New blog off line

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  suehillman · Member · Aug 2, 2017 at 10:04 pm

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  I want to put together a blog offline before I publish it as I need to get the ok from my colleague before it goes live. How can I achieve this?

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

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  brianzed · Member · Aug 2, 2017 at 10:14 pm

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  Hi there,

  What you can do is set your site to Private. Only visitors you allow can view the site.

  You can achieve that by going to

  My Site -> Setting ->Privacy

  Hope this helps!

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  suehillman · Member · Aug 2, 2017 at 10:19 pm

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  Thanks – just to check – can I do this before I start putting it together so it doesn’t go live at all?

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  suehillman · Member · Aug 2, 2017 at 10:21 pm

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  Also, while it’s private will it come up in google searches?

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  separatelyunited · Member · Aug 3, 2017 at 2:46 am

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  Hi @suehillman! You can make the website private immediately after you create it. Also when your site is private it can only be seen by you and users than you approve. It will not show up in google searches.

  You can see more about privacy settings here.

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  suehillman · Member · Aug 3, 2017 at 8:43 am

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  Thanks for these great answers. Much appreciated.