Sites@Duke Express: How do you control who can see your site?

To control the visibility of your entire site:

From your site’s Dashboard, click on Settings > Reading.

 

Under the Site Visibility section, you can choose one of the options listed.

• Allow search engines to index this site
  • This option is for a normal public facing website
• Discourage search engines from indexing this site
  • This option is for a normal public facing website, but may not want it to be widely advertised.

Note: Neither of the above options blocks access to your site — it is up to search engines to honor your request.

The next set of options are to restrict access to the website to a group

• Visible only to registered users of this network
  • "Registered users" refers to those with a valid NetID or OneLink ID.
• Visible only to registered users of this site
  • This is the default for course sites, and the users are auto-filled from the course roster
• Visible only to administrators of this site

More information:

• Remember that Sites Express is only appropriate for public data. Any data considered restricted or sensitive should not be added to a Sites Express website.
• Options 3, 4, and 5 apply to the content on the website pages while viewing that website. They do not apply to any files (documents, images, etc.) that may be uploaded to those pages or the website. 

 

To set the visibility of a new post or page:

When creating your post or page, click the “Edit” link next to “Visibility” in the Publish box to the right.

 

Select one of the options, then click OK.

Click the Publish button when you’re ready to publish your post. You’ve successfully changed the post’s visibility!

 

To edit the visibility of a single post or page:

Navigate to your post or page by selecting Posts > All Posts or Pages > All Pages from within your Dashboard.

Hover over the post or page and click ‘Edit’.

Click the “Edit” link next to “Visibility” in the Publish box.

Select one of the options, then click OK.

 

Next, click the Update button. You’ve successfully changed the post’s visibility!

 

Questions? Contact the OIT Service Desk, https://oit.duke.edu/help/.