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By madrock on
Hey All!!
I would like to limit specified page access. This could be Stories, Forum (topics) and or Pages and have some of them only accessible by members.
I am currently running Simple Machines and I have the ability to restrict access. I really like Drupal and I am a total noob using this app.
So the moral of the story here is that I would like to restrict access to users who are not members. I have gone through the options, but I am not seeing where I can do this. This is probably the most important portion of my site as I would like to transition from my current forum board to Drupal.
I appreciate everyones help!!!
Peace
Phil
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adminsiter -> access control is where you set permissions for what content can b be views my the user roles you set up in administer -> roles
if you want finer grained control you will have to inspect the downloads area user access /authentication for a conrtib module that will afford you that type of control. Though there aren't many that have been updated to work with Drupal 6 yet.
maybe nodeaccess.module or one of the others that you should test on a test site of they are available.
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If I want to restrict a
If I want to restrict a specific content page, story, or forum topic is what you mentioned above have the ability to do this? I have checked and unchecked. not to put out a shameless plug here, but if you view my current website http://www.jailbreakitouch.com you will see that you dont have access to the members section. You sign up and the members section becomes visible. Do I need a 3rd party mod for this or will your above statement allow me to do this?
Thanks btw for the prompt response earlier :-)
Peace
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if you want to restrict specific nodes, then you will need a contrib module or you will have to add some PHP to a node specific tpl.php file. More information in themeing in the theme developers section of the handbooks.
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My posts & comments are usually dripping with sarcasm.
If you ask nicely I'll give you a towel : )
I am surprised default 403 page didn't work
In user -> permissions I unchecked "access content" for anonymous users
Then in "site configuration" error reporting -- I picked a "default 403" -- access denied page (that I created)-- but when I sign out I don't see the page -- just see content "Access denied"
If that worked the way I expected it would seem perfect for this application??
EDIT: after searching I see there is a bug report for this issue
http://drupal.org/node/198975
Joe Moraca
http://www.moraca.org
There has to be a simple to
There has to be a simple to way to restrict a user from viewing the forum board. I dont want any user to view the forum unless they create an account and sign in.
A content Management System should have the ability to restrict content from it's users.
I would like it very much if someone would be blantant and point out a mod they have used or clear instructions on how I can restrict a user. I know that this may come across being harsh, but this is suppose to be the best CMS out there and it as I mentioned defeates the purpose of having content if I cant restrict who views what.
Thank you
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Understand that drupal is expanded with contrib modules, it does NOT do everything you want it to do out of the box. The object is to keep core small and expand using modules. Thus leave your personal expectations at the foot of the door when entering the world of Drupal.
That being said, you've installed the newest release of Drupal being 6. There aren't many contrib modules fully updated yet.
forum acess is controlled by the forum access module
If you need to use many contrib modules and you find them for version 5.x then you may want to consider building with Drupal 5.x until such time as all contrib modules are updated to Drupal 6.
Ultimatley if you provide access to anon visitors for content they have access to forum content as well. This happens because while you view the forum as a different area, the forum is actaully content.
That being said, there are multiple ways to handle this using contrib.modules, beyond that of the forum access module. Another example would be the taxonomy access module. Forums are built using taxonomy , as such this module should also provide for you the granularity you are seeking.
goto the downloads area, sort the downloads by category, then look at the user access / authentication category for a list of all contrib modules that expand user access.
Drupals permission system is largely role based, not "user" based.
There is also a way of restricting access using PHP in the tpl.php files. in other words, at the theme layer. This would mean you have to create a custom.tpl.php file for your forums then using some php magic in them to restrict access by roles. more on themeing in the themeing section of the handbook.
There is some discussion about view persmissions per content type, but you wouldn't see anything like that at this point until possibly Drupal 7.
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My posts & comments are usually dripping with sarcasm.
If you ask nicely I'll give you a towel : )
Try Taxonomy Access Control module
Hey madrock, I cant cliam to be a great expert, but have been doing what I think you want to do with a module called "Taxonomy Access Control". Look in the modules section: http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_access for starts. I dont remember if it needs other modules, but you should find out how, and how easy, adding a module to drupal is. Look in the Handbook section of drupal.org. It's easy to help yourself -- drupal is better dosumented than most. Sad part is, the "TAC" module apparently hasn't been updated for version 6 yet. I'm staying with ver. 5 until that happens. Good wishes.
Taxonomy Access Control
This module isn't yet supported in version 6. There is a list of modules and their status regarding updating to Version 6 at http://groups.drupal.org/node/5036.
I personally use NodeAccess (http://drupal.org/project/nodeaccess), but there is no maintainer / status for the module at this time.
Tim / TJ
Timothy J. Bruce
Sys Admin / DBA / Application Support Specialist