How can I set Posts to DEFAULT to private until ready to publish.

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    jonathanlipsmeyer · Member ·

    Set Posts to default to private until I select Publish. You folks have a MAJOR UI problem. You have a blue button which changes functions (btwn “Publish” and “Update”), and if users forget to FIRST select “Private”, then their draft is published and emailed to all subscribers.

    Apparently, your Draft system doesn’t work either. Visibility for Drafts defaults to “Public”, and many users report the post publishes anyhow.

    I accidentally fell for this trap, and now, IN SPITE OF MODIFYING THE VISIBILITY TO PRIVATE, and IN SPITE OF MODIFYING THE VERY POST ADDRESS, the post is still visible.

    As you can gather I’m furious, this is a very stupid design failure. And you leave no easy way for your users to default to private that actually works.

    http://gargantuanwine.com/2014/08/valle-daoste-where-switzerland-italy-and-france-touch/

    This article above doesn’t even exist at this address anymore; I modified the address to be
    http://gargantuanwine.com/2014/08/valle-daoste

    AND YET IT IS STILL VISIBLE.

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    gargantuanwine.com is hosted by GoDaddy.com
    WHOIS:
    Name Servers:
    ns70.domaincontrol.com
    ns69.domaincontrol.com

    This is the WordPress.COM support forum. You need to post to the WordPress.ORG support forum for help with your site because it is not hosted by WordPress.COM.

    WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate and have different logins http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.

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    jonathanlipsmeyer · Member ·

    thanks, will do. This entire “COM/ORG” bifurcation bites me in the ass constantly.

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    timethief · Member ·

    The easy way to remember is that WordPress.COM blogs are hosted free of charge. So if you pay for web hosting then clearly that’s a post to WordPress.ORG support forums situation. You’re welcome and best wishes with your site.

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