Where is the follow button?
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I just started a blog and want to add a follow button like on this blog, purpleviolas. Where is that?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Here subscribers control their own subscriptions including the frequency with which they choose to be sent your posts. All they are required to provide is an email address and their delivery preferences (instantly, daily, weekly, never).
You can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widgets by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/
If you would like a follow button to appear on the bottom right hand corner of your site for those who do not have WordPress.com accounts go to > Settings > Reading and scroll down to Follower Settings:
These settings change emails sent from your blog to followers.
Logged out users __ Show follow button to logged out users.Checking this will present a follow button to logged out users in the bottom corner of their screen.
You could create a Subscribe Page.
Place the shortcode on it. We have a subscription shortcode which you can make use of. The help page on it is right here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscription-shortcode/
Create a custom menu http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/ and add the page into it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-pagesYou could also simply include the subscription shortcode at the end of every post you publish.
Note: You can create a Page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ and place a contact form on it for private communication with your visitors, or for opting into receiving a newsletter for example. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/
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Hey there, the follow button on your blog is on the bottom right hand corner of the site. You may not be able to see it because you are logged into your account. Try logging out and visiting your blog, you should be able to see the follow button.
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@asdrsn
That follow button is not the one that the OP points to. Note that the OP referred to http://purpleviolas.com/ -
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@martidiy
Hi again,
Below are some helpful links for new WordPress.COM bloggers. For creating a post see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/#publish-a-new-post
For creating a page see here
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/#create-a-new-pageFor editing see:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/edit-pages-screen/On the bottom of your Admin page you will find a link to the step by step Learn WordPress.com blogging Tutorial prepared by Staff. http://learn.wordpress.com/
See also the “Video Quick Start” tutorial http://en.support.wordpress.com/video-quick-start/
The support documentation is all found at the Support link http://en.support.wordpress.com which is also on the bottom of your Admin page.
Welcome and Happy New Year!
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Thanks. I have looked at a lot of the tutorials but either missed that part or haven’t gotten to it yet. I like the video, thanks!
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The tutorials that are ubiquitous online are for WordPress.ORG installs. They do not apply to WordPress.COM blogs and when blogger rely on them they become confused. The only relevant ones for WordPress.COM are the ones I linked to above.
WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support forums. Read the differences here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
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