Dec 8, 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.

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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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    2. Hi!
      I checked out a few of your posts and I must say that you have great photography skills! Also, I love the quote you inserted in your latest post.
      All the best!🍀

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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 (that is, not on your homepage) — you can remove or edit that by going to view one of your posts, then going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      (For more on widgets, what they’re for, and how to use them, check out https://learn.wordpress.com/get-flashy/)

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    1. presenation is good
      but you need to really work on punctuations my dear.
      capitalize words, underline important words, put some sentences in cursive and put paragraphs properly.
      also, not putting header image is a big mistake.
      these things matter because you need to tell people thorught the PRESNEATION of your blog that you are no school boy wasting time here. You really are into blogging.
      so, yeah, make those changes.
      otherwise the write- up is perfect
      have a good day

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      1. FYI, I am not a male. I can write complete sentences with punctuation and the whole bit. This isn’t something I take seriously. I’m sharing my experience in a unique way. No grammar or punctuation needed to do that. You don’t need to like my shit keep it moving. People are supporting the material without a header image . Worry about your raggedy blog and get off my page.

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    1. Hey, not precisely an answer to your question, but it still might be helpful.

      I moved on to self-host on wordpress.org via bluehost and after the initial setup it’s been amazing. Flexibility is so much greater over there.

      As for upgrading on wordpress.com, I presume nothing will change for you besides some new added functionality

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      If you look over to the right of your posts, you’ll see a bit of placeholder text — it’s meant to help you learn how to work with widgets, and you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      (For more on widgets, what they’re for, and how to use them, check out https://learn.wordpress.com/get-flashy/)

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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. Hi, really great post – makes a lot of sense. When I was at uni my friend would see the tutor after every paper and analyse poor or good marks. Me? I took the paper and ran! I hated to question. She would always say, ‘well, we’re paying for this!’
      One thing: you wrote payed, when it should be paid. I only tell you this because you asked for feedback. So just a little edit and it’ll be fine. 🙂

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  25. Hi everyone! I have started my blog, Holy Cake Day, a couple of weeks ago with an idea I’ve been musing with for years now. My first post is actually something I wrote at the very beginning, but only got the courage to post now. I hope you’ll check it out and like my idea (which is explained better in the About section). I welcome feedback 🙂

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      2. Hi, great post!
        It would be easier to read on the blog format with smaller paragraphs as they help break up a lot of text. If you can add an image or two it would be good too, for the same reason, if the post warrants it.
        Hope this helps 🙂

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      3. Thanks for your comments! I know I need some images too, I’m just not sure what to use (I don’t take tons of pictures myself…). I’ll see what I can do about the paragraphs.

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    2. One tip — 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, rather than easier.

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