Juniper Websites: How do I create a public page that only specific members of staff can edit?

Overview

This article explains how to create a webpage visible to all site visitors but only editable by a select group of staff when they log into your website.

The process involves:

Creating the page(s) that you want to give a group of staff edit access to.
Creating a user role with the ability to edit webpages.
Assigning the user role to the page.
Creating a new user / updating an existing user with the new user role.

Prerequisites

To set up a secure page that everyone can view but only a select group of staff members can edit you must be an Administrator.

Instructions

To create a new page to hold the secure content:
1. Navigate to the page on your website where you'd like to create a new page. The new page will be created under the current page.
2. Select Create.
3. Select Page.
4. Enter your page content.
5. Select Edit.
6. Select Save.
7. Select Save Now.
To create a new user role:
1. Select User Manager from the Home tab:
2. Select Create New Role from the Common Tasks column:
3. Enter the Role Name and Role Description:
4. Select Choose Permissions to open the permissions window:
  1. Scroll down and select the Pages permission.
  2. Set Edit and View to Allow. You may also want to select Allow for Approve if you would like to give the staff member the ability to publish the page:
  3. Optionally, review and set any other permissions.
  4. Select Save Changes.
5. Select Add Role to save your new role to the User Manager:
To assign the new user role to your page:
1. Navigate to the newly created page that you want to secure.
2. Select Security on the Edit tab:
3. From the Security menu select No for Inherit Settings:
4. Make sure Public Access is set to Yes.
5. Check the new User Role that you've created to give it access to the item:
6. Save the page.
To create a new user and assign the new role:
1. Select User Manager from the Home tab
2. Select Create New User:
3. Enter the new user's details (required fields are marked with an asterisk):
4. Uncheck User can change password and Send User Password Reset.
5. Select Choose Roles, and select the new role you have created for the user:
6. Select Add User.
7. When prompted, select either Close User Manager:
Follow these steps to update each existing staff member's user account with the new role (as required):
1. Select User Manager from the Home tab:
2. Locate the user by selecting an existing role / using the search functionality:
3. Select the user's name, and select Edit:
4. Select Choose Roles to update the user role association:
5. To change the role, uncheck the original role and check the new:
6. Select Save Changes.