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To the Daily Post Community: Thank You!
- News
- May 24, 2018
Saying goodbye is hard. Celebrating years of community and great blogging is anything but.
A Treasure Trove of Archives: Our Absolute Favorite Posts
- Roundups
- May 31, 2018
The featured image in this post is from one of my favorite weekly photo challenge themes, “Waiting,” from September 2017.…
Measure Twice, Cut Once
- Beginner
- September 10, 2014
Planning your content first can help you choose the right theme.
An Intro to CSS, or How to Make Things Look Like You Like
- Advanced
- June 21, 2013
What is CSS? It’s the design of your site — special code that tells your site how to display things…
Wake, Woke, Awake, Awoken
- Language & Grammar
- March 15, 2012
A reader responded to my post about irregular verbs last week to express confusion about when to use “awake” and…
An Intro to CSS: Finding CSS Selectors
- Advanced
- July 25, 2013
Last month, we introduced a series on CSS (Cascading Stylesheets) and talked a bit about how you can use CSS…
Put Your Money Where Your Blog Is: Should You Pay for Traffic?
- Intermediate
- August 6, 2013
Even those of us who blog for purely personal reasons appreciate some validation, whether comments, likes, or just pageviews. Encouraging…
Quick Tip: Tagging for Shelf Life
- Beginner
- February 12, 2015
Keep your posts visible in the Reader for a longer time with smart tag choices.
Photography 101: Editing Basics
- Beginner
- November 12, 2013
If you’ve followed our Photography 101 series from the beginning, congratulations! We’ve covered the fundamentals of photography — from composition to lighting…
Blog Taglines to Love
- Beginner
- November 26, 2014
Tagline inspiration to help you perfect the phrase that welcomes readers to your blog.
How to Publish Posts that Search Engines Will Love
- General Advice & Pro Tips
- March 10, 2016
Explore the six elements that can help push your blog to the top of the search rankings.
The Art of the Open Letter
- Intermediate
- August 13, 2013
Want to try writing an open letter? Take a look at these examples for inspiration.
