How do I make my invitation-only blog visible to my users?

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  techprosenews · Member · Nov 3, 2011 at 8:21 pm

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  I’ve created a blog that I would like people to view on invitation only. I’ve invited some people as authors and one other as a viewer. In neither case can my users see the blog.
  Blog url: http://techprosenews.wordpress.com/

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  designsimply · Member · Nov 3, 2011 at 8:23 pm

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  Can you please confirm that you people you added have setup and confirmed WordPress.com accounts and that they have accepted the email confirmation sent to their inbox when you invited them as authors or viewers on their blog?

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  techprosenews · Member · Nov 4, 2011 at 5:06 pm

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  Yes, I can confirm that. Perhaps I’m handling the privacy settings wrong. I’ve got the Status as Privately Published and the visibility as Private, and I’m inviting viewers and editors individually. Is that the best way to make a blog available only to those I want to see it?

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  evarlese · Member · Nov 4, 2011 at 5:21 pm

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  I do see that one other person has been added as an “Editor” to your blog. Can you let me know how many other user’s you’re trying to add? Are they able to click on the link in the invitation email we’ve sent them?

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  techprosenews · Member · Nov 4, 2011 at 8:32 pm

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  I’ve added a total of five editors who will all contribute to the blog. I’ve added one viewer. I’d like to add about fifteen viewers ultimately. When I ask the people I’ve already invited to click the link in the invitation, they get a message telling them, “I couldn’t find what you’re looking for.”

  When I briefly made the visibility as Public yesterday, they had no problem seeing the post. I quickly switched it back to Private.

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  evarlese · Member · Nov 5, 2011 at 4:27 am

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  I see that you have five users listed as “Waiting” on your Users -> Invite New page. Would you be able to resend the invitations to your readers and have them try once more?

  If they still see a “I couldn’t find what you’re looking for” message, would it be possible to grab the URL that they’re being taken to and send it our way?

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  techprosenews · Member · Nov 9, 2011 at 6:45 pm

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  They are being sent to http://techprosenews.wordpress.com, and they get a message that reads: I couldn’t find what you’re looking for.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 10, 2011 at 8:53 pm

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  I don’t see anything wrong with http://techprosenews.wordpress.com/

  Can you please ask them to send you a screenshot, then upload it via Media -> Add New in your Dashboard so we can take a closer look?