I get the message "invalid user name" when I try to log in to view someones blog

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  hardlygettingoverit · Member · May 9, 2014 at 1:09 pm

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  invalid user name when trying to log in to view a blog
  I created my WordPress account in order to follow a friends blog which requires that I log in (with a WordPress ID) in order to view it. whenever I enter my (working) WordPress ID and password it says “Invalid user name” despite me being able to access my own account with no problems. Furthermore, if I click the recover password option on my friends sign-in which then requests my WordPress ID or email address it fails to recognise my ID again. What is stopping me viewing my friends blog?

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

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  timethief · Member · May 9, 2014 at 4:42 pm

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  What is the URL of this friend’s blog please? I’ll tag this thread for Staff help. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.

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  hardlygettingoverit · Member · May 10, 2014 at 1:15 pm

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  Thanks, the URL is:
  http://crucialxtimes.com/xdx/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fcrucialxtimes.com%2Fxdx%2F

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · May 11, 2014 at 10:19 pm

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  The blog you have linked to is a self-hosted WordPress.org site. Not a WordPress.com site. You would not need a WordPress.com account to follow it.

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  hardlygettingoverit · Member · May 12, 2014 at 4:53 pm

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  But I have a WordPress.com account – that’s how I am able to sign in here and reply to you. Is WordPress.ORG a totally different thing? I don’t believe it is because the sign-in screen I get when I go to the blog I want to follow is the same as the one I get to sign in here.

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  timethief · Member · May 12, 2014 at 4:56 pm

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  This is the WordPress.COM support forum. You need to post to the WordPress.ORG support forum for help with your site because it is not hosted by WordPress.COM.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate and have different logins and features and run different versions of some themes with the same names http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.