Looks good. Even if you are not open, you should get your blog set-up on a dedicated domain as soon as possible. Either as a subdomain or as a subdirectory. Yes things can always be forwarded later, but there are benefits to getting it in place now rather than later.
My only other suggestions are to make use of categories and have them displayed in the sidebar. This is preferable to the calendar archive display you are using currently... especially if the posts you are writing have some longevity (not dated info that will change rapidly).
As far as links... only add links you think will be useful to your potential guests. Don't just add them because somebody told you they are good for SEO. They often aren't if added just for the sake of SEO.
And yes the Member blogs are listed in order of user number and those are granted in order of when people sign up on this site..
Thanks Swirt!
Am working with Acorn, they will work on the link to the blog, will ask them about subdomain. Am using a template, but will see if I can figure out how change the calendar to categories--I like that idea too. I thought the only links I have are to send people on to get more information about the topic of the post--did I do something wrong here? Really appreciate the feedback.
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I add outgoing links to the events or the locations I write about in my blog. I add internal links to other blog posts that are referenced in the new blog post. I also have links back to the appropriate pages on my website.
Your blog is done thru Blogger, right? If you go to 'Design' you will see where you can add the sections Swirt is talking about. I am also using an 'outside' template for my blog, but I can add sections that I have named 'Recipes', 'Things to Do', 'Upcoming Events' and things like that.
If you want to add a section containing links to your prior blog posts you can do that by selecting the design element under 'Add a Gadget' that is called 'Link List'. You select what that category is called and then add links to your previous posts. So, you could have a 'gadget' called 'History' and link to the posts you did about the history of the lodge. Then another 'gadget' called 'Renovations' and link to the posts about the work you're doing.
If you just want to post a non-linked list of things, then select 'List' from the list of gadgets.
Once you get into the gadgets list you'll see lots of options.
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