Access Limitations When Sharing Parent page with Child Page as public Links

Question

Could someone please inform me once I've designated the parent page and child page as public links and shared them with the client? Currently, they can only access the parent page and not the child page. I would appreciate guidance on how to resolve this issue.

Rajith Ravindranathan · Answer

Hi Kristian,
Yes, what you mentioned is indeed accurate. I implemented a workaround by linking child page public links to the child page macro topic in parent page)  to synchronize effectively with the parent page. Everything is functioning smoothly now. the client can access now all the pages.

Kristian Klima_gtcuat · Answer

Hi @Rajith Ravindranathan and welcome to the Community.

Check restrictions on individual content. This typically happens when the content on such a page is an excerpt, page inclusion, or is synced via an app from another space.

It can get more nuanced:

If I share a page that has a child pages macro, I get the 'no access' warning on the public link despite the fact that I also enabled public links on the child pages.

Public links always work in isolation and are only suitable for self-contained content. It's practical to share individual pages but for sharing large selections of content, I'd look for a different solution (a dedicated space with anonymous access, a theme app that builds a dedicated site from your Confluence content (Scroll Viewport and similar)