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PHP Access ControlBarry Flannery

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What is it?

• A means of providing authentication for one or more areas of website or intranet

• Users may be given access to the entire branch, or just to specific pages when logged in

• Uses existing Site Manger users and groups to determine access rights

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How it works

• At publish time, TERMINALFOUR Site Manager will add PHP code to each Access Controlled page, and any links within those pages.

• This code is then used to determine if a user is logged in, and if so, what pages they may access

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Setup

• Create & configure a new Access Control profile in TERMINALFOUR Site Manager

• Set this profile on the relevant channel(s)

• Choose what sections are Access Controlled, as-well-as the groups which have access

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Configurable options

• Location of TERMINALFOUR Site Manager • Username & Password for an admin user

• The URLs for:– The root of each restricted site or area– Each login page– Each ‘no access’ page

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Quick usage demo

• Creating, configuring & setting a profile

• Restricting access to a section & subsections

• Demonstration of login and access protection functions

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