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Inviting users to a site

The site manager can send invitations to both internal and external users to join the site.
This task assumes you are in the Members component of the desired site.
This is a multi-part process where you select the users to invite, assign a role to each user, and then issue the invitations. The available user roles are Manager, Collaborator, Contributor, and Consumer.
  1. Click People beneath the banner if this page is not already selected.
  2. Click Invite People.

    Tip: The Invite link on the banner is a shortcut to this page.
  3. Search for and add internal users.
    1. In the Search for People box type the full or partial name of the user you want to invite.

      You must enter a minimum of one (1) character. The search is not case sensitive.

    2. Click Search.

      The list displays all users matching the specified search criteria.

    3. Click Add to the right of a user you want to send an invitation to.

      The user appears in the Invite Users box.

  4. Add an external user.
    1. In the Add External Users box type the First Name and Last Name of the person you want to invite. This will be someone who does not have an SkyVault user account.
    2. In the Email box provide an email address.

      This is the email address the invitation will be sent to.

    3. Click Add.

      The user appears in the Invite Users list.

    Note: This feature is disabled if your installation doesn't support inviting new users. Talk to your system adminstrator about enabling this feature with the notification.email.siteinvite property. See OutboundSMTP configuration properties for more information.
  5. In the Invite Users box specify a role for each user.
    • To set the role for an individual user, click Select Role to the right of the user and click the desired role.
    • To set the same role for all users in the list, click Set All Roles to at the top of the list and click the desired role.

    Note: Click back to Site Members to return to the Search for Site Members page without sending any invitations.
  6. Click Invite beneath the Invite Users box to extend invitations to all users displayed in the list.

    Note: In order to send and receive site invitations the appropriate options must be set for outbound emails. Only the system administrator can configure these settings. If you receive a failure notification after issuing the invitation contact your system administrator.
Each user in the Invite Users box receives an email invitation from invites@alfresco.com. The users can accept or reject the invitation.