{"id":5379,"date":"2020-04-04T10:39:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T17:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/?p=5240"},"modified":"2020-04-04T10:39:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T17:39:16","slug":"how-to-create-a-secure-client-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/04\/how-to-create-a-secure-client-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Secure Client Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As companies shift more to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/solutions\/working-from-home\">working from home<\/a> and remote workforces, having a secure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/solutions\/client-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">client portal<\/a>&nbsp;is an easy and secure way to share and collaborate&nbsp;on&nbsp;sensitive documents.&nbsp;Clients can sign in to their own&nbsp;branded and&nbsp;secure workspace directly from your website,&nbsp;providing a&nbsp;simple and secure way&nbsp;to send and receive documents.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/solutions\/client-portal\">client portal<\/a> is easy and cost-effective and can save you and your clients time and money. Onehub makes creating a customized client portal easy with step-by-step instructions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Client Portal Is Easy&nbsp;To&nbsp;Create With These Instructions&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1 \u2013 Customize your Workspaces<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onehub\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/14\/video-how-to-customize-your-onehub-workspace\/\" target=\"_blank\">branding tools<\/a> allow you to give your Workspaces your business\u2019s look and feel. Upload your logo and change the colors exactly as you want them so your business collaboration reflects <em>your<\/em>&nbsp;business.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2 \u2013 Adjust your permissions<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does everyone you share information&nbsp;in the client portal&nbsp;with need the same level of access and interaction? Onehub lets you assign&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/support.onehub.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360039385632-Understanding-Roles-and-Permissions\" target=\"_blank\">role-based permissions<\/a>&nbsp;such as \u201cViewer,\u201d \u201cPrinter,\u201d and \u201cCollaborator\u201d to specific files and folders. Setting the right permissions allows you to invite more&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.onehub.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360039792511-Understanding-Paid-and-Free-Users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">free users<\/a>&nbsp;rather than adding paid ones to your account. You can also take advantage of our&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/video-send-secure-links-to-share-your-files-with-anyone\/\" target=\"_blank\">secure links<\/a>&nbsp;to share files without requiring the user to have a Onehub account.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3 \u2013 Use our communication tools<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simplify interactions with Onehub\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/25\/video-using-tasks-and-comments-in-onehub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tasks and commenting<\/a>&nbsp;features. Assign clients with an \u201cApprove\u201d or \u201cReview\u201d task to give them specific directives around materials. Let them know they can add comments alongside files so you can unify communication in Onehub rather than splintering notes off into their own email threads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4 \u2013 Set up a sign in form<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/solutions\/client-portal\"> client portal<\/a>, you can allow clients to sign into and access shared Onehub files with our embeddable sign-in forms that you can insert directly into your business\u2019s web page. To create a form, visit your Account Settings &gt; Custom Sign In Form. Enter your preferred domains, generate the code snippet and paste into your site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"468\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/one-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4233\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5 \u2013 Add white labeling and custom domain mapping<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To give your clients the full client portal experience, add our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/05\/why-you-should-run-onehub-on-your-own-domain\/\">white labeling and custom domain&nbsp;<\/a>feature. White labeling removes all the Onehub logos from your business collaboration through us, so clients will only ever encounter your firm branding. And with custom domain mapping, all your business file collaboration goes onto a site that you control. It\u2019s a seamless user experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a Onehub customer, our support team can help you create a client portal in no time. If you are interested in becoming a Onehub customer, you can contact our sales team for more information, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/pricing\">try us out for free<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As companies shift more to working from home and remote workforces, having a secure client portal&nbsp;is an easy and secure way to share and collaborate&nbsp;on&nbsp;sensitive documents.&nbsp;Clients can sign in to their own&nbsp;branded and&nbsp;secure workspace directly from your website,&nbsp;providing a&nbsp;simple and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[79,198,199],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onehub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}