I'd like to hide my site from view during construction

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  holisticstyle · Member · Jun 5, 2013 at 1:16 am

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  temporary hide site

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

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jun 5, 2013 at 2:48 am

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  You can set your blog to various visibility options:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  Allow search engines to index this site. – This is the setting used by most blogs. It allows everyone to read your blog and enables your blog to be included in search engine results and other content sites.
  Ask search engines not to index this site. – If you want all human visitors to be able to read your blog, but want to block web crawlers for search engines, this is the setting for you.
  I would like my blog to be visible only to users I choose – Select this option to create a private blog. If you want others to be able to view your private blog (and add comments, if you’ve enabled them) you’ll need to invite them to be a viewer.

  Note: WordPress.com employees can access blogs for support and development purposes regardless of Privacy setting.

  If you want assistance in these volunteer/staff forums, then set your site to “search engines not to index this site” so that we volunteers can take a look at what you asking about.

  Or choose “…like my blog to be visible only to users I choose” so only your invited friends/family/staff can view it.