cannot register wp account with Office 365

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  crimsonprose · Member · Jun 27, 2017 at 11:17 am

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  I have entered correct URL (to my knowledge); I have entered correct username, and password, but still get the message ‘Unable to Register’. Is there something I’m missing?

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

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  crimsonprose · Member · Jun 27, 2017 at 12:40 pm

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  Update of this situation (for others who might have the same or similar problem). Being in UK I needed to add ‘en.’ before the blog’s URL, i.e. http://en.crimsonprose etc. I hit on it by chance; no where on my account details does it give the URL with an added ‘en’. Situation now resolved.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 27, 2017 at 12:43 pm

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  Hi –

  What is the domain that you were trying to register originally?

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  crimsonprose · Member · Jun 27, 2017 at 12:49 pm

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  http://crimsonprose.wordpress.com. But this ought to read http://en.crimsonprose.wordpress.com/ otherwise Office 365 doesn’t recognise the URL.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 27, 2017 at 7:54 pm

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  It’s not possible to register a prefix like en. on a free WordPress.com site.

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  crimsonprose · Member · Jun 27, 2017 at 8:25 pm

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  Yet that is the URL that Office 365 accepted to register my wp blog, after two days of trying every which way to register. I am assuming it’s because I’m in UK (en for England?) but whatever the reason, it worked. Although I have not yet uploaded a post since registering the blog with Office, I did try out the connection, and it all seems to work. As I said, situation resolved.

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  crimsonprose · Member · Jun 27, 2017 at 8:29 pm

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  I have now uploaded a post from Office (as draft). No problems. Everything works. Thank you for your time and concern.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 29, 2017 at 12:51 pm

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  Hi –

  Are you using the windows live writer by chance? The sites registered to this WordPress.com user account will be listed under My Sites in the upper left corner of the screen.

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  crimsonprose · Member · Jun 29, 2017 at 12:55 pm

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  No, I am using MS Office 365, blog template, now successfully registered. I have uploaded a post in draft which I am in process of final edit and insert graphics. I no longer have a problem. I do thank you.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 29, 2017 at 1:16 pm

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  Which domain did you register? It sounds like you’re not using WordPress.com at all.

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  crimsonprose · Member · Jun 29, 2017 at 1:23 pm

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  I registered http://en.crimsonprose.wordpress.com/ with MS Office 365. I have been posting blogs with WP since 2012. At first MS Office did not accept the registration, which is why I posted my question and started this thread. But then I noticed the ‘en.’ appears in certain WP addresses, e.g. this forum, and so gave it a try. It worked. I no longer have a problem, despite apparently it mystifies you.