Re: restricted area

From: Bil Simser [MVP] (bsimser_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:49:21 +0000

Check out this link (or on your own portal). This is an online version
of the help file:
http://inctr.ctisinc.com:9000/_vti_bin/help/1033/sps/html/UseAudiencestoTargetContent.htm 

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Bil Simser
http://weblogs.asp.net
"xyrus" <xyrus@discussion.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:xyrus@discussion.microsoft.com:
> I'm sorry if i sound naive over here...but could yuou share with me on how
>
> to assign the audience to the area?
>
> "Bil Simser [MVP]" <bsimser@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:%23rq7YxJFFHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > As always, the answer is it depends.
> >
> > If you're just interested in hiding an area that's easy.
> >
> > 1. Create an audience in the portal for your users
> > 2. Add the users/domain groups you want in the audience
> > 3. Compile it
> > 4. Assign it to an area
> > 5. Set the security so those users do not have access to it
> >
> > You need to do both. Security will lock it down and not give them
> > access,
> > even if they had the url. The audience will filter the view of it so
> > they
> > don't see it.
> >
> > If it's a list or library, you can open it up in FrontPage 2003 (no
> > other
> > way that I know of) and select the list from the site, bring up it's
> > properties and mark it hidden. A user can still get to it if he knows
> > the
> > url but at least it won't show up in lists and such. Note: This action
> >
> > will *not* unghost your site/page as you're modifying a list, not a page
> >
> > in the portal.
> >
> > --
> > Bil Simser
> > http://weblogs.asp.net
> >
> >
> >
> > "xyrus" <xyrus@discussion.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:xyrus@discussion.microsoft.com:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> How could we hide the area or even a list or library from showing to
> >> user
> >>
> >> who doesn't have access into it? Instead of prompting for username
> >> and
> >> password, i think it would be better if we hide it straight away. Are
> >> there
> >> any way to do this?
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >

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