Blogging Q&A

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Hi Cassandra,

Here is the list of blog-related questions that I wrote after we had set up my blog that first day. I am including them here for two reasons, one, I'd love to get the answers one day and two, because they might come up for your other new bloggers!

Regards

Catherine

I love this girl! And here are her questions and thoughts along with my answers in color

1. Comment Form Placement - full page or pop up window ? I went with full page in case someone has pop ups blocked

I went with pop up window because I like having my blog in the background in case commenters want to view the original post along with the rest of my blog while they are writing. When you use the full page it shows a stripped down version of the post only and I have a lot of photos on my blog. If someone really wants to comment they will allow pop ups for my blog and they should only have to make that choice once (i.e. allow pop ups for this website). That being said, this is totally a personal preference and choosing full page is a great way to go too!

2. Do you have Comment moderation - on or off? I went with always moderate

I have comment moderation off. This is simply about my time management. I do however receive an email whenever anyone posts a comment so that if it is inappropriate I can delete it.

3. Backlinks - what are these? I went with 'show'

Backlinks are when another website links to your post. I went with show too. This can be helpful so that you can see who is linking to you. But, it might get spammy so just keep an eye on it.

4. Site feed - please explain

Straight from blogger help:

A site feed is a machine-readable representation of your blog that can be picked up and displayed on other web sites and information aggregation tools. For information on enabling your feed, see: How do I change my site feed settings?

Special pieces of software called feed readers, news readers, or aggregators can scan your site feed, and automatically let your readers know when your blog has been updated. An example of such software is Google Reader, which you can use with your Google Account. Other options, including both web-based and client-side software, are listed at AtomEnabled.org.

5. OpenID ??

OpenID allows people to use their login for another platform (i.e. Wordpress.com) to comment on your blog. This will automatically link their name to the website when they post a comment on your blog.

I hope these questions and answers helped you too. Feel free to post your opinions, questions, and experience too. And Catherine, you're free to email as many questions as you'd like. It was fun answering them!

Simply Fearless ~
Cassandra

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