Section Segmentation and User Permissions Part 1 of 2
Thursday 26 June 2008 4:49:00 am
To create a new section, all you have to do is to provide a name and a navigation part, as explained in the procedure below:
1. Click the New section button in the Sections interface. This will take you to the Section editing interface for the new section:
Section editing interface
2. Enter a name for the new section in the Name input field.
3. Select a navigation part from the dropdown list. You will recognize the names of the Administration Interface main menu tabs within this list. Recall that the navigation part dictates which tab is accessed when working with objects in the section.
4. Click the OK button to create the section or the Cancel button to abort the procedure.
The newly created section will show up in the section listing. It will automatically be assigned the next unused section ID. As seen in the screenshot below, our new section is titled "My new section" and has an ID of "7".
Section added
Assigning a section
To assign a section to a subtree, follow the procedure below. Note that you cannot assign a section directly when creating or editing the section itself.
- Open the Sections interface (click the Sections link in the Setup tab).
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Click the Assign button to the right of the desired section.
This will open the Browse interface within the navigation part you selected for the section. Navigate using the available tabs, the tree menu and the content list. - Use the checkboxes to select a node to which to assign the section. You can select multiple nodes. Then, click the Select button. The assignment will be carried out for the selected node (or more accurately, its encapsulated object) and the corresponding subtree.
You can also assign a section to a subtree by opening the target object for editing and changing the section in the Section window before publishing a new version. However, if you are not going to make any content changes to the object, it is best to use the Sections interface.