sharing private blog entries

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    stevewsimpson · Member ·

    Hi

    I would like to share a private page (blog entry) with a small group and not necessarily with my followers.

    I tried setting the page private and it was marked as privately published but I couldn’t access the short link independently (which makes sense).

    I changed the blog entry from private to password protected and I could access it independently with the password.

    So far so good :-)

    Then I received an email (as a follower of my blog) saying the passworded entry was available. I deleted the entry immediately and apparently it didn’t appear in the reader (or on the main page).

    So I’m just wondering if there’s any way to share a private entry with a few people (passworded or not). I’m a bit reluctant to experiment now :-)

    Thanks for any help

    Steve

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    I would like to share a private page (blog entry) with a small group and not necessarily with my followers.

    In that case I would simply email the members of this small group.

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    timethief · Member ·

    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-site

    The 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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    stevewsimpson · Member ·

    Thanks very much for your help.

    Apparently just emailing someone a link to a private post won’t do the trick–they can’t access it. Also I tested creating one contributor to the site and they couldn’t view my drafts or private posts either.

    Since I don’t want to start a new private blog, in the end I shared the WordPress login for a single contributor to the group. With their ownership of draft posts that will work.

    This is the only way I can see for group collaboration without high-level access for everyone, but please let me know if I’m missing something.

    Thanks again

    Steve

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