My b2evolution Version: 1.9.x
Hi All.
I am new to the forums and have been searching around for information on this to no avail. First a bit of background. I have B2evolution 1.9.3 with 1 blog and about 50 posts, and I make 5 to 7 posts per week. I have about 25 regular readers (friends and family).
I would like to make my blog more private. Ultimately I only want friends and family to be able to see it. To that end, I think I need to do 2 things:
1 Make it so that only registered user can view the blog.
2 Require administrator approval to register for the blog.
It is my understanding that I can accomplish #1 by making all of my posts Protected.
Is there a way to accomplish #2? A work around could be could creating 2 user groups. One which is the default group for new users, and has no access to the blog, and one which does have access to the blog. When a user registers, the administrator has to move them into the group that has access to the blog. However, I do not think that the admin would get a notification of a new user so they would not know when a new users register.
I would like a more simple way to accomplish number 2. If anyone has advise please do share.
Thanks,
Tallbigfoot
General Support
b2evolution CMS Support Forums
If you use my turing test plugin you can set a question of "enter in the secret word" with an answer that is not available anywhere on the blog - you tell people you want to register what it is. That way no one can register if they don't know your secret word. When a registered member makes a comment they will automagically get credit for knowing the secret word, so it'll do what you want.