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I'll check it out. I, too, have a Wordpress blog. I chose Wordpress because I was told it's especially author-friendly and that's true.
I've followed all of you back! I do love wordpress, I'm very new to it but it's been great to have alongside my main website!
Keely, it's beautiful! I love the look of your blog (and congrats on the upcoming release).I use WordPress as well: http://www.aleshaescobar.com
Alesha wrote: "Keely, it's beautiful! I love the look of your blog (and congrats on the upcoming release).I use WordPress as well: http://www.aleshaescobar.com"
Thank you so much!!
Keely wrote: "Hi! I've recently set up a wordpress account to go alongside the release of my new book (due August 2013,) It'd be great if you could take a look!
http://evelynknightley.wordpress.com/
Leave yo..."
here's mine, http://theaccidentalwriterblog.wordpr...
I will check yours out :)
I'm still figuring Wordpress out, so mine's a bit clunky still at the mo. http://www.tim-arnot.com Keely, I see you're just up the road from me - I'm in Didcot!
Tim wrote: "I'm still figuring Wordpress out, so mine's a bit clunky still at the mo. http://www.tim-arnot.com Keely, I see you're just up the road from me - I'm in Didcot!"
You need to activate your Follow function on your WordPress site Tim, so we can all follow you, your blogspot site is not easy for us Wordpressers to follow :)
Tim wrote: "I'm still figuring Wordpress out, so mine's a bit clunky still at the mo. http://www.tim-arnot.com Keely, I see you're just up the road from me - I'm in Didcot!"
Small world! It was only the other day I was watching an episode of Time Team in Didcot too.
Thanks for posting everyone :)
T'sra wrote: "You need to activate your Follow function on your WordPress site Tim, so we can all follow you, your blogspot site is not easy for us Wordpressers to follow :) "Where do I find that? I can't see anything obvious in Settings...
David wrote: "I'm new to this, so pls check out my site, thanks! http://davidseller.wordpress.com/"Following you now David, nice site :)
Tim wrote: "T'sra wrote: "You need to activate your Follow function on your WordPress site Tim, so we can all follow you, your blogspot site is not easy for us Wordpressers to follow :) "Where do I find that..."
It may be an automatic thing on my twenty eleven theme but check under Appearance - widgets - and add one that lets people follow you by email, without having to go through LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Ok done. :) But how can I get the little popup thing in the corner, like David has -- that looks much better!
David wrote: "thank u!"Welcome, call over and see if you like mine, become a Troop follower :)
did u mean my page? with the popout thing for following and other stuff?
forgive my ignorance, but whats a troop follower?
Oh, nifty! Your photo is absolutely adorable, Keely. I followed everybody. It may take me a while to get around to browsing sites, though. Darn term paper season.
I'm at http://quiestinliteris.com
A couple of other places also, but that's the more active one. :)
Tim wrote: "Ok done. :) But how can I get the little popup thing in the corner, like David has -- that looks much better!"Better, I have subscribed to your blog, so should now be on your followers list.
To see that, go to Dashboard - Home
Look for a button below and to the right of you stats graph and click it.
You should now see a more detailed graph of hits, etc, plus, on the left a world map and more lists below, follow these down to the bottom list and find blog followers, click on this and you should see a list of your followers.
To get back to Dashboard, etc, press the browser back arrow.
Then go to the banner at the top and click on your blog name (you may have to do this twice) and you should return to your blog.
I don't know how to get the corner popup, over to David on that one.
Good luck :)
I'm pretty sure the popup thing we're talking is standard wordpress settings.
M.R. wrote: "Oh, nifty! Your photo is absolutely adorable, Keely. I followed everybody. It may take me a while to get around to browsing sites, though. Darn term paper season.
I'm at http://quiestinliteris.c..."
Following you M.R. and liked the carved stakes, left a comment :)
David wrote: "forgive my ignorance, but whats a troop follower?"Look at my blog header photo, what do you call a bunch of apes ..... bear in mind I am not one of the small variety when you answer that question :)
hahah yeah, followed u, site looks superb..great traffic
David wrote: "I'm pretty sure the popup thing we're talking is standard wordpress settings."Perhaps you only get it if you host the blog on wordpress.com?
M.R. wrote: "Oh, nifty! Your photo is absolutely adorable, Keely. Aww, thank you! :)
I think I've gone through and followed everyone, but if I've missed you out then do let me know! I'm not following by email though, just the standard wordpress way :)
I'm starting to upload youtube videos too, but they'll all be posted on wordpress too!
