A View Permissions setting can be applied to both pages and content on those pages, enabling you to control who can access/view them.

NOTE: The default View Permission for both pages and content is Everyone, meaning it's public content visible to ALL users, regardless of whether they're members or not.

Let's take a look at how to set this permission for a page and a piece of content.

Set page permissions

From the community you want to manage:

1. In the Admin Toolbar, click (or right click for a new tab) Edit Navigation.

2. Select the page you want to manage. Its Properties are displayed on the right.
3. Click the Edit button in the View Permissions area.

4. In the resulting dialog:

1. Select Everyone to make it public content visible to ALL users, regardless of whether they're members or not. If desired, check the Hide after logged-in? box to hide the content from logged in users, allowing you to have public (or other specific) content in your community that's automatically hidden after users log in.
2. Select Logged In to make it private content only visible to users who are logged in. You can think of this as the “members only” setting.
3. Select Custom Permissions to choose which specific roles and/or Security Groups can access the content. You'll be able to select from the default system Security Groups and those created specifically for your organization. Custom permissions provide much tighter control over who can access content.

5. Click Save in the dialog.
6. Click Publish at the bottom of the page to apply your change.

NOTE: Setting a view permission for a parent page also applies to any children. Also, if you don't set a view permission, then anyone can view the page or Content Item.

Set content permissions

From the community you want to manage:

1. In the Admin Toolbar, click (or right click for a new tab) Edit Navigation.

2. Select the page containing the content you want to manage, and then click Edit.

3. Select the Content Item or Widget, and then click the Edit button in the View Permissions area.

4. In the resulting dialog:

1. Select Everyone to make it public content visible to ALL users, regardless of whether they're members or not. If desired, check the Hide after logged-in? box to hide the content from logged in users, allowing you to have public (or other specific) content in your community that's automatically hidden after users log in.
2. Select Logged In to make it private content only visible to users who are logged in. You can think of this as the “members only” setting.
3. Select Custom Permissions to choose which specific roles and/or Security Groups can access the content. You'll be able to select from the default system Security Groups and those created specifically for your organization. Custom permissions provide much tighter control over who can access content.

5. Click Save in the dialog.
6. Click Publish at the bottom of the page to apply your change.