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  mattp141 · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 2:19 am

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  Hi. I have a review website, and i was thinking of having a membership section to submit stuff, interact with other users etc. can i do that with wordpress.com?

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 31, 2012 at 2:23 am

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  I’m going to suggest a workaround as what you want isn’t avaliable. Blogs aren’t forums and they aren’t wikis. There is no forum that you can embed into a free hosted WordPress.com blog. There is no FTP access and we cannot install plugins on free hosted WordPress.com blogs.You have three options:

  (1) Use the P2 theme which is a Twitter-like theme on your current blog.
  http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/p2/ and add official users to your blog.

  (2) Create another blog and use the P2 theme on it and then create a custom menu on your main blog and include a custom link to the second blog in it. Then add official users to that blog.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-custom-links

  (3) Register a forum or wiki on the internet and then create a custom menu in your blog and include a custom link to the forum in it.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/question-about-inserting-a-poll-and-possibly-forums-and-a-podcast-archives-page?replies=7#post-572068

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  mattp141 · Member · Mar 31, 2012 at 2:29 am

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  Okay. Thanks. Do you know if u can do what i asked before on a blogger blog, my friend wants to do the same thing…

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  timethief · Member · Mar 31, 2012 at 2:30 am

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  I don’t know.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 31, 2012 at 2:32 am

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  You can do it on an independently hosted WordPress.ORG site. I don’t think you can do it with a Blogger blog.

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  mattp141 · Member · Mar 31, 2012 at 2:32 am

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  Thanks.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 31, 2012 at 2:33 am

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  @mattp141
  Will you please enter the top of this tread and mark it “resolved”?

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  mattp141 · Member · Mar 31, 2012 at 2:45 am

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  How do i close this thread so no one can comment

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  mattp141 · Member · Mar 31, 2012 at 2:46 am

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  How do i close this thread so no one can comment

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 31, 2012 at 2:51 am

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  You can’t, but it’s generally unnecessary.