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Protected Areas
Protected areas are parts of your website that are restricted from the public. Setting up protected areas is based on three things:
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Each website user can belong to one or more user groups.
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Pages can be set to be accessed by certain user groups.
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Content blocks on pages can be set to be accessed by certain user groups.
How to Set Up Usergroups
You will be using the list module from the column on the far left of the screen. Click on the List icon.

Find the folder which holds your users; it will be named something like 'members'. Click on this folder.

Click on Create new record.

Select Website usergroup.

Choose a name for the user group; enter it beneath the heading Grouptitle. Then click Save & Close.

How to Set Up Website Users
From the column on the far left of the screen, click on the List icon.

Click on the folder which holds your users.

Click on Create new record.

Select website user.

You can now create a new website user. Type in a username and password beneath the appropriate headings. If you wish to add extra information, such as an email address, there is a section for this lower down on your screen. To assign a usergroup click in the box to the right. To assign multiple user groups, use the CTRL key to select more than one. Finally, click Save & Close.

Now the user you have just added will be able to login and see areas of the site which are restricted to the general public; the usergroups they are assigned to have access to these areas.
Protecting Pages
From the column on the far left of the screen, click on the Page icon.

From the next column, select the page you wish to protect. Now click on Edit page properties.

On the screen that appears, you will see the heading General Options (continued). Under this heading you can designate which usergroups have access to certain areas of the site. Click on the list to the right to select options as follows:
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*Blank*: anyone can view it. This is the default option.
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Hide at login: a section you want to hide once the user is logged in; for example, a login box that is only shown if you are not logged in.
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Show at any login: information you want any website user to see, regardless of their usergroup.
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Usergroups: here you can select the usergroups that are permitted to see certain content. Use the CTRL key to select more than one.

If you want all the subpages of a page to have the same access, which is useful if you want a whole section to be accessed by one group, you can tick the Include subpages box in General options (just above the access area). Make sure you save your changes.
To check that you have set up your access correctly, try logging in and out of your website with a test user to see that what is supposed to be public is public and what is protected is protected.
Protecting Content Elements
You can have a page that is viewable by the public but that contains a small section of protected content, or 'content block'. You can change the access for individual blocks in much the same way as protecting pages.
From the column on the far left of the screen, click on the Page icon. In the next column, click the icon of the page you want to edit. The next part of the screen that appears will look like this:

Click on the Edit icon to edit the content block, then use the General options (continued) to change the access as illustrated below. (For step-by-step details for changing access, go to the Protecting Pages help section above). Make sure you save your changes.

To check that you have set up your access correctly, try logging in and out of your website with a test user to see that what is supposed to be public is public and what is protected is protected.
