To prevent users from accessing pre-defined websites/URLs, please follow these steps:
- Navigate to Behavior - Rules on the left-hand side of the Dashboard.
- Click on Create to create a new rule.
- Specify a name for this rule.
- Select Visit Website from the list of event types.
- Choose how the alert should be triggered (Instantly or with a Delay)
- Under Users, select users and departments that this rule will apply to.
- You can also exempt anyone from this rule by selecting them below Except.
- Turn Notify on to receive an e-mail notification to the Owner's e-mail when the rule is violated. You may uncheck use default account e-mail to specify to which e-mail address should the notification be sent.
- In the box under Websites, list the websites that need to be blocked. Clicking on the + button will allow you to add an entire category of websites to the list.
- You can also exempt URLs or websites from the blocked websites list by adding them to the box below Except. Clicking on the + button will allow you to add an entire category of websites to the list.
- Select Block from the list of Actions.
- In the box right below Warning, you may specify a pop-up message that will appear on the user's screen upon rule violation.
- Click on Save to create this rule.