This guide explains how to restrict an administrator's access to specific pages within Composer. By combining global restrictions with page-level overrides, you can ensure editors only manage the content they are responsible for without accessing sensitive site-wide settings.
💡 Quick answers
- Why can't I find a user to give them permissions? They must be an Admin User first. Standard constituents do not appear in permission lists.
- How do I hide the rest of the site from an editor? Set their Admin Group to No Access at the Global level in Admin Permissions.
- Do I have to set permissions for every sub-page? No. Permissions flow downward. Giving a group access to a parent page automatically grants access to all child pages.
In this article
- Phase 1: Admin user setup
- Phase 2: Global permissions (the starting point)
- Phase 3: Page-level permissions in Composer
- Permission levels reference
⚠️ Critical: Admin access requirement
Standard constituents cannot edit pages. To grant page-level permissions, the user must first be converted into an Admin User and assigned to an Admin Group. You can do this in the Account tab of their profile in Constituent Manager.
Phase 1: Admin user setup
Composer permissions are assigned to Admin User Groups, not individual people. A user must belong to an admin group to see the site map in Composer.
- Find the user in Constituent Manager.
- Click the Account tab.
- Ensure an Admin Account is created and assign them to a group such as "Department Editors."
Phase 2: Global permissions
Before you can "open the door" to one page, you must lock the site-wide door. This prevents the admin from having inherited access to everything.
- Navigate to Admin Users Admin Permissions.
- Select the Admin Group you assigned in Phase 1.
- Find Composer in the module list and set the Global Permission to No Access.
Phase 3: Page-level permissions in Composer
Now that the group is restricted, you will grant access only to the page(s) they need.
- Open Composer and find the page in the left-hand navigation.
- Hover over the page name and click the Gear icon (Settings).
- Click the Permissions tab at the top of the window.
- Locate your Admin Group and change the permission from No Access to Edit or Admin.
- Click Save.
Permission level reference
| Permission | What it allows |
|---|---|
| No Access | The page is completely hidden from the admin's site map. |
| View Only | The admin can see the page content but cannot edit anything. |
| Edit | The admin can add elements and update text but cannot delete the page. |
| Admin | Full control, including the ability to delete the page or change the URL. |
⚠️ Important: Permission inheritance
Permissions flow downward. If you give a group Edit access to a parent page, they automatically have access to all pages underneath it. To stop this, you must go to the sub-page and manually break the inheritance in the permissions tab.
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