Create a Custom Site Group with Access to the Site Collection Web Part Gallery (Windows SharePoint Services 2.0)

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To ensure that a custom site group has access to the site collection Web Part gallery, you must first create the group in the top-level Web Site of the site collection, and then you can give the custom site group access to the site collection Web Part Gallery.

Create a custom site group in the top-level Web site

  1. On the Site Settings page for the top-level Web site in a site collection, in the Administration section, click Go to Site Administration.

  2. On the Site Administration page, in the Users and Permissions section, click Manage site groups.

  3. On the Manage Site Groups page, click Add a Site Group.

  4. In the Site Group Name and Description area, type the name and description for the new site group.

  5. In the Rights area, select the rights you want to include in the new site group. Make sure that the Edit Items right or the Add and Customize Pages right is selected if you want users to be able to customize Web Part pages. Make sure the Add/Remove Private Web Parts and Update Personal Web Parts rights are selected if you want users to be able to personalize Web Part pages.

    Note

    The Edit Items right gives members of the custom site group the right to edit all pages in the top-level Web site, including the home page.

  6. Click Create Site Group.

  1. On the Site Settings page for the top-level Web site of a site collection, in the Administration section, click Go to Site Administration.

  2. In the Site Collection Galleries area, select Manage Web Part gallery.

  3. On the Web Part Gallery page, click Modify settings and columns.

  4. Click Change permissions for this gallery.

  5. On the Change Permissions page, click Add Users.

  6. In the Step 1: Choose Users section, in the Users field, type the name of the custom site group.

    Note

    You cannot specify a custom site group that has been created in a subsite. You must specify a custom site group that was created in the top-level Web site. To give users of a subsite permission to the Web Part gallery, add the users to a cross-site group, and then grant the cross-site group access to the site collection Web Part gallery.

  7. In the Step 2: Choose Permissions section, choose a set of permissions. If you select Advanced Permissions, make sure that View List Items is selected.

  8. Click Next.

  9. In the Step 3: Confirm Users section, confirm the name of the custom site group, and then click Finish.

See Also

Concepts

Add a User or Group to a Document Library with Access to the Site Collection Web Part Gallery (Windows SharePoint Services 2.0)