This may not bode well for any moderating attempts

[smg01]

Because I haven't managed to stumble across it myself yet:

If I've created a new community, how do I make a password for it that's separate from the password of my personal journal?

There have actually been responses to my poll over at one_prompt! People even seem kind of interested by the idea. Ideas are starting to take shape. Of course that shape will probably change three dozen times in the next week...

Comments

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

You don't. :) If you moderate a community, you work as you, when you're signed into your own LJ. There's a link to manage communities (http://www.livejournal.com/community/manage.bml). And if you're adding memories or managing styles, you can switch from working on your own LJ to any comm you moderate.

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

Ah. That would explain it.

I wondered if that might be the case, then I just assumed that there were instructions in bold somewhere that I just wasn't seeing. It wouldn't be the first time.

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Yes, what fig said.

When you see people posting almost "as" a community (or a similar name) then they've created another new "personal" account to do that. We did it for jacksamfriends just because we were inputting everyone's stories and didn't want our emails to get hit with notices for everyone's feedback, but most of the time it doesn't matter.

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

One more question:

Does this mean that if people are coerced, I mean arm-twisted, er, make that enthusiastically sign onto co-modding, their password gets them into community too once they're given the title?

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Yes. When you go to the manage community page, you have a...hold on, let me look at it (I usually stumble around before I find it)...

Okay go here:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/manage.bml

then click on members. Then you click on people you want to list to have posting access (if it's limited) and who you want to have maintainer status. That person will automatically get issued an invite and if they accept it, that means they can do everything at the comm that you could do as creator. (There's more stuff in the faq).

If you want other maintainers (mods) to be able to get emails or anything about stuff, you should set up a separate email account that all the mods have the p/w to (which theoretically means everyone can check it).

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

Perfect. Thanks!