https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:28:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-556661 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:17:18 +0000 Fruitful 556661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Greg, I just wanted to suggest the possibility of tagging our posts for searchability and topic reference. Thankyou ^_^ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-556660 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:15:56 +0000 Fruitful 556660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Natalie, I really hope this can be done, but going by what Greg's explained so far, I'm expecting not. In that case it might be good if an etiquette or convention was established (i.e. waiting a fixed period of time to blog your comment; signposting in your title so it's clear it was a comment round-up and not a new topic; perhaps limiting to a certain number of comment round-up posts per week, etc). If we could use tags, a comment round-up post could be tagged with the topics you covered so they wouldn't get lost, even if they weren't in your post title.</p> <p>I hope you don't feel badly about Modgrl's comment as your experience is precisely what beta testing is all about. I can see this coming up again and again for those of us who like to put a lot of energy into commenting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-556614 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:41:41 +0000 goldenpig 556614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greg, is there a way to save your posts on other people's threads as a blog post? I posted a long response with a bunch of pictures onto someone else's thread and decided I wanted to save it as a blog post so I started a new thread and copied my response and pics to my thread, but I think the original poster didn't like that there are now two threads on the same topic on the forum. I couldn't think of any other way to do it and really wanted to save the post/pics on my blog, but I also don't want to clutter up the forum with duplicate threads. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-555649 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:26:24 +0000 CocoLion 555649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Greg, I now understand this question much better. As usual you have explained something technical really well. I *might* change my blog title later to something in keeping with my style/blogging/outreach goals. Maybe I will do that when you have launched lookfab.com and I can choose the searchable option. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-555627 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:06:09 +0000 Fruitful 555627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Cocolion for those points about the needs the YLF blogging feature meets so elegantly and thanks for the informative answers Greg. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-555465 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:08:01 +0000 Greg 555465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks CocoLion, it's so nice to hear that everything worked well.</p> <p>SEO is such a tricky question. Once we have launched the blogging feature broadly this is something that I will return to. What I envisage is that bloggers will get to choose whether they want their blogs to be available to search engines (Google). I will optimize their blogs for SEO as far as I can, so this is something that individuals don't have to worry about.</p> <p>What we will also do is allow people to tweak some settings that might make it easier for Google to find their site when people search for related things. </p> <p>The title is an important part of SEO. The likelihood of Google putting your site in a search result is definitely higher if your title contains words from the term that a person is searching for. So a title like "Fashion After 50" would be effective if you expect people to search using the words "fashion", "after" and "50" in the search term. It would be even more effective if your site address contains these words, for example, "fashionafter50.lookfab.com". </p> <p>That said, I wouldn't make this a top priority in coming up with a title. One can never predict what people are going to search for, and I think it is more important that the title reflect what the blog is about, the personality of it, etc.</p> <p>Also, it can take a very long time for SEO to start kicking in, and in the beginning you are much more likely to get traffic from the forum, and from other bloggers that link directly to your blog (in their posts, or also in their blogroll). We will also help to make lookfab.com blogs discoverable by featuring them on youlookfab.com from time to time (only blogs that want to be featured, of course). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-555354 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:41:43 +0000 CocoLion 555354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greg -- i posted a WIW yesterday and was thrilled to see my new Blog! This is an amazing feature. I've thought about having a blog but was concerned that I would put a lot of work into it but no one would look at it, which would feel too discouraging. This way I can have a blog with no added effort plus I know people will look at it via a the forum. Brilliant.</p> <p>As for functionality, no glitches. Everything seamless.</p> <p>I went back and forth on the question of changing the blog name. A part of me wants to reach out to other over 50 year old women so we can inspire each other to be fashion fab. If I changed my blog name to something like "Fashion After 50" (just an example, not a name I am considering), how could I work it so that other women could find me? I know that gets a little into SEO questions, I hope you don't mind answering when you have a moment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-555321 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:18:12 +0000 Greg 555321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Fruitful. Very useful to know details like that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-555021 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:17:15 +0000 Fruitful 555021@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both of those Greg.</p> <p>I have used a journalling platform called InsaneJournal that had this feature (I assume some other platforms probably have it as users of InsaneJournal tend to also use Livejournal and Dreamwidth, which serve similar purposes).