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title: Limiting the pages users can create
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/13/developing-websites/defining-website-content-structure/managing-page-types/creating-page-types.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/13/developing-websites/defining-website-content-structure/managing-page-types/extending-the-page-type-listing-filter.md
---

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This page explains how you can make creating new pages more intuitive for editors on your site. You can also use the same functionality to control which pages are created in certain sections of the site and under certain page types in general. There are two complementary ways how you can achieve this:

- [Allowed page types](#allowing-users-to-place-certain-pages-under-a-page-type) – define which page types users can place under the current page type. This is a general setting that doesn't take into account the path that users place the page types under.
- [Page type scopes](#specifying-which-pages-users-can-create-under-certain-paths) – define which page types users can use when creating new pages under specified paths. You can use scopes to distinguish certain sections of the website and restrict the pages that users can create in them.

## Allowing users to place certain pages under a page type

You can control which page types users can create under a specific page type. Do that by adding allowed types to a page type. For example, you may want to allow users to only create _Blog post_ page types under _Blog_ page types. This rule then applies everywhere on the site.

### Defining allowed child page types

1. Open the **Page types** application.
2. **Edit** () the page type under which you want to specify allowed page types.
3. Switch to the **Allowed types** tab.
4. Under **Allowed child page types**, click **Add page types**. A **Select page types** dialog opens.
5. Select the check box next to the page types that you want to add to the allowed child page types.
6. Confirm by clicking **OK**.

You have added allowed child page types.

> **Note:** When you add an _allowed child page type_, the system also automatically adds an _allowed parent page type_ to the child page that you are allowing.

![Allowed parent and child page types](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/limiting-the-pages-users-can-create/adding_allowed_types.png "Allowed parent and child page types")

## Specifying which pages users can create under certain paths

You can use page type scopes to narrow down the number of page types that users can select when they create new pages under specified paths. This makes creating new pages more intuitive, especially if you have many page types in the system. For example, on an online store website, you could want users to only create _E-Book_ page types under the _/Products/Books/_ path.

In this section, you can learn about:

![Creating a new page under a page type scope](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/limiting-the-pages-users-can-create/creating_new_page_under_scope.png "Creating a new page under a page type scope")

### Creating page type scopes

1. Open the **Page types** application.

2. Switch to **Scopes**.

3. In the **Site** drop-down list, select the site under which you want to create a new page type scope.

4. Click on **New** **scope**.

5. Specify the path the scope applies to in the **This scope covers** field. You can type the path in or use the **Select** button.

6. Specify the rest of the parameters.

   **General** – specify the scope coverage:

   1. **This scope covers** – use the **Select** button to specify the path to which you want the page type scope to apply. You can also type the path in the field directly.
   2. **Apply to the whole section** – enable if you want the scope to apply to all child pages under the specified path as well.

   **Page types** – specify the page types the scope allows users to create:

   1. **Allow all page types** – select the check box if you want the scope to allow users to create all page types under the specified path.
   2. **Allow only the following page types** – select the check box and **Add page types** to specify which page types users can create under the specified path.

   **Advanced** – specify additional options. These options are also limited to the page types you select in the Page types section.

   1. **Allow creating a linked page** – select the check box to allow users to create [linked pages](https://docs.kentico.com/13/managing-website-content/working-with-pages/copying-and-moving-pages-creating-linked-pages.md) under the scope.
   2. **Condition** – fill in a condition that further specifies when the scope is applied. For example, you can have two scopes cover the same path, and the more restrictive of the scopes then apply to users who do not have the Global administrator [privilege level](https://docs.kentico.com/13/managing-users/user-management.md). Scopes with a condition are evaluated before scopes without a condition.

7. **Save** the page type scope.

You have now created a new page type scope.

