'Follow me' option not showing

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    philandlinda · Member ·

    I want to set up followers who can then elect to get emails without using mailchimp, but I can’t see the follow me button. Also I can’t find any way of getting settings up to see whether they are public or private but I think its public as I have had visitors. Is there a button I can’t see to create a follow me option for readers and are there any instructions for blog administrators to set these up?

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

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    antonyagnel · Member ·

    Try visiting your site after logging out of your account, you will be able to notice a follow button as you scroll down the site.

    Also, you can use the Follow Blog Widget or an External Follow Button.

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    philandlinda · Member ·

    Thanks for the reply.
    I tried that and looked at the site from a different search engine but still no button. I am such a beginner and thought those other buttons would be too complicated. I will look at them as my follow button is just not there, only my contact form.
    Thank you

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    antonyagnel · Member ·

    I tried that and looked at the site from a different search engine but still no button.

    That wont work. You need to log out of your WordPress.com account and view your site, not visit your site from a different search engine (because you’ll still be logged in).

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    philandlinda · Member ·

    I need more help with my follow me button.
    There is no follow me option anywhere on my site whether I am logged in or out.
    So I tried to install the Follow Blog widget you suggested but when I tried this there is no option to create one, and the customiser doesn’t look like the one in the tutorial. I can only add other widgets that are already there, such as RSS and Meta, but I don’t know what any of this means or does.
    I then tried the follow button generator you suggested, but when I pressed the generator this appeared which I couldn’t make sense of:
    Preview and code

    Try out your button, then copy and paste the code below into the HTML for your site. (THERE WAS NO BUTTON OR CODE)

    Please check you’ve entered the address of a WordPress.com or Jetpack-powered site and try again. (I JUST PUT IN http://www.open-return.com)

    So what am I doing wrong? I am a real beginner and don’t understand jargon (I don’t know what HTML is or jetpack or things like that) so please any explanations of process would be good.

    Many thanks for your help in advance!

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    antonyagnel · Member ·

    Sorry for the delay in response (Cyclone struck in my place and we had no power for three days). Now coming back to you, I thought you were having trouble with https://openreturncom.wordpress.com/ but now I realize you’re having trouble with an entirely different site, which is not hosted here at WordPress.com. So, I don’t think we’ll be able to help you out.

    More info on what’s different – https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    You should be able to get help from the WordPress.org Support Forum.

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