</p> <p>To be honest, I didn't use this feature often. It's not a dealbreaker. I did use it when I was testing to see exactly how the page looked, so that once it went up people didn't have to see me messing around with corrections. (I was playing with photos and html). I imagine if someone wanted all their inspirations etc in one place for their personal reference, it might be useful. I took it for granted so didn't give thought as to what else it might be for; it was simply one of 3 options to be marked when posting an entry (the other 2 were Public (Anyone Can See This Entry, and Friends Only (Only Friends Can See This Entry)).</p> <p>Again, not essential, and thanks so much for your consideration Greg.</p> <p>ETA I think I also used it to keep posts in the chronological order I wanted even if they weren't ready for publication. Does that make sense? This might not be an issue for a style blog. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-555016 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:42:52 +0000 Greg 555016@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fruitful, neither of those things is possible right now.</p> <p>If you have a minute it would be great to hear more about the scenarios where you would make a post only visible yourself. Is it for collecting things for your own reference, or is it more about creating a draft post? Something completely different? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-555013 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:30:14 +0000 Fruitful 555013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greg, can we make some blog posts YLF only, and others public? Can we also have a private setting where only I see a particular post? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-554981 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:22:21 +0000 Greg 554981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ManidipaM, yes, we will do that when the blogging feature is fully launched and no longer in beta. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-554923 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:12:51 +0000 ManidipaM 554923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greg, is there a way to add the blog links to bloggers' profiles (subject to them wanting to share that information with us, that is)? Because it would handy to find, say, Shannon's blog link (which let's assume I don't know) when she mentions her blog in an unblogged thread... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-554667 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:46:42 +0000 Debbie 554667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Greg for pointing out the message at the top of the post. I had missed that. When this goes live I thing I am going to try it. I would love to keep track of the outfits I post from time to time. Thank you for answering my tech challendged questions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-554665 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:42:01 +0000 Greg 554665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Goldenpig, yes. The fact that you can only create a blog post from the youlookfab.com side is temporary.</p> <p>Debbie, yes, you can choose to only put certain posts on the blog. You can also take them off the blog if you change your mind about a particular post.</p> <p>Right now one way to find out that a member has a blog is to see the little message at the top of the thread that says "This post also appears in my blog". See the top of Ana's thread here for any example:</p> <p><a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-on-denim" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....m-on-denim</a></p> <p>And yes, you can name the blog something other than "debbiek". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-554659 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:32:32 +0000 Debbie 554659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am really giving this some thought but want to clarify something. I would able to choose what I put on the blog. For instance I could choose just to post outfit pictures.<br /> Another queston is how do we know a member has a blog (this may have already been asked). I would name the blog something else if I did it. debbiek is really not a creative name.<br /> I hope I am making sense. I am not blog savvy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-554634 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:59:14 +0000 goldenpig 554634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greg, will there be a way in the future to create new posts or edit our posts from within the blog instead of having to go back and look for the thread in the forum? Sometimes I like to fix typos or grammatical mistakes. Not a big deal but just trying to save a few steps. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-554557 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:18:01 +0000 Vicki 554557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, goldenpig, that link worked this time, and thanks, Greg, for giving more details. I'm looking forward to this for the WIW's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-553735 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:20:18 +0000 MsLuna 553735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greg, this is an amazing idea! Considering that there are a lot of WIW posts here in YLF, it is only fitting that members can have the option of turning this into a blog post! I'm really curious to see what you guys will do with this! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-553710 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:43:50 +0000 Greg 553710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Goldenpig, it actually doesn't change the link when you change the title. There are two settings:</p> <p>- One setting for the "address", which changes the word before "lookfab.com"<br /> - One setting for the "title", which appears at the top of your blog</p> <p>LoP, thanks, we haven't looked a onsugar.com, but will do so. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-553693 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:23:43 +0000 Michelle 553693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What tremendous fun! You guys constantly amaze me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-553661 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:57:59 +0000 LoP 553661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great feature. I was looking forward to such a thing on YLF. Congratulations!</p> <p>Have you seen onsugar.com? I liked their blogger features when I was blogging. It makes it so much easier to link to products as well as your own pictures. Food for thought for the future... