Xobor.com - official support forum

We intend that our forum will become "Private" in that all the "Guest" permissions will be de-activated. My dilemma is now how do new members register if they cannot see the forum. In our old forum it was possible to send a direct admin invitation to an email address and this allowed registration as a member without any further action. Is it possible to directly invite new members, or is there any way they can arrive at the registration page once we are private.

Must I leave at least one forum open to be read by guests?

Our board is Norwegian Elkhounds of the United Kingdom
http://587388.xobor.com/ is there a more understandable URL address that is usable to find us.

So far board working well with nothing but positive comments from members. many thanks

Many thanks for that Alice It works well. Just one more question. Is there any e-mail feed for new posts to members. A few members have asked if they can get e-mail notification of a new post to the board. I know I get one for new members. If not possible would it be a good addition to the functionality.