1. You look familiar. Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?

Maybe. I blog just about daily at dlyn. And yes I do sometimes feature my own posts from there – why should you guys get all the fun?

2. Can I send photos from my archives?

Yes!  Please do, in fact.  You might think that no one will be interested in a post you did last year, but that is not the case at all.  If it is a good post and the photo is nice, people will check it out, and provided it meets our submission guidelines, we will publish it.  We are working to build an every increasing data base of photos/links, so that people will have a reason to visit DessertStalking, and submitting your old posts helps us do that.  A submission every 24 hours is not too much for us, so send them along- old and new!

3. How will I know if my submission has been accepted?

When your submission is moderated you will receive an email.  If your submission is accepted, the email will tell you that.  If your submission is not accepted, we will email you to tell you why, occasionally with suggestions to ensure we will accept a resubmission.  If you haven’t seen your photo on the site, and haven’t gotten an email, your submission is in the queue and we will get to it.  Since we don’t like to have two submissions from the same site on a single page, we might just be waiting a day.  Occasionally, posts do go astray, so if it has been several days since you sent your post, don’t be shy – email to ask us why at admin @ dessertstalking .com

4. Why didn’t you publish my submission?

We will  let you know in an email.  It could be any number of reasons. Each submission has to lead to a specific blog post, and the photo submitted must appear in that post. Most importantly, the photo has to be appealing, an attribute I freely admit is purely subjective. See the Submission Guidelines to get an idea of what will be accepted. And, please don’t give up if a submission is rejected – try again, ok?

5. I submitted 3 [or 4 or 5] posts and you only published one? What gives?

I will most likely publish the others in the next 24 to 48 hours. You are better off if your posts are spread out on the site, rather than being all in a row. You will get more visitors and more interest in your blog, if a little time elapses between posts. I don’t mind if you send multiples, but you may have to check back a few times to see them posted.

6.  Why don’t you have comments enabled, or some kind of favoriting  system?

I have no plans to implement comments, for a very simple reason – I would much prefer that you go and comment on the contributor’s blog.  Go tell them how great the recipe sounds, or how much you enjoy their photography.  They are the ones who did the hard stuff, so scoot on over to their blogs and tell them that they are awesome!  As for favoriting – as a way for you to keep track of what you like, so you can find it again – that is in future plans, but will likely not be available for awhile yet.

…more to come as more questions are frequently asked…