Create a Lock on Articles

Applies to : Starter or Higher plans

Feature Description

The Lock on Articles feature allows store owners to restrict access to specific articles, ensuring that only authorized users can read exclusive content. This is perfect for premium blogs, subscriber-only guides, internal documentation, or VIP updates.

Store owners can control access using various authentication methods, such as customer login, passcodes, customer tags, email domains, or IP-based restrictions.

Setup Instructions

• Navigate to the Apps >> LockOn- Restrict Store application.

  

• Click on the Create lock button.

  

• Provide a name for your lock.

  

• Under the What to Lock section, navigate to the Select Content tab and choose the Articles option. This allows you to lock specific products while keeping the rest of your store accessible

  

• Scroll down and click on the Choose Articles button.

  

• Choose the articles on which you want to apply the lock and click on Select.

• If you want to add lock on more articles in future, then click on Add more articles button.

• Now select the lock criteria (logged in user, customer tag, country, city, IP address, selected customer, passcode) under the Control Access section.

  

• Choose whether you want to Allow or Restrict access to these users.

  

• Choose what happen when unauthorized user try to access locked content. You can either redirect them to login page, any store page, any URL or show them custom HTML code.

  

• You can apply the lock immediately or schedule it to activate at a specific time. Set a custom duration for the lock to automatically restrict or reopen access based on your store's needs.

• This is useful for time-sensitive restrictions, such as limited-time sales, exclusive member access, or temporary maintenance.

  

• Click on Save.