Password Protect / Lock INDIVIDUAL portfolio project pages

Hi All,

Pretty bummed out right now. Just finished a week long migration from cargo collective only to find out the portfolio sub page don't seem to be lockable. My plan is the basic one.

My site structure is essentially a home page and 3 sub portfolios: art, design, and writing

I see how you can lock an entire portfolio. I do not need or want to do this. I want to lock ONLY 2-3 individual projects. 

Please tell me I'm missing something or that all this requires is an upgrade.

Otherwise why in the heck is this not possible. Seems so basic.

thanks!

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@AnthonyAnthonyYou're spot on. I want this feature as well and it's not available based on my last contact with Squarespace.

I'm trying to find a work-around including creating a separate password-protected page and trying to override the Project link to direct to my separate page. 

For those who have portfolio work, much of our work is not public-facing and cannot be shared publicly but passwords allow us to show those who sign NDAs, etc. It's essential to a portfolio. 

@squarespace - Please prioritize this feature for your Creative folx 

You can password a 7.1 portfolio page but not a portfolio section. 

Depending on the template such as Avenue you can password an index page in 7.0  or any page in that index as well. Some templates such as Brine, which is the inspiration for 7.1 will not allow pages in an index to be password protected. 

On 1/11/2021 at 5:43 PM, derricksrandomviews said:

You can password a 7.1 portfolio page but not a portfolio section. 

Depending on the template such as Avenue you can password an index page in 7.0  or any page in that index as well. Some templates such as Brine, which is the inspiration for 7.1 will not allow pages in an index to be password protected. 

 

Thanks for the quick reply. I understand it's not an available feature but I'm seeing over 7 threads requesting password functionality for portfolio pages in Squarespace. Is this something the Squarespace dev team can prioritize? 

I was told by dev support that it wasn't a prioritized enhancement but here are the threads I've found from Squarespace users from the last year to show you the interest in this. It would be a shame if all of these people moved to another platform if this functionality - that exists on other pages - can't be replicated to portfolio pages.

1. Jan 9th, 2020 - https://forum.squarespace.com/topic/155051-disabling-portfolio-project-pages-in-squarespace-version-71/
2. Jan 21st, 2020 - https://forum.squarespace.com/topic/155635-cant-add-single-page-passwords-to-71-portfolio-pages/
3. June 27th, 2020 - https://forum.squarespace.com/topic/165206-password-protecting-an-individual-project-in-71/
4. August 3rd, 2020 - https://forum.squarespace.com/topic/175445-password-protect-lock-individual-portfolio-project-pages/
5. August 31st, 2020 - https://forum.squarespace.com/topic/169107-password-protecting-a-specific-portfolio-page/
6. October 17th, 2020 - https://forum.squarespace.com/topic/172039-disappointed-with-permissions-on-new-platform/
7. December 3rd, 2020 - https://forum.squarespace.com/topic/175445-password-protect-lock-individual-portfolio-project-pages/

I keep seeing Squarespace's response as linking to this password page, which doesn't apply to the portfolio pages. In fact, this page says it's not available so please stop directing us there. Can you please add this to the Squarespace enhancement roadmap?

@Jo_G @SusanaR @derricksrandomviews

Here's another summary of the number of posts requesting this: https://forum.squarespace.com/topic/172039-disappointed-with-permissions-on-new-platform/?do=findComment&comment=404181

Thanks

SS doesn't necessarily monitor this forum for feature requests. Contact customer service with your feature request.

18 hours ago, creedon said:

SS doesn't necessarily monitor this forum for feature requests. Contact customer service with your feature request.

@creedon thanks for the reply. I've contacted them twice and the response has been "there's not enough interest in this feature". I'm seeing the opposite. 

I'm at the point of moving my sites to other platforms that can accommodate password protected portfolio pages

Having the same exact issue. Just spent 5 months creating a portfolio in 7.1 only to realize that I can't password protect individual portfolio pages. Really hoping that months of work hasn't been in vane because some client work can't be public. Does anyone have a workaround?

