change access level on multiple articles?

[jt_04]

hi, i'm new to joomla and so far loving it. I'd like to restrict my whole site so no one can read any articles without logging in. unfortunately, i've already created quite a bit of content (> 125 articles) with a "public" access level.

What is the best way to change the access level on all my articles at once?

or is there a better way to secure the site so no one can read anything without logging in?

thanks!!

jt

[ranwilli]

Changeing the articles to "Registered" is the correct way to restrict access, sorry, the Joomla Interface does not provide a convenient way to change the articles all at once.

If you have access to something like phpMyAdmin, you could change them all at once.

[jt_04]

thank you for the quick information! it looks like I will be doing some repetitive clicking. I've fooled around with phpmyadmin but since I'm not an expert, I'm too afraid of corrupting my database.

as a follow up question, is there a way to set the default access level to "registered", so that new articles will automatically have that access level?

thanks again.

[ranwilli]

Not without hacking, I'm afraid.

[mfuller526]

This is an older post. In Joomla 2.5 > article manager > bottom of page > batch processing. Just select your articles first then process. Quick 'n easy.

[ranwilli]

It's a Joomla 1.5 thread... and the newer posts to older threads don't really help anyone unless they specifically refer to 1.5