<p>Be sure that you're testing as a logged-out user on the front-end of the site.  If you have an active Craft session, you could be getting a false positive error message.</p>

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2015-02-21T00:46:14.963Z
2015-02-21T00:46:14.963Z
Brad Bell
<p>I ran into this issue too, but there is another cause to this error. Go into Settings > Users > Settings in the Control Panel and ensure "Allow public registration?" is checked, it's unchecked by default.</p>

<p>Then it's also worth adding a conditional to the registration page to test if they are logged in or not, to ensure the error can never be triggered for a logged in user too. </p>

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2015-05-22T08:58:22.303Z
2015-05-22T08:58:22.303Z
neekster
<p>It sounds like all you need is the guest entries plugin from Pixel &amp; Tonic</p>

<p><a href="https://github.com/pixelandtonic/GuestEntries" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/pixelandtonic/GuestEntries</a></p>

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2015-05-25T14:28:27.203Z
2015-05-25T14:28:27.203Z
Alec Ritson
<p>I got this error because I worked locally, uploaded my templates to the server but did not import my local db to the remote db since I work with a team and needed to preserve the online, active db.  </p>

<p>Therefore, I needed to recreate fields, sections, entries, and plugin settings on the server CMS, but I forgot to change the sectionId hidden  in my template to reflect what the new channel's section ID was.  On my local it was 13, but when I created it on the server, it was 12 and I just needed to change it in the code in the from like so:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;input type="hidden" name="sectionId" value="12"&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Hope that helps someone out there.</p>

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2016-02-23T18:24:30.770Z
2016-02-23T18:24:30.770Z
Ryan
<p>More recently, you're required to install the Guest Entries plugin and configure it to allow public posts. Without said configuration, submissions will be rejected one way or another.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/1nXc6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/1nXc6.png" alt="configure the thing"></a></p>

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2016-11-11T18:06:49.610Z
2016-11-11T18:06:49.610Z
Matt Stein
<p>when trying to insert a guest entry i get the following response from craft:
You don’t have the proper credentials to access this page.</p>

<p>What can i do to avoid this and still insert the entry to craft? It needs to be an anonymous user.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance,</p>

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2014-12-09T17:24:25.743Z
Are you testing as a logged out user on the front-end?
Brad Bell
<guest-entries><validation>
You don’t have the proper credentials to access this page
# You don’t have the proper credentials to access this page

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-09)

when trying to insert a guest entry i get the following response from craft:
You don’t have the proper credentials to access this page.

What can i do to avoid this and still insert the entry to craft? It needs to be an anonymous user.

Thanks in advance,

**Tags:** guest-entries, validation
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Are you testing as a logged out user on the front-end?  

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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-02-21. Score: 3

Be sure that you're testing as a logged-out user on the front-end of the site. If you have an active Craft session, you could be getting a false positive error message.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-05-22. Score: 2

I ran into this issue too, but there is another cause to this error. Go into Settings > Users > Settings in the Control Panel and ensure "Allow public registration?" is checked, it's unchecked by default.

Then it's also worth adding a conditional to the registration page to test if they are logged in or not, to ensure the error can never be triggered for a logged in user too.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-05-25. Score: 1

It sounds like all you need is the guest entries plugin from Pixel & Tonic

<https://github.com/pixelandtonic/GuestEntries>


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### Answer by username_4 on 2016-02-23. Score: 1

I got this error because I worked locally, uploaded my templates to the server but did not import my local db to the remote db since I work with a team and needed to preserve the online, active db.  
Therefore, I needed to recreate fields, sections, entries, and plugin settings on the server CMS, but I forgot to change the sectionId hidden  in my template to reflect what the new channel's section ID was.  On my local it was 13, but when I created it on the server, it was 12 and I just needed to change it in the code in the from like so:


Hope that helps someone out there.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2016-11-11. Score: 1

More recently, you're required to install the Guest Entries plugin and configure it to allow public posts. Without said configuration, submissions will be rejected one way or another.

[![configure the thing](https://i.sstatic.net/1nXc6.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/1nXc6.png)


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