Kentico CMS allows you to easily create secured website areas that are accessible only by authenticated users. When an non-authenticated (public) user comes to the secured section, they are redirected to the logon page specified for the site at Site Manager -> Settings -> Security & Membership -> Website logon page URL.

 

You can mark any section of the website as a secured site area by setting Properties -> Security -> Requires authentication to:

 

•Yes - page is secured, authentication is required to access it

•No - authentication is not required to access the page

•Inherits - value of the setting is required from the parent page

 

 

Configuration of a secured site area

 

This example explains how to secure the Products section of the sample Corporate Site.

 

1. Sign in as administrator to CMS Desk. Go to the Content section and click the Products document in the content tree.

 

2. Click Properties -> Security. Set the value of the Requires authentication attribute to Yes and click OK.

 

3. Go to Site Manager -> Settings -> Security & Membership and choose the Corporate Site site in the drop-down list. Make sure the Website logon page URL is set to ~/SpecialPages/Logon-page.aspx. This is the URL of the site's logon page. You can either use the system logon page ~/cmspages/logon.aspx or you can define your own as demonstrated on the sample Corporate Site.

 

4. Go to CMS Desk -> Content, click the Logon Page document under the Special Pages folder and select the Design tab. As you can see, the page is based on  the Corporate Site - Logon page page template that contains the Logon form web part and the Registration form web part.
 

 

5. Sign out and click Products in the main menu. You are redirected to the logon form:
 

 

6. Sign in as administrator and you will see the Products section.