I had a thought on the way home: how to make a blog that only registered users can see. Basically, it will use a similar method how the template decides whether or not to show the captcha. From the Blogsome site, and my comments.html:

  {if $captcha_image_URL != "" && $blog_user_level == -1}
    {$captcha_hidden_form_fields}
    <p>
        <input type="text" name="captcha_value_typed"><img src="{$captcha_image_URL}" align="center"><br>
        Anti-spam measure: please retype the above text into the box provided.
    </p>
  {/if}

So, we should be able to use the following code:

{if $blog_user_level == -1}
    This blog is members only.  Please {wp_loginout}.
{else}
    All content goes here.
{/if}

Of course, you’ll want do disable just anyone from registering, else it defeats the purpose of it…

I’ll try to test this on my test blog over the next couple of days.

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