Want viewers of previously public blog to receive post emails now blog is privat

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  stephanierosestone · Member · Nov 30, 2012 at 1:32 pm

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  I started a blog as a public blog so that I could share it with friends and invite them to sign up to follow. I then later made it private so I could share personal content.
  All my invited users switched from ‘followers’ to ‘viewers’. But they only appear in a list where it says ‘invite new users’ and in the Followers list in stats. They are not receiving email updates for new posts.
  Is there anyway of changing settings so these people will now receive email updates without asking them to sign up again?
  Thanks.

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

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  catezapp · Member · Nov 30, 2012 at 1:37 pm

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  yes, put on a subscribe widget to your blog, and get users to subscribe,so that they will receive yor posts

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 30, 2012 at 1:43 pm

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  Once you make a formerly public site private, that connection is broken. They will have to sign up again to receive email notifications, as catezapp mentioned.

  See here for more details: http://wpcommaven.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/blog-privacy-and-subscribers/

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  stephanierosestone · Member · Dec 1, 2012 at 12:23 pm

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  Thanks for your help. That is a pain, but at least I know now.