Member Login area
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I am trying to figure out if the Premium plan allows you to have a members only login portal on the main page that will allow members access to “Member only” information. Or is this a feature only available in the business package?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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That’s not possible – sorry. There is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on any free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and there is no upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality. You will need a WordPress.ORG software install.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/None of the WordPress.COM plans allow for a fully fledged membership by registration site, including being able to provide usernames and passwords.
See here for all that can be done on any WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/ http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/
Here at WordPress.COM you can have either a public or a private 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
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.
WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and get advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers. For hosting see https://wordpress.org/hosting/
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Thank you for such a detailed reply. I’m going to have to read this again to fully understand it. However, you seem incredibly knowledgeable on this topic. Would I be able to email you a few questions regarding what I’m trying to do?
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No you email me. However, you can post here again if you need more help. The bottom line is: There is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on WordPress.COM blogs. A fully fledged membership site where you install a plugin and provide username accounts and passwords to “members” is possible only on a WordPress.ORG software install. And, we do not provide support for WordPress.ORG software here at WordPress.COM.
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Okay, I was unclear what FTP was and how it pertained to what I want. From what It looks like on wordpress.org you have to know how to actually build a website and manage it and possibly know code??
So maybe neither will work for what I am looking for, which is basically a site for a non-profit where members can check on a main page for public info, but log into the members page for more private information pertaining to the members of the non-profit. Unionamerica.com or watchstreetconsulting.com is what I want, just on a MUCH smaller scale, without out the extras. So was hoping I could do something similar at wordpress and maintain a reasonable cost.
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