Jun 16, 2017 / First Friday

First Friday

New blogger? Welcome! Share a link to your first post, say hello to other new faces, and find your first few readers.

Image by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolebeaulac/14523302989/in/photolist-o8nHZF-8rm4S3-4qSDKZ-59PhPN-oehCvG-6L4biF-o8oMhZ-59K5dR-6L4j72-okR4Ln-5PiY9A-59K4UX-52g3dU-27Nf81-2ZYhE3-oL2VyZ-dGfrZn-6L8rvj-8hS4H5-6BcEmP-5Gx2tR-ocxbCS-8WLdjF-6BcGne-7e1ndv-oL2syE-oXdQbM-8KcZem-oiNrGn-6L4cEi-bjKZne-8g3bLG-bgykmz-6L8mio-8WLdjV-8WLdjv-aL4fMr-9X1RoC-boow88-oBYMUV-esxgv1-525zPK-duqKvE-pHSTmW-eewW8e-o92SFa-aL4fSV-2LvJoi-7e5gij-6L4az8">Nicole Beaulac</a>.

For other help:
If you’re not new and are looking for support or feedback, the Community Pool is the place for you!

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To learn more about blogging, take a Blogging U. course.

To find, copy, and paste your link:
Head to your blog’s home page — not your dashboard, your blog itself. Click on the title of your post to open the individual post.

Highlight and copy the URL you see in your browser’s address bar, and paste the entire URL into a comment here.

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. 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.

Please don’t use this as a space to share your first post…. that you published three years ago; ditto for simply sharing your latest post. Posts should have been published within the last month, and should be your first post. We’ll remove other posts to keep this space focused for new bloggers.

We ask that you help us keep this space focused by following a few additional guidelines:

  • We encourage anyone who shares a link to visit a few other bloggers. New readers for all!
  • When commenting, the third time is not the charm: don’t share the same link repeatedly, or in multiple First Friday threads. We’ll remove repeat posts.
  • Link directly to your new post, rather than to your blog generally — it makes it that much easier for folks to like the post or leave you comments.
  • Avoid repeated “Follow for a follow!” comments. (Tip: if you’re trying to build a readership, it’s much more effective to visit and comment on individual bloggers.)
  • To keep from losing your place while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on links to open them in a new tab or window.
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    1. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, over to the right of your posts — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

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      1. Thank you. I’m a newby. Appreciate the tech feedback. Was desperate to start writing. Will look forward to continued critiques and reviews. Thank you.

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, over to the right of your posts — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      Like

    1. Hey nice blog and first post!
      Just couple of thoughts, first you have a text widget which needs an edit, also the social icons could be linked to your social channels.About page also needs an edit
      Hope it makes sense … good luck!

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    2. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, over to the right of your posts — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      Like

  7. Hey everyone, looks like I’m late to the party. Anyway, I just started my blog and I’ll love some feedback. Thanks in advance blog veterans.
    Lifestyleandmusings.wordpress.com

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    1. Nice blog and the first post!
      Just couple of thoughts, first you have a text widget which needs an edit, also the social icons could be linked to your social channels.
      Hope this helps … good luck!

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    2. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, over to the right of your posts — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      Like

  9. Hi all! 🙂 I am very new to this blog and would like to share my recent blog post. I unfortunately don’t know how to get more followers, likes, and comments so maybe everyone here can help me out 🙂 Thanks! blackroses364.wordpress.com

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    1. Hey nice blog and beautiful theme you have chosen. Just noted you have a text widget which needs an edit. Regarding the followers.. it will come as you post more.. I recommend you to go to daily prompts and get inspiration to write from there. That should be a good starting point.
      Hope that helps.. Good luck!

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      1. Thank you so much! Greatly appreciated 🙂 And as for the text widget, I am not too sure how to edit this! Please let me know.

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      2. On the text widget you should see a link “Customize” click that, that would open up theme editor where you could edit them.

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    1. Hey Vijay, nice new blog and the new technical post! Its very rare to see tech posts here … welcome.. 🙂
      Just couple of notes first you have a text widget which needs an edit, also the social icons could be linked to your social channels. About page also needs an edit
      Hope it makes sense … good luck!

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    1. Hey nice blog and a great intro… keep going .. you have taken brave step already! Dont worry too much everyone starts new at some point.
      Just a note you have social icons which could be linked to your social channels. Also you have Home and Blog page both are not showing any blog. Please correct it..
      Good luck … keep posting more!

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    1. Hey Manvi, nice looking blog and the theme. However I recommend you have a about and a contact page too. Also try to insert “Read More” tags to your posts so that only part of your text gets displayed on home page..
      Hope this helps… keep posting and enjoy!

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    1. Congratulation on new blog! …but you need to do little bit of the theme customization. First the site title, very important you set that. Next you have a text widget which needs to be configured. Also check those social icons, they have to be pointed to your social sites. About page needs editing..
      Good luck.

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    2. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, over to the left of your posts — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      Like

    1. Checked your blog, nice first post! …but you need to do little bit of the customization. First you have a text widget which needs to be configured. Also check those social icons, they have to be pointed to your social sites. About page needs editing..
      Hope you will work on them..
      Keep posting! Good luck.

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    1. Beautifully configured blog Shiggy 🙂
      Very well designed and layout.. You have done exceptionally well!
      Great going…! Good luck and post more!

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    1. Hey nice blog and posts, I see that you already started taking advantages of daily prompts… great going..!
      Just note that there are social icons on your blog which could be linked to your social pages.
      Rest all looks good. Good luck!

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    1. Checked your blog! …but you need to do little bit of the customization. First the text widget which needs to be configured. Also check those social icons, they have to be pointed to your social sites. About page needs editing..
      Keep posting! Good luck.

      Liked by 2 people

    2. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, over to the right of your posts — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

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      2. Hi Michelle. I have a good Non-fiction storie that i will like to publish ,please can you give me better steps to follow for me to get a publisher through wordpress?thank you

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    1. Checked your blog, You need to do little bit of the customization. First the site title, very important you set that. Next you have a text widget which needs to be configured. Also check those social icons, they have to be pointed to your social sites.
      Hope you will work on them… Good luck.

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    2. Welcome 🙂

      Looks like you haven’t given your site a title yet! If you’d like to add one (we recommend it), you can do that by going to My Site > Customize > Site Identity.

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    1. Hey Shyleen nice begining of a blog…I lived in your state very close to Kent State University. 🙂
      Everything looks setup property, only your social channels not linked to the social icons … rest all looks good.. Good luck!

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      1. Thank you! I’m debating on making a separate social media for the blog because it’s different content than I post on my personal social media accounts. Thanks for the tip!

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    1. I love this! Reminds me so much of how God met me in my bedroom a few years ago when I was dealing with a hard season. Keep it up! And if you want to, I wrote a devotional that deals with depression and anxiety on my blog. I would love if you would check it out!

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    1. Welcome!

      FYI: that link goes to your dashboard, which is private, so people won’t be able to see your site. The simplest way to get the public link is to go to your blog’s homepage and click on the post title. Then, copy the address you see in your browser’s address bar and use that.

      Here’s your homepage: https://idlebrainsite.wordpress.com/

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, over to the right of your posts — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      Like

  30. I finally posted my first actual post!! I’m really excited, please tell me what you think!!!
    mothermaybuy.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/pur-air-perfection-cc-cushion-foundation-review/

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