Secure Internet Gateway

Create a Category Rule - Settings

• Click 'Configure' > 'Policy Settings' > 'Category Rules' > 'Create Category Rule' > 'Next' to open this interface.

The 'Settings' tab is where you pick the website categories the rule blocks. The categories are chosen from a single multi-select picker.

You can select individual categories, whole category groups, or every category at once from this tab.

Field descriptions

The category picker

The picker holds the following controls:

• 'Search...' - filters the list as you type.
  
  
• 'Select All' - ticks every category in the taxonomy.
  
  
• 'Deselect All' - clears every ticked category.
  
  
• The category taxonomy itself - 19 groups holding 98 entries in total. A group can be selected as a whole, or you can tick individual categories inside it.

This is the same website category taxonomy used by 'Request a Category Change'. See 'Website Category Reference' for the full list of groups and categories.

Dialog control

• 'Create' - saves the rule. Clicking it with nothing selected shows the validation message 'Please select at least one category.'

Choose the categories for a rule

1. Complete the 'Name' tab and click 'Next'.
   
   
2. Click the 'Select Category' button, which reads 'None'.
   
   
3. Type in the 'Search...' box to narrow the list, or scroll to the group you want.
   
   
4. Tick a group to select all of its categories, or tick individual categories inside it.
   
   
5. Click 'Select All' if the rule should cover every category, or 'Deselect All' to start again.
   
   
6. Click 'Create'.