Wordpress private/public same install

[peedy]

I have a wordpress question. As we all know WP can run multiple blogs/sites with one install which is nice since it cuts down the admin overhead.

What I want to do is setup a public blog and a members area blog with one install. After thinking about how to do this, I think how I can achieve this is by setting up the installation in the members area (which is password protected) and then for the public blog, use a symlink to display one of the blogs to the public.

Can anyone verify this will work or offer any feedback otherwise?

thanks.

[dgraves]

i did an install for the tour and a separate install for the member's area but i saw a few member's area plugins that might work for this like http://www.magicmembers.com