Overriding area permissions in Page Types in 5.6.0.1
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I have a couple of custom Page Types in my site that have an area with custom blocks on them to display some custom attributes that are added to pages created using that Page Type. I want to lock down some of the permissions on these pages to prevent inadvertent meddling by site editors.
The pages are editable by the group "Site Editors". I want to prevent "Site Editors" from changing the Left hand area, which contains two blocks. When I go into Page Types/Defaults and select Permissions for the area, I only see permissions for changing the area in the Page Type, not permissions for the pages that inherit their design from the Page Type.
Am I missing something, or is it not possible to override permissions in this way. Must I manually override on each Page created from the page Type?
The pages are editable by the group "Site Editors". I want to prevent "Site Editors" from changing the Left hand area, which contains two blocks. When I go into Page Types/Defaults and select Permissions for the area, I only see permissions for changing the area in the Page Type, not permissions for the pages that inherit their design from the Page Type.
Am I missing something, or is it not possible to override permissions in this way. Must I manually override on each Page created from the page Type?
I haven't bugged it yet Sarah because I wasn't sure it was not just me.
Now that somebody else seems to ba having the problem as well: I will raise a bug report.
Thanks for coming back.
Gareth
Now that somebody else seems to ba having the problem as well: I will raise a bug report.
Thanks for coming back.
Gareth
I have dealt with this on few sites and found that the Sitemap permissions hierarchy is what's trickling down rather than the permissions I set on the Page Type defaults.
By default, If you've got a hierarchy of pages that all belong to the same Page Type, adjusting the area permissions of the root page will impact the area permissions of all the pages below it that belong to the same type.
There's a control to adjust this behavior. If you visit the site map and open the Sitemap level permissions for a page you can change the 'Subpage Permissions' option to 'Inherit Page Type Default Permissions'.
If you do that you need to make sure you visit the 'Page Type Defaults' screen for each page type and adjust the permissions at that level because all the page permissions for the 'Page Type Defaults' have probably been wiped out. Visit each page type and set 'Assign Permissions' to 'From Page Type Defaults' then setup your page permissions (View, etc.) and your area permissions.
By default, If you've got a hierarchy of pages that all belong to the same Page Type, adjusting the area permissions of the root page will impact the area permissions of all the pages below it that belong to the same type.
There's a control to adjust this behavior. If you visit the site map and open the Sitemap level permissions for a page you can change the 'Subpage Permissions' option to 'Inherit Page Type Default Permissions'.
If you do that you need to make sure you visit the 'Page Type Defaults' screen for each page type and adjust the permissions at that level because all the page permissions for the 'Page Type Defaults' have probably been wiped out. Visit each page type and set 'Assign Permissions' to 'From Page Type Defaults' then setup your page permissions (View, etc.) and your area permissions.
Very interesting, Chris
I'll explore this and report back.
Thanks
I'll explore this and report back.
Thanks
Did you find a solution Gareth? If not has a bug been added?