Privacy and visibility
Control who can see your page and which fields show.
Quick start
- Sign in, open
My Portfolios, and click Edit on a portfolio you own to open/portfolios/edit/[pid]. - In the sticky jump nav, click Settings, then expand Privacy Settings (
section-privacy) if it is collapsed. - Set Publicly accessible on for a shareable public URL, or off for owner-only access. Adjust Location, Phone Number, and Email if you want those contact fields on the public page.
- Click Save on the privacy card.
- Publish when you are ready for visitors, then open View public page (or
/p/[slug]) in a private window to confirm who can view it.
Editor overview of privacy, SEO, and optional Google Analytics: Privacy, SEO, and analytics. Public URL basics: Public portfolio page.
Deep dive
Where these controls live
On /portfolios/edit/[pid], Settings is owner-only (collaborators do not see it). Jump nav Settings lands on Privacy Settings (section-privacy).
| Control | Surface |
|---|---|
| Privacy toggles (this guide) | Privacy Settings card — use ? on the card for a short reminder |
| Privacy + SEO + Google Analytics overview | Settings group ? — Privacy, SEO, and analytics |
Help does not place ? tooltips on the visitor-facing /p/[slug] page.
Public vs owner-only
Publicly accessible is the main gate for the live portfolio URL (/p/[slug], or your custom domain when configured):
| Publicly accessible | Who can open the public page |
|---|---|
| On | Anyone with the URL (anonymous visitors included) |
| Off | Owner only — the signed-in owner can still open /p/[slug] to inspect the live route; anonymous visitors cannot |
There is no visitor password unlock. Turning the portfolio private does not add a password field for guests.
Publish and draft rules still apply when the portfolio is public: visitors see the last published version until you publish again. Preview vs live: Preview and public page. Sharing the live URL: Public portfolio page.
Collaboration invites are not privacy
Inviting another Portura user to edit or preview uses collaboration access (/auth/portfolio-access). That flow is not a gate for anonymous visitors and does not replace Publicly accessible. Full invite steps: Share and collaborate.
Contact field visibility
Under Publicly accessible, three toggles control whether contact details appear on the themed public page (when the portfolio is public and those fields exist on Profile / Connect):
- Location
- Phone Number
Turn a toggle off to keep that detail off the public page even when the portfolio itself is public. Click Save after any privacy change — leaving the page without saving discards unsaved privacy edits.
Pro discovery and branding
These toggles appear under Pro gates. Free accounts see the upgrade UI instead of using them.
| Control | Feature key | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Hide from search engines | hide-from-search-engines | Asks search engines not to list your portfolio in results |
| Hide from Portura directory | hide-from-internal-search | Keeps the portfolio out of Portura’s portfolio directory and internal search |
| Remove Portura branding | remove-branding-custom-domain | Hides the Portura header bar when visitors open the portfolio on your custom domain |
| Hide visitor Mira chat | hide-mira-custom-domain | Hides the Mira chat widget on your public portfolio |
Hide from search engines controls indexing and is separate from SEO & Sharing, where Pro and Plus owners customize search titles, descriptions, social images, and the portfolio favicon.
Remove Portura branding applies on a connected custom hostname — setup: Custom domains. Directory / search discovery for owners browsing Portura: Portfolio search.
Hide visitor Mira chat is listed here because it lives on the same Privacy card. Visitor Mira behavior (vs owner review Mira) is covered in Visitor Mira chat.
Google Analytics (editor Settings)
Optional GA4 setup lives under Google Analytics (section-ga) in the same Settings group — not on this visibility deep dive. Measurement ID steps and Pro gating: Privacy, SEO, and analytics.
Tips
- Decide Publicly accessible before you share a link — private URLs stay owner-only for anonymous visitors.
- Confirm access with a private/incognito window after publish; owners can still open a private
/p/[slug], which is not the visitor experience. - Turn off Location, Phone Number, or Email when you want a public portfolio without those contact details on the page.
- Pro: Use Hide from search engines / Hide from Portura directory for a shareable link without discovery surfaces; use Remove Portura branding only when a custom domain is connected.
- Save privacy changes before you leave the editor — the privacy card has its own Save.
On the Privacy Settings card, use ? for this visibility guide. Next to the Settings divider, use ? for privacy plus Google Analytics.
Troubleshooting
Visitors say the public page is unavailable
- Confirm Publicly accessible is on and you clicked Save.
- Confirm you published if you expect visitors to see the latest content.
- Owners can still open
/p/[slug]while private — that is the owner-only exception, not visitor access.
I expected a visitor password
- Portura does not offer password-protected public URLs. Use Publicly accessible off for owner-only, or invite collaborators separately via Share and collaborate.
Location / phone / email still appear (or never appear)
- Confirm the matching Privacy toggle and Save.
- Confirm Profile / Connect actually has that data.
Branding still shows on my custom domain
- Remove Portura branding is Pro and applies when visitors open your portfolio on the custom domain, not as a general Portura-path chrome toggle. Confirm the domain is connected: Custom domains.