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Making my blog PUBLIC

Hi,

I changed my wordpress.org blog to private while I was working on it. When someone types in my address it takes them to an "under construction" page. I can not for the life of me figure out how to make my blog public again. Please help!

-K

karenorphey | 04/12/10 at 4:24am | Edit

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    04/12/10
    4:29am
    Nathaniel Usarzewicz says:

    First, figure out how did you made your blog private (htaccess, some plugin maybe), then follow your steps backward :). If you made changes to htaccess, reverse them. If you used some plugin, then go to its settings page and turn it off, or just delete the plugin from FTP.

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    04/12/10
    5:56pm
    Buzu B says:

    Have you tried going to Settings->Privacy and selecting any of the radio buttons there?

    • 04/12/10 11:15am

      karenorphey says:

      I have tried that. I think that's where I made the blog private in the first place but the only options I have there right now are

      1. I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers.

      2. I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors.

      It is an installed wordpress.org blog not wordpress.com so I think the settings are a bit different, I just can't figure it out!

    • 04/12/10 1:02pm

      Buzu B says:

      would you mind giving access to the site? or maybe sending a copy of your wp installation?

    • 04/12/10 1:16pm

      karenorphey says:

      I will do anything to fix the problem at this point! I'll set up a temporary password so you can get in and check it out, if you don't mind..:)

      Please email me at karenorphey@gmail.com and I will give you info. Thanks!

    • 04/12/10 5:56pm

      karenorphey says:

      I figured out the problem. It was a setting in the prophoto template rather than the wordpress settings. Thank you for your help! I'm sorry I only put up $4, I haven't used this site before and I didn't know what I was doing. I'll know next time!

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    04/12/10
    4:54am
    Ryan McCue says:

    Check to see if you have a 

    .maintenance
    file in your WordPress directory. If this exists, remove it.

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    04/12/10
    5:52am
    Martin says:

    Did you use a maintenance plugin? If so login to your site via ftp and navigate your way to the WordPress plugins folder and delete the plugin.

    • 04/12/10 11:16am

      karenorphey says:

      I haven't used any plugins. I think I just found an option to make it private for the time being and I selected it.

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    04/12/10
    9:39am
    Jarret Minkler says:

    Under Settings >> Privacy

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

    Choose

    "Blog Visibility has three options which we’ll cover individually.

    1. I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers – This is the setting used by most blogs. It lets everyone read your blog and allows your blog to be included in search engines and other content sites."

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