Communities is the widget used for allowing users with specific roles to access gated content – pages and/or posts – within a website.
A single role or multiple roles can be created depending on the authorization levels and access required.
Note: Communities must be activated on the main site from Network Admin.
- Select the Site Dashboard to apply Communities settings. Hover over My Sites > NameOfSite > click Dashboard
- Scroll down then click Communities in the navigation pane.
This will open the Communities Configuration screen.
Communities Configuration
- Users: This allows for the selection of any user roles which have been created for this client instance
- Authentication and Authorisation: URL redirects for users who don’t have the required role or who have not yet logged in
- Bulk Restrictions: Specify which page and/or post types are part of the Gated Content.
- Use the dropdown arrow next to Roles to select the roles which will be allowed to access Gated Content. Multiple roles may be selected.
For this example, select Portal User.
- Use the link from a “Not logged in” page to paste into the Unauthenticated Access Redirect.
- Use the link from a “Contact Administrator” page for the Incorrect Role Redirect.
- Use the dropdown arrow next to Content Types to choose Post or Page Types to restrict.
Note: if there are specific pages or posts within the above types that should not be restricted, this must be set manually on the individual page/post.
- Click Save.
A success notification will display at the bottom of the page.
