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I love this theme, especially the navigation from post to post. Also love the way these bloggers have customized it.

I having using Sorbet since Valentine. Can’t seen to get tired with my Valentine background and matching logo. Love the vibrant colours of Sorbet.

I’m using Sorbet and I love it :) I don’t see myself switching to another theme anytime soon.

I’m also using this theme on my self hosted personal blog in gujarati language with some custom changes.

I too am using sorbet. Love the color options!

This should help alot.. :-)

Are wordpress blogs not hosted on wordpress.com/org eligible to be mentioned in the “Early theme adopters” section?

For now, at least, this series is focused on WordPress.com users.

Being new to WordPress, it can be difficult choosing which theme to select and I tried out a few before settling on Sorbet because of its clear, clean and bright appearance :)

This theme is definitely very cool, and we thought about switching to it for a while- the image icon/text icon specification was not ideal though. Overall the fun spring colors really let a blog with this theme stand out!

Great tips! Thank you!

Great, useful post. Thank you.

Excellent things to do! I plan to also change the color scheme of my site and lighten the heading font. used a “Chunky” font for the winter, and plan to use a “lighter” font choice for the spring and summer

Your Spring-tips were very welcome – I have already applied some of them! Thanks!

One thing I would encourage is that everyone ADD a Recent Posts widget. I’ve visited blogs where you had to click ‘Previous post’…and click ‘Previous post’…and click ‘Previous post…’ if you wanted to know anything about what the blogger wrote before today. I like to see at a glance the titles of their last five posts so I know if their other content will interest me or not.

Another thought: If bloggers go back and edit the Tags on some recent posts, why not also spice up some titles if needed and be sure they accurately reflect the post’s central point?

I advised one man yesterday to change his Archives to a drop-down menu because he had a long line–30 months I think–in his sidebar. I did the same for my Categories.

The blog is excellent, but I did not get the third point.

It’s so easy to accumulate clutter and you are my hero for publishing this excellent advice. May I also suggest that broken links checks and editing to update popular posts with new information ought to be on our spring blog cleaning list?

Thanks for reminding me about all the unfinished drafts that are stuffing up the closets in my blog. Time to rummage through them and either use them or throw them out! (Wonder if there’s a “Second Hand Store” for drafts?)

Right on time!! I’m in the process of revamping or as you say Spring Cleaning!!! Thanks for sharing.

There is one more idea that hasn’t been explicitly mentioned in this (very helpful!) article — disabling pingbacks and trackbacks. I don’t how you guys feel about it (and I’d love to hear your opinion!), but I recently disabled these because I was unhappy with the dozens of automated pingbacks to my Daily Post responses. Now I think it’s much better.

Broken link checks are a great idea — it’s a small detail, but it can be so frustrating for a reader to click through only to find… nothing.

Thanks for the additional tips — very helpful! I particularly like the idea of going over titles to make sure they do a good job channeling the essence of your posts.

It’s aimed for those among us who start many drafts that we then let languish in our dashboards, unpublished. It’s a good idea occasionally to go over them to create material to publish.

I think that’s a solid choice if you want to exercise stricter control over your comments section, especially if you’re part of a very active community, like the one at The Daily Post.

Wow, thanks for the tagging tips, I was much in need of a spring cleaning!

Not used Instagram looks fun. Love the cereal haiku.

Great idea, Andi! Thanks for sharing. Happy haiku-ing!

Your African violets clearly LOVE their windowsill. Thanks for sharing these neat Instagram/haiku pairings!

I do use Instagram, but not like this, Andi. These are terrific! I like the Cheerios!

What a great idea. I love seeing the haiku right on the image. Thanks for sharing. <br />

Wow, very cool! And then you can post it on Facebook too, right? I&#39;d love to see some haiku go viral!

Wow! I am so glad I found your blog! I feel like you could be such a good friend. I&#39;m a high school librarian and poet who loves picture books. I am so divided at heart -- loving my job but miss the world of picture books. I am going to try to send you a few of my own haiku instagrams by way of introduction. Nice to meet ya! (found you over at the Missrumphius site). tess

These are awesome, Andi! A pair of purple Keds appear in my WIP, so that photo especially made me smile.

Though it feels a bit like cheating to illustrate a haiku I love your work. You had me at the purple sneaks. I&#39;m going to give it a try. here&#39;s my today entry https://www.dropbox.com/s/i0kj8qvvy4qw11g/2013-04-11%2012.53.41.jpg Thanks for recommending the app too.

Judy I don&#39;t know why you say it feels like cheating. ;) The haiku masters in old Japan did &quot;haiga&quot; with paintings but I think photography works well. Check out http://www.dailyhaiga.org/

And Judy I love your work! The light from snow and the new maple leaves - nice balance!

Good post, Cathy! I have a bit about me on the sidebar, right at the top, and then I have an About Me tab for the longer version. :)

Geez, I must be egocentric. I put my name right by there in the title: "Margo Dill's Read These Books and Use Them." OR maybe, according to you Cathy, I am just smart. Yes, let's go with that! :)

Me, too, Madeline! I have my pic as well, but that's an extra frill.;-) I just really like to have a name when I go to a blog--and I think it's great branding for the blogger/writer.

So yes, Margo, your name in the title is a BRILLIANT idea! (And why I call my blog "Cathy C. Hall"--guess you can't get any more egocentric than that!!!) :-)

My blog/website address is my name, too and I sign every post with my name and books I'm the author of as links to where you can buy them. I often comment on others sites with just the text of my name and book titles too. Though I don't want to take away from other blogs I want to be sure they know who I am if they love my reply.

It's true, writers are not marketers by trade but by force and some are still not catching that wave it seems.

Thanks for reading,

Sarah Butland author of Arm Farm, Sending You Sammy and Brain Tales – Volume One

Becky,
just wanted you to know that I read your posts every time you put one up...you've been busy lately! Thanks for helping us keep up with children's lit!

She looks just like you! Great link.

Thanks. It was pure fun to create.

Same hair color!