Troubleshooting

The bot does not answer

• Check the name. You want @bloggygram_bot.
• Send /start or any other message. The bot replies to every private message with a button.
• If the bot answers "Too many sign-in links", you asked for more than 5 links in an hour. Wait a while and try again.
• If you blocked the bot in Telegram, unblock it, or it can't write to you.

"That link has expired"

The Open Bloggram button works once and expires after 10 minutes. The sign-in page expires after 5 minutes. Send /start to the bot to get a new button, or open the sign-in page again. Each button works only once, so tap it once.

"Too many sign-ins" means this Telegram account confirmed more than 10 sign-ins in an hour.

Telegram says the bot cannot be added

You're probably in a group or a chat. Bloggram only works with channels. See Channels, not groups. Also check that you're an administrator of the channel and are allowed to add other administrators.

I added the bot and nothing happened

• Check that it is a channel and that the bot is an administrator, not only a subscriber.
• You may already own 3 blogs. In that case the bot messages you that you've reached the limit. Delete a blog you no longer need, then add the bot again.
• You may have deleted this channel's blog earlier while the bot stayed an administrator. Remove the bot from the administrators and add it again. See Reconnecting.
• The bot says "Bloggram has reached today's limit of new blogs" when the daily cap is reached.

My blog is online but has no old posts

Only public channels bring their history. For a public channel, check that its web preview works by opening t.me/s/yourchannel in a browser. The dashboard shows whether the import is queued, running, finished or failed. After a failure, press Import the history again. Private channels start with the next post you publish.

My new post does not show up

Posts usually appear within seconds. Make sure the dashboard doesn't mark the bot as removed, and that the post has text, a photo or media. Stickers and polls are skipped. If the post carries only a video, a page is made with a note that the media is on Telegram.

A deleted post is still online

Bloggram only learns about deletions when it checks, so there's a delay. Recent posts are checked every few minutes and old ones once a day. Press Check for deleted posts now in the dashboard, or hide or delete the post there. For a private channel, make sure the bot has the Edit messages of others permission. See Deletions.

My blog does not show in Google

New blogs are kept out of search engines until they have 5 posts, 10 subscribers and are 3 days old. See Search engines.

My address shows a certificate or connection error

Each blog is served on its own subdomain over HTTPS. If your browser shows a certificate or connection error for your blog, try again later. If the error stays, tell the maintainer using the contact details in the FAQ.

Still stuck

See the FAQ for how to reach the maintainer.