Hi, would you folks mind if I pop in here? I have a similar situation, and it seems that Kevinhaig’s answer may apply…
My client wants a pubic site with a private blog for members only. I’ve tried more than a dozen plugins, and NONE of them allow me to: keep the main site public and make the blog page (the page where all the post titles and maybe excerpts are listed) private.
From kevinhaig’s post:
I would look at using one WordPress Site. Make the main blog private. Then create a page for your public posts by dragging your Public category to the menu.
…it sounds like what I want is possible. Can kevinhaig tell me how to do what he suggested? No matter what I use to set the main blog (in this case my only blog) private, then either the whole site is private, or the main blog page is public.
It seems that WP treats the blog page the same as the main or home page.
I have these settings in Settings/Reading:
Front Page displays: a static page:
* home: my home page
* posts page: my blog page
Thanks to anyone for advice!!
