Template designers can use the Zone Restrictions feature to limit which editing options are accessible in which zones in a template. This allows control of which areas of a template can be modified and how, by setting zone-specific restrictions. The template designer can use the Zone Restrictions feature to deactivate the editing tools (delete, edit, copy, drag, drop) per zone.
NOTE: To implement Template Zone Restrictions, you must have administrative permissions for template creation.
Zone Restriction options
You can set zone restrictions when you are creating or editing a template in Template Designer. The following table details what the various editing options control.
| Option | Result |
|---|---|
| Disable | Zone cannot be selected or interacted with |
| Delete | Zone cannot be deleted |
| Edit | Zone cannot be edited |
| Copy | Zone cannot be copied |
| Drag | Zone cannot be dragged from its current location |
| Drop | Other zones cannot be dragged into this zone |
| Editor Bar | Editor tool bar will be disabled for this zone |
| Font Selection | Font type selection will be disabled for this zone |
| Font Size | Font size selection will be disabled for this zone |
| Text Color | Text and background color selection will be disabled for this zone |
| HTML View | HTML source view will be disabled for this zone |
| Character Limit | Specify how many characters the zone will accommodate |
Apply Zone Restrictions
- Click the gear icon in the upper right.
- Select Bypass and Edit Restrictions.
- Select the zone you want to modify the restrictions for.
- Select the Zones menu on the left sidebar.
- Check the boxes next to the editing options that you want to disable in that zone.
NOTE: Selecting Disable will deactivate all the editing options for the zone.
- Repeat the previous three steps for any other zones you want to restrict editing.
- Click the gear icon in the upper right.
- Click Activate Restrictions to activate the zone editing restrictions you selected.
- Click Save Changes.
Nested zones
Zone restrictions are unique to the zone to which they are applied; they are not automatically inherited by zones that are nested within them, irrespective of when the nesting occurred.
For example:
Scenario 1
- You insert a Column Section zone.
- You apply zone restrictions.
- You then add a zone to each column.
The additional zones do not inherit the zone restrictions by being added to the Column Section zone; you must apply the restrictions to each of the zones that you've added.
Scenario 2
- You insert a Column Section zone.
- You add a zone to each column.
- You then apply zone restrictions to the Column Section zone.
The nested zones do not inherit the zone restrictions that were added to the Column Section zone (i.e., their "parent" zone); you must apply the restrictions to each zone.
Having to apply zone restrictions to each zone is additional work, but it has the benefit of allowing Admins to set unique restrictions per zone; thereby offering more flexibility in the design and use of the template.