Share a start.me page

By default, your pages on start.me are private and can only be viewed and edited by you. If you want to share a page, there are several different options. In this article, we present all of them.

Instructions:

1. Share a page privately
2. Share with a link (free)
3. Share with a link (PRO)
4. Share with a team
5. Share with the world
6. Resources

1. Share a page privately     [back to top]

Even though a page is private by default, you can still share it with anyone you trust.

So, let's imagine you've made a Marketing dashboard, you want to show to a client, so they can give you feedback. The page isn't ready for publication or sharing with a team yet.

Instructions:

1. Click the Share button, in the header of your page.
2. Make sure the page still belongs to your personal pages.
3. In the next option Who can access this page, select the option Private.
4. In the option People, you can invite someone by email. You decide if they can only view your page, or edit it as well (PRO feature).
5. Click the X in the top right corner to leave the Share dialogue.

You can always change the view or edit privileges later.

People you invite need a (free) start.me account to see your page. The page will show up in their list of personal pages, as followed (). If you want to remove the page from your personal pages, you can click the heart, to unfollow.

2. Share with a link (free)     [back to top]

Instructions:

1. Go to the page you want to share.
2. Click the Share button in the header. Now you see the Share pane. 
3. In the second dropbox option Who can access this page, select the second option: Shareable link.
4. You'll see the address of the page. There are two buttons.
   • With the first one, you can copy the link to your page, and paste it later into your text. 
   • The second one is the Connection button. With it, you can embed your page, share it socially (we support Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn, or send it by email. 
5. Click the X in the top right corner to leave the Share dialogue.

Now the Share button will read Shared. 

You can paste the link to an email or App to send it to anyone you'd like. They don't even need a start.me account to see the page.

If they want to save the page for later reference, they need a free start.me account. After registering to start.me, the shared page will appear under 'Personal pages.'

Note: if someone follows your page, their username will show up in the Share sidebar. 

3. Share with a link (PRO)     [back to top]

In the free version, you can only give other people the right to view your page. With a PRO subscription, you can give a user also the rights to edit the page you share. 

Instructions: 

1. Click the Share button in the header.
2. Select the page you want to share.
3. Select Shareable link in the Who can access this page dropdown.
4. Type an destination email address in the People field.
5. Before you send it, you can select the eye icon (Can view this page) or the pencil icon (Can edit this page).
6. Hit the envelope to send the invitation.

You can always change this setting later on or remove the invitation altogether.

4. Share with a team     [back to top]

If you want to profit from the many advanced sharing features start.me has to offer, we recommend trying out our team plan.

With it, you can replace your current intranet or extranet solution, provide a customized homepage to your employees, students or colleagues, and generally share your most important online and local files with more security and ease.

5. Share with the world     [back to top]

If you want to, you can make your pages available and searchable for anyone online, including search engines.

Instructions:

1. Go to the page you want to share with the world.
2. Click the Share button in the header. Now you see the Share pane. 
3. In the second dropbox option Who can access this page, select the third option: Public.
4. Click the X in the top right corner to leave the Share dialogue.

Now the Share button will read Shared. 

Once you've publicized a page and used the Shareable link option, anyone can visit your page, but when they do so with a start.me account, they will see a 'Follow' button.

When they press this button, this dialogue will appear:

You can Duplicate the page and start editing, or Follow the page as is. If you follow the page, you will see it in the list of Personal pages.

You're free to remove the page from your pages later, by clicking the Unfollow button: 

Note: if you decide to follow a page, the page owner will see your username in the Share sidebar.

6. Resources     [back to top]

• Read why over 3500 teams from all over the world trust us to boost their productivity: https://www.startme.com/teams.
• More information about sharing a page with colleagues in our blog: https://blog.start.me/how-to/share-links-like-pro/.