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Is it possible to make a Wikia that only a select people can view that is restricted via login/password? —This unsigned comment is by Ghickey75 (wall • contribs). Please sign your comments by adding "~~~~" in the source editor.

Wikia doesn't host private wikis. -- 16:50, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

That somewhat goes against the whole definition of "wikia"... I think what you are after is a "website". Plenty of web hosts around. Wikia is a wiki site.

(Reset indent) DarkMoonRising €talk contribs 05:52, July 14, 2012.

No, it's not possible to restrict viewing of pages. Every page on a wiki is publicly viewable, so it's not even possible to have an "admin discussion area". However, it is possible to restrict editing of certain pages to admin-only. --452 02:12, July 21, 2012 (UTC)

Just out of interest, isn't it possible to use the wgUserGroups variable to limit administrators and above to view pages? Something like:

$(document).ready(function() {
     if (wgUserGroups == "sysop" || wgUserGroups == "bureaucrat" || wgUserGroups == "helper" || wgUserGroups == "staff") $(".WikiaMainContent").css("display","block");
     else $(".WikiaMainContent").html("This page cannot be viewed by non-sysop users.");
});

MateyY (talk • contribs) 02:48, July 21, 2012 (UTC)

Disregarding the part where hindering people from viewing a page is likely against the Terms of Use, someone could just disable JavaScript in their browser, or use Special:Export or any number of tricks to view the page.

Math magician ƒ(♫) 02:53 UTC, Sat, 21 July 2012

I understand; thank you for answering.

MateyY (talk • contribs) 02:57, July 21, 2012 (UTC)

I was going to say the same thing as Mathmagician. While it looks like wgUserGroups is useful for adding relevant links for admins, it's not possible to use to to securely hide something, as Javascript is a client-side script. Related discussion: Forum:User rights check for displaying content --452 02:59, July 21, 2012 (UTC)

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+Is it possible to make a Wikia that only a select people can view that is restricted via login/password? {{unsigned|Ghickey75}}
+:Wikia doesn't host private wikis. --{{User:PlasmaTime/SigReal|}} 16:50, June 22, 2012 (UTC)
+:::That somewhat goes against the whole definition of "wikia"... I think what you are after is a "website". Plenty of web hosts around. Wikia is a wiki site.<br />
+{{ri}}
+{{User:DarkMoonRising/sigreal.css|05:52, July 14, 2012}}
+:No, it's not possible to restrict viewing of pages. Every page on a wiki is publicly viewable, so it's not even possible to have an "admin discussion area". However, it is possible to restrict editing of certain pages to admin-only. --[[user:user452|452]] 02:12, July 21, 2012 (UTC)
+:: Just out of interest, isn't it possible to use the <code>wgUserGroups</code> variable to limit administrators and above to view pages? Something like:
+<source lang="javascript">
+$(document).ready(function() {
+     if (wgUserGroups == "sysop" || wgUserGroups == "bureaucrat" || wgUserGroups == "helper" || wgUserGroups == "staff") $(".WikiaMainContent").css("display","block");
+     else $(".WikiaMainContent").html("This page cannot be viewed by non-sysop users.");
+});
+</source>
+:: {{User|MateyY}} 02:48, July 21, 2012 (UTC)
+:::Disregarding the part where hindering people from viewing a page is likely against the Terms of Use, someone could just disable JavaScript in their browser, or use [[Special:Export]] or any number of tricks to view the page. {{User:Mathmagician/sig|02:53 UTC|Sat|21 July 2012}}
+:::: I understand; thank you for answering. {{User|MateyY}} 02:57, July 21, 2012 (UTC)
+:::I was going to say the same thing as Mathmagician.  While it looks like wgUserGroups is useful for adding relevant links for admins, it's not possible to use to to securely hide something, as Javascript is a client-side script.  Related discussion: [[Forum:User rights check for displaying content]] --[[user:user452|452]]  02:59, July 21, 2012 (UTC)