How do I change the access level of content?

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In this tutorial we will be changing the access level of content. This can be used to only show content to certain levels of users who are logged in.

In this tutorial we will be changing the access level of content. This can be used to only show content to certain levels of users who are logged in.

Begin by navigating to Content >> Article Manager

Begin by navigating to Content >> Article Manager

There are 2 ways to change the access level and 3 levels of access.
Public - All users can access this item
Registered - All registered and logged in users can access this item
Special - Only users logged in and assigned to the Author, Editor, Publisher, Manager, Administrator or Super Administrator groups can access this item
When you are looking at the articles, there is a column titled Access. If you click this it will move to the next highest level of access.

There are 2 ways to change the access level and 3 levels of access.
Public - All users can access this item
Registered - All registered and logged in users can access this item
Special - Only users logged in and assigned to the Author, Editor, Publisher, Manager, Administrator or Super Administrator groups can access this item
When you are looking at the articles, there is a column titled Access. If you click this it will move to the next highest level of access.

We can see that the access level has been changed to Registered. Let's edit the content item

We can see that the access level has been changed to Registered. Let's edit the content item

You can also change the access level here. Let's change it back to Public

You can also change the access level here. Let's change it back to Public

And save our change

And save our change

We can see that the access level has been changed back to public.

We can see that the access level has been changed back to public.

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