Terms of Use are important when you need them, but not all Sites do. They’re not first in the Instance Settings interface, but they’re one of the first things to configure for your virtual instance.
Configure Terms of Use for the virtual instance at Control Panel → Configuration → Instance Settings. In the Configuration tab, scroll down to the Terms of Use section and expand it.
Since the Terms of Use page is enabled by default, one of your first actions should be to disable or replace the default, placeholder terms. You can disable the requirement for all Users to read the terms of use or set the Group ID and Article ID for the Web Content Article that contains your Terms of Use.
To find a Web Content Article’s ID:
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Go to the Site Menu → Content → Web Content.
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Click on the Terms of Use article. Its ID appears at the top of the screen, with the Version and Workflow Status.
Figure 1: The Web Content Article ID is displayed in the edit screen.
The Group ID is the ID of the Site the Web Content is associated with. To find the Group/Site ID:
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Go to Site Menu → Configuration → Site Settings.
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Find the Site ID field in the General tab. Enter it into the Group ID field.
Figure 2: The Site ID in Site Settings is the Group ID in the terms of Use configuration.
Save the configuration and now all users signing in for the first time see your Terms of Use article. Users must agree to the Terms of Use to register their User Accounts.
Figure 3: Turn a Web Content Article into the Site's Terms of Use page.