Difference between blogs under one account
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I have a question about whether there are differences between blogs under one account. For instance, to consider 2 WP users, WP1 and WP2, who manage their blogs in 2 ways.
WP1:
WP1 Account:
xxx.wordpress.com
yyy.wordpress.comWP2:
WP2 Account AAA:
xxx.wordpress.com
WP2 Account BBB:
yyy.wordpress.comAccording to the example above, WP1 has only one account with 2 blogs, while WP2 has 2 accounts with only 1 blog for each of the accounts. Is there any difference due to the different organization methods above? The reason this question is raised is that Tumblr blogging system divides blogs into “Primary” or “Secondary” with distinct features and behavior based on rules at https://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/blog_management#versus. Sorry to bother you and wish you could reply with answers.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Bit confusing
All blogs are equal here – the difference is the the access allowed (Public and if search engines are allowed or discouraged – or if the blog is set to Private (keeps everyone out unless invited in)
Or the User roll you have – Admin / Editor / Author / Contributor
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PS – some other differences are, with Upgrades, Custom domain name & mapping, extra storage, no ads etc. – but that has nothing to do with how the accounts are set up
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Thank you very much for your quick and detailed answer!
But I’d like to confirm again. According to the Tumblr mechanism, a Tumblr account “abc” would be assigned automatically with a “primary” blog “abc.tumblr.com” mainly served as the owner’s identity in social features such as follow and reply, while the owner may create several “secondary” blogs without those social features. FYI, I have quoted the description from Tumblr support page:
“A primary blog is the first one you created when you signed up for Tumblr. It gives you full use of Tumblr’s social features, including Follow, Like, Reply, Ask, and Submit. You cannot, however, enable password protection for privacy or add multiple users to create and manage posts, which are features reserved for secondary blogs.
Secondary blogs are any blogs you create in addition to your primary blog. You can create up to 10 of these per day.
While secondary blogs can be password-protected and have multiple users, they cannot follow other blogs, like posts, ask questions, or submit to other blogs.”
To be more specific with my question, please consider my WordPress account “cellosilver” with the only blog “cellosilver.wordpress.com”, if I want to follow a blog on WordPress, would it be “cellosilver” to follow it or would it be “cellosilver.wordpress.com” to follow it? If it is the latter one, what if I have 2 blogs? Which blog would be to follow it? I totally understand your previous answers regarding blog preferences and upgrades, but I’m still a little confused with “social” features.
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I think I am now glad I know nothing about Tumbler
When you follow a blog here, you follow based on your account not a blog. But you can set the blog you want associated with your account under your Users >> Personal settings – so you can set ANY web site to be associated with your name – most people set one of their blogs to be associated with the account / email address
The site associated with my name / account is not the blog I first set up here, but I could set the first blog to be associated with my account / name – but the first blog is a test blog and private links in it – so I don’t want any traffic going there
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Thank you for your thorough explanation! Now I fully understand the social features in WordPress and I’ve summarized with comparisons as follows:
1. Tumblr: One account contains one fixed primary blog with social features and some secondary blogs without social features;
2. WordPress: All the blogs in one account are equal regarding social features (and other features as well) where each of the blogs could be set to an identity associated with the account.
Thank you again for your kind answer!
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