To prevent unauthorized users from accessing
a page, add a Restrict Access To Page server behavior to it. The
server behavior redirects the user to another page if the user attempts
to bypass the login page by typing the protected page’s URL in a
browser, or if the user is logged in but attempts to access the
protected page without the proper access privileges.
Note: The
Restrict Access To Page server behavior can only protect HTML pages.
It does not protect other site resources such as image files and
audio files.
If you want to give many pages on your site
the same access rights, you can copy and paste access rights from
one page to another.
In the Server Behaviors panel (Window > Server
Behaviors), click the Plus (+) button and select User Authentication >
Restrict Access To Page from the pop‑up menu.
Select the level of access for the page. To allow only
users with certain access privileges to view the page, select the
Username, Password, and Access Level option and specify the authorization
levels for the page.
For example, you can specify that only users with Administrator
privileges can view the page by selecting Administrator in the authorization
levels list.
To add authorization levels to the list, click Define.
In the Define Access Levels list that appears, enter a new authorization
level, and click the Plus (+) button. The new authorization level
is stored for use with other pages.
Ensure that the string for the authorization level matches
exactly the string stored in your user database. For example, if
the authorization column in your database contains the value “Administrator”,
enter Administrator, not Admin,
in the Name box.
To set more than one authorization level for a page,
Control‑click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh) the levels
in the list.
For example, you can specify that any user with Guest,
Member, or Administrator privileges can view the page.
Specify the page to open if an unauthorized user attempts
to open the protected page.
Open the protected page and select the Restrict
Access To Page server behavior listed in the Server Behaviors panel
(not the one in the Plus (+) pop‑up menu).
Click the arrow button in the upper-right corner of the
panel, and select Copy from the pop‑up menu.
The Restrict Access To Page server behavior is copied to
your system’s Clipboard.
Open another page you want to protect in the same way.
In the Server Behaviors panel (Window > Server
Behaviors), click the arrow button in the upper-right corner, and
select Paste from the pop‑up menu.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each page you want to protect.
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whatalotofrubbish
said on
Oct 23, 2008
at
4:35 AM :
When trying to follow line 2 of this instruction, I find that there is an error, as there is no arrow button in the upper right corner of the panel, and clicking on the icon that is there does not provide a copy option. When the Restrict Access to page server behaviour in the list of server behaviors is clicked upon, it highlights the code on the page (if you are in code or split view). You can then copy the code by right clicking on the page and selecting copy (or CTRL + C).
Redirect unauthorized users to another page
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