Link-only access to collections
As always, driven by Collecta's community feature requests, I'm happy to share you can now set collection access to “anyone with link”.
So now, there's 4 access options to select from:
- Public on my profile: visible to Collecta users and guests;
- Anyone with the link: this is the new option that allows giving view access to anyone who has the unique link to the collection. Nobody except you will see this collection on your profile, but it will be accessible by entering its unique link, that looks like thishttps://collecta.space/share/unique-collection-code;
- Only visible to me: no change here, this is the default option for all collection and artifacts. Collections with this setting won't be visible by anyone, except you;
- Hidden from everyone, including me: no change here as well. This hides artifacts in hidden collections from the artifacts view and the search for you, and others.
Setting collection access to anyone with link will keep the collection
hidden
from your profile, yet accessible by entering its share URL, that looks like this https://collecta.space/share/unique-collection-code
.Community page changes
Since now you can select how public do you want to keep your collections, they won't automatically appear in the Community page by default.
If you'd like to share your artifacts with Collecta community, you can mark your collection as open to be shared to the Community page. Community is now moderated, so some collections may be denied.
Please keep in mind that even if your collection is not marked to share in the Community, yet has
public
access, Collecta users & guests will still be able to view its artifacts on your profile.Other recent fixes
- An issue with removing a collection from the artifact;
- Some URLs with numbers wouldn't get collected. This is now fixed;
- Newly added collection tag links wouldn't open;
- German letters wouldn't be allowed in the collection name;
- Opening somebody's profile as a guest wouldn't show their artifacts;
- In some cases, artifacts grid wouldn't reflect applied collection or caption changes after they're applied either through the quick actions panel, or on the artifact page.
Questions? Thoughts? I'm here to listen!
If you've got any questions or feedback, I'm waiting for you in the Feedback page :)
Thanks so much for all the suggestions! Happy collecting.
Best,
Igor