A Very Basic Question!

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  mrlouie · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 6:59 pm

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  Hello wordpress forum group!

  I’m new to wordpress and I absolutely love it. I find it relatively easy to navigate, post, attach images, and edit using this site. I’ve already created a couple blogs within the past week, one for a final assignment for a Master’s level course I am taking, and one to post pictures of student projects in my classroom.

  mikesnarrativeinquiry.wordpress.com and
  mrlouie.wordpress.com

  A quick question, and I’m sure it is a very simple answer.

  I have the number “4” in an orange square in the top right corner of my screen after I log in. What does this refer to? My guess is either people who have posted “likes” on my posts, or the number of followers my blog has?

  Thanks

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 7:04 pm

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  It’s a notifications link.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 7:07 pm

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  Here’s the announcement link > Notifications, the Pulse of Your Blog

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  mrlouie · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 7:25 pm

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  Thank you thank you!

  Is there something in the settings that prevents the number from expanding when I click on it or hover over it, like it shows on that linked page that you sent?

  Thanks

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  timethief · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 7:26 pm

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  I believe the maximum displayed is 9 notifications and there is no way for us bloggers to expand the display.

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  mrlouie · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 7:34 pm

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  Oh ok. My issue is that none of the notifications expand. All I get is the number in the toolbar, and that is it.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 7:37 pm

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  Would you like to take your issue to Staff? Here’s the link http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/ After you use the searchbox, under the search results, at the bottom of the page there will be a section that says “Have you found the answer to your question?” You can choose either “Yes I found the answer to my question.” or “No I didn’t find the answer to my question and I would like to contact support for help.” The no option will reveal the contact form.

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  mrlouie · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 7:51 pm

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  The staff must have been reading this forum post. I just clicked on the number and the notifications popped up. Problem resolved, thanks so much for your help!

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  timethief · Member · Nov 30, 2011 at 7:54 pm

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  Aha! they were monitoring. I’m happy to hear this has been resolved. Best wishes to you. :)