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Overview

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Page permissions are a way to restrict your content to specified users or groups, in addition to the space permissions. If you are looking for space permissions, please go to the /wiki/spaces/ITHELP/pages/159941421.  

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Answers contains three different page permission types. No Restrictions, Edit Restricted, and Viewing and Edit Restricted.
Page Permission Type Dropdown

No Restrictions

If there are no restrictions set on a page and the parent page(s) do not have viewing restrictions applied, then the page will be viewable and editable by everyone, space permissions permitting.

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Note
titleCascading View Restrictions

View restrictions cascade down to ALL of it's child pages and their child pages, whereas edit permissions do not. See the Page Restrictions and Permissions section for more information.

Accessing, Setting, and Removing Page Permissions

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Why and When to Restrict Pages

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  1. Navigate to the page permissions
  2. Select the desired permission type you would like to apply to the page from the dropdown

    Note

    Only one page permission type can be applied per page!


  3. If using Edit Restricted:
    1. Search for and select appropriate user/group
    2. Click Add
    3. Repeat steps 2a and 2b for all appropriate users/groups
    4. After all appropriate users/groups have been added, click Apply
  4. If using View and Edit Restricted:
    1. Search for and select appropriate user/group
    2. Select whether they can view or view and edit from the dropdown to the left of the Add button
      1. These can be quickly modified after the user is added by choosing a different option from the dropdown to the right of the user/group's name in the permission list
    3. Click Add
    4. Repeat steps 3a, 3b, and 3c for all appropriate users/groups
    5. After all appropriate users/groups have been added, click Apply


Note

Before attempting to add a new user to a Page Restriction have the user log in to Answers.  User profiles are only created when a user logs in for the first time. This action will initialize the user's Profile and make it visible in the user search function.

Removing Individual Page Permissions

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