![Page type scope allowing users to create a single page type under a specified path](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/limiting-the-pages-users-can-create/creating_page_type_scope.png "Page type scope allowing users to create a single page type under a specified path")

### Managing page type scopes

In this section, you can learn about:

- [Limiting multiple page types to a specific scope](#limiting-multiple-page-types-to-a-specific-scope) – Use to add multiple page types to a single page type scope.
- [Limiting a page type to multiple scopes](#limiting-a-page-type-to-multiple-scopes) – Use to add a page type to multiple different page type scopes.
- [Removing multiple page types from a scope](#removing-multiple-page-types-from-a-scope) – Use to remove multiple page types from a single page type scope.
- [Removing a page type from multiple scopes](#removing-a-page-type-from-multiple-scopes) – Use to remove a single page type from multiple page types at once.

#### Limiting multiple page types to a specific scope

You can assign multiple page types to a single page type scope.

1. Open the **Page types** application.
2. Switch to **Scopes**.
3. In the **Site** drop-down list, select the site under which you want to add page types to an existing page type scope.
4. **Edit** () the page type scope.
5. Select the **Allow only the following page types** check box.
6. Click on **Add page types**. The **Select page types** dialog opens.
7. Select the check box next to the page types that you want to add.
8. Confirm by clicking **OK**.
9. **Save** the page type scope.

You have assigned page types to a page type scope.

#### Limiting a page type to multiple scopes

You can assign a page type to multiple different page types scopes.

1. Open the **Page types** application.
2. **Edit** () the page type to which you want to assign page type scopes.
3. Switch to the **Scopes** tab.
4. Click on **Add to scopes**. The **Select** **scopes** dialog opens.
5. Select the check box next to the page type scopes that you want to assign to the page type.
6. Confirm by clicking **OK**.

You have assigned page type scopes to a page type.

#### Removing multiple page types from a scope

You can remove multiple page types from a single page type scope.

1. Open the **Page types** application.
2. Switch to **Scopes**.
3. In the **Site** drop-down list, select the site under which you want to remove page types from an existing page type scope.
4. **Edit** () the page type scope.
5. Select the check box next to the page types that you want to remove.

   > **Tip:** If you want to remove all page types from the page type scope at once, click on (**...**) and choose **Remove all**.
6. Click **Remove selected**.
7. Confirm by clicking **OK**.
8. **Save** the page type scope.

You have removed page types from a page type scope.

#### Removing a page type from multiple scopes

You can remove a page type from multiple page type scopes at once.

1. Open the **Page types** application.
2. **Edit** () the page type from which you want to remove page type scopes.
3. Switch to the **Scopes** tab.
4. Select the check box next to the page type scopes that you want to remove from the page type.
5. Click on **Remove** **selected**.
6. Confirm by clicking **OK**.

You have removed page type scopes from a page type.

## Viewing which pages users are allowed to create under a specific page type

To list the pages users are allowed to create under a page type:

1. Open the **Page types** application.
2. **Edit** () the page type under which you want to view which pages are users allowed to create.
3. Switch to the **Allowed types** tab.

You have listed the page types users can create under a specific page type.

![Allowed parent and child page types](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/limiting-the-pages-users-can-create/adding_allowed_types.png "Allowed parent and child page types")

## Viewing which pages users are allowed to create under a specific path

To list the pages that users are allowed to create under a page type scope:

1. Open the **Pages types** application.
2. Switch to **Scopes**.
3. In the **Site** drop-down list, select the site under which you want to view which pages are users allowed to create under a specific path.
4. **Edit** () the page type scope(s) covering the path.

You have viewed the pages that users are allowed to create under a specific path.

**Note** that some page type scopes can cover not only their specified paths, but all their child pages as well. This is indicated by an enabled **Apply to the whole section** option.

![Document type scope covering a whole section](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/limiting-the-pages-users-can-create/page_type_scope_applied_to_whole_section.png "Document type scope covering a whole section")

## Viewing under which paths users are allowed to create a page

You can view under which paths users are allowed to create a certain page type. To do that, list the page type scopes the page type is assigned to:

1. Open the **Page types** application.
2. **Edit** () the page type for which you want to list the page type scopes.
3. Switch to the **Scopes** tab.
4. In the **Site** drop-down list, select the site under which you want to list the page type scopes.

You have listed the page type scopes to which a page type is assigned.

![Document type included in scopes](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/limiting-the-pages-users-can-create/page_type_in_scopes.png "Document type included in scopes")