How do I hide default content for everyone but admins?

[zla]

I got CMSMS installed and running. I've got a template installed and some content pages added as placeholders. But I also still have the default content visible. That is, users can see How CMSMS Works, Default Templates Explained, Default Extensions and all of their sub pages. If they go to the site map, they can see all of these pages.

What's the best way to make these pages only visible to myself / the admins group? I took a look at group permissions but I didn't see a group for anonymous / public users that would let me unassign the default content to public visitors. Ideally, I'd like a batch type interface that would let me assign all these pages together but I can do it one by one. However, I'm comfortable with SQL and can write / execute scripts if I know the relevant tables and / or columns to update.

I'd prefer not to delete all this valuable information.

Thanks in advance.

[RonnyK]

For the frontend, you could either create a private area, where you use FEU/CC to access that area.

Another Quick and Dirty one, is to create a top-level-page, which is hidden for the menu, and place the other pages below that one for viewing....

Personally I have a seperate site running with default content. I wont leave that on a production environment.

Ronny

[zla]

Thanks for the reply Ronny. I'm still very new to CMSMS, so...

How do I create a private area?
What is FEU/CC?

Am I correct that, technically, if the top level page is hidden, someone could still see the pages below it if they knew the correct URL, they could see the pages below the hidden one?

Thanks again.

[owr_bgld]

you can see each hidden page by tipping in the right url
you can'T see deactivated pages (even admins can's ee them in frontend.

FEU = Module FrontendUsers
CC = Module CustomContent

With FEU/CC you can make a login, so that only logged in users can see the site. or parts of it or ...