12.10.1. Setting permissions on a site

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You can set the site permissions (Access, Edit, Move Apps and Move Containers) for a specific group via the Permissions tab if your user account belongs to the /platform/administrators group.

The Permissions tab can be opened in some various ways, depending on the following approaches.

  1. Click PortalSites on the top navigation bar.

    The Manage Sites page appears.

  2. For new sites:

    • Select Add New Site to open the Create New Portal form.

    • Click the Permissions tab.

    For existing portals:

    • Select Edit Site ConfigurationPermissions tab:

Access permission

Note

To access a site, you must belong to one of the groups that have the Access permission to that site.

Select the Access sub-tab to set the Access permission on the site.

Edit permission

  1. Select the Edit sub-tab of the Permissions tab to set the Edit permission on a site and do the followings:

  2. Click Select Permission to open the Permission Selector form.

  3. Select one group in the left pane and one membership type in the right pane.

    Note

    In the list of membership types, if you select the asterisk (*), all users of the selected group will have the right to edit this site, regardless of their membership role.

  4. Click Save to finish your settings.

Move Apps permission

  1. Select the Move Apps sub-tab of the Permissions tab to set the Move Apps permission on a site and do the followings:

  2. Click on Add Permission to select groups and add their membership types. You can add several memberships to a group as in adding Access permission.

    Note

    Unless a more restrictive permission is defined for a container (See Setting Permissions on a Container), users who are granted the Move Apps permission on a site are able to do the followings when editing the site layout:

    • Add new applications from the Edit Inline Composer to the site layout via drag and drop.

    • Move applications contained in the site layout via drag and drop.

    Users who are not granted the Move Apps permission on a site are unable to see the Remove Portlet icon on applications as well as drag or drop these applications on the site layout.

Move Containers permission

  1. Select the Move Containers sub-tab of the Permissions tab to set the Move Containers permission on a site and do the followings:

  2. Click on Add Permission to select groups and add their membership types. You can add several memberships to a group as in adding Access permission.

    Note

    Unless a more restrictive permission is defined for a container (See Setting Permissions on a Container), users who are granted the Move Containers permission on a site are able to do the followings when editing the site layout:

    • Add new containers from the Edit Inline Composer to the site layout via drag and drop.

    • Move containers contained in the site layout via drag and drop.

    Users who are not granted the Move Containers permission on a site are unable to see the Delete Container icon on containers as well as drag or drop these containers on the site layout.

    Note

    If you do not specify which groups or users for the Move Containers or Move Apps permissions, those who are granted the Edit permission will have these permissions.

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