The Reader role is available in the Enterprise plan.
Please contact support@slite.com if this is something you'd like to further explore for your account.
Reader Role Overview
The Reader role is designed for people who primarily need to read and comment on existing content. Readers can't create or edit content outside their own private channel, and can't share docs from their private channel with other workspace members or to the web.
Readers can't edit docs outside their private channel, even if they've been given Writer access on a doc.
This role is discounted but also gives access to limited features.
How to Add Readers
When the reader role is enabled for your account you'll have the option to select the license type (member or reader) when inviting a new member.
To invite a new member click your team logo in the top left, choose
Settings, then Member management. From there, click Invite and you will find three methods to invite readers:- Via an invite link
- From Google or Slack
- Via email
- To invite multiple people at once, separate the email addresses with a comma and no space.
Make sure to select the reader role in the dropdown menus.
How to Promote Readers
At any given time you can promote a reader to a regular member. This gives you flexibility to adapt as your team evolves.
To change the role of a reader, click its role in the Role column, then choose another role from the list.
Changing a reader to a regular member/admin/billing admin will update your billing on the next invoice.
What Readers Can and Can't Do
The Slite experience for readers is simplified. Here is what they can't do:
- Manage doc permissions to share docs
- Learn more: Sharing with Team Members , Public Sharing
- View the Archive
- Learn more: Archiving Docs
- Access the Doc History
- Learn more: Document History
- Import docs
- Learn more: Import your content
- Access Templates
- Learn more: Templates
- Access the Knowledge Management Panel
- Learn more: Knowledge Management Panel
If your readers need any of the features linked above, consider upgrading their role.
Readers can still:
- Access Doc Insights
- Learn more: Doc Information and Insights
- Leave comments on docs
- Learn more: Comments on Docs
- Access the Updates section
- Learn more: Favorite Docs
- Request verification and flag content as outdated
- Learn more: Doc Verification
- Access the Help menu in the bottom-left and contact support to get help.
- Create docs and collections in their own private channel (they can't share these with other workspace members or to the web)