Group-specific starting point

[David Sims]

Is it possible to have specific groups start on different Pages or Modules? For example, one group would start on a published Page and another group would start on a different Page.

[Marc Stridgen]

There isn't currently any facility for doing this within the platform. What is it you are trying to achieve however? In most instances where this is the case, it tends to be for advertising subscription sign up. If you can give more information, there may actually be ways around this, by suppressing items from certain groups, amending error pages etc

[David Sims]

I have two groups of members. I'd like for each group to start at a Page that is specific to them. Group 1 would see Page 1 as their "home page". Group 2 would see page 2 as their "home page". Neither group will see the other group's "home page". Currently, everyone logs in and they get the front page of the Forum. Because the two groups have access to different things, I'd like a "home page" that gives them a good starting point with relevant information for their specific group.

[Marc Stridgen]

The only way to do this within the software itself, would be instead of creating 2 pages, you just create 1 with different blocks that the different groups can see. 

Example

Topic feed - Thats fine as people can only see their own
WYSIWYG block - Permission only given to group A
WYSIWYG block - Permission only given to group B
Some page builder block- Permission only given to group A
Some page builder block- Permission only given to group B

And so on

[David Sims]

Ah... nice workaround. That may work. Thanks for the suggestion!

[David Sims]

Where would I set these permissions? When I look at the Visibility settings of a WYSIWYG block I see "Show on all devices?" but no permissions based on groups.

[Marc Stridgen]

You would need to create custom blocks in your admin CP. You can then add those custom blocks using the custom block type on the front end. By doing it this way, you can apply permissions to each block

Just to add, thank you for your question. I have added this as an internal note for creating guides on. It's a nice little project others may find helpful

[David Sims]

That's what I was thinking, but I don't see the WYSIWYG editor as an option.

[Marc Stridgen]

OK, so instead of selecting "Plugin" select "Custom. You are then given the option of using the editor, which is the same thing. So the flow is this

 

Select custom

Add a name

Add some content on the content tab, then save

Select the permissions and save

Hope that helps

[Marc Stridgen]

Just thought I would come back to this to let you know we have added a quick case study for people who want to achieve this using the pages application. Of course if there is anything you feel would be good to add in there, feel free to let me know.

 

[IPCommerceFan]

I would love to be able to react to guides, because I'd be +1'ing this one if I could. lol

[Marc Stridgen]

On 10/8/2021 at 5:51 PM, IPCommerceFan said:

I would love to be able to react to guides, because I'd be +1'ing this one if I could. lol

Haha, the fact you find it useful is enough for us 🙂