Time limit for subscribers………

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  ifcullen · Member · Jul 9, 2008 at 1:32 pm

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  I have been working on a Private blog and have reached the point where I would like to offer it to a select group of readers. However, I only want it to be available for a specific time period. (ie. 60 – 90 days) at which point it is no longer available. Is there a mechanism by which I can do that as the Admin.? If not, can you recommend something? I love WordPress but I would be willing to go to another host to accomplish this. Would wordpress.org have this feature? I am NOT very computer savvy beyond what I’ve learned thus far here. Thanks.

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  thelifeofmarkwhitecotton · Member · Jul 9, 2008 at 1:45 pm

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  I don’t know of a blogging provider which has this feature. Then again, I never pursued such a thing. But you could always remove the subscribers on any date you choose….

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  mark · Member · Jul 9, 2008 at 1:57 pm

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  I agree with diamond.
  But just because you close it doesn’t mean the info has gone – it could have been copied.

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  ifcullen · Member · Jul 9, 2008 at 2:11 pm

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  Hmmm. So, even though they set up their own accounts in order to read my blog, I can still remove them after the prescribed period of time, right? I don’t care if they copy the info…….that’s okay.

  Is there a way for readers to see the blog if they do not have a wordpress account? Asking them to set up an account may be way too ‘complicated’ for some of them?

  Thanks for your help.

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  thelifeofmarkwhitecotton · Member · Jul 9, 2008 at 2:14 pm

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  If your blog is on private, they would need to open a wordpress account (don’t have to have a blog) in order to subscribe. If you weren’t on private, anyone could read/comment on your site.

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  thelifeofmarkwhitecotton · Member · Jul 9, 2008 at 2:16 pm

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  By the way, that’s the way it works on every blogging platform (I’ve ever used). Livejournal, Typepad, MSN Spaces, Blogger, and Moveable Type are ones I’ve used. And they’ve all required that a person open an account, with that provider, if the site is set to private.

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  yogini · Member · Jul 9, 2008 at 2:21 pm

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  okay, thanks. (this is me…ifcullen.com….writing from my public blog.)
  and now please HELP with this newest emergency. I went into the list of existing subscribers for my private blog and deleted myself where I was listed as a contributor. (not the listing of myself as the administrator)…..and now I can’t get to my blog at all!
  ……………..a screen came up that said “cheatin huh?”

  OMG ………..i can’t lose all this work. Please Help!

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  ifcullen · Member · Jul 9, 2008 at 2:24 pm

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  never mind……..i found it!
  Thanks to the blog gods!