Can’t find “Appearance” in Dashboard Sidebar

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  nicholascarraway · Member · Jan 12, 2009 at 2:46 pm

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  Hi! I use wordpress.com. I would like to change some of the widgets in my blog’s sidebar. I read that I need to click on “Appearance” – “Widgets”. Now I can’t find “Appearance” on my Dashboard. There’s only Posts/Media/Links/Pages/Comments/Polls | Profile/Tools/Upgrades. What do I need to do? Thanks!

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 12, 2009 at 2:53 pm

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  When posting in these forums, please provide a link to your blog starting with http://
  If you have a wordpress.COM blog:
  Look here:

  Menu

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  nicholascarraway · Member · Jan 12, 2009 at 2:57 pm

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  Hm, my Menu looks just like that but I don’t have “Appearance” and “Settings”. It’s just not there.

  Here’s my URL: http://bucblog.wordpress.com

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 12, 2009 at 2:59 pm

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  Most odd.
  Maybe try clearing your browser cache and cookies. Restart.
  That sometimes clears us quirky things.

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  nicholascarraway · Member · Jan 12, 2009 at 3:05 pm

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  I recognized this problem a few days ago, using both Firefox and IE. I deactivated all my plugins, cleared out my cache and cookies – no result.

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  rosclarke · Member · Jan 12, 2009 at 3:06 pm

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  You’ll need to contact staff directly, then.

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  nicholascarraway · Member · Jan 12, 2009 at 3:53 pm

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  I did. And they responded within an hour, amazing! Here’s what I did wrong: I was logged in as an editor and not as an admin! Stupid me.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 12, 2009 at 3:56 pm

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  That’s great. It’s often the simplest things that trip us up.