When we moved the internal and operations pages over to WordPress, our intent was to make it as easy as possible for people to do everyday edits on their own, as much as possible.
By default, new web pages created on this server (peden.ece.uw.edu) are not password-protected. However it is simple to add a login requirement to any page (new or existing) by following the steps listed here:
- Decide on how restricted your page needs to be. Should anyone with an ECE account be able to view it; or should only faculty and staff have access; or is it intended just for faculty1?
- If this is a new page you’re creating – go to “Add New Page” in WordPress. Otherwise, open the existing page in the WordPress editor.
- While you’re still in edit mode for the page, look at the right-hand column and find the section “Page Attributes”.
- In that section, locate the dropdown that lets you select a “Parent” page (the default is “no parent”).
- If a page should be visible to anyone with an ECE account, choose “Restricted Access – ECE Only“.
- If a page should be limited to faculty and staff, choose “Restricted Access – Faculty/Staff Only“.
- To only allow faculty to access a page, choose “Restricted Access – Faculty Only“. 1
- That’s it! When you publish or update your page, the login requirement will be applied automatically.
Note that, if an existing page wasn’t already password-protected, following the steps above will change the page’s URL.
1 Note that “faculty only” access still allows certain staff to access the page – the department administrator and the assistant to the chair (additionally: because they administer ECE’s servers, departmental computing staff can get at any page if necessary).