Public or Private: Access policy
This can be done only by the admin of a wiki site!
You can always change Your Site between having an "open", "closed" or "private" access policy.
if You really want to do so - you will find this menu under
Site_manager / Access policy : this opens following frame (see inserted image at the bottom).
| Open | Closed | Private | |
|---|---|---|---|
| View pages | Anyone | Anyone | Site members only |
| Become a member | Anyone | Anyone, but with administrator verification or if they know the entry password you set | Anyone, but with administrator verification or if they know the entry password you set |
| Editing pages | Set permissions in Site Manager | Set permissions in Site Manager | Set permissions in Site Manager, but they must at least be site members |
| … | … | … | … |
| … | … | … | … |
| … | … | … | … |
| … | … | … | … |
Please, do not forget:
- the limitations your site will get ,
- the permissions You have to look again ( for forum too!) ,
- the navigation pages ( nav:top, nav:side) available for the unauthorized visitors (or not)
- the new landing page ( "unauthorized:welcome") you will need,
- the "Joining" page you have to consider (apply allowed , password allowed - or not),
- check the little box with the label "Make this Site private:".
"Open" or "Closed"
"Private"
Site-manager-acces-policy-private.jpg
Footnotes
. For all access policies, you are able to specify any categories that you would like to hide from people that would normally be able to view them, as part of the "Private Categories" feature.