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  peterhausdorff · Member · Mar 24, 2015 at 10:15 pm

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  Forum for discussion privated.

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

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  peterhausdorff · Member · Mar 24, 2015 at 10:16 pm

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  How create forum for discussion privated? Only access to registred users

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  timethief · Member · Mar 24, 2015 at 10:17 pm

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  If you have a blog that has such active engagement when it comes to comments on posts that you think a forum is a good addition then please read on.

  For your WordPress.COM blog you have three free workaround forum options: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/04/23/wordpress-com-forum-options/
  One approach is to register a forum on the internet and then create a custom menu in your blog and include a custom link to the forum in it.
  a custom link to the forum in it.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-custom-links

  The only chat widget we can use on WordPress.com hosted blogs is found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/tlk-io-widget/

  There is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on any free hosted WordPress.com blogs.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  There is no upgrade you can purchase here that provides FTP access and the ability to install plugins. See here for a full comparison WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

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  timethief · Member · Mar 24, 2015 at 10:18 pm

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  The Tlk.io widget allows you to embed a web chat in your site.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/tlk-io-widget/
  There are no other chat options that work on WordPress.COM blogs.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 24, 2015 at 10:19 pm

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  Oh, now I see what you want to do.

  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.

  See here:
  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. 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 · Mar 24, 2015 at 10:20 pm

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  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