Chapter 7: Engaging Your Readers

When you take advantage of the interactive aspects of WordPress, you can develop relationships with your readers and build a loyal audience. Those relationships develop as you let your readers participate in your blogs through comments, ratings, and more.

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Write an About Page

Choose the Discussion Settings

Create a Comment Policy

Moderate Comments

Edit a Comment

Allow and Use Threaded Comments

Respond to Comments on Your Blog

Deal with Comment Spam

Review Notifications

Include Avatars with Comments

Understanding Gravatar Hovercards

Change Hovercard Settings

Create a User Poll

Create a User Survey

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