My blog is open for the public to view and add comments. Now I want to add an area just for friends and family. The intention is to post photographs for them to view and for information to be exchanged without the public viewing any of it.
I can't see a way to set this up. Any help would be welcome, please.
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There isn't really a way to set up a site that isn't truly private. Although you can hide the blog/site from the public by not linking to it, excluding it in your search templates, and that sort of stuff - somebody could still go and type in the URL for the site and access it. If you're okay with those types of limitations, you really just need to start another blog, turn off all web services, probably enable registration for comments, etc, and go for it.
If you want to maybe add a password to that directory, you can maybe use htaccess/htpasswd setup, you can use a handy generator, like DynamicDrive's or Google an alternative.
Many thanks Pedro. I'll try your final suggestion.
I also have a community forum so, as an alternative, I could set up a new forum within it, restricted to selected registered users.
As Pedro said, there isn't really a simple drop-in solution. That said, perhaps this is helpful: http://www.codemonkeyramblings.com/tutorials/movable-type/basic-password-protection-with-custom-fields-and-php/
Thank you for that, Dan.