Thursday, December 16, 2004

Adding members to Blogs

You can add additional members to blogs. These are listed as contributors to the site.
There are two levels of priviledges that can be provided. A member can post articles and edit only the articles they have posted.
A admin has full control over the blog and can post, edit all posts, make system setting changes and add or delete other members.
Only the blog owner cannot be deleted.

Why add members?
Read the Blogger help article on team blogs.
Members can assist your by writing additional content and help you build community. For example Doug is a member of this blog and also Tech Tips and contributes regularly.

The other reason to add a member is if you are new and you need help setting up your blog. Both Doug and I are happy to be a member of your blog temporarily to assist you in tweaking your settings and template designs and showing you how to modify them yourselves. As blog owner you can delete us at any time.

How do I add members?
In your dashboard click on the blue cog next to the blog you want to add members to.
This will take you to the settings section.
Click on the Members Link
Now click on the Add Members (bright orange) button
Simply type email addresses in the new user box and any additional message you want in the bottom section.
Once they have accepted the invitation (via an link sent to them in an email (and joined blogger if they havent already)) they will show up in your list of members.

How do I give admin access?
Once you have a member in your list you can give them admin access as per the instructions in this Blogger help article.

I used these instructions to invite Doug to join the createablogblog blog.


Posted by: Jethro | 11:21 AM |