Firms
A firm account holds an office's shared projects, with its people as owners, admins and members.
A firm is an account for an office. It owns the firm's projects, and its people work on them together. People outside the firm can still join a single project as guest collaborators.
Make a firm #
- On your account page, find Firms and click + New firm.
- Type the firm's name and a handle (lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, like
lake-studio). - Click Create firm.
You become its owner, and the firm's page opens.
Firm roles #
| Role | Can |
|---|---|
| Owner | Everything, including making other owners and deleting the firm. |
| Admin | Invite and remove people, change roles (not owners), rename the firm. |
| Member | Work on the firm's projects as an editor. |
Firm roles are separate from project roles and from the roles inside a Pinup deck.
Invite someone #
Owners and admins can invite.
- On the firm's page, under Invite someone, type their email.
- Pick member or admin and click Invite.
They accept under Firms on their account page, signed in with that email. If they don't have an account yet, they sign up with that email first.
Waiting invites list under Invited · waiting for them to accept. Copy invite link copies a link to send them yourself; it holds no secret, since only someone signed in with that email can accept. Revoke cancels an invite.
Accept an invite #
Invites show at the top of Firms on your account page, and on the home page. Click Accept or Decline.
Change a role or remove someone #
On the firm's page, under People, pick a new role from the list next to their name, or click Remove. Removing someone ends their access to the firm's projects too.
To leave a firm yourself, click Leave next to your own name.
Firm projects #
- Click + New firm project on the firm's page to start one.
- Firm projects list on the firm's page and in everyone's projects list, under the firm's name.
- Members work on them as editors. Owners and admins manage them.
Move a project into a firm #
If you own a project and you're an owner or admin of a firm:
- Open the project's page, then Project settings.
- Under Move to a firm, pick the firm and click Move.
The firm owns the project from then on. The people already on it stay as they are.
Seats #
Every member of a firm counts as a seat. Guest collaborators on single projects don't. The firm's page shows how many seats are used.
Public firm page #
Owners and admins can tick Public firm page. Then anyone can open archoverflow.com/f/ and the firm's handle to see its name, handle and size. Off, only members can.
Rename or delete a firm #
- Rename firm: owners and admins.
- Delete firm…: owners only. Type the firm's handle to confirm. It deletes the firm and its projects for everyone in it.