WordPress Blog with User Sign Ins
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I am building a wordpress blog to work with my website dragqueenmerch.com.
I want this blog to create a fun interactive experience for the fans and for the drag queens we do merchandise for. I would like to encourage the performers to be able to write about themselves, talk about their performances, etc. I think it would be great for the fans to be able to write their own stories, reviews of shows, etc.
is there a way to set up user accounts so the performers and fans have to sign up for an account with account access that i would approve and then they can upload stories, photos and articles which I would have to approve before they post to the blog.
This will be installed as a custom theme.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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That’s not possible on a blog hosted by wordpress.COM. You have to hire a web host http://wordpress.ORG/hosting and set up a wordpress.ORG software install.
WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG account, then click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php so you can post to the support forums there.
Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page -
1. You cannot set up a fully fledged membership site where you yourself issue username accounts and logins on a wordpress.COM blog. That can only be done on a wordpress.ORG software install.
2. We cannot upload any custom themes into wordpress.COM blogs. We can only use these themes https://wordpress.com/themes/
3. Adding WordPress.COM users to a wordpress.COM hosted blog is possible and the process is described below.
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. If you want users to receive updates each time you publish new content you can invite them to be a follower/viewer.
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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