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Page Level Permissions

Page level permissions allow you to restrict who can view or edit specific pages. When a page has restrictions, this icon  next to it. Click on this icon will bring you to the 'Info Page', which will contain the details of restrictions.

  • You can also get to the 'Info Page' by clicking on and selecting 'Info'.

In order to add or remove page restrictions a user must have:

  • 'Page Restriction' permission in the space where the page belongs (See Editing Space Permissions).
  • Permission to edit the page. 

Applying Page Restrictions

1. Click the 'Edit' link at the top of the page.

2. At the bottom of the page there is a 'Restrictions' link below the 'Location' link.

3. Click 'Edit' next to restrictions.

4. Choose which type of restriction you wish to apply:

or

5. Select which users and/or groups you wish to apply restrictions to.

  • To restrict a user or users select the link and search for name of the user or users in the search box.
  • To restrict a group or groups select the link and search for the name of the group or groups.
  • To restrict yourself choose the link.

6. Click .

  • If a page has 'View Restrictions', it's child pages will receive the same restriction and so will their children and so on. 
  • Child pages will NOT inherit Edit Restrictions from their parent pages.
  • A child page can have additional restrictions along with the ones inherited by the parent page.