UPDATE:

OK, this is embarrassing – the instructions below are not enough to stop the immediate notifications of new posts. You will also need to unsubscribe from the direct email. But this is getting very complicated. Apparently, it not currently possible for me in WordPress to set up a daily digest for my subscribers. I apologize to all my readers and I will switch back to 1-3 updates a day.

Still, I would appreciate any suggestions on improvements for this blog. Thanks!

Elisabeth Bik

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Dear readers,

If you have subscribed to receive MicrobiomeDigest updates per email, you will have noticed that I have been playing with the post format. One of my readers suggested to post each interesting paper separately, which might allow for an easier way to search and find older posts. The search function in WordPress, and also some other plug-ins that I played with do a good job finding posts, but it does not really show you where the search terms show up in the posts.

So, for today, I will post each paper that I find separately. This would work best in combination with a “daily digest” that will send out an email once a day that will lists all the recent posts.  Unfortunately, I have not found a way to send out daily compilations – any suggestions would be appreciated. I am currently working with the Jetpack plugin of WordPress, and it does not have that option.

But there is a work-around: You can set up to receive a daily (or weekly) digest by creating (or updating) a WordPress account. You can do that here.

Fill out the email adress on which you want to have the updates, create username/password. An email will be sent to your email address, and you will need to activate the account by clicking a button in the email.

Then, you will need to go back to the WordPress account page, and on the right, click the Edit button next to “Blogs I Follow”. Here is a direct link to that page. The name of my blog is “Microbiomedigest.com”. Click “delivery settings” to change the email frequency to “daily” or “weekly”.

We will see if this works better. If you absolutely hate this, or have any suggestions to make this blog format work, please let me know. My email is eliesbik [at] stanford [dot] edu   without spaces and brackets. I’d be happy to switch to any format, but with only one suggestion so far, I am not sure what the majority of my readers would like.

Also, I would love to have a bigger audience! So please spread the word about this blog.

Thanks you all, and have a great weekend,

Elisabeth Bik

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