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Content Blocking

Content Blocking allows a Site Administrator or Content Editor to block content within the site to specific Groups or exclude certain traffic (i.e. Content Spiders, Web Crawlers). Content Blocking can be enabled for an entire Site Section or individually on a specific Content Page.

To access Content Blocking:

From the Admin Site page, open the navigator on the left side of the page

• In the list, find Manage Site Content and click the 'plus' icon to expand the list
• Select Pages
• Select the Page Record to block and click the 'edit' icon.
• Select the Blocking Tab

Block Search Engine Traffic

When checked, the HTML meta tag "no follow" will be added to the page and it's child pages, requesting that search engines not index this page's content.

Block Content

When checked, this page and all child pages will be blocked all Users except Users from the desired Groups.

Allow Groups Through Blocking

When Block Content is checked, this is a list of all groups that are allowed to view the content.

Custom Blocking Method

• Custom Blocking Message allows for specific copy to be entered into the Custom Blocking Message field. When a page is blocked, and the User does nt have permission to view the page, the message will display.
• Login Form allows for a login form
• Registration Form allows for an addition of a registration form. The registration form may immediately add the User to a Group able to access the content. The Register to Group field determine which Group Users are placed in when the form is successfully completed.

• Search Engines
• Administering User Accounts and Groups
• Blocking Sections
• Blocking Pages

This page was last reviewed Friday, July 10, 2009