Recently, Blogger cleaned up the Navbar somewhat - and removed the "Follow" link.
This change left some would be blog Followers inconvenienced.
Blogger has earlier provided three ways for us to Follow any given blog.
Not every blog, and every Blogger account, provides all 3 options.
Not every option is available on every blog, or to every blog owner / viewer - but given access to a working Blogger account, you can at least give yourself a third option.
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 to the Reading List display at the bottom of the Blog List. Find the Gear icon to the far right of "Reading List" (not the one at the very top). Click on the Gear icon, then on "Add", and enter the URL of the blog.
You can only Follow a public blog, since only public blogs have feeds.
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.
If you ever need to discontinue Following / remove the Reading List subscription - and the "gear" / "Manage" wizard is not operational, use Friend Connect: Sites I've joined.
This change left some would be blog Followers inconvenienced.
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.
Not every blog, and every Blogger account, provides all 3 options.
Not every option is available on every blog, or to every blog owner / viewer - but given access to a working Blogger account, you can at least give yourself a third option.
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 to the Reading List display at the bottom of the Blog List. Find the Gear icon to the far right of "Reading List" (not the one at the very top). Click on the Gear icon, then on "Add", and enter the URL of the blog.
You can only Follow a public blog, since only public blogs have feeds.
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.
If you ever need to discontinue Following / remove the Reading List subscription - and the "gear" / "Manage" wizard is not operational, use Friend Connect: Sites I've joined.
Comments
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.
Thanks for acknowledging!
If you've addressed this elsewhere, please point me to where. I know it's not just happening to me because it happens when I try it on other blogs, such as yours. Thank you, AS ALWAYS! Darnell (www.djkardkreations.com)
That's a nasty change, isn't it? And it affects a bunch of blogs.
I documented and passed it on. And I may make a post.
You might mention this, in the forum, too. Have your friends, whose gadgets got the same treatment, post in the forum.
The more noise\\\\\constructive criticism, the sooner it may get noticed.