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Our son is six. He is fascinated with video games, the web and YouTube (I promise you, we were NOT the ones to introduce him to this). My husband and I refuse to allow him to post videos to YouTube for obvious safety and security concerns. Perhaps we’re a little bit….obsessed about it, but honestly, he’s six…the world does NOT need to see or know him unless he decides he really does want to go into acting as a career.
My compromise?
Create a secure WordPress site to allow him to express himself online, with friends and family, but without the worry. How did I do it?
- I already had a URL purchased for him.
- Installed WordPress
- Found a theme I liked
- Installed the Restricted Site Access plug in and set it to:
- I would like to block all visitors who are not logged in or allowed by IP address
- Handling: Send to Login Page
- Added in content: video, created a blog post with his dictation (mostly)
And we’re off. I subscribed about 14 family/friends so they could log in and see the site.
I’ve had a number of twitter followers ask me how to do this, so I thought I’d post it up. Now, is this going to require maintenance from me? YES. At least until he learns to spell. He can read better than some adults I know, but we’re still working on the typing and spelling skills. But, for those of you with slightly older children? This is a GREAT way to allow them a site, but keep it secure.
Questions? Let me know how it works for you! Share some images of the main page if you’d like. I blurred out his name anywhere on the main page to share the image of his site 
~S
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