Allow or Block a Category
Important Notes:
Changing defaultDefault Category Allow/Block settingssetting changes
The DrawBridge comes with a preset Action for each included Category. When you assign an Action (Allow/Block) to a Category, you're simply applying a change that gets higher priority than the default setting. This means:
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You don't need to re-specify your Action preference for every built-in Category -- you only need to include the Categories in your Access Policy that you wish to assign a different action to than is default.
For example: built-in Category Sports is set to a default action of Block.
- If Block is the action you prefer, you do not need to add it to an Access Policy (eg. Company Preferences) with an action of Block -- the default setting is already doing this.
- If Allow is the action you prefer, then you do need to add it to an Access Policy (eg. Company Preferences) with an action of Allow to override the default action.
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In the event a custom Access Policy is removed, the filter will revert to the default Action for that Category.
Default Category settings are Business-focused
The default settings for the Built-in Categories are tightly scoped to business-usage needs. Depending on your usage expectations, you will want to set more categories to Allow in your Company Preferences Access Policy, or in a custom Access Policy.
Allow a Category
- In the DrawBridge Console, click Accounts on the right sidebar, then click Companies
- In your Company record, click Access Policy Dashboard
- At the top of your Dashboard are quick action buttons for Allow and Block. Click the Category button on Allow
- In the popup window, select the category you wish to Allow from the dropdown list, and then click Save.
- Press CTRL + F5 on your keyboard, and then, if present, click Reload Redwood, and then Yes to apply your changes.
- After the notification bar indicates that the reload is complete, navigate back to where you were encountering the blockpage, and reload that page (CTRL+F5).
This procedure places the category selected into the Company Preferences Access Policy with an action of Allow assigned to it.
Note: Some Accountability Policies may restrict the ability to Allow a category. In such a case, you will either not be given the option to Allow a category, or you will receive an error message.
Block a Category
- In the DrawBridge Console, click Accounts on the right sidebar, then click Companies
- In your Company record, click Access Policy Dashboard
- At the top of your Dashboard are quick action buttons for Allow and Block. Click the Category button on Block
- In the popup window, select the category you wish to Block from the dropdown list, and then click Save.
- Press CTRL + F5 on your keyboard, and then, if present, click Reload Redwood, and then Yes to apply your changes.
- After the notification bar indicates that the reload is complete, navigate back to where you were encountering the content you were desiring to be blocked, and reload that page (CTRL+F5).
This procedure places the category selected into the Company Preferences Access Policy with an action of Block assigned to it.