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-553647 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:43:19 +0000 goldenpig 553647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vicki, I think it's because she changed the title of her blog to "fun with fashion" so it's a different link now. Here's MaryK's blog:<br /> <a href="http://funwithfashion.lookfab.com/" rel="nofollow">http://funwithfashion.lookfab.com/</a></p> <p>The default blog title is your username which is what I have. I didn't realize when you change the title it changes your link too so I think I'll keep mine the same even though it isn't very creative. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-553643 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:40:03 +0000 Vicki 553643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greg, this new creation will enhance everyone's participation in so many ways and I want to get started. Thank you for building on something that is so wonderful and having the patience to answer all of our questions (I'm glad there are no limits). One thing I noticed was that when I clicked on MaryK's link that you shared above, it automatically wiped out her name and was just the lookfab link. Yet, I was able to open goldenpig's so I don't know what happened. I'm going to work on mine right now. ETA: I just realized it's "not open for business" yet. I'll happily wait for the unveiling. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-553448 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:58:29 +0000 Greg 553448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Goldenpig, regarding "a section on the main page listing all the YLF blogs": we plan to do something like this but haven't figured out exactly what it is yet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/3#post-553374 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:13:23 +0000 Fruitful 553374@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol Goldenpig, it's not just personal details I'm thinking I should be concerned about - although I've shared more of those than I think I should - it's all the random instances of me saying something idiotic that worry me! ^_^ Bring on the faultfinding trolls...</p> <p>Greg, thanks for all your explaining. The example blogs look amazing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/2#post-553323 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:26:24 +0000 goldenpig 553323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay! My YLF blog is up and running! So excited! I even went back and added selected posts all the way back to when I first joined last summer! I'm a fashion blogger now! LOL!<br /> <a href="http://goldenpig.lookfab.com/" rel="nofollow">http://goldenpig.lookfab.com/</a><br /> Check it out and let me know what you think!</p> <p>Ana, thanks. I do realize that all the YLF posts are viewable by anyone, even non-members. It's the same with the mommy board I'm on. It's easy to feel like you are just among friends here, but you do have to be careful about sharing too many personal details. I think for now I'll hide the kid pics, and revisit how I feel about how much to post later. </p> <p>Greg--thanks so much for your hard work and this is so exciting! Let us know when there is an option for "About me" on the blog page. It would be great to at least have our profile information there and space to post links to our Pinterest boards or Picasa albums (so we can create "best of" outfit albums etc.), if those types of things will not be integrated into the blog itself. And will there be a section on the main page listing all the YLF blogs? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/2#post-553238 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:53:18 +0000 Vix 553238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad I didn't take you out. Long day, few brain cells left to rub together = haphazard questions/thoughts!</p> <p>Gotcha re current capabilities and possible iterations. </p> <p>I will probably sit tight for now, view other's YLF blogs, and see if there's ever a day where a straight cut-n-paste works so I can move (fairly) seamlessly from my platform to a YLF blog. </p> <p>Hate to pass up jumping into such an interesting feature, but I'd rather use the time to participate in other people's threads and leave the full-on me me me elsewhere. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/2#post-553212 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:28:36 +0000 Greg 553212@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vix, my head is still intact! :-)</p> <p>Drafts: no, just like the forum, a post is live as soon as you submit it.</p> <p>Pictures: yes, they always appear at the end of the post.</p> <p>Drafts and inline images are both good examples of things that will probably add as we make the blogging feature more sophisticated. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/sneak-peek-create-your-own-blog-on-ylf/page/2#post-553161 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:35:22 +0000 Vix 553161@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi again Greg --</p> <p>I am heartbroken you don't track every single member's forum participation. ;)</p> <p>I'd say 99% of my forum posts are responses vs "starters" so yep, you got it right with your second use case:</p> <p><strong>&gt;Situation 2: the posts you're referring to are on your main (existing) blog, but you would like to have them on your lookfab.com blog too. In this case they would be new threads on the forum. In this case you might want to note in the new post that you are posting older/archived outfits.</strong></p> <p>And the idea of noting them as "old" is a good one. [ I'd probably put a modifier in the forum/blog title line like "Persnickety Bohemian" or "Rectangle" too.]</p> <p>While other members are weighing the pros/cons of more publicity, I admit my only hesitation is a control freak one!</p> <p>One of the reasons I usually just add photos to other people's threads vs starting my own (aside from my long blah blah blahing) is that the structure of my Wordpress blog posts works best with intermingled photos vs photos all at the end. </p> <p>While the YLF blog post layouts are great, having that post be duplicated in the forum would require some rejiggering of content. </p> <p>But I understand that you don't want the YLF blog posts to live separately from the forum posts (or be a synopsis with a click-through to the YLF blog post).</p> <p>Hmmmm. Can one save drafts of the YLF blog post before going live, or does it work like a forum post...immediately up?</p> <p>I hope all these questions don't make your head explode. Thanks!</p> <p>ETA -- Duh, now I'm relooking at the YLF blogs and it looks like all photos have to be at the end of the writing, yes? </p>