Making a page private will:
Remove the page from the Navigation
Remove the page from any WordPress Menus
Remove the page from your site’s A-Z Template
Require a NetID SSO Login before viewing
Having a private page will limit the access to that page. However, any images, documents, or other media on the page will not be private unless each individual file is set to private using our private uploads feature.
This feature is appropriate for sites that wish to limit access to certain content, but do not require things to be secure in a more rigorous sense.
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To make a single page private in an otherwise public site,
Edit the page
Within the Publish module, click on the Visibility attribute.
Select the Visibility option
Public
Password Protected- this will require the person to know the password you selected.
Private - this option requires a NetID, people outside of UConn would have to acquire an Affiliate ID.
All active NetIDs
All site users
Only admins and editors
Only admins, editors and list (NetIDs)
Click on OK
Update the page
Keep in mind that these pages do not meet legal standards for security.
Linking to Private Pages
Private pages are removed from all navigation and menus.
If you wish to link to them somewhere on your site, you will need to either create links to these pages manually with copy and paste or create a page having the List Private Pages template.
List Private Pages Template
This template displays all the private child pages of the current page.
One way to use this template effectively:
Create a new page; you can call it “My Private Pages”
On the right under Page Attributes, change ‘Template‘ to ‘List Private Pages‘
Now go to Pages > All Pages
Select a number of pages you wish to be made private
Use the Bulk Actions menu item, edit the pages and change ‘Parent‘ to ‘My Private Pages‘
Go to Pages and then to the page “My Private Pages”
Select View Page, and then copy the web address from the browser
Log back into the dashboard, and go to Appearance > Menus
Select the ‘Footer‘ menu
Add a Custom Link to your menu
Paste the URL to “My Private Pages” into the field, and name it “Intranet” or “Staff Only”
Save the menu
Now, you’ll have a small intranet section of your larger site, conveniently linked in the footer of every page.