Sign-in on your domain

Readers sign in to Markdrop on markdrop.in. A browser keeps sign-ins separate for each site, so on docs.acme.com a reader looks signed out, however recently they signed in on markdrop.in. Markdrop carries the sign-in across for them, with their say-so.

Readers only need to sign in for things that aren't open to anyone: items for the team, items shared with them by name, and everything in a Locked workspace.

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   Choose Sign in

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   On your domain, the header shows Sign in to read Acme Docs (on a phone, Sign in). In a Locked workspace, signed-out visitors see Sign in to read Acme Docs in the middle of the page instead.

2. 2

   Sign in on markdrop.in

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   The reader goes to markdrop.in and signs in there, if they aren't already.

3. 3

   Confirm the site

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   Readers who aren't members of the workspace are asked once: Continue to docs.acme.com as Dana? The page says that the site can see their display name, never their email address, and can't change anything in their account. Don't ask again for docs.acme.com is ticked by default. They choose Continue.

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   Back on your domain

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   They land back on the page they started from, signed in, and can read what's been shared with them.

Members of the workspace skip the question: it's their own site.

The sign-in Markdrop hands to your domain is deliberately small:

• It works only on that one domain, and only for that workspace's documents.
• It can only read. It can't edit, share or delete anything, or touch the reader's own documents, other workspaces or account.
• It lasts 12 hours. After that, the reader chooses Sign in again.
• It doesn't contain the reader's email address.

Every document still runs its normal access check for that person. Signing in on a domain never opens anything the reader couldn't already open on markdrop.in.

To sign out on your domain, a reader opens the avatar menu in the header and chooses Sign out.