Blogger seems to have lost the ability to pick up my post feed, and the thumbnail widget no longer appears in Blogs Followed widget.
This is a test as I troubleshoot. My previous post went almost completely unnoticed without the thumbnail "tickler" in the widget.
Jonathan,
ReplyDeleteThere is definitely something up with Blogger.
I noted on my blog that new posts were NOT appearing consistently at the top of my blog list. In some cases new posts were hidden among the blogs not shown, until you click "see more".
Confusingly, some new posts and associated blog jumped to top of the list, as your test post did. I was unaware of your previous post - which may explain the fall off in comments!
Neil
Thanks, Neil. Yeah, I reckon Blogger is having a moment. Luckily, my Test post appeared in the widget after some work, but without the thumbnail in the widget very few actually saw my Austrians!
DeleteSounds like an Austrian problem. The Mem would agree.
DeletePerhaps it was an Austrian problem!
DeleteDid the same with my last post. I looked at all the possible fixes and nothing worked, so I did what I always do with work problems and gave up. 24 hours later it sorted itself out.
ReplyDeleteHappy to see that I was not the only victim, but many other bloggers' effort continued to come through. Misery loves company, you know. I cannot give up on something that annoys me...
DeleteMy Latest blog post seems to be doing exactly the same thing - did you find a fix or did it just work eventually?
ReplyDeletehttps://littlewars1913.blogspot.com/2026/05/is-it-really-inertia-to-stick-to-what_01027316165.html
Good question, Mike! Did I actually do anything useful in testing or did it simply resolve itself?
DeleteFirst, I validated the feed (https://validator.w3.org/feed/) and then changed from Atom to RSS to see if that made a difference. Then, I changed the feed back to the original URL and the thumbnail appeared. Now, did the widget grab the RSS change or the original? The proof will be if my next post appears as expected. As Michal notes in his comment below, sometimes it takes hours for a thumbnail to appear in the widget as there can be a HUGE lag between blogger widget refreshes. My previous post NEVER appeared in the widget even after more than a day in waiting.
Thanks John - one thing that solved the thumbnail problem was removing excess formatting. I made a mistake of posting the content from a word doc (as it was a fairly wordy entry) rather than pasting into notepad and then blogger to remove the formatting.
DeleteStill not showing up on blogrolls - I have tried adding a jump break and removed the ? from the title to see if that helps...
Hi, there's a general problem with post visibility. I'm seeing it on mine and others too. Sometimes posts appear in the "blog list" after a few hours...
ReplyDeleteYeah, there seems to be a general problem with some blogs but not others. Very curious. I agree that widget population can take hours post-publication to appear. Annoying.
DeleteYep, same here a problem across the board it appears. Norm's post yesterday appeared but others haven't including yours.
ReplyDeleteThanks for confirming, Phil! Nice Partizan photos!
DeleteWell first of loved the sunset or sunrise photo! As for Blogger, when I check for new posts from the Blogs I follow, they don't always appear, sometimes a day or so later, which means they might be missed. I now tend to scroll down the list just in case...
ReplyDeleteSteve, that was a sunset looking over the Pacific. I agree that blogs can sometimes take FOREVER to appear in the Blogs Followed widget. My previous post NEVER made it to the widget.
DeleteJon, i had the same problem with my previous post, it took around 4 hours to start showing. My recent show post seems to have gone through fine.
ReplyDeleteYour post is showing on my feed fine, though I don’t know whether there was a delay between posting and displaying.
Perhaps blogger is lagging behind the recent updates that Operating Systems have been having and it will all sort itself out in a few days …… if it hasn’t already!
Thanks, Norm, for confirming. I waited almost two days for my previous post to materialize in the widget, and it never popped up so I took matters into my own hands to explore why. This post appeared only a few minutes after posting so, "hopefully" the issue is resolved. I will find out with my next post.
DeleteI wonder if this was an update issue that was only addressed after the weekend?
Lovely pic. Your Austrian post didn't appear at all in my blog roll (just seen your lovely troops). This one appeared as one should expect.
ReplyDeleteIt was a beautiful sunset, for sure. My Austrian post did not appear in my widget either. EVER. With luck, everything is back in working order.
DeleteThis one turned up OK, but I noticed that all the WordPress sites I follow in blogger vanished days ago. I only noticed as I get email notifications from some of them.
ReplyDeleteToday's post appeared as expected but the previous post never showed up. Interesting about Wordpress blogs not populating the widget.
Delete