restricted pages/articles

Hi,

Sorry for the newbie question, I am new to WordPress and related applications.

Is it possible to create restricted articles (or pages) that only authorized users may see? Currently, I use user’s role (contributor, editor, …) to give access to specific articles, but these do not show up when using Content Views. I like the layout capabilities of Content Views, especially the grid presentation with the small except.

I am not sure how to handle the problem. Can the plugin Content Views solve it? Or should I that combine it with another plugin? Is there a simpler way to do it? I am a bit lost.

Guidance would be warmly appreciated.

Note: my sincere apologies if there is any misuse of language, English is not my native tongue.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE WISHED LAYOUT

1. I have many restricted as well as unrestricted articles. I would like authorized people to have access to restricted and unrestricted articles, while unauthorized people to see only the unrestricted articles. For that I utilize the user’s roles to grant access to the appropriate articles.

2. I have many article categories, say, category U for unrestricted articles, and category R as well as sub-categories R1, R2, Rn for restricted articles. For that I utilize the built-in WordPress article categories.

3. I would like to set a page where ONLY the restricted articles appear. Also, I would like the “recent articles” and “recent comments” menu in the side column to show ONLY the restricted articles. IN Appearence<Widgets, it is possible to modify the layout but not to select restricted/unrestricted articles. Currently, authorized people see all articles in the side column. If the last published articles are unrestricted ones, those will appear in the side column while the page is meant for restricted articles. In other words, the restricted page is filled with all kinds of articles and that ruins the purpose of the page.

4. Ideally, I would like, in addition to the restricted page, another UNrestricted page where only unrestricted articles appear. Authorized people would have the choice of entering the restricted or the unrestricted page and reading the appropriate articles, according to their wish.

5. In the best of the worlds, I would like articles to appear in list/table-like manner, with on the title (or title with the excerpt) so that users can see all (many) articles in that specific category, and choose according. Currently, articles appear in full, one under the other, which is tedious to scan through them.