David wrote: "exactly what Im thinking"I'm thinking that's the case too.
Yay it's like we have our own little Wordpress World! Btw Keely your book sounds interesting, exactly the kinds of stories I like reading.
Robert wrote: "David wrote: "exactly what Im thinking"I'm thinking that's the case too.
Yay it's like we have our own little Wordpress World! Btw Keely your book sounds interesting, exactly the kinds of storie..."
That's so great for me to hear (see?), seriously, thank you! :)
Liane wrote: "Hi all, I'm a noobie book reviewer and I juststarted a blog A Life Between the Pages ^^ any advice you can give me on the layout is ,more than welcome :D
I followed you all and I'll check them ..."
It's weird; I could have sworn I was already following you. The blog title sounds very familiar.
Keely wrote: "Robert wrote: "David wrote: "exactly what Im thinking"I'm thinking that's the case too.
Yay it's like we have our own little Wordpress World! Btw Keely your book sounds interesting, exactly the ..."
You're welcome!
the graph and maps are cool.:)www.libraryoferana.wordpress.com
Will follow everyone next time I am there.
Alexandra wrote: "the graph and maps are cool.:)www.libraryoferana.wordpress.com
Will follow everyone next time I am there."
Have followed you :)
This is a great idea I love learning about other people's blogs. Mine is groomsbooks.wordpress.com I will follow each of yours as soon as I get to a computer lol
Megan wrote: "This is a great idea I love learning about other people's blogs. Mine is groomsbooks.wordpress.com I will follow each of yours as soon as I get to a computer lol"Following you Megan, so hurry up and get that computer :)
Tim wrote: "I'm still figuring Wordpress out, so mine's a bit clunky still at the mo. http://www.tim-arnot.com Keely, I see you're just up the road from me - I'm in Didcot!"
I'm with you, Tim. I'm still figuring Wordpress out, specifically how to figure out how to use photos from the Web on my site and how do you know what sites you can use?
I'll follow you guys. Like you, Megan, I like checking out other people's blogs, too. Mine is: www.relationspdbeverly.wordpress.com
Followed both of you :).As for which pictures you can use, there are some sites with stock images but most of them charge a fee (usually pretty cheap though). If you want to use other images I think you have to ask for permission from the person who made it, and give them credit.
Pamela wrote: "Tim wrote: "I'm still figuring Wordpress out, so mine's a bit clunky still at the mo. http://www.tim-arnot.com Keely, I see you're just up the road from me - I'm in Didcot!"
I'm with you, Tim. ..."
Following you Pamela :)
Mine is: http://www.thestoryreadingapeblog.com
Robert wrote: "Followed both of you :).As for which pictures you can use, there are some sites with stock images but most of them charge a fee (usually pretty cheap though). If you want to use other images I th..."
Robert,
You need to change the comma after www to a full stop, in your profile page web address :)
Thanks for the tip, Robert. I've noticed the stock images but then some say royalties so I'll check into it further. Thanks for following!Liane, what is your website?
Following you too, Chris aka Ape! LOL!
Including a picture from a site is pretty straightforward - right-click on the picture you want and select 'Copy image link' (the wording may vary from browser to browser), then in Wordpress, edit your post, click on Add media and select Insert from URL from the list on the left. Paste in the link and you're done.Note that this is called "hot linking" - the picture still lives on their site, and viewing your page uses up some of their bandwidth, so some web sites explicitly forbid it (in which case you'd have to download the image to your PC and upload it into your blog).
That's just technically how to do it. Whether you have the right to do it is another matter, and you need to check the copyright and/or licensing conditions for the image. The safest assumption is always that you may not use the image unless specifically told you can. Look for terms like "Creative Commons" (or "CC") - often found in places like Wikipedia. Stock media sites are also an option, but they charge a licence fee.
Chris wrote: "Robert wrote: "Followed both of you :).As for which pictures you can use, there are some sites with stock images but most of them charge a fee (usually pretty cheap though). If you want to use ot..."
Thanks for the heads up!
I started a Wordpress author blog to post character bio's, awful alien poetry, book news and random pondering. Since my writing is character driven, most of the site is providing an introduction and background on some of my characters. Here's the URL: http://ubiquitousbubba.wordpress.com/If you stop by, I'd love to hear from you.
I've recently set up a wordpress account to go alongside the release of my new book (due August 2013,) It'd be great if you could take a look!
http://evelynknightley.wordpress.com/
Leave your links here too! :)