Public access to portal pages

Normally, Xpand Portal pages are protected, and non-registered visitors cannot open them without signing in. However, if necessary, you can configure public access to certain portal pages so that they can be opened by anybody. Additionally, public access settings enable you to restrict access to certain pages only to specific portal member groups or to a single user.

Public access settings that you configure for a page will be applied to all child pages as well on condition that the child pages do not have their own public access settings. If a child page (a page on a lower node level) has its own public access settings, they will be used instead of those of the parent page. For example, if you configure public access for the site localization page, these settings will be applied to all pages in that localization with the ability to configure page-specific public access settings for every child page on top of that.

To configure public access for portal pages

1. In CMS, go to Contents.
2. Select and hold (or right-click) the page for which you want to configure public access, and then select Public access.
   

   Tip It is recommended that you configure public access for the  site localization page first so that these settings are applied to all pages in that localization, and then change public access settings for specific pages if necessary.

3. Choose how you want to restrict access to the selected page and its child pages:
   • Single user protection - Select this option to restrict access to the page in such a way that a portal visitor will need to only enter the login and password that you configure here.
   • Role based protection - Select this option if you want to restrict access to the page to only specific portal member groups.
     

4. Set up public access depending on the option you selected in the previous step:
   • If you selected Single user protection:
     • Enter the login and password that will be required to enter to access the page.
     • Under Login Page, select +Choose and browse to the login page that will be opened when the user tries to open this page. The page must already be created.
       
     • Under Error Page, select +Choose and browse to a page that will be opened when the user has logged in successfully, but does not have appropriate permissions to access the page. This setting is used with member group-based public access.
     • Select Update to update the public access settings for this page and child pages.
   • If you selected Role based protection:
     • Select the portal member roles the members of which will be allowed to access this page. Select a role(s) in the left pane, and then use the  icon to move them to the list of allowed roles, or select a role(s) in the right pane, and then use the  icon to move them to the list of forbidden roles. 
     • Under Login Page, select +Choose and browse to the login page that will be opened when the user tries to open this page. The page must already be created. To remove the login protection, select +Delete.
       
     • Under Error Page, select +Choose and browse to a page that will be opened when the user has logged in successfully, but does not have appropriate permissions to access the page. For example, you create a simple content page to display this information for the user. To remove the assigned page, select +Delete .
     • Select Update to update the public access settings for this page and child pages.
   • To remove protection (in case it was previously configured):
     • Select Remove Protection. This option is available only if you edit already existing public access settings for a page.
       

       Caution Removing protection grants public access to the page for any portal visitor without the necessity to sign in. However, if public access settings are configured for a parent page, the parent page's public access permissions will apply.

5. Select Close this window on the information message that appears.