Hi Everyone!

This is DJ’s Daddy talking with you today. I would like to discuss the future of DJ’s World.

As you may have noticed, DJ has not posted since October 21st. It must be understood by everyone that DJ is a real child. You can see his picture in the About Page. When we started this site with DJ some 6+ months ago, DJ was so excited and happy. His mother and I could not slow him down as he saw a way to make many friends around the world. Of course, DJ being 4 years old needed a lot of help with the idea of developing DJ’s World. Dj’s mother and I with help from his brother and sisters provided a lot of help and moral support. We were lucky to have our friend Darwin to do the art work. Everything was set in place. We launch DJ’s World on DJ’s birthday.

We tried to cover many subjects that greatly interested DJ. We helped him to learn to research information and to allow him to tell his story his way and then “translate” those words into written words that the world at large could understand. As hard as it was for a 4 year old child, Dj stuck with the job of working almost everyday on the site. This is a great feat for any 4 year old child.

With tracking software, we were able to track the visitor traffic each and every day. The visitor rate grew quickly. We knew that the growth in traffic had to be by, mostly, “word of mouth.” Unlike many other start-up blogs, we could not join link groups or blogging catalog groups because we wanted more than anything else to keep the site “child safe.” The problem that has developed over time has been the lack of visitor comments. Comments are so important to the life of a blog. It was the main reason that DJ wanted to do the blog…meeting new people around the world and making friends with children in other countries. Since the start-up last April, we have received only 3 comments. Think about that…only 3 comments. Why? We don’t know.

This is surely discouraging to anyone but to a 4 year old child it is a sorrowful experience. Dj has been very sad about the situation for quite a long time.

Just recently, we were told by Darwin that he doesn’t have time to help on the art work for DJ’s World. We had so many plans for the artistic side of DJ’s World and now we are at a lost as what to do. This has been very hard on DJ. He wanted to move along with DJ’s School and DJ’s Store and we are unable to realize his dream.

Maybe now, you can understand how DJ feels about this experience. He is really “down” about the blog. DJ’s mother and I have had some talks with DJ and he has decided to give DJ’s World a second try. He will start posting next week about educational items and other things that interests him. DJ has stated that he wants to learn new things about the Philippines and the world around us and pass that on to his many visitors.

We need your help. It only takes a few minutes of your day to place a comment to DJ on his daily post. It is not much to ask for a 4 year old child that puts his heart into this project. DJ’s mother and I allowed DJ to do this project as a learning experience. We had hoped that he would learn that there is a big world out there with many nice people. We wanted to teach him, at an early age, that there are more good people than bad people.

Help us to make DJ’s World a success by taking a few minutes and leaving DJ a “Hi! How are you doing” message. You will feel better about yourself for the rest of your day.

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Hi Everyone!

You might have notice on the last four postings that I have included a new click-able link to the bottom of the post.

Dada is trying very hard to make it as easy as possible for making comments to my daily post. I know that it has, in the past, seemed difficult to be able to comment on my writings. Dada said that we could do it in two different ways. The first way would be to split the post so that there would be the first few lines and then you would have to click to go to another page to read the rest of the post. Many people do that so they can have another page to put advertising. We decided very early on that we would not put “public advertising” on the website as we wanted this site to be safe for young children. Dada said that we will not hurt that policy in any way. So, the second way was to continue to show the entire post and put a link at the end of the post. When you click on the “Please Click To Comment” that is in a blue color, it will take you to a new page that has the entire post on but has the Comments section further down the page.

Please take the time after reading my post to go to the Comments page and leave me a message. The message can be that you did or did not like the post or, maybe, a suggestion for a new subject to write about. I really would like to hear from my new friends as this is the main reason I write the postings. When I asked my parents if I could have a site on the Internet , it was so I could make new friends all around the world.

I hope to hear from you soon!

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Hi Everyone!

I would like to spend a few minutes on the subject of leaving comments at DJ’s World.

I have tried to figure out why visitors are not leaving comments. Dada checks the visitor statistics software program everyday and we can see that we are getting a lot of visitors. As a matter of fact, we have quite a few visitors that come by and visit each and every day and we are growing in new visitors everyday. So the question remains why no comments?

Dada told me today that there may be a question of how to access the comments area. I think that it may be part of the problem so I will address that now.

Accessing the comments area is fairly simple. All you have to do is “click” on the main title of the Post where  you wish to leave a comment. The main title is red in color. Once you enter the new page, you scroll down the posting until you reach the end. Just below you will see the Comments area. Your name and your e-mail address information  is required and we, also, ask if you have a website to include the URL address from that site so we can link it to DJ’sWorld. Then you can leave your comments in the comment block. Click the comment bar and you are finished! Once you have completed the comment, you should click the “Home” tab at the top of the page and you will be guided back to the original page you left.

For the rest of my friends, please don’t be shy to comment as I welcome and enjoy receiving your comments and imput about making DJ’s World a better place to visit.

Thanks for your visit!

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Hi Everyone!

Sorry for not posting the last four days but we continue to have the problem with the Internet service. We, now, have “limited” access but not like the service that Mama and Dada pays for. We hope that the company will solve the problem soon.

You might have noticed that we have made a few new additions to DJ’s World. We have added a neat survey section where you can vote on different questions. Today we have a survey that asks the question: “Who is your favorite Monster, Inc. character.” We will let the survey go for 7-10 days and then announce the final results in a posting. We will then set up a new survey. This will be a permanent part of DJ’s World. If you have ideas for a survey, please post it in your comments to the daily posting.

The next addition is a Question & Answer section of DJ’s World. You will see on the lower right side of DJ’s World there is a new section called “DJ’s Corner.” Please use the Comments section of the daily post to contact me with any questions or suggestions about DJ’s World. If you have a URL Link please include it in the Comments Section provided. The other way to contact me is by sending an e-mail to the following address:

talkwithdj@theworldofdj.com

I really look forward to hearing from you. I know that many kids are nervous about posting comments but your Mama and Dada will help you and it will be a fun experience. I do want to make many friends not only in the Philippines but around the world. The only way the DJ’s World can grow and be a fun place is by your help.

Dada is working on the design of DJ’s Store and it should be “up and running” in a few months. We will have many nice things for sale and part of the proceeds will go to my favorite charity UNICEF. DJ’s School is a project that Mama is working on. Mama is gathering material for the school and it, also, should be ready in a few months.

It is, now, rainy season and I am spending more time inside the house but I do play outside when the weather is good. Mama has been using an educational computer program called Microsoft Learning Essentials for Students to teach my big brother and sisters new things during the school summer vacation. I have learned a lot from watching their lessons.

I hope to receive many comments from you all real soon. Remember, we want to make DJ’s World a fun and safe place for kids to visit. Please make DJ’s World a daily visit.

See you soon!

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