Jul 7, 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.

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

For technical questions, visit the WordPress.com Support Forums.

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. One thing I noticed — you’re using a lot of tags and categories on some of your posts. The WordPress.com Reader actually filters out posts that use more than 15 tags and categories (combined) as an anti-spam measure, so using this many tags actually makes it harder for folks to find your posts, which is sad! If you cut your tags down to the most relevant, you’ll actually draw more readers.

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    1. One thing I noticed — you’re using a lot of tags and categories on some of your posts. The WordPress.com Reader actually filters out posts that use more than 15 tags and categories (combined) as an anti-spam measure, so using this many tags actually makes it harder for folks to find your posts, which is sad! If you cut your tags down to the most relevant, you’ll actually draw more readers.

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    1. Welcome!

      Your font is quite tiny, and it makes your blog very hard to read — I’d definitely recommend making it larger! You can adjust that by going to My Site > Customize > Fonts.

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  7. Hello Everyone, I’m new here and it’s really fun reading through blogs posted here in comments. Sometimes in life we can’t talk what we feel and that encouraged me to try to write what I feel. Feedback or comments are welcome. Please check out my blog:

    How I miss you..

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      1. Thank you Angela. It’s better to get it out here on the blog instead of staying mad at someone, I guess. ☺️

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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!

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      1. Thank you so much!! I’m trying to get my blog-sea-legs so I really appreciate that. Love the clean, fresh feel of your page! Feels modern but very cozy which isn’t easy to do!

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    1. You have been busy!! You have so many posts. I think I better get busy!! Really liked the image when I first went to your page – the colors were so vibrant….but they watermark on all the images was unfortunate…

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    1. I fell in love with your sidebar before I event read a word. loved your ‘currently reading’ and the countdown to Christmas…so personable! your tag line to your blog is beautiful. the recent post “if i had the money,” was genius! don’t over think it. You’ve got this. BUT WHERE IS YOUR ABOUT PAGE!!! I was all in, and wanted to learn more about you… FOLLOWING!! ready to read more. (hope you had a good birthday!)

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    2. Welcome!

      As you get started, keep an eye on the number of tags and categories on your posts. The WordPress.com Reader actually filters out posts that use more than 15 tags and categories (combined) as an anti-spam measure, so using this many tags actually makes it harder for folks to find your posts, not easier. (Right now, one of your posts is just a hair over the limit.)

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  18. My first ever blog! On Friday night a good friend called me up in tears wanting to off load her worries. She was stuck in a rut and couldn’t find a way out. She told me to start blogging to support my new business venture – Phyzzy Babs. She said I was so uplifting and I should share my fitness enthusiasm with the world. I mean sure, I had heard of blogging but never thought it was something I could do. But for some reason I took her advice, I set up my own blog. I have no idea how it’s going to go or if people will even read it as there are so many but I’m gona give it a shot! So here goes!

    http://phyzzybabs.com/2017/07/08/one-life/

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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!

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  20. Hi all! I’m Chelsea, journalism student, and I’ve only been here one week ago. It would, thereby, mean the world to me if you visit my blog – I write mostly write poetry and essays about life, love, and self-empowerment. Please help me improve myself!

    chelseathecollegegirl.wordpress.com

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      1. Hi Angela, words shall not suffice how your comment made my day! Just stumbled upon your blog and I thought your website is neat and I am hoping that since I am only a student, I might get some of your valuable insights about your journey in life through your blogs. ❤

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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, and in your footer at the bottom — you can remove or edit them by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widgets!

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      2. No, it makes you new 🙂

        And there are definitely something things are are still a little more challenging to do on a phone. The app is great for posting and reading, but for customizing, you might try using your phone’s browser to log in to WordPress.com — you might find that a little easier for things like widgets.

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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: 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: http://listogcom.wordpress.com/

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    2. There’s no way to automatically turn WordPress.com followers into email followers — you can add the “email subscription” widget to your blog to encourage folks to follow via email, though.

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    2. Hi, Tife – I’m a novice foodie myself, and really appreciate thorough descriptions of good food and great places to visit. Appreciate that you include pics of yourself and the restaurant, links to the menu, that you describe both atmosphere and menu impression, and that you have a format and ranking system. This is blogging I can get behind! Will follow, and excited for more.

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    3. Welcome 🙂

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

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    2. what a much needed thing to write about….I know a few people I’d like to get some manners…I should slip in your blog into conversation. ha! Would love to see a picture of you maybe on your about page…a face with the voice is always nice…following you now on instagram!

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    3. 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

    3. Interesting write-ups, they are really good for your recent posts, and the theme that your blog is really nice. A little footnote, your about page is in need of some information. Great start. Hope to see more from you. Have hope, write on!

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      1. Thank you for critiquing it. I shall definitely take into account what you’ve said and work on it! 🙂
        It’s amazing to have such a wonderful community here that is so supportive 🙂

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      3. Ofcourse! I just read some of what you’ve written and I loved your style of writing. It’s so eloquent.
        I shall definitely spend more time on your posts! 🙃

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