Forum:Private wikia's

Is it possible to make a Wikia that only a select people can view that is restricted via login/password?


 * 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.


 * 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  variable to limit administrators and above to view pages? Something like:


 * 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.
 * I understand; thank you for answering. 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)