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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 .
Important Information about Page Restrictions
- If a page has 'View Restrictions', it's child pages will receive the same restriction and so will their children and so on.
- 'Edit Restrictions' *are *NOT inherited by parent pages.
- A child page can have additional restrictions along with the ones inherited by the parent page.