Comments on: How to make content private in Drupal

By: Sushil Gupta

Sushil Gupta — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:50:36 +0000

Thank you for the information, I was looking for such type of requirement.

By: Bjorn

Bjorn — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:58:27 +0000

Thanks, just the info I needed !

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:07:38 +0000

Thanks for this write up, exactly what I needed. I use this module in combination with the front_page module, so that the front page for anonymous users is just a general welcome page, urging the visitors to request an account, while once logged in, the authenticated users get the standard drupal front page that shows a river of news.

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By: Naq

Naq — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:33:20 +0000

Thank you, very helpful. I had used this years ago, but couldn’t remember how, so your post helped me get up to speed.

By: fbloggs

fbloggs — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:10:24 +0000

I agree with you about the power of being able to create any roles you want. However, the default permissions settings (for any role- those shipped or custom ones you create) do not provide the ability to hide content from a role. Using the content-access module you can prevent access for any role. What I plan to do next is try installing an access module that allows you to deny or allow access for specific users to content or content types. I suspect that’s what the ACL module does, but I’m not sure yet.

By: Richard B.

Richard B. — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:06:34 +0000

Making content private in Drupal is what caught my attention first with the program.

First, create the different roles. Unlike other CMS programs (like, Joomla or WordPress) you can create as many roles as you’d like.

Create the pages needed.

Now assign the specific roles that have permission to view each page.

For example, you could have a three tier membership site. All members see the entry level content. Next, the advanced and average users can view the content aimed at average users. And of course only the advanced users see the advanced content.

Althought only three tiers are used in the example you are really unlimited in the number of tiers using Drupal.