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Setting folder access permissions

You can choose to limit user access to specific folders within the website or to allow users to access all of the folders within the defined website.

To define folder access permissions:

  1. In the Permission Group dialog box, select Folder/File Access from the category list on the left. (See Accessing the Permission Group dialog box.)
  2. Select Allow users to edit files in any folder to let users access all folders and files within the website’s root, or Only allow editing within these folders to limit access to a specific subfolder or group of subfolders.
  3. If you’ve selected Only allow editing within these folders, specify folders by clicking Add Folder.
  4. The Select Folder dialog box appears.


    Select Folder dialog box

  5. The Select Folder dialog box displays all folders and files under the website’s root.
  6. You can preview pages in the website by selecting them. This allows you to see which pages you are restricting access to.

  7. Navigate to the folder you want to provide access to and click Select Folder.
  8. For example, if the website’s root is http://www.mysite.com and you want to specify that users can edit only those pages that are in the folder labeled marketing, click the marketing folder. The access path will appear as: http://www.mysite.com/marketing.

    The Select Folder dialog box closes, and the selected folder appears in the Folder access list. You can add folders to the Folder access list to give users access to multiple directories in the website.

  9. Click OK.
  10. When next connecting to this website, the Contribute user will be able to edit only those pages and files that are inside the listed folders.

To change access to a folder in the list, do one of the following:


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