Share links

Share links are how everyone other than the show caller sees the room. Each one is a short URL that needs no login and no account — you send it, they open it.

You manage them in the Outputs panel on the right of the Controller.

The three shareable screens

Create a link

In the Outputs panel, each screen you have not yet shared appears as a dashed row. Click + Create next to it. The link appears immediately, with:

• The full URL, showing the path prefix and the 10-character code
• A small QR code thumbnail — click it to expand a larger one
• Copy, Open, and ✕ buttons

A chip at the top of the panel tracks how many are live, e.g. "1 of 3 live".

Copying

Copy puts the full absolute URL on your clipboard. Note that nothing on screen changes when you click it — there is no confirmation message, so it can feel like it did not work. It did.

QR codes

Click the QR thumbnail to expand it. This is the quickest way to get the Agenda onto delegates' phones — put the large QR on a slide or a printed sign.

There is no download button; screenshot it or print the page.

Removing a link

Click ✕. The link stops working immediately for anyone who has it.

There is no confirmation prompt. One click revokes the link. If a stage monitor is using it, that screen goes to "Link not found or expired." Re-creating a link generates a new code — the old URL cannot be brought back, so anything already printed or bookmarked is dead.

Links do not expire

Every share link is permanent until you remove it. There is no expiry field in the app — you cannot issue a link that dies after the event.

The database supports an expiry and honours it, but nothing in the product ever sets one, so in practice this is a manual job:

Remove your share links when an event is over, particularly the Moderator link. Anyone who still has the URL can keep sending messages to the room.

Treat a share link like a door key, not a ticket. In particular, do not paste one into a public channel, a slide deck that gets circulated, or a screenshot in a bug report.

About the codes

Codes are 10 characters of lowercase Crockford Base32 — the digits plus letters, with i, l, o, and u left out so they cannot be confused when read aloud or typed.

Two practical notes:

• Codes are case-sensitive in practice. A code typed in UPPERCASE passes the format check but resolves to nothing. Keep them lowercase.
• Older links use a longer 32-character hex code. Those still work; new ones are the short form.

Operator console

The Outputs panel also lists Operator, marked REQUIRES LOGIN. It is not a share link:

• It has no short code and no QR code — the row shows "Operator Console" rather than a URL.
• Whoever opens it must be signed in and a member of your team. Sending the URL to an outsider gets them a login page, not the console.
• There is nothing to create and nothing to revoke — only Copy and Open.
• It is excluded from the "of 3" live count.

The Operator console is a stripped-down transport for a second operator on another laptop: a large countdown, previous/start/pause/next, −30s/+30s, ■ Reset, blackout, the Auto switch, and a session picker. It cannot edit sessions or send messages — for that, use the full Controller.

Testing before a show

Open each link on the device that will actually use it, over that device's own network:

1. Viewer on the stage monitor — check it is legible from the back of the room, and put the browser into fullscreen yourself (there is no fullscreen button — press F11 or use the browser's own control).
2. Agenda on a phone — confirm the running order looks right.
3. Moderator on the stage manager's phone — send a test message, Show it, confirm it lands on the Viewer, then delete it from the Controller.

An unshared screen shows "Link not found or expired." If a link that worked stops working, check it was not removed from the Outputs panel.

Related

• Viewer, Agenda, Moderator — what each screen shows
• Team management — for people who need to sign in, rather than a share link