Multiple authors
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I invited a friend to be another author via the invitation template provided and it wouldn’t recognize his username nor password. Wea re in two different countries, but I don’t see why that matters.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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I invited a friend to be another author via the invitation template provided…
Is the friend a WordPress.com member? This is necessary.
…and it wouldn’t recognize his username nor password.
The Invite New page doesn’t require a password, just a username or email address. What do you mean when you say that the password was not recognized?
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Sorry, what do you mean “New Page”? I invited an “author” which I assume meant that the person invited can post to any page he or she likes. How do they put up a post then? Your help section says
“Author – can write, upload photos to, edit, and publish their own posts.”
I am assuming that he was asked for a password. When I checked the note on the list said WP was “waiting” for him to respond to the invite.
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I referred to the “Invite New” page, at dashboard > Users > Invite New.
Yours would be at https://walleyed.wordpress.com/wp-admin/users.php?page=wpcom-invite-usersI invited an “author” which I assume meant that the person invited can post to any page he or she likes.
The invitee would first have to receive the invitation via email, and then accept it.
When I checked the note on the list said WP was “waiting” for him to respond to the invite.
Has the invitee responded?
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The person being invited will have to register a WordPress.COM username account, if they do not already have one, but they do not need to register a 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.
See here:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/ and here http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/If that has been done then post the username here and type modlook for Staff help into the sidebar on this thread. Then to subscribe do your are notified when Staff respond look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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Thanks TImeThief–that helped a lot, but I don't understand this:If that has been done then post the username here and type modlook for Staff help into the sidebar on this thread. Then to subscribe do your are notified when Staff respond look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
Looks like some words are missing.
I just shot my invitee another email to find out what is going on at his end.
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post the username here
Provide the username of the invitee (if a username exists) here so staff knows which one you’re referring to.
type modlook for Staff help into the sidebar on this thread
In the right sidebar of this and all WP forum posts is a tags field or box where you may enter tags. To call for staff attention, enter a “modlook” tag.
Then to subscribe do your are notified when Staff respond…
This should have been “Then subscribe [to the topic, in the sidebar], so you are notified when Staff responds…”
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I'm sorry but I am really having trouble understanding your English: “Then to subscribe do your are notified when Staff respond…” is not a clear instruction. What sidebar? There is NO PLACE to type that “modlock”–whatever that means–in a sidebar: I don't even see this last message in the conversations we've been having.
I provided, as required, the email of the person I am inviting where the invitation says either username or email. He IS already an account holder.
I have to say, WordPress is free, but support is layered in so many places that it is really hard to get adequate answers.
“Post the name here,” you say–where? on the email you sent? It does not offer me that option.
I apreciate your efforts, but could you pass me on to someone else who can give clearer instructions, please?
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I’m sorry but I am really having trouble understanding your English: “Then to subscribe do your are notified when Staff respond…” is not a clear instruction.
Sorry for the trouble. I corrected that instruction in my previous post.
What sidebar?
The one in the right margin area of this page. Sidebar definition: http://weblogs.about.com/od/bloggingglossary/g/SidebarDef.htm.
I’ve add a “modlook” tag to the sidebar to call for staff attention to the topic (this thread). -
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I hope you understand that I receive an emailed response and “this page” in that context refers to the email. I know what a sidebar is. Why not just say the support page which contains our conversations on this topic? The link you give me in your email is NOT a direct link to WordPress but to an informational blog. The confusion is in the use of English demonstrative pronouns–here, there, this,that, etc.
It was far from clear that at the side (the sidebar is not framed, thus it is not clear that additions can be made) I could add this “modlock” thing, whatever that is supposed to mean in “WordPress speak.” It is my friend's failure to connect that I queried about.
I await further response from other staff as you indicated.
Thank you,
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Why not just say the support page which contains our conversations on this topic?
Sorry, doctor. In the future, whenever I say “this page” on this page, I mean “the support page which contains our conversations on this topic.” People have different habits. When I receive an email message regarding a forum topic to which I’ve subscribed, I’ll click the link and go directly to the topic to read and respond. I seldom either read the entire excerpt or respond to such a message at my email account.
The confusion is in the use of English demonstrative pronouns–here, there, this,that, etc.
Even when I took the trouble of clarifying the problematic passages with paraphrased explications, you evidently did not understand. For example, in post 2401605, I paraphrased and elaborated upon timethief’s “type modlook for Staff help into the sidebar on this thread,” as
In the right sidebar of this and all WP forum posts is a tags field or box where you may enter tags. To call for staff attention, enter a “modlook” tag.
which I thought was rather clear, but evidently it was not. From here forward on this thread/topic, I’m leaving explanations to staff and any other who want to give it a go.
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Thank you,
Sorry but the thread does not come in sequence and the original help messages seem to be missing key words for clarity.
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@ pombavou,
Yes, have been some typographical errors and misused words in this thread, what WordPress calls a “topic.” I referred to this topic as “this page” and a “post,” where “topic” or “thread” would have been better to avoid confusion.timethief is an extraordinarily prolific forum contributor. There were some typos and missing words in her first post in this topic, which I’ve no doubt she will apologize for the next time she’s back at work in the forum. When it appeared that she had retired from the forum for the day, I ventured to rephrase a couple of sentences from that post in my post 2401605.
Hopefully staff will be able to assist you in explaining the process by which an invited WordPress.com member may become a contributing author, and answering any grammatical questions remaining.
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Sorry, I’ve just made at least one more error:
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Thank you for your patience.
I apologize for being brusque. Grammar is only a problem when it obscured clarity and, yes, it appears that upon review that timethief had some whoppers. Spoke to my friend through SKYPE and he said that even when he was in his own WP account, he could not get in as author on my site.
Best,
Dr. Mills
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