What does "Access level" for a section mean

The "Access level" field in the section window controls two things at once: whether the item is visible in the menu and whether the page opens.

• Everyone — a regular public page. Only these are included in the sitemap and search results.
• Registered only — a guest is redirected to the login page, and after login is returned to this page.
• Guests only — for pages like login and registration: logged-in users don't need them.
• Administrators only — service sections.
• Nobody. Can navigate. — no menu item, but the page opens via direct link. This is how service pages like password recovery and pages you link to yourself work.
• Nobody. Close access. — the page is neither in the menu nor accessible via link: the visitor gets a 404.

Access for user groups. If user groups are set up on the site ("Users" tab in general settings), when the value is "Registered only", a list of groups appears below the field. The section is accessible to the checked group along with its subgroups. No checkmarks — the section is visible to all registered users.

An administrator sees any section regardless of access level — otherwise service pages couldn't be edited.

If it didn't work

• You deleted a system section, but it remained. System sections are not deleted but hidden: they are set to "Nobody. Can navigate.". This is intentional — the engine's operation depends on them.
• The page is closed but still in search. Search engines need time to re-crawl the site. The section is removed from the sitemap immediately.
• The user logged in but gets a 404. They are not in any of the checked groups. Assign them to a group on the "Users" tab.