Step-by-step workflows

Share a private site

Give selected readers access with an email code.

Before you start

A Jot account and the email addresses of your readers.

Set private access

  1. Sign in.
  2. Open Profile.
  3. Select Private site — only invited emails can read.
  4. Select save.

Private access covers the homepage, notes, collections, tags, and RSS feeds. Your signed-in owner session can still read the site.

Add a reader

  1. Enter the reader's email address under Invitees.
  2. Select Add.
  3. Send the reader your site URL.

The reader requests an email code to open the site. Use the same email address that you added. A reader invitation does not give permission to publish or change notes.

Examine reader access

  1. Open the site URL in a browser without your owner session.
  2. Request a code for an invited email address that you control.
  3. Enter the received code.
  4. Open a published note.

A separate browser prevents the owner session from hiding a reader access problem.

Remove reader access

  1. Open Profile.
  2. Find the email address under Invitees.
  3. Select remove for that reader.
  4. Select remove reader in the confirmation dialog.

Removal does not delete notes or copies that a reader already saved.