securing wordpress

So, Wordpress allows you to make your whole blog private, which is excellent because now I can tell potential testers that only the people involved can post or even read the blog. cool.

http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/can-i-password-protect-my-whole-blog/

from wordpress:

Can I password protect my whole blog?

Yes you can. Look in Settings -> Privacy.

The last option is I would like my blog to be visible only to users I choose.

Check that button and click the Save Changes button.

And now your blog is protected from everyone (see below).

You can - if you want - add up to 35 users who can access the blog.

A paid upgrade offers unlimited users.

olpc in new york

This week I continued my research on locating some "beta" testers for our project.

It turns out there is a great pilot study being conducted down in the city. Once we have a fully functioning program, I am going to contact the OLPC in NYC people and see if they would allow some of their students to do some test blogging for us.

Also, Robin and I are working on the Open Source homepage design.

Finally, I am looking into security/permissions stuff for wordpress because that is the software running on our test server. We need to be able to demonstrate that our server has secure logins for the kids.