How To: Adjust Your Blog’s Privacy Settings

Blogs created on the Commons are automatically visible to everyone. To adjust the privacy settings on your individual/group blog please follow these 5 easy steps:

  1. Go to the Dashboard of your individual or group blog
  2. Scroll down the left navigation bar and select the ’Settings’ tab
  3. Select the ‘Privacy’ link from the drop down menu
  4. Select one of the 5 choices below to adjust your blog’s visibility:
    • I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers;
    • I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors
    • I would like my blog to be visible only to registered users from the blog community
    • I would like my blog to be visible only to registered members of this blog
    • I would like my blog to be visible only to administrators of this blog
  5. Select ‘Save Changes’ and you’re done!

To learn how to add new users to your blog and set their roles, click here.

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