March 4th, 2009 
Ricardo V - The Author User Level
- An author is a specific user level with the privilege to post a topic on the blog. WordPress allows you to have more than one author which helps to serve many purposes. Some of the different types of authors are guest authors, admin/owner authors, and coauthors. A guest author is invited to post on a topic in exchange for a link back. An admin/owner author is self explanatory. A coauthor is slightly higher than a guest author in the sense they can post more often with more privileges. Having these 3 types of authors on your blog can be very helpful. Their main purpose when posting is to keep your blog updated with quality content while they also can appeal to your readers.
- 1. Guest Authors
- 2. CoAuthors
- There is no set in stone definition, but here is my take on it: Guest Authors are authors who are knowledgeable on a specific topic and want to share that topic, on your blog, with your readers. Many times guest authors benefit with this informal relationship because it allows them to link their post back to their site/blog. The owner/main author of the blog also benefits though by providing new quality content to their reader base.
- An example: Nurture Your Wealth currently has one guest author: GunGrade.com
If you would like to be a guest author on this blog, please contact me using the contact form found here.
- Although this may not be a relevant category to some, I felt it was worthy of being touched upon. CoAuthors, in my opinion, are authors with certain privileges. They are of slightly higher status than guest authors. They are main authors on the blog and have posted countless articles on relevant topics within the blogs theme. In my eyes, they are allowed to post on your blog at their leisure on a useful topic. A coauthors role is to share knowledge whenever and however they choose. My suggestion to anyone with a blog is to choose their coauthors carefully as to not sully the image of your blog with something inappropriate.
- An example: Nurture Your Wealth currently has one coauthor: Sara
- She will be our leading health specialist, posting weekly health related information articles.
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