Dear conservation community,

We’re excited to share a new update that gives you more control over the privacy of your content, regardless of where you post it! This change will make it easier to manage who can see your content while enhancing collaboration in both public and private spaces. 

What has changed?
Previously, the privacy of content was tied to the room or channel it was posted in. For example, content in a private room would be private, and content in a public room would be visible to everyone.

With this update, you can now set the privacy level for each piece of content individually, no matter where it's posted. A new Visibility dropdown menu (see screenshot below) will appear on your Authoring page sidebar, offering three main options:

• Public: Visible to everyone, whether they are signed in or not, and can be posted in both public and private rooms.
• Signed In: Only community members who are signed in can view this content, even if it's posted in a public room.
• Private: Only members of the room where the content is posted can see it, even in public rooms.

The visibility settings you will find at the top of the right-hand menu in your authoring page. Make sure to select "Private" if you are a member of a private room and you wish your content to be shared with members of the private room only.

Why is this change beneficial?

This update provides more flexibility:

• You can now publish private content in a public room, which lets you offer exclusive content to room members while keeping the room itself accessible to others.
• You can publish public content in a private room, making it easier to spread important information across multiple spaces. This is especially useful for those of us who host (private) rooms in WildHub when sharing opportunities or resources that could be beneficial to other members outside of our (private) rooms too. For example, the University of Gloucestershire @Mark O'Connell , the Conservation Leadership Transformative Network (Cambridge University and Maliasili) @Shelley Bolderson , the International Primatological Society @Elena Cunningham , @Tatyana Humle , @Jo Setchell  @Steve Unwin , Whitley Fund for Nature @Lisa Wheeler, DICE (University of Kent) @Annabel Falcon and @Bob Smith , Conservation Optimism (Oxford University) @Jon Taylor, Oxford Brookes University @Magdalena Svensson and @SUSAN CHEYNE , Fauna & Flora @Chloe Hodgkinson @Laura Owens, Kang4Nature Kenya @Ruth Jepkemoi , @Collins Busuru , @Kelly Brian Wanjohi , @Wangui Kaitho and @celline awuor , and the Women in Conservation Canterbury Network @Leanne Riddoch , @Reaa Chadha , @Irene Romaria Pinondang in addition to our WildTeam training team @Ali Skeats , @Mavuto Banda , @Liane Fulford , @Léa Kaplani, @Zoe Melvin , @Lucy Boddam-Whetham 

This change also sets the stage for a future feature that will let you publish the same content in multiple rooms at once.

What will happen to your current content?
No need to worry! Existing content will automatically be adjusted to fit the new system:

• Private/secret rooms: Content will remain private.
• Public rooms: Content will remain public.

Please make sure you always assign one channel and/or one room to your content before publishing, otherwise your content will get lost and will not be archived. Publishing content in a room or channel will notify members by email who have opted in for this room/channel of your new content, which optimises the readership of your content. 

If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to comment below or reach out to me at hello@wildhub.community 

We’re excited about how this update will improve your content management and I look forward to seeing how you use it!

Best wishes,
Thirza, WildHub Community Manager