This week, many unhappy blog owners report inability to login to Blogger, and access their dashboards. In some cases, they are seeing the well known "404 Not Found" error. For a few folks, this error comes from an odd habit - which used to be supported by Blogger - but no more.
"www.blogspot.com", which used to redirect to "www.blogger.com", now does not.
If you use "www.blogspot.com" to access Blogger, access your dashboard, or to login, this is why you cannot access Blogger, access your dashboard, or login.
Update your bookmarks, and change your habits, when you login to Blogger. Don't use "www.blogspot.com" to access Blogger - use "www.blogger.com". If you need to avoid the local language redirect, use "www.blogger.com/start?hl=en" (for English access to Blogger), or use "www.blogger.com/start?hl=xx" (for any supported alternative language code "xx").
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"www.blogspot.com", which used to redirect to "www.blogger.com", now does not.
If you use "www.blogspot.com" to access Blogger, access your dashboard, or to login, this is why you cannot access Blogger, access your dashboard, or login.
Update your bookmarks, and change your habits, when you login to Blogger. Don't use "www.blogspot.com" to access Blogger - use "www.blogger.com". If you need to avoid the local language redirect, use "www.blogger.com/start?hl=en" (for English access to Blogger), or use "www.blogger.com/start?hl=xx" (for any supported alternative language code "xx").
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You, and the "several people", need to diagnose the commenting problems, looking at both the "certain blogs", and the various computers used by the "several people".
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/08/diagnosing-problems-with-blogger.html
PD
to get there and the same thing. Is that some sort of code we are supposed to imbed somewhere because it didn't work typing it into my browser. Thanks.
PD
Strangely, I appear to be logged in on comment layouts like this one but not the ones that have the comments centered in the middle of the screen and a post box below the comments - it has always taken an additional step to comment on those, because the verification code comes up after you hit Submit, and you have to submit twice (the plus side on that setting is the Edit feature).
It's also weird that I can access my dashboard and post, but when I got to View Blog, my blog shows me as not logged in.
I always do it through Blogger, yet
sometimes I can not access.
Happy weekend.
a greeting.
One person noticed it happened when commenting was embedded o the blogs. I changed mine to popups and I'm waiting for her to check it out.
We'll see. I figure it can't hurt to try, right?
If you are looking for definitive, useful answers, you're going to have to post your questions in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken. Diagnosing your problems here is not easily done.
PussDaddy,
This article suggests a workaround for one specific problem. Logging out is another issue, completely.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/blog-owners-report-inability-to-logout.html
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My apologies to you who expect that every answer will be provided here, immediately. That's not going to happen, because I can't diagnose every problem, immediately. I have to go one problem, at a time, and one person, at a time.
This article discusses one problem. Here, for the sake of canonical procedure, are two other problems, that I'm looking at, this week.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/blog-owners-report-inability-to-logout.html
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/blog-owners-unable-to-login-to-blogger_27.html
I'm human - and I cannot please everybody. Sorry.
http://musings.nitecruzr.net/2007/04/dont-try-to-please-everybody.html
The "Name / URL" option is an excellent alternative - for blogs which allow it - and when it fits your personal needs.
Just not every blog owner will allow "Anonymous" ("Name / URL") as a commenting option - and not every blog reader will want to use it.
This is all part of the third party cookie commenting issue. It's caused, in part, by our computers and the choices that each of us make, in deciding how to protect our computers.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/06/why-need-for-third-party-cookies-in.html
On the positive side, I could get a new post with photos up, edit my template, and comment on 2 out of 3 blogs I wanted to comment on. *knocks on wood that it will not get worse again*