Understand Nucleus Web Privacy Options

Just like with other Nucleus products, Nucleus Web ensures privacy options are baked into the system and aren’t just an afterthought. On the surface, it’s very simple. You have three privacy options to choose from for every page you create. But before selecting a privacy option for the pages you create, it’s super important to understand what powers these privacy controls: Connection Types.

In this guide, we'll cover the following topics. Click on any one to jump ahead.

Connection Types & People Records (Profiles)

Connection Types are at the heart of giving (or preventing) someone’s access to specific content. Whether certain pages on Nucleus Web, particular Flows, your church’s Prayer Wall, etc. - Connection Types are what tell Nucleus, “Yes, this person can view/access this content,” or, “No, this person cannot view/access this content.”

Connection Types are associated with each person’s Nucleus profile. When someone logs in using their email and password associated with their personal Nucleus account, the Connection Type associated with their profile is the key to unlocking (or keeping locked) particular pages on your Nucleus website.

People records (and logins) are created whenever someone interacts with The Launcher in the following ways:

Clicking on the Sign In button at the bottom of your Header Navigation Menu. This opens up the Launcher where someone can either sign in using previously created login credentials, or they can enter an email address and create a password to generate a brand new personal Nucleus account.

Clicking on The Launcher button and selecting Sign In in the top right corner. Just like mentioned above, here someone can either sign in using previously created login credentials, or they can enter an email address and create a password to generate a brand new personal Nucleus account.

At the end of a Flow when prompted to enter an email address to receive a digital receipt. After that, they are then prompted to create a password, which signs them into The Launcher either with previously created login credentials or by generating a brand new personal Nucleus account.

Note: The Launcher houses all of your church’s next steps and is automatically installed on your Nucleus Website. Click here to learn more about The Launcher by Nucleus.

While Nucleus Web and The Launcher are two distinct products, they truly work in tandem, especially regarding privacy controls. This is because, when someone signs into The Launcher, the Connection Type associated with their personal Nucleus account is used for both content in The Launcher and pages on your website.

This also means that, should you choose to remove The Launcher from your Nucleus website, you won’t be able to take advantage of privacy controls for Nucleus Web.

Click here to learn more about Connection Types and how to create/manage them.

Note: Just make sure before you create or manage Connection Types that you’re on the same page with other admins on your Nucleus account. Connection Types affect all Nucleus products, so what you do there could affect what someone else has set up regarding privacy controls.

Manage A Page’s Privacy Controls

When creating a new page in Nucleus Web, you have the opportunity to set a page’s privacy level. (Don’t worry - you can always change this later on.)

After naming your new page, you can select from the following three options:

  • Public means any person or robot on the internet can view, save, or screenshot all content on that page. It also means it's okay for this page and its content to be indexed and stored by search engines (e.g. Google). This will likely be the level you set for most pages on your website (or potentially all of them!).

  • Hidden means the content can still be seen or shared by anyone with the link. Hidden simply means it is unlisted and search engines will be told not to index the content. If you want your page fully protected, use the “Private” option.

    This option can be helpful in situations where you don’t want to make something accessible by just anyone who lands on your website, but you also don’t want to require people to login in order to view the content on the page.

  • Private means that you require a Nucleus login to access the page’s content. This fully protects your page and prevents indexing in search engines. Only those connected with your church who sign in and match the allowed Connection Type(s) can view this page.

This can be helpful if you have an event, small group, or volunteer opportunity that you specifically only want people associated with your church at some level to be able to read about / sign up for. Or if you have sensitive information you want to share with members of your church that you don’t want the general public to gain access to.

  • The Connection Types listed here are pulled directly from the Connection Types listed here in your overall Church Settings. You can select one or multiple Connection Types. Choosing these means that only those people logged in who have one of those selected Connection Types added to their profile will be allowed to access this page.

After creating a page, you can always manage the level of privacy it’s set to by clicking on Privacy Controls in the left sidebar while on the Create tab of the Page Editor.

You might have noticed that with the Hidden and Private options, there is a checkbox to allow the page’s basic information to display when added to a list.

In Nucleus Web, you can organize your pages into custom lists. But this goes beyond just organizational purposes for admins managing all your web pages. In the Cards Section of a page, you can easily link a list to it, which will pull all the pages associated with that list and display their basic page information (Name, Description, and Image) in a beautiful arrangement of cards. (If you’re familiar with Nucleus 1 Web, think of how the homepage was laid out with cards.)

When choosing to set a page as Hidden or Private, you have the option to allow whether that page will be displayed alongside all the other pages in a specific list, or if you’d like to prevent the page from appearing anywhere that list is showcased on your website.

Customize Your Status Pages

If you choose to set a page to Private, you’ll also want to take note of status pages for your Nucleus website.

To begin, click on Manage and select Site Settings in the dropdown menu. Then select Status Pages. Click here for a quick link.

Should someone land on a private page and isn’t logged in, they will see your site’s 401 Page (i.e. sign in required).

Should someone log in but doesn’t have the required Connection Type associated with their profile, they will then see your site’s 403 Page (i.e. unauthorized access).

While you are more than welcome to leave the default message as is, you can customize the messaging someone will see when they land on these pages. Simply Customize to do that.

Here, you can edit the page’s Headline and Body Text.

Below this, you can make adjustments to the two actions people can take. (By default, the 401 Page’s primary action is to sign in.)

Tip: While you’re here, you might as well take a look at your site’s 404 Page (i.e. page unavailable / not found). Even though this isn’t related to your site’s privacy controls, it is another potential status page someone could come across. So go ahead and check the default message to see if you want to make any edits.

Don’t forget to save any changes you make here!

Interacting With Privacy Controls On Your Website

Now that you understand the privacy controls in Nucleus Web and have adjusted any verbiage or button destinations on your status pages, what will this look like to a visitor on your website who comes across a private page?

Using the default messaging Nucleus provides, below is what it looks like when someone isn’t logged in and lands on a private page. (This is the 401 Page.)

Clicking the Sign In button opens up The Launcher for the visitor to sign in.

After signing in, if they have the allowed Connection Type on their profile, they’ll see the private content on the page. But if their Connection Type doesn’t match the allowed Connection Type(s) in your privacy settings, then they will see your site’s 403 Page.

Of course, if someone is already logged in, they would bypass the 401 Page altogether. To allow greater opportunities for people to login elsewhere on your website, consider enabling the Sign In button in your Header’s Navigation Menu.

Doing so will showcase a Sign In button whenever someone clicks to open your site’s Header Menu.

To do this, go to your site’s Design Panel and select Header in the left sidebar. Click here for a quick link.

Clicking on Turn On/Off Content, make sure that both Navigation and Actions are checked off. (If not, select both and Apply Changes.)

Under Navigation, select which menu you want to showcase in the Header of your website. (While you can select any of the three options, we recommend choosing Main just for simplicity’s sake.)

Below this, you’ll see Actions. Click on + Add an Action.

Then choose Sign In (Nucleus Account) and click Add New Action. 

Note: You can choose another type of action if you’d like. But keep in mind, you can only have one action in your Header.

Lastly, click on Exit and then Save & Close.

Now, anytime someone opens up the menu in your Header, they’ll see an option to sign in. Click on this will open the Launcher directly to where they can login using their Nucleus credentials.

What Next?

Before moving on to building the rest of the pages that will make up your website, it's important to be introduced to Smart Data and how that can be utilized on your website. Of course, you can get straight back into creating all your pages, but you might be wondering what the Staff & Leaders section is when doing so 😉

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