Following a non-WordPress blog

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  calensariel · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 8:34 pm

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  I’ve subscribed to my son’s blog on blogger.com and would like it to show up on my blog as one that I follow. It is listed that I’m following it, but it’s not showing up on my pages. Is there something more you have to do besides just pasting the url in the box and clicking follow?

  Thanks for you help.
  Calensariel

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

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  timethief · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 8:37 pm

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  Have you set up an RSS widget as described here?
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/rss-widget/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 8:39 pm

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  The RSS widget will display the feed on your blog. If that is not what you mean then adding the feed URL here https://wordpress.com/following/edit/ means the post will display in your WordPress.COM Reader.

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  calensariel · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 9:15 pm

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  Ok, I see how the RSS widget thing works on there, but I’m confused. I don’t really want it to show his posts/comments. He’s on blogspot.com (sorry, I put blogger.com and I guess that’s not it), and what I wanted was for his picture to show up in the grid with the pictures of other bloggers on the Blogs I Follow widget. I have two on there already from blogspot. Not sure how they got there as I’ve been following them for a long time before I added this widget today.

  Is there a way to get his info up there in that grid with the others? Am I making any sense? LOL (sigh – I need blonde directions)

  I surely do appreciate your patience!

  Calen~

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  timethief · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 10:36 pm

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  He has to register a free gravatar account and upload an image there for his image to display.
  http://en.gravatar.com/

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  calensariel · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 10:45 pm

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  Gotcha. I’ll have him do that tonight when he gets off work and we’ll see if we can bring it up. Thank you for your help. I appreciate it. If I’m still stumped I may be back. But we ought to be able to get it now. Thanks again,

  Calen~

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  calensariel · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 11:04 pm

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  Man! I went ahead and signed up for that because I keep getting asked for it, but now on my blogs I’m not able to access my dashboard. What in the heck did I do wrong? (rolls eyes…)

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  calensariel · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 11:05 pm

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  Oh geez… It’s back now. I give up on understanding any of this! I think I know just enough to be dangerous! LOL Sorry!