Share trails

wanderer allows you to share your trails with other users. You can either publish you trail making it accessible for everyone or share it with specific users. To get started head over to /trails and select the trail you want to share or publish.

Publish a trail

From the ⋮ menu select “Edit”. In the panel on the right toggle the “Public” switch to on and save the trail. Your trail is now public and everyone can see it. Even people without an account.

Share a trail

If you want to be more particular about who can see your trail you can instead share your trail. From the ⋮ menu select “Share”. In the dialog, search for the user you want to share your trail with. You can now choose the permission the user should have. You can choose between “View” or “Edit”. A user with “Edit” permission can change all data (including the route) of the trail.

If you no longer want to share the trail with a user, simply click the red trashcan icon next to their name.

Note

wanderer supports trail sharing between users on different instances (servers), thanks to its federated design. However, there are important limitations to be aware of:

• The trail must be public in order to be shareable with users on other instances.
• Shared trails are view-only: The user you share it with will be able to view the trail and engage with it (like or comment), but they cannot edit it.
• Sharing a trail with another user is similar to a mention in the fediverse—it notifies them and gives them visibility, but does not grant collaborative access.

If you’re looking for true collaboration on a trail (such as shared editing), both users must be on the same instance.

Loading content from other instances

The first view of a trail or list from another instance may take longer while wanderer loads it. When many other instances respond slowly, the first view may be delayed or fail temporarily. Try again later; copies that have already loaded remain readable.

Remote lists load up to 30 trails from third instances at a time; longer lists fill in with later refreshes.

If a trail or list is too large to load here, the page explains this and offers View on the original instance. Follow that link to open the content where it was published.