http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-manage-private-blog-viewers-and-change-them-to-users-authors WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How can I manage private blog viewers and change them to users? (Authors) en Wed, 22 May 2013 06:39:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-manage-private-blog-viewers-and-change-them-to-users-authors#post-1063066 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:40:58 +0000 councilnac 1063066@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks, justjennifer, for the response. Seems like there should be a better way to either change the invitation before they accept, or start with a default role of "blank" instead of "viewer", and force an intentional selection in the invitation process.

]]> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-manage-private-blog-viewers-and-change-them-to-users-authors#post-1062997 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:54:22 +0000 justjennifer 1062997@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Since you cannot directly change a Viewer/Follower to an Author, you'll have to resend them an invite. Follow these instructions to add them as authors:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/#invite-people-to-contribute-to-your-blog

]]> http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-manage-private-blog-viewers-and-change-them-to-users-authors#post-1062470 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:14:06 +0000 councilnac 1062470@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I accidentally invited people as viewers - I need to change them into authors. They don't show up in the users list after they have accepted and logged in.
Blog url: http://northtowneartscoalition.wordpress.com/

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