Sharing Notebooks To Non-EN Users?

[Consultant 2]

I want to use Evernote to provide online access to a Notebook to Non-Evernote Users with read-only access.  Is it possible or can I only share an individual note using a web link?

Ideally (but not required), within the Notebook, I would prefer to identify "internal" notes only for me and and "external" notes that anyone can see (without logging into Evernote).  I am guess this is only possible with a Business Account with all users that can see internal notes having their own account?  

 

[DTLow 5,750]

22 minutes ago, Consultant said:

I want to use Evernote to provide online access to a Notebook to Non-Evernote Users

Shared notebooks are documented here

>>I would prefer to identify "internal" notes only for me and and "external" notes that anyone can see (without logging into Evernote)

Instead of a notebook,  share a Table of Contents note that has public links   
You have complete control of entries in the note

[krestor2 8]

I also want to know the answer to OP's question. The linked article is woefully inadequate

[gazumped 12,634]

30 minutes ago, krestor2 said:

I also want to know the answer to OP's question. The linked article is woefully inadequate

Woeful in what respect?  It tells you precisely how to share a notebook,  and whether or not you are an Evernote subscriber it's possible to set up a 'test' notebook to share and experiment with what that would look like to a non-user recipient.

There are two options besides sharing a notebook:

1. Use shared pages - in the same notebook,  create an index note using the public links to the pages you wish to share.  Share that note publicly and send the URL to your intended recipients.  (Again you may want to test yourself first.)  Add the index note URL to your shared pages so users can jump around between them as necessary.  The same notebook can contain unshared notes if you want to maintain drafts and support notes that will not be visible to your users.
2. Third-party add-in Postach.io does some of the work involved above for you.  You can convert an Evernote notebook into a blog by adding a tag <published> to notes as required.

[PinkElephant 9,253]

If a notebook is shared, everything in it is shared, and on the same level (read only or editable). This is the beauty of this method: Move a note into the notebook, it is shared, move a note out, the sharing stops.

The alternative is to share single notes.

Personally I find the help articles about sharing very good. If it does not answer a question, describe your use case here.

 

[Alan L. 0]

Do they have to have Evernote installed/account or is the link to the Web version?

[gazumped 12,634]

It is possible to share notes and notebooks to someone who does not have Evernote and doesn't know how to use it.  Please read the thread so far (and Evernote's help sheet) for more on that. If your browser has an 'incognito' mode you could copy the sharing link from one of your notebooks and try it out yourself.

[PinkElephant 9,253]

First the start of this thread dates before v10 was released. So even if sharing at its core is still the same, the technical side has changed somewhat.

There is a ton of articles about sharing in the EN help database, each one describing a specific way. Here is the document about how to share to non users. The method basically works because every note is in itself a (very basic) web site, and can be opened in a browser:

https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/360053591694

[SirDavo 0]

Share a notebook publicly by using the publishing feature in old Evernote legacy version:

Download the Evernote legacy version, sign in, install and sync it.

• Legacy download info: https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052560314-Install-an-older-version-of-Evernote

Follow these old instructions from Evernote "help":

• https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052801693-Publish-a-notebook

Unfortunately, the Shared Published Notebook link only renders correctly in Firefox (It doesn't render correctly in MS Edge or Chrome).

Best!

Edited July 3, 2022 by SirDavo
grammar mistake

[RobD 48]

On 2/13/2022 at 11:14 AM, gazumped said:

Woeful in what respect?  It tells you precisely how to share a notebook,  and whether or not you are an Evernote subscriber it's possible to set up a 'test' notebook to share and experiment with what that would look like to a non-user recipient.

There are two options besides sharing a notebook:

1. Use shared pages - in the same notebook,  create an index note using the public links to the pages you wish to share.  Share that note publicly and send the URL to your intended recipients.  (Again you may want to test yourself first.)  Add the index note URL to your shared pages so users can jump around between them as necessary.  The same notebook can contain unshared notes if you want to maintain drafts and support notes that will not be visible to your users.
2. Third-party add-in Postach.io does some of the work involved above for you.  You can convert an Evernote notebook into a blog by adding a tag <published> to notes as required.

