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Page Management-Adding a Private Page to Your Site
Contros offers you the ability to add a Private Password Protected Page to your site. This is great for employee portals, member only areas or any content that you do not want to be publicly available and would require a password to access.

 

 
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Revised: 08.18.2010

Note: Before creating a login page to access your private pages, you should create private pages first, but DO NOT export them at this time. You will do that later.  Also if you are not hosting with PILR Technology Services, you need to make sure that your website is hosted on a Windows-based server.

Step 1: Create Login Page - Copy an existing page and create a page that will house the login form. Save and go back to Page Management. Do not export at this time.

Step 2: Create Default Page After Login - Copy an existing page and create a page that will be the default page after someone logs in. Save and go back to Page Management. Do not export at this time.

Step 3: Create an Additional Page that Will be Private - Copy an existing page and create an additional page that will be viewed once someone has logged in. Save and go back to Page Management. Do not export at this time.

Step 4: Add Login Form Through Wizard - Now back at Page Management screen, edit your newly created Login page that will house the Login Form.

  • Select Secure Login from menu bar. Also a "lock" icon at top
  • Select Layout of the login form. You can choose from many different configurations. You can add a login box to a template so that it will appear on every page of the site or you can just add it to one page.
  • Enter Settings and design of login form. Here you can choose from color schemes, font size and style, and button colors. You will need to enter the File Name of the login page you created. This is the name you give it when you export, i.e. memberonlyloginform.aspx. Note: A file extention of .aspx must be used since this page is verified by login creditials.
  • Create Access Groups.  Here you will add types of groups you may want to have access to areas that use the same form. For example you may have an area of your site where you want employees to login to access HR documents, etc. This group would be called "employees". You may also want a group called "preferred members" that could access an area of your site for your preferred customers. Here you will also enter the File Name of the default page your created that someone will see after they login, i.e. membersonlydefaultpage.aspx. Note: A file extention of .aspx must be used since this page is verified by login creditials.
  • Once Groups are set up, you can start adding Users. Here you add users and assign them to a specific group. You enter name, user name and password.
  • Once you add Users, you can either click Finish to add your login form to your login page or you can continue to next step to assign pages to specified groups.
  • To add Pages to your private area, select Group from drop down box to choose the group that you want to assign pages to. Click Next.
  • Choose Pages that you want to add to the private Group. Note: It is a good idea to create your private pages first, that way they will show up in this list.
    Click Finish when done.
  • You will now be taken back to the Login Wizard home screen. Here you will click Select to add your login form to your new login page if you haven't already. Save and go back to Page Management.

Step 5: Export New Login Page - Now you will export your new login page. You will notice that when you export, the file extension is .aspx vs. what you are used to as .html. This is becuase the page will need to verify login creditials.

Step 6: Export New Default Page - Now you will export your new default page that will appear when a user logs in. You will notice that when you export, the file extension is .aspx vs. what you are used to as .html. This is becuase the page will need to verify login creditials.

Step 7: Export Any Additional Private Pages - Now you will export any additional private pages that you created.


Other Items to Consider:

  • Navigation within Private Area - Once you export all your pages, you will then need to go back and edit your new login default page (the page that is shown when someone logs in. Here you will add links or a new menu bar so that when someone logs in they can navigate throughout Private area.
  • Let Users Know Login - once you set up users, let them know access.