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  potterwillam3 · Member · Dec 28, 2014 at 10:49 pm

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  WordPress address doesn’t exist. when a person wanted to follow my blog a message popped up saying Potterwilliam3.wordpress.com doesn’t exist and right below a hyperlink asked if the person was looking for Potterwilliam3.worpress.com – Bill’s General thoughts? Is there a problem?

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

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  timethief · Member · Dec 28, 2014 at 10:51 pm

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  This site certainly does exist http://potterwillam3.wordpress.com/ and I can access it easily.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 28, 2014 at 10:52 pm

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  You can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widgets by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  If you would like a follow button to appear on the bottom right hand corner of your site for those who do not have WordPress.com accounts go to > Settings > Reading and scroll down to Follower Settings:

  These settings change emails sent from your blog to followers.
  Logged out users __ Show follow button to logged out users.

  Checking this will present a follow button to logged out users in the bottom corner of their screen.

  Your subscribers will control the frequency they receive your posts emailed to them (instantly, daily, weekly, never).

  You could create a Subscribe Page.
  Place the shorrcode on it. We have a subscription shortcode which you can make use of. The help page on it is right here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscription-shortcode/
  Create a custom menu http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/ and add the page into it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-pages

  You could also simply include the subscription shortcode at the end of every post you publish.

  Note: You can create a Page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ and place a contact form on it for private communication with your visitors, or for opting into receiving a newsletter for example. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

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  timethief · Member · Dec 28, 2014 at 10:54 pm

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  What most likely happened is that a visitor clicked into your blog before you had published a post, not a page. There is an error message that appears on the front page of every new WordPress.COM blog that states what you indicate above prior to posts being published. By default the front page of the blog is the only page that will display all published posts on it. As soon as you publish a post not a page the error message that appears on every new WordPress.COM blog will be gone. http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

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  potterwillam3 · Member · Dec 28, 2014 at 10:55 pm

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  thanks so much. I’m an idiot and don’t know how to spell my own name. Jeez!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 28, 2014 at 10:56 pm

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  We all make mistakes but that doesn’t render us as being idiotic. best wishes with your blog. :)