Sharing canvases

You can share canvases and folders you store on a Canvus Connect server with other users on the server. When you share from Canvus Connect, you can control whether people can edit or only view the content.

You can also share canvases and folders with groups of users. When members are added or removed from the group, they will gain or lose permission to the files and folders the group can see or use.

Sharing a canvas or a folder

You can share canvases or folders from both the desktop client and the Canvus Connect server web UI.

Sharing from the web UI

To share a canvas or a folder using the web UI, follow the steps:

1. Sign in to Canvus Connect server web UI.
2. On the canvases page, find the canvas or folder you want to share.
3. Expand the ... dropdown menu and select Share.
4. Select the user or group in Share with, choose what permission they have and click Share.

Share dialog in the web UI.

Sharing from the desktop client

To share a canvas or a folder using the Canvus desktop client, follow the steps:

1. Open the canvas list from the main menu.
2. In the canvas list, find the canvas or folder you want to share.
3. Expand the ... dropdown menu and select Share.
4. Select the user or group in Share with, choose what permission they have and click Share.

Share dialog in the desktop client.

Note

Only canvases and folders stored on a Canvus Connect server can be shared with other users. Local canvases stored on your device can not be shared.

Stop sharing a canvas or a folder

You can stop sharing canvases or folders from both the desktop client and the Canvus Connect server web UI.

Stop sharing from the web UI

To stop sharing a canvas or a folder from the web UI, follow the steps:

1. Sign in to Canvus Connect server web UI.
2. On the Canvases page, select a canvas or a folder.
3. Expand the ... dropdown menu and select Share.
4. In the Access column, select Remove for the user or group you want to stop sharing with.

Stop sharing from the desktop client

To stop sharing a canvas or a folder from the desktop client, follow the steps:

1. Open the canvas list from the main menu.
2. In the canvas list, find the canvas or folder you want to stop sharing.
3. Expand the ... dropdown menu and select Share.
4. In the Permission column, select No access for the user or group you want to stop sharing with.

Prevent others from sharing your shared content

If you're sharing a canvas or a folder, the owner or anyone with edit permissions can change the sharing settings for the content by default.

To make it so that only the owner can share:

1. Open the Share dialog for a canvas or a folder either in desktop client or web UI.
2. Uncheck the Allow editors to change access and add people

Make someone else the owner

By default, you own any canvas or folder you create in Canvus. You can transfer the ownership of a canvas or folder to someone else.

Warning

After you change the owner, you won\'t be able to:

• Transfer ownership, even back to yourself
• Delete the canvas or folder

To transfer ownership:

1. Open the Share dialog for a canvas or a folder either in desktop client or web UI.
2. In the Access column, select Owner for the user you want to transfer ownership to

Note

The owner must be a user. You can not transfer ownership to a group of users.

Shared links

You can share canvases with anybody, including people who are not registered on the Canvus Connect server, by making a canvas accessible via a shared link for Guests.

To create a shared link, open the Share dialog in desktop client or web UI and choose the access for Canvas link. You can choose between Anyone with the link can view, Anyone with the link can edit, and Only people added can access.

After specifying access, copy the shared link and share it with whoever you want to have access. People who follow the shared link do not need to register an account on the Canvus Connect server to access the canvas. Registered users will appear on the canvas under their own names, while unregistered users will be shown as Guests.

Note

Shared links accessible by anyone without an account on the Canvus Connect server are only available if Guest user access has not been blocked by an administrator.

Only canvases can be shared with links. Shared links are not available for folders.

Saving Canvus Connect servers in desktop client

The Canvus desktop client can remember previously used Canvus Connect servers in the canvas list. This may be useful if you receive a shared link to canvas and want to remember the server where the canvas is stored for later access without having to find the link every time.

To save a Canvus Connect server in the canvas list:

1. Open a shared link to a canvas to see the canvas in the desktop client
2. Open the canvas list
3. In the Unsaved servers section on the left panel, expand the dropdown menu next to the server name
4. Select Add to servers

You can add new servers to canvas list from a shared link.

Tip

You can also add servers to the canvas list by editing the client\'s configuration file. See client-configure-canvus-connect for details.