Note: this document is not intended to cover every detail of what has changed with Serif Web Resources; it is a summary
outlining the most significant changes that all users should be aware of. For more information on the rest of the new features
and changes to Serif Web Resources, please refer to your user manual.
Access Controls have been merged with Mailing Lists. As such, there are two 'display modes' for an Access Control: 'Mailing List'
mode and 'Access Control' mode. The mode set affects management of the object and also how the object appears to your website's
visitors. The user interface for management of Access Control objects has also been reworked, separating out different areas of
functionality into tabs to reduce the clutter of the interface and keep more advanced options out of the way of day to day
operations.
Mailing Lists have been merged with Access Controls. This is because a Mailing List essentially serves the same purpose as
an Access Control - to manage users. The functionality that used to be provided by a Mailing List has been added to Access Controls,
for example exporting the list in various formats, importing from CSV; also, the simple email address signup form that website
visitors would see is now displayed by an Access Control that is set to 'Mailing List' mode. Please see the section on Access
Controls for more information.
Previously there were two different ways to manage user access to areas of your site protected by Page Security. The
simpler 'User List' has now been phased out and merged with Access Control User Groups. To facilitate this change and ensure
existing websites using Page Security continue to work, we have migrated all User Lists to the Access Control system. If you
had, for example, two websites each with a User List to protect pages, you will now find you have two Access Control objects
each with a User Group corresponding to the User List, and the users from your User List will be in that group.
If you want to make a new group for Page Security, you must do via managing an Access Control object.