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When you create a new Space, you can control exactly how people find, join, and participate in it. With different combinations of the three options below, you can support a variety of use cases—from welcome Spaces to exclusive experiences.
Space-Level Privacy & Access
To configure your Space’s privacy, go to Space Admin > Privacy & Access and decide the following:
How Do People Join This Space?
Access to your Space will be one of the following:
Accessible Through Plans (required for creating limited memberships)
Invite-Only
Anyone Can Join
Every new Space is set to Invite-Only by default because you haven’t created any plans yet and aren’t ready for members.
Plans offer the most options and flexibility for how people join a Space.
Use plans if you want to require people to do one or more of the following to join:
Pay
Answer questions
Request approval
They also allow you to bundle access to multiple Spaces in a single flow.
Once you create a plan that includes the Space and make it active (by selecting at least one option for where it will appear and/or creating plan share links), then the Space becomes Accessible Through Plans.
If you decide not to use plans, you must choose one of the following:
Keep your Space set to Invite-Only
This option is best if you want to tightly control access to the Space by only allowing people with an invite (one-time or multiple-use) to join, which does not require them to answer questions, request approval, or pay.
This option does not support limited memberships.
Unlike plans, this option allows you to decide if Space members can invite people to the Space, who can then join without restrictions.
Set your Space so that Anyone Can Join, meaning any logged-in Network member can join without restrictions
This option is best if you want your Space open for any full member to join without being invited, answering questions, requesting approval, or paying.
This option is ideal for a general discussion area or resource hub.
With this option, you can also make the Space Auto Join, which means members will be added automatically when they join your Network. This is ideal for welcome or onboarding Spaces.
Who Can View Content Inside This Space?
Decide who can see the content and features enabled in this Space. You can let members see inside the Space before joining, or keep it locked down until after they’ve joined.
Anyone in the Network
All Network members, whether or not they’ve joined the Space, can view the posts, profiles, and activity within it.
If your Network is set so that anyone can view content inside, then visitors will also be able to see inside these Spaces.
This option is best for when you want to show what’s happening inside a Space to promote interest or participation.
Only logged-in Space members
Only logged-in Space members can see its content and members.
This option is best for when you want to create an exclusive experience—for example, a course, premium offering, or private support group.
Who Can See This Space?
Decide who can search for and see that this Space exists. You can make it visible in its Collection and in search for all Network members, or make it visible only to those who have access via invite or plan.
Select one of the following options:
Anyone in the Network
The Space will appear in its Collection and in global search. All members can see the name, icon, and description—even if they can’t access the content without joining.
This option is best if you want people to discover this Space so they can join it.
Only logged-in Space members
The Space will only appear in navigation, search results, or its Collection for logged-in members of the Space.
This option is best if you only want members and those with a link to the Space or a plan including the Space to see that it exists.
Who Can Invite Members to Join This Space?
Decide who can invite new members to join this Space.
Select one of the following options:
Any Space member
All Space members will see the option to invite to this Space
Only Space Hosts and moderators
Only Hosts and moderators will see the option to invite to this Space
This setting has the greatest impact on Spaces set to Invite-Only since it allows you to decide if Space members can invite people to the Space, who can then join without restrictions.
An invite to a Space set to Accessible Through Plans requires the invitee to join via a plan that has been made visible.
An invite to a Space set to Anyone Can Join allows Network members to join without restrictions because the Space is open to anyone.
To set privacy and access for your Network, check out this article.