This article provides the process on how to whitelist content in EloView 4
Whitelisting ensures that devices only run approved applications or websites. All others are blocked. Additionally, for web applications, automatically redirect users to a specific website when they are unable to reach a blocked website.
See below steps for how to whitelist content in EloView.
Whitelisting Applications
1. Login to your EloView account https://secure.eloview.com/
2. In the Accounts section, click the Account Settings link
3. In the Account, click on the Settings Gear icon
4. Go into the Whitelist section from the left hand column, then click on Edit in upper right
5. Move the Slider to Enabled By default you can whitelist applications. To add applications click on the Add Package button.
6. Type in the name of the package and choose Save
- Repeat for all whitelisted applications
Whitelisting Websites
1. In the Type section, select Web
2. Enable Whitelist by moving the slider
- If web whitelist is enabled, only whitelisted URLs will launch on the device.
- Optionally, enable the โAllow Queriesโ setting to allow whitelisted websites with a โ?...โ suffix
- Optionally, enable the โAllow Fragmentsโ setting to allow whitelisted websites with a โ#...โ suffix
3. Click on the Add Url button to add URLs you want added to the Whitelist
- If URL is blocked not being in whitelist, this page will be shown instead. Blocked URL will not allow wildcard character like '*' as it is a single page to be displayed on device. The blocked access URL should be reachable without getting redirected. For example: the blocked access URL of https://google.com will get redirected to https://www.google.com. In this case you shoujld put https://www.google.com instead of https: //google.com/
4. In the โBlocked URL Pageโ field, enter the website URL that users will be redirected to when they are unable to reach a blocked website
5. Add URL Path by clicking on the Add Url button.
- Note: use a asterisks (*) wildcard at the beginning and end of the path for more flexibility
6. Repeat above for all whitelisted websites.
7. Once finished, choose the Apply button. the below message will appear. Choose Yes to apply settings to all devices on the account or choose No to go back to the Whitelist settings screen.
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