Thanks

2 hours ago, supercarts said:

Having the same exact issue. Just spent 5 months creating a portfolio in 7.1 only to realize that I can't password protect individual portfolio pages. Really hoping that months of work hasn't been in vane because some client work can't be public. Does anyone have a workaround?

Thanks

currently the only way is to hide them from the portfolio page

it's not really good but is a temporary solution for now

I'm really hoping this will be resolved soon. I've been struggling with this for months now as well.

What will it take for Squarespace admin to see this is causing serious issues for so many of the users?? 

4 months later and there's still no solution to password protecting Squarespace Portfolio pages.

I've requested a ticket through customer care on 3 occasions. There's now 12+ threads on this issue. Yay.

I am going through the same thing. This should 100% be a functionality. I wish I had known this before creating my site. I would have chosen a different platform. 

same issue. this is a pretty big deal. I'd be interested to know if anyone has a hack/solve for this issue. Squarespace is obviously not interested

Same issue. Very frustrating, I have projects that need to be password protected for confidentiality reasons.

Especially since you cannot even duplicate an individual portfolio page OUTSIDE of the project page. 

I'm also having this issue, is there any work around or any way to un-nest the page I've created so I don't lose it?

If I can't figure out a work around to this, and soon, it will be the reason I move to another platform.  As with so many other creators I have a lot of work that can't be freely available online, but that is an essential part of my portfolio.  Disappointed that such basic functionality does not exist and nothing has been done about it.

I recently solved a similar problem for a member
To set a password for an individual projects, follow these steps

1. Add a standard page in Not Linked >> Don't add any content for this page

2. Set up a password & add this code into Page Header

<script>
window.location.href = "https://beaverhero.com";
</script>

Replace beaverhero with individual project url

3. Add this code to Settings > Advanced > Code Injection > Footer

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
	// project 1
	$('a.portfolio-hover-item[href="/work/ikigai"]').attr('href','https://beaverhero.com');
	// project 2
	$('a.portfolio-hover-item[href="/work/beams"]').attr('href','https://abc.com');
});
</script>

• Replace /work/ikigai with individual project url
• replace beaverhero, abc.com with standard page (you created in step 1)

Explain

• SS doesn't allow to setup a password for individual projects, so the idea here is
• Click on an individual project in Portfolio Page >> Redirect the user immediately to a standard page A >> Set a password for page A >> If the user types the correct password >> Instantly redirect to the original individual project . If the user mistypes, an error occurs and they need to re-enter the password.

On 10/14/2021 at 4:12 AM, tuanphan said:

I recently solved a similar problem for a member
To set a password for an individual projects, follow these steps

1. Add a standard page in Not Linked >> Don't add any content for this page

2. Set up a password & add this code into Page Header

<script>
window.location.href = "https://beaverhero.com";
</script>

Replace beaverhero with individual project url

3. Add this code to Settings > Advanced > Code Injection > Footer

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
	// project 1
	$('a.portfolio-hover-item[href="/work/ikigai"]').attr('href','https://beaverhero.com');
	// project 2
	$('a.portfolio-hover-item[href="/work/beams"]').attr('href','https://abc.com');
});
</script>

• Replace /work/ikigai with individual project url
• replace beaverhero, abc.com with standard page (you created in step 1)

Explain

• SS doesn't allow to setup a password for individual projects, so the idea here is
• Click on an individual project in Portfolio Page >> Redirect the user immediately to a standard page A >> Set a password for page A >> If the user types the correct password >> Instantly redirect to the original individual project . If the user mistypes, an error occurs and they need to re-enter the password.

I followed these instructions, but when I click on my portfolio project, it still brings me to the project page and does not redirect to the password protected page. I have additionally tried using the URL mapping section of Squarespace settings to redirect the page, and nothing.

I have tried debugging by redirecting a non-portfolio page to another non-portfolio page, neither of which with passwords, and redirecting does not seem to be working at all. 

I'm quite frustrated. Do you have any other suggestions @tuanphan? Thank you so much, I appreciate it!

