Storehouses
Sharing and Access

Share links

A link to a collection or an asset, for someone who does not need an account: password, expiry, view limit, read-only or editable.

A share link shows a collection or a single asset to anyone who has the link — an insurer, a buyer, a family member without a login. The viewer needs no Storehouses account.

Creating one

From a collection or an asset: Share → Create link. Choose:

  • Name — so you recognise it in the list ("For the insurer, March").
  • Password — optional. Enter a password, or allow anyone with the link.
  • Expires — a date, or never.
  • View limit — the link stops working after a number of views.
  • Can view / can edit — editable links let the recipient change the record; use with care.

The link is created and copied. Every link also has a QR code for sharing in person.

What a viewer sees

The collection or asset, its photographs and records, at the visibility you chose for the link. You can withhold values, acquisition details, exact locations and documents from a link just as you can from a member. Sample assets never appear.

Share & Export → Share links lists every link — collection links and asset links — with who created it, when, when it expires, how many times it has been viewed and when it was last opened. Edit, copy or delete any of them. Deleting a link stops it immediately.

Shared with me lists the links other people have sent you.

Encrypted accounts

A share link from an encrypted account carries its own key, inside the link itself, in a part of the address that is never sent to any server. The snapshot it shows is stored encrypted; only someone holding the link can read it. Rotating your account key invalidates every outstanding link by design.

Audit

Creating, opening and deleting a link are written to the audit trail, and the access alert family can tell you when a link is used.

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