First welcome post is displayed

[davein2it]

Would really like the first tweet from a blog to be the learners. There is a default start post added to the blog when it is set up. This means that the feed can feature a whole series of these welcome posts when a class is first established. The ability to identify and by pass these would be great.

[davein2it]

Have worked through a solution to this which will be added to the code.
Relies on creating a variable that will hold the string to appear in any welcome posts for the blogs.
If the post is a welcome one no tweet will happen code snippet below

#Setting post to the link for the first entry.  Later check and verify whether
#this link has been promoted already. There will also be a check that the post is not a welcome one
#ie made to check the blog works etc. Welcome posts are not promoted either
    try:
      post = d.entries[0].link
      welcomecheck = d.entries[0].link[-12:]
    except:
      continue

    if post in url_string or welcomecheck == welcome:
        print('No new entries or welcomepost')
    else: