Any way to make the invitation to blog process simpler and easier?

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  bettyroberts123 · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 6:37 pm

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  Our website is open to public BUT the blog is by invitation only. Invitees number 200-250. The WordPress invitation process is confusing and crazy-making. Any way to make the process simple and easy?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Apr 29, 2015 at 10:45 pm

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  I don’t know of any way to make the process easier – sorry.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 29, 2015 at 10:46 pm

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  You can have either a public or a private blog and there is no limitation on the total number of contributors to any blog. If you’d like to invite others to publish posts or help approve comments on your blog, you can invite them to be a Contributor, Editor, or Author. If you want users to receive updates each time you publish new content you can invite them to be a follower/viewer.

  To change blog visibility to Private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3. See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings

  See here please:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/ and here http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/

  The person will have to register a username account but does not need to register a blog. That requirement is because the software has to be able to differentiate between hackers and official users and allow access only to those with username accounts and official roles on the blog.

  They will need to click the “Accept Invitation” button in the invitation email. If they are logged into their WordPress.com account, they will be taken directly to your blog. If not, they will be taken to the log-in screen, where they can either log in or create a new user account.

  Note that users who create a new WordPress.com account at that point will still need to return to the invitation email and click the “Accept Invitation” button after doing so.

  Lastly, there is a built-in spammer prevention so send out only 10 invitations at one point in time and then wait and manage those before sending out 10 more.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 29, 2015 at 10:47 pm

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  P.S. Note what Staff said earlier today here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/private-blog-invitations-access-page?replies=6#post-2367598