Persona Paper Writing News Update

It's been forever since I've last been here or online, I know :-(. Honestly, I miss being online. That's totally an understatement, by the way, but you already knew that, didn't you? LOL.

I've been having some internet problems lately (I'll spare you the details), so that's why I haven't been around until now. I hope things can get resolved soon. It's really quite frustrating and annoying, actually.

I just looked at my notifications list here, and I see that it looks like I missed a lot. I wonder if I got any replies to the comments I made on other people's posts from before? Guess I'll never know now since the notifications list isn't displaying them anymore.

So, how's it going? How are you all doing? It really feels like forever since I've last been here on Persona Paper or online.

But the text post editor here says it's just been 2 weeks and 4 days since I last published a post here on Persona Paper. Has it really only been that long? Anyway, I hope to be able to get back here soon.

Here are some of the comments from this article, back when it used to be posted elsewhere:

valmnz wrote on April 12, 2015, 4:27 PM
24 hours seems like forever these days, so two weeks must have been quite frustrating for you. I'm sure you'll make up for it now.

FreyaYuki replied to valmnz on June 3, 2015, 5:02 AM
Thanks. I've been really super frustrated at the lack of internet connection. But I'm just glad that it's finally been fixed now. I hope to be here more often though time may not always permit that since there's just so much to do.

MelissaE wrote on April 12, 2015, 5:04 PM
Welcome back. You have missed some great posts from some new folks on here.

FreyaYuki replied to MelissaE on June 3, 2015, 5:12 AM
Thanks. Yeah, it looks like I really missed a lot here including notifications. It's too bad that I wouldn't be able to see those notices anymore. And I don't think it's gonna be easy to look through the older posts here since there are already a lot of new ones.

Soonerdad3 wrote on April 12, 2015, 5:49 PM
I have took a few days off from posting at different times but two weeks would seem like an eternity.

FreyaYuki replied to Soonerdad3 on June 5, 2015, 4:57 AM
Yeah, it really does feel like an eternity like it's been forever/way too long since I've last been here. Now that the internet connection issue has been resolved, I hope to be more active here.

bestwriter wrote on April 12, 2015, 7:05 PM
Cannot imagine you were away that long. Good to see you back.

FreyaYuki replied to bestwriter on June 5, 2015, 5:00 AM
Thanks 😃. It's good to be back. I'll try to be more active here.

CalmGemini wrote on April 13, 2015, 1:31 AM
I have been wondering.Glad that you are back.Looking forward to your posts.

FreyaYuki replied to CalmGemini on June 5, 2015, 5:31 AM
Thanks 😃. It's good to be back. I'll try to be more active here.

AdGoggleKo wrote on July 10, 2015, 2:31 AM
I almost forgot that this site exists because of photography. LOL

*Notes:
- Image is by FirmBee (Public Domain) from Pixabay
- This was previously published on Persona Paper on April 12, 2015, 4:13 PM

3 Reasons To Add Read More Links To Articles And Blog Posts

Also known as "Importance and usefulness of read more links in articles and blog posts."

A blog’s homepage will list or display all articles or blog posts that have been published on said site. The front page will usually show a preview of an article with a read more link right below said snippet.

Exactly what is so important and useful about this kind of link? Why would you want all your articles to have this feature?

Pique people’s interests with your article preview

The post preview provides a teaser to your article. It helps to pique people’s interest and curiosity while the read more link located right below the teaser encourages people to view or check out the entire post in question.

Read more link encourages people to view the entire article

If your readers or visitors can see the entirety of your articles on your blog homepage already, then what reason would they have to go to the page where your article is?

They don’t need to do that anymore since they can already see and read your entire post straight from your site’s front page. This is why having a read more link is important. This gives people a reason to check out your article if they want to find out more.

Read more link keeps your homepage organized

Furthermore, this feature is useful in cutting or truncating articles that are too long. Instead of having your really long articles show up on the homepage, you can cut these articles by using a read more link.

This prevents people from having to scroll down endlessly on your homepage. It also stops your front page from looking too cluttered and disorganized.

*Notes:
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by hayashinomura (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
- Open book in the image is meant to symbolize the read more link
- This was previously published elsewhere