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Greets, Per our documentation, the access restrictions of folders do not restrict the items recursively within them. Making a folder restricted only restricts the folder itself. If you'd like individual items to be restricted, you just need to set the access restrictions on the individual items themselves. Folder from Writing.Com 101  Do access restrictions on a folder affect it's child item? No. The access restrictions on a Folder do not affect the access restrictions of the items assigned to that Folder item. Restricting access on a folder will remove that folder from display within your public portfolio to those who do not meet that access requirement. It will also disallow the viewing of that folder's contents from the listing in the Portfolio tab. However, it will NOT restrict access on the individual items assigned to that Folder item. These items will still be included in and accessible via Writing.Com's public listing pages unless you also set the access restrictions on those individual items. If you do not want these items to be viewed, each individual item's access level will need to be set. More specific to your queries: While what you're explaining may technically work, if the items are publicly accessible, they can be accessed by anyone -- though you are perhaps in what you describe making them more challenging for a random person to find via the NPL rating, it's not impossible and should someone find the item, they'll be able to view it if there's no access restriction. NPL is also officially the highest content rating, since it's no rating at all and so some people with content rating restrictions may be excluded from accessing the items. To be sure only your group members can see access these specific items, set the correct content rating and then make the Access Restriction on those items to the same group as you had made the folder. Best wishes, ~~SM  If your problem is with an item, please include its Item ID! New member? Start here! "Getting Started: Table of Contents" Find answers in our FAQ... http://www.writing.com/main/faq Need Non-Technical Support? "Non-Technical Support Forum"  |
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