Changing a previously published post from Private to Public

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    lifeinpicturesinaction · Member ·

    I have a question regarding posts. I now have a happy band of subscribers who receive an e-mail alert whenever I post/publish something new. This suits me (and my subscribers) most of the time. However there are some things that I want to publish as a post (as opposed to creating a page) and my question is this – if I initially publish a post as ‘Private’ and then change its visibility to ‘Public’ at a later time/date, will my subscribers receive an alert to this effect? I have my alert options set to notify subscribers re the publication of new posts only, and not updates to posts – this works well as I often amend existing posts… but I’m wondering if the change from Private to Public will generate a new post alert. Hope this makes sense and looking forward to a reply, anyone? Thanks in advance!

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    I’m not 100% sure, but 90% sure that they WILL get a notice. To test it, why not subscribe to your blog via email and test it with a post? Then do report back, because I’m sure people will want to know for sure.

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    lifeinpicturesinaction · Member ·

    Yes, I’d thought of testing it in the way you suggested, but the problem with that is ALL my subscribers would get the test, and I don’t want to send out unnecessary stuff. At the moment I am posting once a week, and its usually to offer a free scrapbooking graphic, so I will maybe come up with an interim freebie offer along these lines and get back to let you know.

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    lifeinpicturesinaction · Member ·

    If you create/publish a PRIVATE post… and then return to it at a later time or date and switch it to PUBLIC, an immediate e-mail alert is sent to your blog’s subscribers! I do so wish I could have more control over my own posts! I don’t want e-mail alerts going out for everything I publish, but I need to publish stuff in post format (as opposed to page format) so I can utilise the archive and keyword search widgets? Is there a way I can achieve this? Anyone? Thanks in advance.

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