# Folder View Page Type

The Folder View Page will list Folders, Pages (which are included in site search), and Files that are inside of the same Folder as the Folder View Page and that the Visitor has access to. This Page Type is useful when you want to give your Visitors or Users a dynamic list of the content that they have access to. For example, you might want to use this Page Type for an intranet that shows private Pages that a User has access to.

Here are the Page Type Properties available to this Page Type:

Include Pages: | Check this in order to include Pages in the list of items. You can either include only Pages, only Files, or both. Please be aware that this feature will only include Pages where "Include in Site Search" is checked. This allows you to choose which Pages you want to include in the Folder View.
Include Files: | Check this in order to include Files in the list of items. You can either include only Pages, only Files, or both.

The Folder View will include a link to the User's start Page at the top, if one exist and if the start Page is not the same as the Folder View Page.

The Folder View does not just show the items directly under the Page's folder; it also digs deep into child Folders in order to show all items. The Folder View will only show items that the Visitor has access to. The Visitor must be logged in in order to see Private or Membership items. Registration and Guest items will be shown, even if the Visitor is not logged in. Once the Visitor clicks on a Registration or Guest item, then he/she will be asked to login or register.

The Folder View does not show the following items:

- Items that User does not have access to.
- Folders that have no items to list.
- Pages that are not included in the site search.
- Archived items.
- The Folder View Page itself.

If Files are selected to be included, then Design Files will also be included.

Folders are listed in order by their sort order property. Pages and Files are listed in alphabetical order, with Pages being listed above Files.

If a Page has a web browser title, then that will be used for the link label. Otherwise, the Page name is used. If a web browser description exists then the description will be included below the link. For Files, the File name is always used for the link label. If a File has a description, then the description will be included below the link.

The name of a Folder, that a Visitor does not have view access to, might still be shown if the Folder contains a child Folder that the Visitor does have view access to. The Folder View works this way in order to preserve hierarchy and indentation. Pages and Files directly under the Folder are not shown (only the Folder name appears), so this does not cause a security issue.

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