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Users that have access to the Access tab include:
- System administrators
- Content Managers
The Access tab displays all the users that have direct or indirect access to the Work Area's active page. All users have read access to pages that are not private, but only some can edit such pages. The Access tab will show who they are. The screen capture below shows that "Brandon's Page" can be viewed and edited by the "author" and "manager" user accounts, both of which are automatically highlighted in purple. It also indicates where these user accounts are located, under the "User Accounts" page. It is possible to have user account lists broken up into different groups and locations.
Any page that is marked "private" in its Properties settings will only be shown to a user (or editable by a user) if:
- The user is logged in, AND
- The page is linked directly or indirectly under the user's account page (which are in turn listed in the backend "User Accounts" page). A page can be ultimately linked to a user account via several parent pages; another way of putting it is that by linking a user to a section, you can bestow editing rights to that user for all pages in the section, regardless of type of content.
A note on how security works: When the user logs in, a hierarchic calculation of all the pages linked under their user account is performed, and this produces a list of pages he or she is allowed to view or edit. It is this list which is quickly consulted each time the user makes a request for a private page, or each time a site navigation menu is presented to a user for perusal. The list is also consulted whenever a user performs a search on database content, and items marked "private" are returned.
Secondly, the extent to which a user can edit content is also a function of the form presented for content editing. Each field of a content form can be activated or disabled depending on the user type of the user. All of this is configured when Presto is initially installed (and can be revised at any time).
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