Can a visitor skip a Sentway email gate by reading the page source?

No. Sentway enforces the gate on the server. A visitor who has not passed the gate receives the gate page and nothing else, so the protected page never reaches their browser in any form.

What is the difference between email capture and verified email capture?

Plain email capture accepts whatever address the visitor types. Verified email capture sends a magic link to that address and only grants access once the link is opened, which proves the visitor controls the mailbox.

How long does access last after a visitor passes a gate?

An entitlement is granted for 30 days by default. Access can be revoked at any time, and a revoked visitor can be granted access again later.

Guide

Gate a page behind email capture

An email capture gate asks a visitor for their email address before Sentway serves the page. Sentway checks the gate on the server, so the page content is never sent to a browser that has not passed the gate. Hiding content in the browser is not gating, and Sentway does not do it.

Set the gate

Call set_gate_access with the site ID and the access mode. Use email_capture to ask for an address, and set verification on to require a magic link. Gate configuration lives outside the published snapshot, so changing a gate takes effect immediately without republishing the site.

What the visitor sees

Sentway serves a gate page carrying the account's branding, one email field, and the disclosure line naming the account that receives the details. An email gate never contains a password field and never resembles a third-party sign-in screen.

Read back who passed

Every visitor who passes the gate becomes a visitor record with the captured email attached. Call list_visitors to see who arrived, and get_visitor for one visitor's full timeline across every page of the site.

Other access modes

public serves the page to anyone. allowlist admits only addresses on a list the account supplies. password admits anyone holding a shared password. Choose allowlist when the audience is known in advance and email capture when the point is to find out who is interested.

Questions

Can a visitor skip a Sentway email gate by reading the page source?: No. Sentway enforces the gate on the server. A visitor who has not passed the gate receives the gate page and nothing else, so the protected page never reaches their browser in any form.
What is the difference between email capture and verified email capture?: Plain email capture accepts whatever address the visitor types. Verified email capture sends a magic link to that address and only grants access once the link is opened, which proves the visitor controls the mailbox.
How long does access last after a visitor passes a gate?: An entitlement is granted for 30 days by default. Access can be revoked at any time, and a revoked visitor can be granted access again later.