How to get New Users on the User List and how to edit Role for blog originator?
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I created the blog with one account (let’s call it’s username FIRST).
Later, I created another user account (SECOND) because I wanted to administer the blog with a different username and email address.So I had two users, both assigned the administrator role. So far, so good.
Then I invited a new user (THIRD), whose email is forwarded to FIRST for reading and replies, in the role of Author. THIRD accepted the invitation.
When I (FIRST) logged in, I discovered I no longer had the Administrator role. When I logged in as SECOND, who still had the Administrator role, I discovered that FIRST’s role had been changed to Author.
When I try to change the role of FIRST,I receive the message: “You can’t edit that user.”
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So, how badly is this blog messed up?
I can’t Administer the blog as the originator.
An invited user (e.g., THIRD) who accepts the invitation does not appear on the User list.
The invited user gets the wrong landing page (“The [THIRD].wordpress.com blog does not exist!”) after logging in.
Can I safely delete the user who created the blog and just use the second user assigned the Administrator role?
Can staff change the role of the originating user back to Administrator?
What must happen to correct the problem of invited users not appearing in the user list?
What must happen to correct the landing page problem?
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Perhaps part of my particular problem related to changing Administrator to Author is related to cookies stored on my computers. Initially, I accepted the forwarded invitation for THIRD user on my computers which resulted in the change. However, it was only when I accepted the invitation on my wife’s system (we both receive copies of emails sent to THIRD) that an account ACTIVATED message was received. Of course, even though THIRD still does not appear in the User list and does not land on the blog’s home page after logging in.
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The steps for adding new users are posted at http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/
You actually cannot change the role for the blog owner, but the blog owner can transfer a blog to another user with these steps: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-user-or-account
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I checked the users page for your http://gotcll.com/ site and I see one administrator and one author. Can you tell me what your final end goal is? Which usernames with which roles?
Also keep in mind that when inviting new users, they will not show up until the user has setup a WordPress.com account and activated it and also accepted the invitation you sent from your Users → Invite New page.
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I want webmaster4gotdll to be the owner/Administrator and, eventually, PETStech to be upgraded to an Editor.
I followed the transfer protocol and, since it is an upgraded domain, I am waiting for contact from support regarding the ownership transfer.
BTW, do you understand from my original post how I accidentally actually changed the role of the owner, PETStech, from Administrator to Author when PETStech accepted the invitation to be an Author sent to the another test invitee, tom2sharon, whose email is automatically forwarded to PETStech?
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The invitation link should only be used by the individual that it’s intended for. It will reset the user role of an existing user.
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