Aug 7, 2017 / Community Pool

Community Pool

Where bloggers come together to 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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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.

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.

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    1. Hi Equinecat! I enjoyed the layout already. Still, making the header scroll up (when we scroll down) would give your visitors more comfortable reading experience, I guess. 🙂 Cheers!

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  8. Hi everyone! I would like feedback on how you navigate incorporating “yourself” into your blogs.

    I’ve written some posts that are pretty general: https://goddessingheart.com/2017/08/06/natural-rhythms-and-mental-health/ and some that are significantly more personal: https://goddessingheart.com/2017/07/28/three-witches-i-met-along-the-way-to-goddess-spirituality/

    I’m finding it a bit challenging to strike a balance. Any feedback would be appreciated!

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  12. Hello, all! I am new to this community, and I realize I’m about 5 days late to this thread…but I’m hoping a few of you are interested in providing feedback on my latest post. If not, I’ll jump in on Monday’s post.

    My post is on hiking, and how I use hiking to heal. This post has received more views than any post I’ve posted so far, and I’d love to know what you like about it (so I can replicate this success) and what I could improve on it (so I can have even more success). Thanks, everyone!

    http://allthepassionstrings.com/hiking-heal-facing-demons-one-step-time/

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    1. Love the post. I used to be much more of a morning person but have gotten away from it lately. Your suggestions make me want to aim to start my days earlier again. Thanks for the motivation. 🙂 Feel free to check out my blog if you have some free minutes. http://www.lazysundaysblog.com

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  18. Its like a whole new world just opened up i so happy that i join the wordpress family so many interesting things to read learn and share……………. im very much trilled.
    posted a new blog tittle Understanding the Claw , do enjoy and please do leave a comment, like and follow for more updates.
    https://mylilyb.wordpress.com.

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    2. Loved the article and left a comment. Also followed you on Pinterest and Facebook. Your blog is simple and calming yet motivating. I look forward to future posts. 🙂 If you have a few minutes, I’d love for you to visit Lazy Sundays. http://www.lazysundaysblog.com

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