Putting GoodReads on my blog

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  wendymc12 · Member · Mar 8, 2012 at 12:02 am

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  Hi,
  Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I can get GoodReads to show up on my blog? I have read the troubleshooting information, but I still haven’t found the problem.

  Thanks for any help,
  Wendy

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  timethief · Member · Mar 8, 2012 at 12:47 am

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  I went to the support documentation here http://en.dupport.wordpress.com and typed in goodreads. http://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=goodreads
  Here are the instructions > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/goodreads-widget/

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  timethief · Member · Mar 8, 2012 at 12:48 am

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  I’m sorry I made a typing error on the first link above > support documentation > http://en.support.wordpress.com

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  helenajmae · Member · Mar 21, 2012 at 6:28 am

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  Hi,
  I tried putting GoodReads on my blog. I read the help first and then tried it but I didn’t have any luck.

  When I copied the numeric ID the first time, I didn’t see my books in the sidebar. Then I looked at the URL more carefully (the one you see when viewing your goodreads profile).

  The dash between the numeric ID and my name looked suspicious to me and I decided to copy the dash as well.

  Voila! The books appeared in the widget.

  I think the support documentation should be updated OR this is a bug (I suspect the latter).

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  helenajmae · Member · Mar 21, 2012 at 6:36 am

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  The strange thing is now that when I take the dash out after the ID, the widget still works. I tried a different browser… well, maybe it’s just the initial setup thing.

  Or there is a some kind of delay issue.