How to give client quick access to preview website when Site status is set to No

How to give client quick access in MODx revolution to preview website (Front-end) when Site status is set to No?

Hi,

2 possibilities come to my mind:
- create an account (with proper rights) to your client
- set the site status to online, put a temporary landing page for home if you don’t want anyone else to see the website (check site_start) and give your client the correct url (http://dns.tld/real-home-page)

Thanks Romain!

I will try your suggestions.

I can remember from Evo that there was an option to only give access to the front-end and not the manager, but I can’t find it on Revo.

Well, as far as i remember, in Evo you get 2 types of users: web users (front-end) & manager users (back).
That’s no more the case in Revo, users get rights for front &/or back.
Anyway, you could either create a user with only front-end access (to the required context(s)), set a login form… but as you asked for a "quick" way, i didn’t mention that

Good luck!

Thanks!

Quote from: Romain at May 16, 2011, 03:12 AM

Anyway, you could either create a user with only front-end access (to the required context(s)), set a login form… but as you asked for a "quick" way, i didn’t mention that

If the site is "offline" is this scenario really possible? If you add a login form to the front-end and the site is offline you presumably wouldn’t be able to see it without first needing to log in to the manager...or so I would assume?

The only way I can think of that makes sense is a way I can’t figure out how to accomplish in revo, and that would be to set a "start page" (as it’s known in Evo) for when a user logs in. That way when a client logs in rather than being directed to the manager page, it directs to the home page of the site (which they have permissions for).

Is there a way to set a "start page" for users in revo like you could in evo?