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    Private Subgroups

    SiteOrganic allows you to restrict access to pages or forms on your website to specific users. To do this, you will first need to create a "private subgroup" of people (identified by Email addresses). To create a subgroup:
    1. Go to edit site > manage subgroups > select group and click "New Subgroup". Once you have added your subgroup name, click the "view/edit members" link and enter the email addresses into the "add members" field. All users that need to have access to your secure page should be added to the list. 

      2. NOTE: DO NOT check the "public" option for the subgroup. The"public" option allows users to manually sign up for a group via the register page, such as for an email newsletter group. Make sure to select "private".

    2. Once you have created your subgroup(s), open the page editor area for the page(s) you want to password-protect (edit-site > edit pages > select group > select the page). Then, choose the Security tab in the right-hand panel and select the subgroup(s) that should have access to the page.
    NOTE: When you add email addresses to a subgroup, the system will automatically create an account for each user, if they do not already have an account created in the system. These users may be confused if they try to register on the site and it says they already have an account. So, you may want to send an email notification to those individuals to let them know they now have an account and to click the "forgot password" button on the login page (http://www.mydomain.com/login.asp) to retrieve their password. 

    For more information about creating pages and setting security see Page Editor.

    Sending an Email to Members of Private Subgroup

    Once you add people to a private subgroup, you can also send an Email message to them as a group. To learn more about this, see Email: Sending a Message.