I have invited a viewer to a Private blog, why can they not access the blog?

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    birdsfoottrefoil · Member ·

    I have sent an invitation to a Viewer, for a Private blog. They get the message that they are already signed in, but they are not able to access the blog and are not receiving posts.

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    Has that person accepted the invitation?

    You can have either a public or a private WordPress.COM hosted 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.

    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

    See here please:
    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 which requires an email address only, but does not need to register a blog. That requirement is because the software has to be able to differentiate between hackers and official users and allow access only to those with username accounts and official roles on the 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.

    If that person has accepted the invitation please provide their username here, and type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff assistance.

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    birdsfoottrefoil · Member ·

    thank you

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