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Curious about how anonymous posts work? Learn more about how to use them in our @howto guide.

https://write.as/how-to/anonymous-posts

@zethra We're glad to help! Thanks for your patience with us on this and again, sorry for the inconvenience.

We just added a trial option to Write.as Pro, so now you can see what the full platform is about without paying anything up front.

New users can get started here: https://write.as/start/pro

Existing users can head here: https://write.as/upgrade/pro/pay and select the "Free trial" option (no credit card info is needed).

Take an Are.na text block and transform it into a @write_as post with this Glitch app! Perfect for reading & sharing longer text blocks: https://arena-2-writeas.glitch.me/

Two new themes from our community are out for this week! Each showcases unique ways you can personalize your @write_as blog.

1) https://write.as/themes/natsushyo

2) https://write.as/themes/anxiety

Feel free to use these themes wholesale or remix them to fit your blog! Check out our growing collection here - @themes

@filippodb @readwriteas Hmm maybe it something on Safari's end? We tried the link on Safari and works. It should work on the other browsers though if you'd like to still use it.

@filippodb @readwriteas Do you mean for the app? It should be up. Let us know if you're still running into issues and we'll look into fixing it!

Looking for something to read? Use this Glitch app to find a random post from a Write.as blog.

https://writeas-randomizer.glitch.me/

It pairs nicely with @readwriteas as a way to explore new blogs!

We have some server maintenance scheduled for Monday, Jan. 20 at 01:00 UTC (Jan. 19, 8:00pm EST) that may cause some downtime for Write.as blogs hosted on a custom domain or *.writeas.com subdomain.

This shouldn't last for more than an hour overall, and won't affect the core application. We'll post again when everything is back online!

We're curious - how do active users of @write_as & #writefreely describe it to your friends?

https://discuss.write.as/t/how-do-you-describe-write-as-to-your-friends/1064

A new theme this week to use or remix for your Write.as blog! Check it out here: https://write.as/themes/crop-lee

Be sure to follow @themes for more great blog themes from our community!

@kev

Hi Kev! Currently we don't support setting canonical links but it'd be a great feature request to post on the forum (discuss.write.as) to get more opinions on it.

In the meantime we'd recommend using Write.as to post excerpts and link back to your personal blog or for other content unique to your Write.as blog.

@sasha_sorokin

That'd be great for image captions! Thanks for the feedback. This would be useful to add to our ongoing conversation about extended Markdown on our forum: https://discuss.write.as/t/new-formatting-syntaxes/43

And just so you know - we support aligning text via HTML. There is a post on our forum that covers it here: https://discuss.write.as/t/markdown-to-center-text/579/4

Hope that helps and again, thanks for the suggestion!

Here's another #writingPrompt for some creative encouragement! This week:

Find an object nearby and write about it.

You can write a response over on Submit.as: https://submit.as/cues/object

And we'll publish accepted responses on our Write.as @cues blog!

@matt took some time to talk about the origins behind @write_as , where it's headed, and what he's learned along the way in building usable software for creative expression. Thanks to everyone for backing our mission and making the project more than we could've imagined!

Check out the interview here: https://www.starterstory.com/how-to-build-a-blogging-platform