Share folders with the community

Share folders from the Files application with members of your community.

Your community must contain the Files widget for you to be able to share folders with the community. The widget is automatically added to a community when it is first created, but if it has been removed, we can add it to the community again if we are a community owner. For information about adding widgets to a community, see Adding widgets to the community to make more functionality available.

Anyone can share folders with a community to which they have access, but only the community owner and the folder owner can remove a folder from the community.

Any community member can share folders from the Files application with their community using the Files widget. The type of folder that we can share depends on the type of community to share the folder with. A public community can contain only public folders. A restricted community can contain public or private folders.

To share folders with the community.

1. From the Files widget on the Overview page, click the Folders tab.

2. Click Add Folders.

3. Click either Create New Folder or Share Existing Folders.

4. If we are sharing an existing folder, select a folder category from the following options:

   Option	Description
   Recent Folders	Folders that are recently created in the Files application.
   My Folders	Folders that you own in the Files application.
   Folders Shared With Me	Folders that are shared with you from the Files application.
   Public Folders	Public folders in the Files application.

5. Select the folder or folders to share.

6. Specify the level of access you want community members to have to the folder or folders from the Community members can access the selected folders list:

   Access level	Description
   Reader	Readers can view the content of any files in the folder.
   Contributor	Contributors can add files to the folder, delete files they added themselves, and view information about files in the folder.
   Owner	Owners have ownership of the folder along with the original owner. They can share the folder with other people and delete any file. The owner of a file can delete it or remove it from a folder.

7. Click Add Folders.

Parent topic:
Add files to a community

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Share files with the community