Apprearence
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When my blog is sent out it does not look like the Preview sample provide when I created it. I have to hit another button called “by lessonsbeofrelining: before it will go to what it is suppose to look like. Is that the only way this blog can be presented?
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What’s sent out is an email notification and no the post will not have the same appearance as your site in email. That’s not possible.
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The main difference that I see between your front page and the theme demonstration at https://wordpress.com/themes/chalkboard/, is that the demo has no sidebar and your does.
What is present in the current appearance that isn’t what you expected? Or what is missing?
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Look at what is received from my posts as compared to Chalkboard style I would like.
see below:
New post on Lessons Before Living
Acceptance – Part II
by lessonsbeforelivingIn this post, let’s continue our discussion of acceptance. This topic is so important it will again appear in several more posts.
The following is directly from the book: Love is Not Enough – Changing Dysfunctional Family Habits.
“When I started studying acceptance, I was rather judgmental. I was sure my beliefs, thoughts, and worldview were fundamentally correct and unshakeable. Others who were not conforming were devalued; they just were not as smart as me, right? Back then, I was black and white; you are for me or against me – you are good or bad – you agreed with me or you were an idiot. You either went to the same church as me or you did not understand what was correct; you either agreed with my political views or you were totally uninformed. If you rooted for my team, you were okay, but if not, you were the enemy. This attitude made me an island where only a few people were allowed and then only when acquiescing to my superior intellect, magnificent wisdom, omniscient aura; all covering an incredibly low self-esteem. When you did not conform to my definitions, you were expelled from my island. My isolation became darker and lonelier; but “I know I’m right!” I shouted this theme again and again into the ever-increasing darkness as my loneliness covered me like a cold and wet blanket and I withdrew deeper and deeper into my unhappiness.
This pattern of thought ignored the wonderful world of a huge unexplored gray area existing between the polar opposites. Rigid positions create extremes, especially in politics and religion. Having one religion held in a higher standard than others is condemning others and judging them as “not okay.” This attitude is what causes the majority to persecute the minority because of perceived or real differences; since you are not like me, you must not be okay. Since I have my majority position to justify my beliefs, I am right and you are wrong.
When my isolation was complete, my darkest of days, when it was either reach out or die, I finally reached out and found a different way of living. I discovered one of the root causes of my unhappiness was my habit of thinking in absolute terms. When I held an absolute position about anything, I would put a handy label on it so I could judge whether it was good or bad, right or wrong, for me or against me, my way or the highway. This was how I navigated through life. Some of these labels were racial, sexual, political, or gender judgment; I would not tolerate differences! With these labels so necessary to maintain my rigid thinking, it was easy to categorize others and have a convenient method of judging and then rejecting them. The more judgmental a person is the sadder they are.
I regret those harsh attitudes and now exist in a wonderful world of “live and let live.” When I learned about the gray space between the black and white of absolute terms, I began to experience more peace. The more I expanded my gray areas, the more peace I experienced in my life.”PS – Good news: The East Baton Rouge and the St. Charles Parish Libraries have purchased Love is Not Enough and Gilligan’s Notes. This entire collection is now available in Baton Rouge at the Coffee Bean on Coursey Blvd and Cottonwood Bookstore on Government Blvd. In addition, The Advocate, Publisher’s Weekly, and the Library Review have agree to consider including What To Do While You Count to 10, Love is Not Enough, and Gilligan’s Notes in their reviews.
lessonsbeforeliving | November 21, 2014 at 8:11 pm | Categories: Self-Help | URL: http://wp.me/p2HWfN-ai
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Not when the copy is sent to me. I have to click another link and then it displays the Chalkboard style.
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What’s sent out is an email notification and no the post will not have the same appearance as your site in email. That’s not possible.
Will you please go back to my comment above and read it again. We have no control over what is emailed to subscriber. What is emailed is NOT a carbon copy of your blog theme. What’s emailed is the post title link and/or the content the extent of which is dependent on whether or not you choose to display full post or summary post content in your RSS feed at > Dashboard > Reading > Settings.
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Another question, please.
I want to send a mass email to invite others to this blog. I know there is a way of doing this in the program itself but is there another method, such as, having a hot link included in the message?
I have tried to copy and past the link I get with my copy of the recent blog but this does not bring the reader to my specific blog.Thanks for your time and experience.
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We have a subscription shortcode which you can make use of. The help page on it is right here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscription-shortcode/
You could also simply include the subscription shortcode at the end of every post you publish.
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Okay thanks…so there is a way.
However, when I tried to follow the instructions to use the shortcode, I could not find the text tab nor the blog subscription form I need to put on my out going messages.
I really appreciate your assistance.
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As you are having trouble using the subscription shortcode instructions in the relevant support doc I’m bringing that to Staff attention by tagging this thread for them to assist you. Please subscribe to it so you are notified when they respond.
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Hi there,
To add the blog subscription form to the end of your posts, you just need to paste the following text in the bottom of the post editor when you’re writing the post:
[blog_subscription_form]That will automatically turn into a subscription form when the post is published.
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Thanks…that will solve one problem.
If I send out a message to someone and want them to explore this blog what can I put in the message that will be a hot link back to my personal blog?
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You can include a direct link to the blog itself if you’d like: http://lessonsbeforeliving.wordpress.com/
Is that what you’re looking for?
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