follow blog widget not working

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    hozo1 · Member ·

    my ‘follow blog’ widget stopped working … I removed it and reset it … I have tried it on several computers with cache cleared … not sure what I am doing wrong .. blog is digiwheat.com // digitalwheat.wordpress.com
    thank you
    Howard

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    shawnajroberts · Member ·

    Hi there!

    I just tested your Follow Blog button and it seemed to be working fine. What are you seeing when you try using it? Can you send me a screenshot? You can just upload it to your media library and I’ll be able to access it there!

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    hozo1 · Member ·

    Shawna,

    Thank you very much for responding.

    I was under the impression that the ‘follow blog’ button would function like the WP follow on the bottom right, in that it would pop up a dialogue box for email input. Mine does not do anything when you click it. Several people have said they click and nothing pops up and they cannot enter their email. So I tell them to use the WP follow, but this obviously defeats the purpose of having this button.

    Please enlighten me as to where i am going off track.

    Again, thanks for the help.

    Howard

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    hozo1 · Member ·

    I have just uploaded the screen shot you requested … thanks

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    shawnajroberts · Member ·

    Hi there!

    We have two different widgets that you can add to give your readers easy ways to follow your blog.

    1. The Follow Blog widget adds a box where viewers can subscribe to your site via email.

    2. The Follow Button widget adds a button that WordPress.com users can click to follow your site.

    We try to make it as easy as possible for your readers to subscribe to your blog with or without a WordPress.com account. There are some follow options built into your site already. Anyone who is logged into a WordPress.com account will see this Follow button at the top of your site:

    Anyone who is not logged into a WordPress.com account will see this at the bottom of their browser window when visiting your site:

    https://cloudup.com/cVBiwM8eAnJ

    The email options will not require your followers to create a WordPress.com account. However, they will need to confirm that their subscription by clicking a link in a confirmation email from WordPress.com.

    Does that clear things up? Let me know if I can help with anything else!

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