How to create a hidden article with access via link?

Hey @LucTango - articles usually live within a community or knowledge base category, and the permissions for the article are inherited by the category.  So you can have an article in a public category or you can publish it in a category with limited permissions.  Those permissions could be based on a custom role, or you can set the category to only be visible for members who are logged-in.  The tricky thing is that if an article is open to anyone with a link, that will mean that it’s also open to search and is browsable.  

I did have one idea for a workaround - do you think a custom page might work for your use case?  Custom pages don’t appear within the community taxonomy or in search results.  So if you don’t add navigation links to it in some form, it’s basically invisible unless you have a direct link.  You could have the article content within an HTML widget on the page.

Hi @Kenneth R,

Thank you for your explanation!

I understand the first solution, but I would like to avoid the friction of requiring our customers to log in. Most of our article readership comes from unlogged customers.

I would like to get more details on the second solution involving custom pages. Specifically, could you (or is there an article?) provide a step-by-step guide on how to create a custom page, add an HTML widget with the article content, and manage the visibility so that it's accessible only via a direct link?

Thanks again for your help!