WordPress.com Forums » Tag: word-count - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/word-count WordPress.com Forums » Tag: word-count - Recent Posts en Fri, 24 May 2013 05:01:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Change length of Blog Post Preview /Excerpt?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/change-length-of-blog-post-preview-excerpt#post-1196553 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:19:01 +0000 timethief 1196553@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That's not a free hosted WordPress.COM blog and we cannot help you here. You are posting to the wrong support forum to get help with it.

If you don't have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.org bloggers.

]]> idesignitforyou on "Change length of Blog Post Preview /Excerpt?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/change-length-of-blog-post-preview-excerpt#post-1195290 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:13:03 +0000 idesignitforyou 1195290@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I can't figure out to increase the length of the blog post on my home page. I have tried several different modifications to the functions.php file but nothing seems to work. I can't locate the word "except" anywhere within the code. http://rabbittattoo.com/

Any ideas?

]]> gasstationwithoutpumps on "Word count in Posts display" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/word-count-in-posts-display#post-1148370 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:52:02 +0000 gasstationwithoutpumps 1148370@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'd really like for the "all posts" display from the dashboard to include the word count for each post. I'd also like to have the total word count on the stats page (with the other totals) and to be able to download the table of word counts.

I'm interested in seeing if there is a correlation between my post length and the popularity of the post, but I don't want to click on my nearly 1000 posts to see how long each one is. That sort of tedium is what computers are for, and it should be trivial for WordPress.com to provide this info.

]]> tcmacrae on "Average post word count" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/average-post-word-count#post-1051609 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:25:17 +0000 tcmacrae 1051609@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I looked and couldn't find anything on this. In the post edit window one can see how many words are in that post. However, is it possible to find the average word count for all posts in a blog, or does one have to look at each individual post and add 'em up?

]]> jessielansdel on "What does this mean?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-does-this-mean-2#post-1049761 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:37:40 +0000 jessielansdel 1049761@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you Hun. Have a good day. :)

]]> justjennifer on "What does this mean?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-does-this-mean-2#post-1049760 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:35:42 +0000 justjennifer 1049760@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There's a couple of things going on on that page and the picometer image address doesn't end in an image file extension so it won't work the way they've stated, at least not here.

I have one foot out the door so let me look more closely a bit later.

]]> jessielansdel on "What does this mean?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-does-this-mean-2#post-1049724 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:40:11 +0000 jessielansdel 1049724@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi Jennifer, here is the link;

http://www.writertopia.com/toolbox

It is the Picometer I'm trying to install.

Thanks. 😉

]]> justjennifer on "What does this mean?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-does-this-mean-2#post-1049718 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:26:30 +0000 justjennifer 1049718@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thans being Thanks!

]]> justjennifer on "What does this mean?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-does-this-mean-2#post-1049716 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:26:13 +0000 justjennifer 1049716@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you mean something else, can you give a link to it? Thans!

]]> justjennifer on "What does this mean?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-does-this-mean-2#post-1049714 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:25:46 +0000 justjennifer 1049714@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hey, Jessie-

Are you referring to the Milestone widget or something else? http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/milestone-widget/

]]> jessielansdel on "What does this mean?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-does-this-mean-2#post-1049712 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:25:30 +0000 jessielansdel 1049712@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Tut!
http://jessielansdel.wordpress.com/

]]> jessielansdel on "What does this mean?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-does-this-mean-2#post-1049688 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:01:09 +0000 jessielansdel 1049688@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Oops! Blog is;

jessielansdel.wordpress.com

]]> jessielansdel on "What does this mean?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-does-this-mean-2#post-1049686 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:59:30 +0000 jessielansdel 1049686@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am attempting to install a NaNoWriMo word count widget onto my blog but when I do, it keeps telling me to 'configure the widget' . What does that mean; and whereabouts would I ideally put that kind of widget? I have put it in Image space but there is no widget there, only the 'Configure' notice.

Sorry if I sound like a dim wit. :(

]]> dste9 on "I'm having various problems when creating and editing my posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/im-having-various-problems-when-creating-and-editing-my-posts#post-974750 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:45:30 +0000 dste9 974750@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Woah! That cookie dance worked! That's really amazing, thanks!

]]> dste9 on "I'm having various problems when creating and editing my posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/im-having-various-problems-when-creating-and-editing-my-posts#post-974732 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:30:44 +0000 dste9 974732@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I use Internet Explorer on my laptop. I think I'm using the latest version because I updated it not long ago. As for internet, we've got DSL.

When I visit that link, it tells me my user agent is Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0).

I'll try out that Cookie Dance and make sure my flash is updated.

]]> raincoaster on "I'm having various problems when creating and editing my posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/im-having-various-problems-when-creating-and-editing-my-posts#post-974723 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:21:19 +0000 raincoaster 974723@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 1) what browser and version are you using, and have you tried the Cookie Dance? http://raincoastermedia.com/2012/05/01/the-cookie-dance/

2) Is your flash updated?

