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Restricting access to authorized emails or domains

Product: FlippingBook Online

FlippingBook Online Advanced plan and higher offers the option to restrict access to your flipbooks by specific email addresses or domains. If you add a domain, all users on that domain can get access. Once you switch this option on and your readers open the flipbook link, we check their email addresses and give access only to those who are on your approved list.

Note! This method of authorization will not work if you self-host flipbooks on your own server.

Here is how restricting access to authorized emails and domains works step by step:

  1. Your user opens the flipbook link.
  2. We ask for the email and your reader enters it.
  3. We check if the user is on the list of users/domains you allowed access to.
  4. If they are on the list, we email them a 6-digit code.
  5. The reader enters the code. If correct, we grant access to the flipbook. The user will not need to re-authenticate for the next 30 days.

Here are the topics about restricting access to authorized emails and domains we cover in this article:

 

Setting Up Email/Domain Access Restrictions

Here’s how you can restrict access to your flipbooks to specific email addresses or domains:

  1. In your list of flipbooks, click on the Customize icon behind the publication name.
  2. Scroll down to the Privacy section and click on it to unfold the options.
  3. Select the Restricted Access setting. If you use the Enterprise or Team plan, choose Email/Domain in the selector.
  4. Click on the Manage Access button.
  5. In the pop-up, enter an email address (or domain) that you want to give access to. Then click the tick to add it to your list. You can also paste a list of addresses into this field, with each address separated by either a comma or a space.
  6. When done, press Save and click on the Finish button to save Email/Domain authorization to your flipbook.

Note! You can add up to 100 emails/domains with access to your flipbook. If you add a domain (e.g. mycompany.com), all users whose email ends in @mycompany.com can get access. This still counts as 1 email/domain from the 100 you can add.

 

Deleting an Email/Domain

If you decide to delete any email or domain you should repeat the first three steps above, click on the Manage Access button, find the email in the alphabetically sorted list, and press the cross icon next to it. After that, click on Save and Finish.

 

Setting Default Email/Domain Restrictions

If you want all new flipbooks you create to be restricted, you can set restricted access to authorized emails and domains as default. To do this, configure this type of access for your flipbook, and tick the Make settings default for future flipbooks box before hitting the Finish button, as we explain in the Can I save my flipbook setting as default? article.

 

Opening flipbooks with restricted access

Once your readers open your flipbook with restricted access, they will need to enter their email address and after that their 6-digit code.  If correct, we grant access to the flipbook. 

Tip! If you share a flipbook link with restricted access, remind your readers to check their spam or junk folder if they don’t receive the authorization code.

 

 

Access via Single Sign-On (SSO)

As an alternative to authentication by email/domain, we also offer access via SSO but this is available in FlippingBook Online Enterprise only. It can be convenient as it won’t require any code to enter to open a flipbook. The information about how to set it up is available in our articles below:

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