And @squarespace, it honestly makes no sense to me why you would have such a prohibitive (lack of a) feature. Please please fix it.

On 1/7/2022 at 10:37 AM, erical said:

 

I followed these instructions, but when I click on my portfolio project, it still brings me to the project page and does not redirect to the password protected page. I have additionally tried using the URL mapping section of Squarespace settings to redirect the page, and nothing.

I have tried debugging by redirecting a non-portfolio page to another non-portfolio page, neither of which with passwords, and redirecting does not seem to be working at all. 

I'm quite frustrated. Do you have any other suggestions @tuanphan? Thank you so much, I appreciate it!

And @squarespace, it honestly makes no sense to me why you would have such a prohibitive (lack of a) feature. Please please fix it.

What is your site url? We can check easier

YO! yes need individual project password capability. Seems like a simple feature to add no? Some work by designers and artists are confidential but need to share limitedly to make a living. thanks. would be great to get this feature ASAP!

UPDATE One way around on this is to create a separate "Not linked" page. this can be password protected. However, you can't direct them through the image block in your gallery/portfolio page but you can add a landing page which can say the confidentiality of this project and add a button that will link to the "not linked" page you created. 

Also note, you will need to re-create the layout to match your other non-secure pages–or not. whatever floats your boat. 

but again, @squarespace_developer need to make this a functionality so users wont have to go through this.

On 1/10/2022 at 2:46 AM, tuanphan said:

What is your site url? We can check easier

Hey Tuanphan. I tried this as well and it doesn't seem to be working. Goodbehavior.co

Each 

On 10/14/2021 at 3:12 PM, tuanphan said:

I recently solved a similar problem for a member
To set a password for an individual projects, follow these steps

1. Add a standard page in Not Linked >> Don't add any content for this page

2. Set up a password & add this code into Page Header

<script>
window.location.href = "https://beaverhero.com";
</script>

Replace beaverhero with individual project url

3. Add this code to Settings > Advanced > Code Injection > Footer

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
	// project 1
	$('a.portfolio-hover-item[href="/work/ikigai"]').attr('href','https://beaverhero.com');
	// project 2
	$('a.portfolio-hover-item[href="/work/beams"]').attr('href','https://abc.com');
});
</script>

• Replace /work/ikigai with individual project url
• replace beaverhero, abc.com with standard page (you created in step 1)

Explain

• SS doesn't allow to setup a password for individual projects, so the idea here is
• Click on an individual project in Portfolio Page >> Redirect the user immediately to a standard page A >> Set a password for page A >> If the user types the correct password >> Instantly redirect to the original individual project . If the user mistypes, an error occurs and they need to re-enter the password.

Portfolio Page has 4 layout types. Each layout will need a different class name. If above code doesn't work on your case. Please share link to your site, we can give the new code

Hi! I'm having this issue right now. Does any one knows if it has been fixed? I really need to lock a specific proyect ASAP but be able to still see it as part of the portfolio grid in the landing page!

I'd like to elaborate on my process for password protecting projects.

1. I created a separate portfolio page and named it "Private"
2. Set a password
3. Moved it to the "Not Linked" section
4. Added projects to it and published.

Now I can securely share its URL with specific people while providing the password or I can present it during an interview without sharing the password with anyone.

And now I have one public portfolio page with public projects and a private portfolio page.

This direction doesn't require any custom code or anything, simply using SS available features.

Let me know if this helps 🙂

Hello all! Currently trying to apply the code above and I'm wondering if I need to upgrade to a Business plan to add the code into the header and footer - looks like it.

alibibbo.com is my domain, and I'm trying to password protect this project: https://www.alibibbo.com/photography-1/color 

You helped me this week with this portfolio, so note that the global CSS on the photography page has been edited to make the portfolio items come up as 4x3 - not sure if that changes anything for layout of the new page, or if I would have to code that into the CSS as well so the layouts match.

Any guidance is appreciated!

1 hour ago, amb24 said:

I'm wondering if I need to upgrade to a Business plan to add the code into the header and footer - looks like it.

The answer is yes. You need the business plan or above to run JavaScript.