Public post showing as private on Facebook

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  christinachronicle · Member · Jun 17, 2011 at 6:07 am

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  Hi there,

  I’m trying to share a link to one of my blog posts on Facebook (http://christinachronicle.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/my-purlieu-scarf/), but when I attach the link, FB says:

  Protected Blog › Login
  http://christinachronicle.wordpress.com/…
  The blog http://christinachronicle.wordpress.com was marked private by its owner. If you were invited to view this blog, please log in below. For more information about blog privacy settings, please visit our support site.

  If I just enter the link to my entire blog, the thumbnails and brief appear as normal. It’s just when I try to link to this post. The post is marked “public” in my dashboard. I’ve re-saved and re-update. I’ve also tried clearing my cache and logging out of both FB and WP. I can also access the post when I’m not logged into WP.

  Perhaps this is an issue I should raise with FB?

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

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  timethief · Member · Jun 17, 2011 at 8:29 pm

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  I cannot help you and I’m answering so this thread appears on the front page of the forum where hopefully another Volunteer will be able to help.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 17, 2011 at 11:58 pm

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  You’re whole blog is marked Private at Settings -> Privacy in your blog’s Dashboard.

  Even if a post is published publicly, it won’t override the blog’s privacy settings.

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  christinachronicle · Member · Jun 18, 2011 at 12:03 am

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  I used to have it on Private, but yesterday changed it to “I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors”. I’ve clicked ‘Save’ and tried to update numerous times. Does having it on this setting still mean it will register as Private?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 18, 2011 at 12:10 am

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  I’m sorry, my mistake.

  It should be working properly now. Are you still having trouble?

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  christinachronicle · Member · Jun 18, 2011 at 12:19 am

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  Thanks for working on this, Macmanx. Unfortunately, FB still thinks that my post is private. =(

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 18, 2011 at 12:50 am

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  Can you please try clearing your browser’s cache and cookies?

  http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=32050

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 18, 2011 at 12:51 am

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  See if you can get one of your friends to post it on your Wall. It may take one post to get FB to clear IT’s cache.

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  christinachronicle · Member · Jun 18, 2011 at 5:03 am

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  Yeah, clearing my own cache and cookies did nothing for me. I’ll tray Raincoaster’s suggestion and see if I can get FB to clear it’s cache. Thank you both for all your help thus far. It’s been really appreciated.

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  christinachronicle · Member · Jun 19, 2011 at 4:13 am

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  Thanks Raincoaster! That totally did the trick. All is well now. :)