Trouble viewing a private blog

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  lhmiles56 · Member · Sep 3, 2019 at 7:53 pm

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  I accepted a friend’s invitation to view her private blog and subsequently received an email advising that I’d been added to the blog. When I click the “visit blog” button in the email, I get a “private blog” notification. Although I’m logged into my WordPress account, I can’t access the blog. Help!

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Sep 3, 2019 at 8:52 pm

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  Hi – What’s the blog in question?

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  lhmiles56 · Member · Sep 3, 2019 at 9:20 pm

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  Camino contemplative.com

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 3, 2019 at 10:12 pm

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  It appears that either the invitation was retracted, or you were removed from the site after being invited.

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  lhmiles56 · Member · Sep 3, 2019 at 10:15 pm

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  She removed me and sent me another invitation, which I accepted earlier this afternoon. We did this to try to fix the problem, but it didn’t work. I continue to have the same problem.

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  lhmiles56 · Member · Sep 3, 2019 at 10:22 pm

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  Also, after accepting the 2nd invitation, I received an email stating that I was added to the blog.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 3, 2019 at 10:24 pm

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  I’m sorry, but you’re definitely not in the list of folks who can view the site.

  That’s really all I can confirm to you, since you’re not the owner of the site.

  If she joins in this thread, we can help a bit more directly.

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  lhmiles56 · Member · Sep 3, 2019 at 10:28 pm

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  Can I join her by responding to your email, or does she have to go through this thread?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 3, 2019 at 10:35 pm

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  She can reply to this thread, or send an email to help (at) wordpress (dot) com

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  lhmiles56 · Member · Sep 3, 2019 at 10:46 pm

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  Ok. I sent her a link so she can join. She’s in a meeting so it might take awhile.

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  phoebecaulfield43 · Member · Sep 3, 2019 at 11:33 pm

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  I am here now. When I look on my administrator page under viewers, lhmiles56 appears. She does not, however, appear as a follower. I have had other friends who have had difficulty following after accepting the invitation to view.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 4, 2019 at 4:50 am

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  @phoebecaulfield43, can you please confirm the URL of the site in question? The site provided to us earlier in this thread, https://caminocontemplative.com/, does not belong to you, so it looks like we’re looking at the wrong site.

  She does not, however, appear as a follower. I have had other friends who have had difficulty following after accepting the invitation to view.

  Accepting an invitation to view a private site does not also cause one to follow the site. It literally only makes you able to view the site. Following the site is a separate action – one still has to click the Follow button while looking at the site.

  If someone has accepted the invitation to view and they’re able to see the site, but they’re unable to follow, there might be something up with their account. Please give the usernames involved, then we can take a look.