On this page
- Overview
- To configure article permissions
- Configuring article permissions in the article editor
- To configure category permissions
- To configure menu item permissions
- To configure widget permissions
- To configure calendar permissions
- Configuring calendar permissions in the event editor
Overview
You can grant or restrict access permissions to areas and features of your website based on member groups. For example, you can create an article that is only available to full-time members, but not prospect members. You can configure access permissions in a few different areas of MC Professional:
- Articles are site pages on your MC Professional website. Articles contain content that visitors can view when they land on your website. You can grant access or restrict visibility of specific articles - or site pages - to specific member groups.
- Categories are used to organize articles. Each article belongs to a category. If some member groups don't have access to a specific category, they won't have access to any articles that belong to that category. Some menu items also belong to a category.
- Menu Items are the navigation links that appear in your menu bar. For example, menu items may include a Home or an About Us page. You may have one or more navigation menus on your website. You can grant access or restrict access to specific menu items based on member groups.
- Widgets contain specific content that displays on your website. For example, you might have a Latest News widget on your website that displays the most recent published or updated articles. You can grant or restrict access to specific widgets based on member groups.
- The Calendar displays events on your website. You can grant or restrict visibility of specific events to specific member groups.
When you're creating new content, we recommend setting access permissions to Admin only. This way, any new content that you're working on is only visible to Admin group members. When your new content is ready to go, you can grant access permissions to additional member groups.
To configure article permissions
1. Navigate to Website > Articles.
Articles are site pages on your website.
2. On the Article Manager page, click Permissions.
3. On the Manage Article Permissions page you can grant or restrict access to individual articles based on member groups. The first column displays your website articles. Subsequent columns represent the member groups in your database. To grant all groups access to a specific article, click inside the Quick Set checkbox that corresponds with that article. Or, grant permissions individually by clicking on the checkbox underneath the member group column that corresponds to the article row. When you're finished setting up permissions, click Save.
You can also adjust article permissions individually on the Article: [ Edit ] page. Adjusting permissions on this page will automatically update permissions on the Manage Article Permissions page, and vice versa. Continue reading for more details.
Configuring article permissions in the article editor
1. On the Article Manager page, select an article from your list.
2. You can adjust access permissions on the Article: [ Edit ] page. This is useful if you want to set access permissions the same time that you create an article. Adjusting access permissions here automatically adjusts permissions on the Manage Article Permissions page for the article you're working on. Click Save when you're finished.
For more information, visit our help documentation on Articles.
To configure category permissions
1. Navigate to Website > Categories.
2. On the Category Manager: [ Content ] page, click Permissions.
3. On the Manage Category Permissions page you can select which groups can access specific categories. The first column displays your website categories. Subsequent columns display the member groups in your database. To grant all groups access to a specific category, click inside the Quick Set checkbox that corresponds to that category. Or, grant permissions individually by clicking on the checkbox underneath the member group column that corresponds to the category row. When you're finished setting up permissions, click Save.
Permissions for this area are usually set-up during implementation, although these settings can be edited by an admin. For more information, visit our help article on Categories.
To configure menu item permissions
1. Navigate to Website > Menu Items.
2. On the Menu Manager page, select which navigation menu you want to edit the permissions of.
3. On the Menu Item Manager page, click Permissions.
4. On the Menu Item Access Manager page you can select which groups can access specific menu items. The first column displays the menu items located within the navigation menu you selected. Subsequent columns display the member groups in your database. To grant all groups access to a specific menu item, click inside the Quick Set checkbox that corresponds to that menu item. Or, grant permissions individually by clicking on the checkbox underneath the member group column that corresponds to the menu item row. When you're finished setting up permissions, click Save.
For more information, visit our help article on Menu items.
To configure widget permissions
1. Navigate to Website > Widgets.
2. On the Widget Manager page, click Permissions.
3. On the following page you can select which groups can access specific widgets. The first column displays the widgets in your MC Professional account. Subsequent columns display the member groups in your database. To grant all member groups access to a specific widget, click inside the checkbox underneath the Widget column that corresponds to that widget. Or, grant permissions individually by clicking on the checkbox underneath the member group column that corresponds to the widget row. When you're finished setting up permissions, click Save.
For more information, visit our help article on Widgets.
To configure calendar permissions
1. Navigate to Community > Calendar.
2. On the Calendar of Events page, click Permissions.
3. On the Event Permissions page you can select which groups can view specific calendar events. The first column displays events in your database. Subsequent columns represent the member groups in your database. To grant all groups access to an event, click inside the checkbox under the Event Title column that corresponds to that event. Or, grant permissions individually by clicking on the checkbox underneath the member group column that corresponds to the event row. When you're finished setting up permissions, click Save.
You can also adjust permissions on the Calendar of Events page. Adjusting permissions on the Event Permissions page will automatically update permissions there, and vice versa.
Configuring calendar permissions in the event editor
1. Click on the event underneath the Event Title column.
2. On the Edit Event page you can configure access permissions for the specific event. In the Permissions section, you can Toggle All or toggle permissions for member groups individually. This is useful if you want to set access permissions the same time that you create an event. Adjusting access permissions on this page automatically adjusts permissions on the Event Permissions page. Click Save when you're finished.
For more information, visit our help article on the Calendar.