By memberr on

Hey,

i'm looking for a way to allow visitors to have acess to the front page only.

this front page will display news (nodes) teasers and if people are interested in reading the whole story, the login form will appear.

is there a way to control this ?

cus now if i allow content access to authentified users only, there's an error message that appears to the anonymous users.
i installed the login toboggan module so now instead of the error they're redirected to the login form
but still, if a visitor comes for the first time and doesn't know what the website is about, he won't register first.

thanks

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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Phillip Mc’s picture

Phillip Mc commented

the front page module has that functionality for version 6.x, i.e. you can switch on ACCESS FRONT PAGE for anonymous users while having ACCESS CONTENT switched off for anon users.

jefftrnr’s picture

jefftrnr commented

I'd like to set up my site so that anonymous users just have access to the front page and the promoted nodes it includes on it. All other content should require a login.

Basically, it seems to me, the best fit would be if I can tie node-access with workflow somehow. What's the best way I should do this?

I haven't seen this specifically available on any access modules I've tried for Drupal 5. Does Front Page do this for Drupal 6?

memberr’s picture

memberr commented

Hi,

The front page module seems to fit exactely what you're trying to do.
I've been using for a while now and it allows you to present a page to anonymous users, but once they try to reach the nodes they're invited to log-in or create a new user account

You may want to check this module as well : Premium

Restricts access to premium content by role.

This is useful on a news or membership site where teasers are available to the general public but the full body is only available to privileged users. Premium nodes appear in listings with full title and teaser available to anyone. If a user does not have adequate privileges, the body is replaced with an administrator-defined message (for example, an invitation to join the site).

Premium features time settings, so premium status can end (protecting latest content), or begin (protecting archived content) after an admin-defined timeframe.

Because this module does not use the node access system, it does not hide items that are unavailable to a user and is more efficient for large sites. Premium Content can be used in conjunction with any node access module to provide advanced access control.

p.s:

>> Phillip Mc : i'm sorry i just realised i've never answered back to say thanks :s
THANK YOU !!