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  bromby · Member · Jan 30, 2014 at 9:41 pm

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  Hi.

  I’m interested in any constructive criticism on my blog. Whether it’s appearances, topics or my writing. I’m working on taking my blog to the next level and become more serious as a blogger.

  http://www.geneticallyimpossible.wordpress.com

  Thanks,
  B.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jan 30, 2014 at 9:47 pm

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  Here`s a link to my DIY 12 step blog evaluation. Hopefully, you will find it to be helpful. Best wishes with your blog.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 30, 2014 at 9:49 pm

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  P.S. There is no “www” in any WordPress.com URL.

  The software strips out the www. for your convenience, and
  http://www.geneticallyimpossible.wordpress.com/ will always redirect to http://geneticallyimpossible.wordpress.com/

  www is an old protocol from back when everything was under separate server hardware. www (www.example.com) was the web server, mail (mail.example.com) was the mail server, ftp (ftp.example.com) was the FTP server, print (print.example.com) was the print server, etc. These days, everything is run under the web server, making www. redundant and a waste of four characters.

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  michelleweber · Member · Jan 31, 2014 at 4:12 am

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  We also have a weekly open thread on The Daily Post specifically for bloggers seeking feedback, and have a thread up today for folks that want to form writers/bloggers workshops with each other. Come swing by! We’re at http://dailypost.wordpress.com.

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  bromby · Member · Feb 1, 2014 at 2:43 am

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  I just started following Daily Post. I’ll make it a regular thing. Thanks! And thanks for the DIY link as well.

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  creatingthedream4u · Member · Feb 8, 2014 at 11:22 pm

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  I would love for some feedback on my blog: http://creatingthedream4u.wordpress.com/

  Thanks!

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 8, 2014 at 11:54 pm

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  Then go to the Daily Post, apparently.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 9, 2014 at 12:27 am

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  Every Sunday there’s an open community pool thread here http://dailypost.wordpress.com/?s=community+pool

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  cherilucas · Staff · Feb 13, 2014 at 6:00 pm

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  bromby — you mix a lot of interests on your blog music-wise — that’s awesome and you’re using an especially versatile theme that allows you to showcase your content. When looking at your site I was reminded of a music magazine we’ve featured — Beatroute — which also uses Oxygen. Might be helpful to see how others use your current theme as well (see the bottom of this page).

  You can also search for related tags in the Reader (music, EDM, etc.) to find other bloggers writing about the same things.

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  bromby · Member · Feb 14, 2014 at 4:10 am

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  Cherilucas–Thanks! I’ve gotten mixed reviews on my theme but ideally when it comes to the look of what I want my blog to look like, Oxygen is the closest. By any chance, would you know how Beatroute made a slideshow on their header? I’ve been trying to figure that out for the longest time!

  Also thanks on the tips regarding related tags. :)

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  cherilucas · Staff · Feb 14, 2014 at 5:45 am

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  Here’s more info on their site and some of their customizing tweaks, including the featured posts slider: http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/customizing-oxygen/

  You have to set at least six posts as “sticky” (and set featured images for them) as well as set your front page to be static under Settings > Reading. More here: http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/oxygen/

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