In the 'You've been invited to follow…' dialog box, how can I change the name of th
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I want to put my name in as the invitee. Is this possible?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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I am unclear on what you mean but if you are referring to changing the text in an email sent after someone has been invited to follow your blog then, unfortunately, WordPress.com does not allow for that kind of customization.
WordPress does have a guide for inviting people to your private blog here:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/#invite-people-to-view-your-private-blog
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How does WordPress determine the name of the invitee in the “You’ve been invited…” dialog box? Is it the administrator’s user name (in our case ’embapo’)? If so, how can they change their user name to an actual first and last name (such as ‘Jane smith’)?
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Yes, it will be the admin user name. You can see an example of the invite email here with the admin user name “ntaatjes”
To change your username you will need to go to account settings. WordPress has a guide here
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Thank you!
Another question–do I need to invite people one at a time, or can I invite multiple people from a list of email addresses? -
One at a time and no more than 10 at any point in time.
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. Contributors cannot upload images. 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
Then see:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#adding-users-to-your-site
https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#adding-viewers-to-a-private-siteThe invitees will have to register a WordPress.COM 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.
Upon receipt of the invitation the invitee will need to click the “Accept Invitation” button in the invitation email. If the invitee is logged into their WordPress.com username account, he or she will be taken directly to your blog. If not, he or she will be taken to the log-in screen, where he or she can either log in, or can register a new WordPress.COM user account.
Note that invitees who do 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.
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Thanks for your super speedy reply!
OK. 10 at a time. What does it mean to ‘wait and manage’ 10 email addresses before adding another 10? Just log out and log back in?
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