When you look back at your blog on January 2, 2015, what would you like to see?
Photographers, artists, poets: show us PROGRESS.
I like the way my site is developing. I like the people who visit, the folks I’m getting to know. I even believe I’m making progress with writing shorter, pithier pieces — with fewer typos — but it wouldn’t be Serendipity without a few mistakes, right?
A year from now? I hope WordPress has added more formatting options for text, especially the ability to change fonts and font sizes on the fly. Otherwise? I’m a pretty happy camper!
One REALLY big wish: WordPress, are you listening? Please make the reader part of the statistical hit count. It’s a great tool, especially when you follow a lot of blogs and have limited time to visit, but the bloggers you visit via the Reader don’t get the “credit” for your visit … which seems kind of unfair.
Otherwise, I think I’ll just keep on doing what I do and hopefully will still be around to worry about it a year from now. Blog happy, my friends.
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- Serendipity’s 2013 Year in Review – From WordPress (teepee12.com)
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Great post and suggestions. Seems everyone agrees !
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Well, it’s pretty uncontroversial stuff. Hard to argue 🙂
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If I had a wish list of changes I’d like to see with WordPress the topmost would be the ability to edit comments, at least for a short time. I hate reading my typos right after hitting the SEND button without being able to correct them.
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YES OH YES. I think you’d get a big agreement by pretty much everyone on that!
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Keep on improving – that’s my goal this year. I don’t ever want to settle into ‘I think I’ve got the hang of this’ mode. There are so many options and so much opportunity to learn on WordPress.
I agree 1000% on tallying views in the reader. I’ve seen many blogs that will only let you read the first so many words of a blog and then you have to click ‘View Original’ to get the full post. It’s definitely a feature you and I should look into!
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I’ve gotten comments from friends telling me it’s annoying when they can’t read the whole thing in the Reader or Email. Trying to explain the whole “hit” thing to them doesn’t help because they don’t CARE about your stats. Ultimately I decided if my goal is to get read, then I shouldn’t put up impediments to my audience, regardless of hits and counts and stats. BUT — the stats DO matter to me — you — and every other blogger. They aren’t the only thing that matters, but it’s the way we know if we are reaching people, writing/showing material that interests them. Not so much to our audience though. It’s a bit paradoxical, is it not?
You know it’s the Reader zapping you when the number of “likes” on a post exceeds the hit count in your stats!!
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I suppose this is a decision that artists in all formats have to make regarding sharing their work on the internet. Make it easy for the audience, or put up a minor road block that gives me something to show from their consumption.
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Yes. And there’s not going to be a single answer that works for everyone.
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Keep on keeping on . As I’ve mentioned, you are touching a number of lives and maybe souls. That’s truly a gift and priceless.
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Who’d have thunk it, eh? I’ve been writing my whole life, but finally I actually reach out and touch someone. Better late than never?
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I totally agree with your suggestion to WordPress to have “more formatting options for text, especially the ability to change fonts and font sizes on the fly.” My old hosting site, TypePad, had those capabilities, but other than that, I’m happier here at WordPress. I also like your suggestion related to Reader.
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Overall, I do like WordPress. Within each template, we get far more formatting capability than Blogger (for example), and much better handling of photos which is (obviously) important to me. I sometimes get a bit frustrated with the text limitations, espcially because some of the available options are a bit buggy. But over all, it’s good. The templates offer a lot of choice. Even though I’m willing to buy one, I seem to like the free ones better. Go figure, right?
But I do wish they’d make the reader “count.” It’s a great tool that I hesitate to use because it doesn’t credit the blogger. I hope they fix that.
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Lovely suggestion, Marilyn, and one that WordPress should take very seriously. Great post and thanks for the pingback/link!! 😀
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Nice to connect. We’ve been out of touch and I’ve missed you 🙂
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Same! Although I’ve been so busy it is only when the few quiet hours hit that I feel I’m missing something. Still, in a short while, very short, I’ll be on another continent. I’ll send you an email telling you what’s happening! All very exciting and completely unexpected! 🙂
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Like moving to another continent or just a business trip????? You can’t just hint, you know. That’ too much of a teaser!
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LOL It is moving and business combined! I’ll send you an email!! 😀
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Just tell me which continent? Puleeze?
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American! LOL
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Totally cool. Some of us call that coming home!
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Exactly! 🙂
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That is very exciting. How long have you been in England? I was away for almost 9 years, but I was younger so coming home was only weird for about a year. After that, it felt normal again — more or less.
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I have lived outside the US for over 31 years…I think it may take me a bit longer! LOL
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I expect. You going to be anywhere on the east coast?
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I’ll be in Philly for about 2 hours clearing customs and going from terminal A to B before heading out on the last leg of my journey! 🙂
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Sorta hoped you’d be around here somewhere. Oh well. You can email me with details. I keep hoping to really meet in the fleshly realm.
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You never can tell! I’ll be emailing shortly with all the skinny on what’s happening! 😀
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I live in hope and shall wait with Bated Breath, whoever he is.
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