New Person Set Up Questions

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  wepresson1979 · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 8:30 pm

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  What do I need to do to send an email to my blog and have it load daily and also will it send a notification to those who have accepted my site that a new one is available? Also, how do I change the picture on my blog or where do I go to find that info. I am a bit confused on the email info. I do use a Gmail account. Do I set up something different for my blog so that I do not risk my email going to the world? I do want to create a site that is visible to more than the private setting but do not want to expose my email address.
  Thanks a bunch, dan

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  timethief · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 11:55 pm

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  What do I need to do to send an email to my blog and have it load daily

  post by email > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/

  and also will it send a notification to those who have accepted my site that a new one is available

  To set up subscriptions see> follow blog widget http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  If you would like a follow button to appear on the bottom right hand corner of your site for those who do not have WordPress.com accounts see here >
  http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/more-traffic-for-your-blog-with-the-follow-button/

  You can set up a customized contact form http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/ on a static page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ or in a text widget http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/ and above that form you can ask those who wish to have their email address “captured” to use it.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 11:59 pm

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  Also, how do I change the picture on my blog or where do I go to find that info.

  On the bottom of your Admin page there is a link to the step by step learn WordPress.com blogging tutorial. There’s also a link to all support documentation.

  Make sure you are running one of the browser versions at http://browsehappy.com or upgrade there if you aren’t.

  These are the accepted file types:
  .jpg/.jpeg
  .gif
  .png
  Instructions here http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/
  Here are more details about the options for uploading images http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/images-the-three-link-options/
  troubleshooting images here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/troubleshooting-images/

  If you aren’t successful let us know which browser (and version of it) you’re using and post any error reports you get.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 30, 2013 at 12:00 am

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  I do want to create a site that is visible to more than the private setting but do not want to expose my email address.

  See here for a secure contact form http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/