for some reason I can’t comment directly on your post but I really enjoyed it. You have a knack of writing in a way that combines information with character-that’s really appealing. Like the images too, you capture a good mix of people and place. I look forward to browsing your blog and reading future posts….keep going, it’s good stuff!

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  18. Hey everyone,
    Today is the 1 year anniversary of my blog so I can hardly call myself a newcomer, but I am definitely still a novice!
    I would very much like a critical eye across by blog to show me the errors in my way!
    I would like a better understanding of what readers like/ dislike about my blog, so I can cater better to them.]

    Any feedback is much appreciated!

    https://thepeasantblog.wordpress.com/

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  28. Hi team bloggers

    First and foremost i have tried to click on all your blogs and have a read and maybe even reply or comment with my opinion (something i have loads of!). It’s been so great to read the thoughts and opinions of people and see what is important to everyone.
    I am brand new to the world of blogging and have two posts up. i would love to hear your views on content, style, tips on the page etc based on your experience. Thanks!

    https://saysitlikeitisblog.wordpress.com/

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