Adding a private area

You may have a requirement for an area of the website to be restricted to certain users, that is, a private area. This is particularly useful for draft minutes of meetings or perhaps information only relating to internal staff. Obviously, for a private area to work, the permissions must be set correctly, so it is important to familiarise yourself with how these work.

To create a prIvate area you need to log in to your website and go to manage website then  to Use standard pages and click on Private Area.

When you click on Private area the following window should open.

It is possible to rename the Private Area, for example, “Staff area” Click ‘OK’ You will be asked if you are sure you want to set up a private area. Click ‘OK’.

The private area acts like a separate website, so to return to your main website you may need to click on “Leave this website”.Creating pages in the private area is exactly the same as for your main website.