The problem had to do with the fact that my Google+ and Blogger accounts were connected. (If I remember correctly, I set them up at the same time) I was pointed to this post at Sew Many Ways so that I could fix the problem, but when I clicked on my picture in her first step, I did not get the same options. I couldn't find my blogger profile and I was beginning to think it was abducted. After an hour or two of playing around (and walking away when I was frustrated) I finally found the answer. I had to un-connect my two profiles.
I started off by clicking on the Cog
Next I chose the option to "Revert to Blogger profile."
Then I followed the instructions on the next two screens.
I switched to the limited Blogger profile.
Entered my desired display name and continued on to Blogger.
Then I was taken to a stripped down version of the dashboard I was use to.
This is where the directions from Sew Many Ways kicked in. I clicked on my name...
and chose Blogger profile.
Next clicked the Edit Profile button.
Now the important part...make sure that Show my email address box is marked. After that I scrolled to the bottom and saved my changes.
Then I returned to the blogger screen and clicked on the Cog again.
This time I clicked on Connect with Google+ and followed the instructions. Then I was back in business.
Thankfully, my new friend Ashley @Crafty Ashley B was kind and patient enough to let me keep posting on her blog until I figured out what I had to do. And also a thanks to Eleanor@ Cat Approved Quilting and Sandra@Musings of a Menopausal Melon for letting me try test posts to their sights as well. Now all I have to do is kick back and wait for my Reply Blogger Club Tshirt and key chain to come in the mail. It's a hard club to get into....just kidding.
If you were struggling like I was I hope this post is helpful.
5 comments:
I'm glad you got this figured out.
Great post! I was (and still am) happy to help all my fellow bloggers!
I had exactly the same problem! I took the same steps as you've outlined and things are all okay (hopefully). The only thing I didn't do was re-link my Google+ account, maybe I should do that too? Glad you managed to get it sorted out. :0) xx
Hello, I'm visiting from the New Quilt Bloggers Hop; I participated last year. I blog over at www.quilitngmod.com. I too had this same problem. I thought Google + would be helpful, and had no idea that I was creating problems for myself. To make matters worse, I was trying out whether I could establish an account for the quilt guild, and now I'm stuck with the guild e-mail as the unchangeable one for my account. Arggggg! At least I'm not a no reply blogger any more.
Great post Tish, so wonderful that you were able to share your fix with everyone else. Here's a fun tool that might make things like this easier for you in the future: Lightshot: http://bit.ly/1avK4HA It's a Chrome extension that help take screenshots and let's you draw arrows, add text and then save the image to your desktop.
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