> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stage.systems/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Team and private sites

> Invite people, set roles, approve access requests, and put the whole site behind sign-in with one switch.

All of this is under **Settings**, then **Team**. Admins only.

## Inviting someone

<Steps>
  <Step title="Type one or more email addresses" />

  <Step title="Choose a role" />

  <Step title="Press Invite. Each person gets an email with a link that opens the admin and asks them to set a password" />
</Steps>

## Roles

| Role       | Can                                                                                              |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Editor** | Edit and publish content, articles, forms and media. Run campaigns. Read analytics and the Inbox |
| **Admin**  | All of that, plus manage the team, approve access requests, and change settings                  |

Change a role from the member's row. Remove with **Remove**. Both take effect immediately, and removal offers **Undo** for a moment. You cannot change your own row.

## Access requests

Anyone who reaches `/admin` without access can **Request access**. Admins get an email linking to the Team pane.

* **Approve** sends an invitation at the role you pick.
* **Deny** just records it.

## Private site

Switch on **Private site** and the whole site goes behind sign-in within about a minute. Anyone without access, on any page, is sent to `/admin` to sign in or request access, and then back to the page they wanted. Switch it off and the site is public again within a minute.

Members of either role can view a private site.

<Warning>
  **Media is not behind the switch.** Images and videos stay reachable by anyone who has their direct address, private site or not. Do not upload confidential documents or images expecting the switch to protect them.
</Warning>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Settings" href="/editing/settings">
    Everything else an admin can change.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Opening the admin" href="/getting-started/opening-the-admin">
    What a new member sees first.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>