Does Postach still work with EN?  I connect my Postach account to the postach.io notebook in EN and notes never appear in Postach when tagged with published. 

[gazumped 12,634]

23 minutes ago, RobD said:

Does Postach still work with EN?

It's unclear.  There's a separate thread about Postach - no-one has heard from their support for around a year and about half the comments say the connection is no longer working.  If you have a live connection,  you're lucky - bit I'd still suggest that you be cautious about renewing any subscription if you have one...

[RobD 48]

3 minutes ago, gazumped said:

It's unclear.  There's a separate thread about Postach - no-one has heard from their support for around a year and about half the comments say the connection is no longer working.  If you have a live connection,  you're lucky - bit I'd still suggest that you be cautious about renewing any subscription if you have one...

I was able to connect Postach to the postach.io notebook in EN but properly tagged notes never appear in my free Postach account. 

[agsteele 3,134]

I think you have the experience that most now seem to suffer.  Old notes still appear but nothing new is added. My view is that Postach.io is no longer working.

[RobD 48]

5 minutes ago, agsteele said:

I think you have the experience that most now seem to suffer.  Old notes still appear but nothing new is added. My view is that Postach.io is no longer working.

Darn....Is there ANY other alternative to share EN notes with non-EN users? 

[VincentC 449]

>>>Darn....Is there ANY other alternative to share EN notes with non-EN users? 

 

Share notes – Evernote Help & Learning

 

And with the more recent functionality, click the link part of the blue share button, and paste it wherever.  Nonsubscribers should be able to open the link and see the note.  You can test it yourself by pasting the link into an incognito browser tab.

 

Vinnie

[RobD 48]

3 minutes ago, VincentC said:

>>>Darn....Is there ANY other alternative to share EN notes with non-EN users? 

 

Share notes – Evernote Help & Learning

You just made my day!  Thank you.  Is this functionality new in v10? 

[VincentC 449]

Just now, RobD said:

You just made my day!  Thank you.  Is this functionality new in v10? 

Yes, it's very recent.  Also, I edited the post to describe the link function.

 

Vinnie

[RobD 48]

7 minutes ago, VincentC said:

 

 

And with the more recent functionality, click the link part of the blue share button, and paste it wherever.  Nonsubscribers should be able to open the link and see the note.  You can test it yourself by pasting the link into an incognito browser tab.

This does not work for me.  When I click on the link icon that is located directly to the right of the SHARE button and paste the copied link into incognito, I am navigated to a page requiring me to login to EN. 

7 minutes ago, VincentC said:

 

Vinnie

 

[VincentC 449]

Okay, try this then.  Click on the rectangular part of the button itself. At the bottom of the box will be a button to copy the link.  Make sure the option is set to 'anyone can view' or 'anyone can edit."

Then click on copy and paste the link into an incognito browser tab.  You will get the Evernote bouncing object screen and after a few seconds the note will open.  No login required.  (Just tried it and it worked for me.  The URL will be lite.evernote.com......)

BTW, I happen to be using Edge but it should work with other browsers too.  

 

Vinnie

[RobD 48]

11 minutes ago, VincentC said:

Okay, try this then.  Click on the rectangular part of the button itself. At the bottom of the box will be a button to copy the link.  Make sure the option is set to 'anyone can view' or 'anyone can edit."

Then click on copy and paste the link into an incognito browser tab.  You will get the Evernote bouncing object screen and after a few seconds the note will open.  No login required.  (Just tried it and it worked for me.  The URL will be lite.evernote.com......)

BTW, I happen to be using Edge but it should work with other browsers too.  

 

Vinnie

The rectangle part of the button is the actual SHARE button.  That works ....but.....that's what I was doing initially.  It works great for my needs, thanks again. 

[VincentC 449]

Also, Rob, for your desktop client, make sure you're on the latest version, 10.122.1   Evernote just released this update and they flag sharing as one of the areas the release addresses.

I'm glad it's working for you now.

Vinnie

[RobD 48]

11 minutes ago, VincentC said:

Also, Rob, for your desktop client, make sure you're on the latest version, 10.122.1   Evernote just released this update and they flag sharing as one of the areas the release addresses.

I'm glad it's working for you now.

Vinnie

Thx, I'm on the latest version.