]]> timethief on "I'm having various problems when creating and editing my posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/im-having-various-problems-when-creating-and-editing-my-posts#post-974722 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:20:45 +0000 timethief 974722@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ How are you connecting to the internet and to WordPress.com? The way you connect to the internet (mobile, satellite, DSL, dial-up) and to your blog, and how many proxy server jumps etc. it takes to connect can cause problems. There maybe be problems with your ISP and/or with the proxy servers. Also note that the main dashboard isn’t designed to work with touch devices through the tablet and smartphone browsers.

Exactly which browser and version of it are you using. If you don’t know click here to find out > http://whatsmyuseragent.com/

]]> dste9 on "I'm having various problems when creating and editing my posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/im-having-various-problems-when-creating-and-editing-my-posts#post-974709 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:12:13 +0000 dste9 974709@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ok, the first problem I'm having is adding tags to my posts. It was working fine for a while, but now when I type in a tag and press add, nothing happens. When I hit "Choose from the most used tags" nothing happens.

Also, when I press "Upload Media" nothing happens, although I have been able to add photos to my posts by using the separate media tag and adding some basic html code to my post by hand.

Finally, a few things that aren't important, but still seem wrong: word count is set at 0 when editing a post, I can't toggle between visual and text, and menu options that were visible under the text setting have disappeared.

Since noticing the tag problem, I've restarted my computer more than once. I've also tried logging out and back in with no result. So, is there anything I can do about this, or is a problem with WordPress to blame?

]]> timethief on "Ideal Length of Post - to divide into parts or leave whole." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ideal-length-of-post-to-divide-into-parts-or-leave-whole#post-844409 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:43:47 +0000 timethief 844409@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome and best wishes with your blog.

]]> felicityripley on "Ideal Length of Post - to divide into parts or leave whole." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ideal-length-of-post-to-divide-into-parts-or-leave-whole#post-844397 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:31:39 +0000 felicityripley 844397@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there - thanks for that information, no I didn't know you could do that and it seems like a good way round the dilemma.

Thank you very much.

]]> timethief on "Ideal Length of Post - to divide into parts or leave whole." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ideal-length-of-post-to-divide-into-parts-or-leave-whole#post-844264 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:20:37 +0000 timethief 844264@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Over the years I have found that I have very little inclintaion to read posts that are 3000 words in length. Like dlager I'm turned off at more than 12000 words in any post. Another way you can spilt content within long posts is by using pagination (next page).

]]> felicityripley on "Ideal Length of Post - to divide into parts or leave whole." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ideal-length-of-post-to-divide-into-parts-or-leave-whole#post-844250 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:13:51 +0000 felicityripley 844250@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi - thanks for that. I usually use the 'more' tag anyway, I'm just concerned readers would see the length of the post and feel they couldn't be bothered to read it.

]]> dlager on "Ideal Length of Post - to divide into parts or leave whole." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ideal-length-of-post-to-divide-into-parts-or-leave-whole#post-844088 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:27:57 +0000 dlager 844088@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi.
There is no correct answer. its really how you want to present your content to viewers.
many people will leave enough of the begining of a post to hook a reader, then they will use the "more" tag, to hide the rest of the content.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/

As for me us the more tag for long post over a 1200 or so words, I also use it to hide photo galleries and video embeds from my home page.
this will increase page load times, especially for readers with slow internet connections.

]]> felicityripley on "Ideal Length of Post - to divide into parts or leave whole." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ideal-length-of-post-to-divide-into-parts-or-leave-whole#post-844026 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:39:15 +0000 felicityripley 844026@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is there an ideal number of words for a blog?

I've written (as yet unpublished) a travel memoir which is quite long - about 3000 words.
I've divided it into three posts, parts 1, 2 and 3 and will put links to the other 2 on each post.

Is that the best thing to do or would it be better left as one long post?

Reading in 3 parts, it doesn't flow quite as well but I wonder whether people are less likely to read a post if it's too long.

If anyone has any thoughts or experiences on ideal blog length I'd be interested to hear them.

Thanks

]]> timethief on "Word Count on A contact Form" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/word-count-on-a-contact-form#post-822781 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:20:28 +0000 timethief 822781@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ CSS cannot be used to add to or to change functionality. It can only be used to change appearance.

]]> just100words on "Word Count on A contact Form" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/word-count-on-a-contact-form#post-822762 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:52:18 +0000 just100words 822762@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Can I get a wordcount to show on my contact form?

Thanks ;)

]]> timethief on "Word Count" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/word-count-3#post-740810 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:07:31 +0000 timethief 740810@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No there is not.

]]> lindakruschke on "Word Count" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/word-count-3#post-740809 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:05:14 +0000 lindakruschke 740809@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is there a way to determine what the word count is for all posts on a blog? I know how to see word count for a single post, but would like an idea of how much I've written since I started the blog in terms of total words. Thanks. Linda

]]> raincoaster on "Word Count" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/word-count-2#post-676133 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:31:20 +0000 raincoaster 676133@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you can get all the posts on one page, like if there are five of them in sequence, you can copy all of them and paste them into a Word doc and check the wordcount there.

]]> justjennifer on "Word Count" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/word-count-2#post-676132 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:29:16 +0000 justjennifer 676132@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't know of any other way than going in and checking the word count of each post. You'll see it listed at the bottom of the post.

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