How do I Follow blogs, that don't have a Followers gadget?There has always been a third way to Follow a blog, provided by Blogger - though not everybody may be aware of it.
Blogger has earlier provided three ways for us to Follow any given blog.
- The Followers / Google Friend Connect gadget, in the blog body.
- The "Follow" link in the Navbar.
- The "Manage" wizard, in the Reading List.
If you're looking at a blog that lacks a Followers gadget, and now with no "Follow" navbar link, just login to Blogger and go to your dashboard, and the Reading List display at the bottom of the Blog List.
- For The Classic GUI, the "Add" button beneath the Reading List.
- For The New GUI, the Gear icon gives use the Manage wizard, with a similar "Add" button.
When you Add a blog, you'll have two options to Follow - Publicly and Anonymously. In either case, this only works for Public blogs - Private blogs don't publish a feed, and can't be Followed.
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3 comments:
It would be nice to know how to stop following these blogs, too, since the manage button hasn't worked in forever.
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The Manage button works for me - though there are specific cases where it may not work. The Following authentication and profile menu choices are dazzlingly complex - and affect ability to use the "Manage" button and menu, for any given blog.
I stay logged in. I follow using the "Add" button. I can stop following by logging in a second time, to the Followers widget and stop following that way. However, blogs without a followers widget are the ones I can't stop following. This wasn't a problem when the "Manage" button worked, but it hasn't worked for me, since some time last year. It didn't work on the new GUI, either. (I submitted a report and got confirmation, but nothing else)
Thanks for acknowledging!
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