I have a site (www.fhtmdownloads.com) where I want the admin user to have access to everything but a file called training.htm which is obviously located inside of the main root folder of the site. I want a second user to have access only to the training.htm page and nothing else.

What I did was highlighted the main root folder, and gave the admin access to it. I then highlighted the training.htm page and gave the second user access to it.

The problem I'm facing is when you enter the site the admin login credentials work perfectly, but when you select the training page, it prompts for the login (which is the second users login credentials) and the page opens up partially and then it prompts for you to enter the login credentials again, and you have to enter the admin login credentials for the page to complete loading.

What I am wondering is can I somehow make it so that the second users login credentials are all that it takes to open up the training.htm page? I don't want it to prompt the user to enter the login info a second time, which is different from the initial login for that particular page of the site.

Any help will be greatly appreciated, as always.

If you are using web access manager the answer to this question is yes. All you have to do is allow permissions for each page within the file to the given user. This sounds confusing. Say you have an admin who wants access to everything in file X. Then you have a regular user who will be given to only half of file X, just set up a sub folder with half the files and give permissions for that person. Make sure your permissions for admin are also set for this folder that way they have access to both. In your case, if you just set the permissions of that .htm page for the one user it should work without him/her having access to the whole file.

I think this hurt rather than helped. Hard to explain.

I think my question is similar to the above but sorry I don't understand the reply.

In my case I produce for my local church a website which has a number of pages which I update regularly using CC Direct ftp. I want to keep this ability but wish to give permission to a few others to update specific pages of the website from their own pc.

Using my example website is www.fairfieldmethodistchurch.org.uk
pages I wish to give others ability to change are :

HISTORY (methhist.html)
LINKS (links.html)

Remembering I also wish to be able to change these pages as well as others.

How do I do it?
Thanks

Russ

If you want others to update pages on your website, they will need FTP access. That would require an FTP client application like Direct FTP, as well as the login information for your server. You can either give them your FTP information, or create a separate FTP account using your hosting control panel, if your account is allowed more than 1. I don't believe you can limit access to individual pages but you can limit access to certain directories.

Another thing to keep in mind also is the mess this "could" create by giving multiple people the ability to edit site pages. Do keep in mind that every time someone wants to change a page they will HAVE to download the page first and change it from that page. If someone accidentally forgets to download the page, they will be overwriting whatever someone else just uploaded and that could be multiple changes from multiple people that get wiped out and create quite a mess. Just a thought, unfortunately not a pleasant one lol.

That certainly is a valid point when you have multiple authors. To prevent current information from being overwritten, all site authors must ensure they are working with the most current version of a webpage prior to editing the file. Consistently is the key. Everyone must make it a habit to always download the target file from the remote server prior to performing site updates, and never work with a copy of the filed stored locally. Absolute control is not necessary as long as all site authors observe this practice.