Access Groups
In general you will probably want all the information on your web site to be completely accessible to the public. But the situation may arise where you want to restrict to a section or sections of your site so that people trying to see these pages must log in or authenticate to see them. Or you may want to give others editing privileges to your site. This is where access groups come in. If you are going to ask someone to help you maintain a web site we ask that you give them their own user account as described on this site rather than give them your user name and password.
Users and Groups
Most computer systems have a user and group model. SiteMaker is no different. With Access Groups you can create user accounts and then assign them to a group. The workflow to working with Access Groups is this:
- Add a new access group (or edit an existing one).
- Add users to this group (or delete users from the group).
- Assign privileges to the group so they can access a file or section.
Keep the following rules in mind as you work with Access Groups:
- All users must belong to at least one group.
- Users can belong to more than one group.
- Groups can be given privileges to more than one thing.
- More than one group can be given privileges to any one thing.
Configuring Access Groups
To configure or manage access groups you need to click the Configure Access Groups button on the Main Configuration Page. Thie will take you to the Configure Access Groups Page.
