Enabling Public Sharing

The Public Sharing feature set allows you to share or embed direct CDN links to images or videos into websites, email newsletters, social media platforms or other third party websites, as well as to share or email temporary or permanent display links to content to non-registered users.

You can click on the headings below to find out how to enable the feature and some of the specifics involved:

• How to Turn on Public Sharing
  • Enabling in Admin Settings
  • Enabling on specific folders
• What are the associated Costs for Public Sharing and Embed?
• How is Public Sharing and Embed Bandwidth Calculated?

How to Turn on Public Sharing

To use any of the Public Sharing features, you will need to enable the Public Sharing feature on your platform, as outlined below.

Enabling in Admin Settings 

This feature must be enabled within your Admin > Settings page, via a Resources setting called Enable Public Sharing. You can also choose whether you want all of your folders to have this option automatically enabled. Please note that if enabled, all files within these folders can be shared publicly by those with the correct permissions. 

To enable this feature as a default option for all of your folders, select the Enabled option on the Public Sharing Folder Default setting. You will also be able to customize this setting on individual folders. 

 

Enabling Public Sharing on specific Folders

This ability to share content publicly can be configured on a Folder by Folder basis. In the Folder Settings > Advanced Options section, the Enable Public Sharing checkbox should be selected. Once you've enabled this setting on your folder, you will be able to view the Share / Embed action for all files within the folder, and files are able to be publicly distributed.