Overview

This article explains creating a webpage that is visible and editable only by staff when they are logged into your website. 

The process involves: 

1. Creating the page(s) that you want to restrict access to.
2. Creating a new user role.
3. Assigning the user role to the page. 
4. Creating a new user / updating an existing user with the new user role.

Prerequisites

To set up a secure page that only staff can view and 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 so that a user can edit and submit content for review (but won't be able to publish it - if you want users to be able to publish the page, set Approve to Allow.):
        
     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. To password-protect the page and restrict access to logged-in users with the new role:
     

     1. Select No for Public Access.
     2. Check the new role and any others you want to associate with the page. Uncheck any roles you don't want to associate with the page.

     Always leave Administrator checked so you have access to this area.

  5. 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. Select Choose Roles, and select the new role you have created for the user:
     
  5. Select Add User.
  6. When prompted, select either Close User Manager:
     

• Follow these steps to update a 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 the 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.

Outcome

You have created a secure page that can only be viewed and edited by those staff members with the appropriate login details. To view this page, when the link is selected, the staff member must log in, otherwise the content will not be visible. 

Related information

• Juniper Websites: How do I create a new page?
• Juniper Websites: How do I create a new user role?
• Juniper Websites: How can I change a user's roles?
• Juniper Websites: How do I create a new user?
• Juniper Websites: Secure Login Settings.
• Juniper Websites: Assign a Role to a Page.

Updated 29 January 2025 11:23