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1tess on "Imbalance 2 Theme Changes"

1tess — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:49:11 +0000

You are welcome.

unlusoycan on "Imbalance 2 Theme Changes"

unlusoycan — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:36:19 +0000

Oh, thank you all for your answers. These solved the problem.

1tess on "Imbalance 2 Theme Changes"

1tess — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:21:36 +0000

Here is info from Support Documents about Infinite Scrolling:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/infinite-scroll/
Which themes have infinite scroll:
http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/infinite-scroll/
And a picture which shows the checkbox to disable infinite scroll "feature."
With infinite scroll, your readers will never see your footer widgets for more than a second or two!!!

That Support Document notes this:

How many posts load at a time?
Infinite Scroll loads seven posts at a time.

And that is what my Imbalance2 theme showed a few minutes ago. Now it shows this:

[ ] (that's supposed to depict a checkbox) Scroll Infinitely
(Shows 12 posts on each load)

My conclusion is that they are now forcing the infinite scroll onto themes not suited to it (those would be themes with footer widgets) or changing the way "infinite scroll" functions or both…

1tess on "Imbalance 2 Theme Changes"

1tess — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:11:51 +0000

@unlusoycan

I use that theme for may main blog, and there do indeed seem to be some changes made behind the scenes. Not sure they include

Before, the homepage used to display posts as much as the user wanted. But now, it only displays the posts on the first line. This makes the blog look light, slim.

Take the advice from AOB above: I can see all of your posts. In fact, I am forced to to more of your posts than I want: your footer widgets are now inaccessible.

In fact somehow "infinite scrolling" settings were reset on my blog (probably also on all blogs using Imbalance2) so that it is impossible to view the footer widgets. Solution is this:
dashboard—>settings—>reading settings—>To infinity and beyond—>un-check this box: Scroll Infinitely—>update

absurdoldbird on "Imbalance 2 Theme Changes"

absurdoldbird — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:48:02 +0000

I can see all your posts on your home page. Please try clearing your cache and then log back into your account. If that doesn't help, then update or change your browser.

unlusoycan on "Imbalance 2 Theme Changes"

unlusoycan — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:13:52 +0000

Hello,
I see that the Imbalance 2 theme is updated and now have the "Get a blog from wordpress.com" box which stays down the screen all the time. (the box which themes already have.)

I don' t have problems with the box but with the update something else changed. Before, the homepage used to display posts as much as the user wanted. But now, it only displays the posts on the first line. This makes the blog look light, slim.

But the demo page of Imbalance 2 shows all the posts it has. Also some blogs using this theme also don't have the problem I have.

How can I solve this, and can I remove the box with the Custom Design Upgrade?

mackipage on "Why doesn't my blog name google correctly?"

mackipage — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:22:54 +0000

Thank you Richard. I am going to give it a try and hopefully I will have no problems. I'll contact you if I do.

richardmtl on "Why doesn't my blog name google correctly?"

richardmtl — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:24:54 +0000

Hi Macki,

You can change your site's URL here:

Changing a Blog Address

As mentioned on that page, if you do change your blog address, permalinks to your old address, including search engine results, will be broken unless you purchase a Site Redirect upgrade.

Please let me know if you need any help with this.

mackipage on "Why doesn't my blog name google correctly?"

mackipage — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:38:17 +0000

Thank you timethief and raincoaster for your help. I am not technology savvy at all...simply a writer who posts on a blog to build an audience. I will change the URL for my blog to its name A Matter of Heart; however, many people know the other URL and I do not want to lose their following. Is there a way to change the URL but have the old URL (doyouwanttobehealed.wordpress.com) be redirected to the new one when someone tries to access that address? Or is there a way to post the new URL onto the old one? I'm not sure how I should do this without losing my following. Thanks again for your help.

auxclass on "Why doesn't my blog name google correctly?"

auxclass — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:32:39 +0000

And Infinite Scroll just loads things up - one blog I subscribe to has I.S. and I thought I would page back and after awhile my browser just loaded up and would not respond except at the speed of molasses in the Arctic winter - about 30 page backs I think things just stopped - so older content on blogs is not easy to get to - overall sucks -

raincoaster on "Why doesn't my blog name google correctly?"

raincoaster — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:29:17 +0000

Huh? Well, one of them is you. You're the one who identified the problem with search engines downgrading pages with too many links, including the home page of the blog. Infinite scroll by its very nature violates that minimum you mentioned of, I think it was 100.

Also: compare SEO of blogs with infinite scroll and those without. Anecdotal evidence suggests shorter pages Google higher.

timethief on "Why doesn't my blog name google correctly?"

timethief — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:48:30 +0000

@raincoaster

And disable Infinite Scroll, search engines don't like it.

re: blog fodder
Please email me links to your authoritative sources that support that statement.

raincoaster on "Why doesn't my blog name google correctly?"

raincoaster — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:44:36 +0000

What is the blog address?

http://mackijones.wordpress.com/ will not google well because google has no reason to index it, as it has no content.

http://doyouwanttobehealed.wordpress.com/ exists and is decently constructed, but if you want it to rank higher, you need to follow basic SEO tips. Having a URL that is the same as the blog name would help, for instance. You are also not using ANY tags or categories, which is a huge mistake. Use appropriate tags and categories up to about a dozen maximum on any one post. And disable Infinite Scroll, search engines don't like it.

mackipage on "Why doesn't my blog name google correctly?"

mackipage — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:25:38 +0000

Sorry, I still don't get it. The page used to show up, but now it doesn't. How do I get it back so when people google that term, my blog address comes up?

timethief on "Why doesn't my blog name google correctly?"

timethief — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:17:18 +0000

Rats! I left off the "s"
Site title > A Matter of the Heart:
Tagline > Devotions by Macki Jone

We have no control over what Google chooses to post. All search engine issues are between the blogger and search engines.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/

timethief on "Why doesn't my blog name google correctly?"

timethief — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:13:07 +0000

This is the free hosted WordPress.com blog linked to your username that's devoid of any blogger created content http://mackijones.wordpress.com/

Th other free hosted WordPress.com blog linked to in the OP is at http://doyouwanttobehealed.wordpress.com/
Site title> A Matter of the Heart:
Tagline > Devotions by Macki Jone

mackipage on "Why doesn't my blog name google correctly?"

mackipage — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:08:57 +0000

If someone googles the name of my blog followed by my name (A Matter of Heart Macki Jones), why doesn't my blog show up on the goggle list? Right now, an About Me blog website comes up but it says it is no longer available. How can I get my blog to come up when someone googles Matter of Heart Macki Jones?