New to WordPress… need help

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    jewelz57 · Member ·

    Hi, I am new to WordPress… came over from blogger where I have had a blog for 5 years. The main reason I came was so that I could interact with those who leave comments and they would know it when I replied. I have been on other WordPress blogs where when someone replies to your reply you get an email notification tell you that they have. I love this feature and would like to have it on my blog. What I currently see is that to be notified that a reply has come you have to subscribe to each post. Is there a way to set it where when I reply to someone they will get an email notification telling them?

    Also, I would like to know if there is a way to know who is subscribed to your blog. I am used to Feedburner and being able to log on and see who has subscribed. Would love more information on this.

    Another thing I would like to know is is there a way to change the font and style on the posts? I do not understand the Format that WordPress uses “Paragraph” “Addresses” “Preformatted” etc. Blogger has a way for you to choose your font and the size. It is also single spaced unless you change it yourself.

    And finally on the right hand side of the “Add New Post” page I see a Format with different things you can check such as “Standard” “Aside” “Link” “Gallery” “Status” “Quote” “Image”… can someone explain this to me please.

    Thanks so much,
    Julie

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    timethief · Member ·

    Let’s start here. This is a step by step tutorial prepared by Staff > http://learn.wordpress.com/
    This is the main link to all support documentation and the searchbox there provides results not only form the documentation but also from forum threads. http://en.support.wordpress.com

    Regarding notifications of replies to replies to replies. If we subscribe to a post then we get all the replies to replies. We can also subscribe to comments http://en.support.wordpress.com/comment-subscriptions/

    Discussion settings page > default settings > Settings > Discussion

    Subscriptions > enable blogs subscriptions > http://en.support.wordpress.com/topic/subscriptions/ Stats for subscribers are found on your site stats page.

    more coming …

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    timethief · Member ·

    change the font and style on the posts?

    These are the 3 ways to change fonts on wordpress.com blogs.

    (1) Changing font families, colors and size in text in posts or pages either post by post or page by page by coding into the HTML editor. http://en.support.wordpress.com/editors/font-size-color/

    (2) Changing font colors in text in posts or pages either post by post or page by page using the #4 icon (Select text color – change the text color) in Row 2 the Visual editor. http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-2

    (3) Changing all font families, colors and sizes throughout the whole blog by purchasing an annually renewable Custom Design upgrade and using Typekit Fonts with Staff support. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
    Note: Any font changes to font families, colors and size in the blog title, tagline, post titles, page titles cannot be done without CSS editing.

    Several of the themes at WordPress.com allow blog authors to decide what format each of their posts should be displayed as.> post formats > http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/post-formats/

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    earlbrussell · Member ·

    Do all the suggestions above apply to the free version of WordPress?

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    auxclass · Member ·

    All except #3 just above here are box stock out of the box on a standard free WordPress.COM site.

    You can also change the look if you purchase the CSS editing upgrade. But you should have some CSS experience if you do.

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    jewelz57 · Member ·

    timetheif, I went to the settings, then discussions, but did not see a link for subscriptions. Though I do see “subscribe to comments” and “subscribe to blog options in the comment box. Both boxes are checked. I do not see anything about subscriptions under discussions.

    On some of the wordpress blogs that I visit you do not have to subscribe to every post. You just subscribe one time and then from there on out you are notified when someone replies to you.

    Can you tell me how to do that?

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    timethief · Member ·

    Sorry. You mean this > http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-comments/
    The Dashboard > My Comments page tracks comments you’ve made across WordPress.com so you can see when people reply to you. It will show your comment, one before yours, and replies after yours. The thread with the latest replies will be at top.

    Go to the top gray navigation bar and on the far left look for My Account, hover and a drop-down menu will appear, scroll down and click “Track my Comments”

    Added note:
    Every wordpress blog has two RSS Feed links ie. one for posts and one for comments so maybe that’s what you mean.
    This is the RSS URL for your posts http://mylongandwindingroad.wordpress.com/feed/
    This is the RSS URL for your comments http://mylongandwindingroad.wordpress.com/comments/feed/

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