May 15, 2017 / Community Pool

Community Pool

The place where bloggers give each other feedback and advice.

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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    1. Love your blog and just in time for Spring! I’ve been meaning to get around to planting flowers. Definitely have to make it a priority this week so that I won’t forget! Thank you!

      -Luna 🙂

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    2. I really liked this.

      It is a teeny point, but are you using a couple of different sized fonts deliberately? I kept being distracted trying to work out why the font was slightly smaller for some sentences…

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      1. Thank you for your feedback. No, I didn’t make any changes to the font during the piece. I will look into things though and see if I can prevent anything like that happening though.

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      2. Anytime! Thanks for going through my works. Means a lot. Regarding the comments, probably a technical glitch. Happens all the time. Anyways , thanks again

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  12. Sometimes, you just don’t know what is happening with you except the desire of your heart to die.

    Elegy;
    A fine dilemma,
    A soulful play.

    Elegy

    Inspired by the play directed by Nick Payne.

    Read. Relate. Review.

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      1. Thank you! It’s funny actually just follwed our blog because of the DIY Harry Potter post! I have to make the Hufflepuff Cup for my Co Worker!

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    1. I loooooved this post. I left you a comment there, but I thought I should comment here too in case it sends more people your way!!

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      1. Thank you so much! I’m just off to check out your blog on walks further south. It looks great – I’m excited about reading your posts.

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    2. Burnin ( Cause of the summer and due to your posts. Haha) I wish I was that fortunate rather than just dwelling on Netflix and Muncies and layin wasted. I love your blog page anyway.

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    1. Hey. Just went through your page. Firstly add a http before pasting the link to your page , makes it easier for others to access your amazing blog . Your link should be like this : https://cyanclouds.wordpress.com/
      Secondly, I liked your “Positivity” post. Well written. Long way to go. I see some text widgets though, you can remove them by customizing your layout/theme. Keep writing . Cheers!

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    3. Great start! I know you only have a few posts right now but adding some widgets to help categorize and sort them could be beneficial in the future when you have many posts.

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    1. Thank you for sharing! I am not following too many music review blogs and I love your thoughts on the Paramore album so I’m definitely a fan! I look forward to your posts! Enjoy your Monday!

      -Luna 🙂

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    3. I had to dig pretty deep to find anything that was familiar to me (sorry, I’m and old dude. I did see LaLa Land and I read your review. Do you get paid as a reviewer? This was so far beyond anything I’ve ever seen on a Blog. Your writing was clear and informed, you were able to draw on personal examples, you cited influences, etc. It is really amazing. You liked LLL way more than I did, but that isn’t the point. Impressed!

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      1. Thanks man, that’s such nice feedback, I really appreciate it – I don’t get paid, I wish! If I’m completely honest I’m scared to revisit LLL because I feel that it will go down in my estimation when compared to earlier, better musicals that I rewatch a lot. Anyway thanks again, and I will check out your blog now

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    4. I read the Paramore review and skimmed a few others. It looks like you spent some time tracking down links and put a lot of thought into your posts; they read like talking to a friend.

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  27. Happy Monday! I would love comments for my latest post! :)http://www.celebratingwiththebug.com/dutch-baby-love/

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      1. Thank you, I did post it again because I couldn’t figure out how to delete it. Thank you for watching out!

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