--- title: "How portals work in MangoMap" description: "Understand the Maps and Data pages of your account portal, what visitors and signed-in members see, and which maps and datasets appear on each page." sidebar: label: "How portals work" --- The portal is your account's public web page. It has two pages - `Maps` and `Data` - where visitors browse your published maps and datasets. Signed-in members see the same pages and URLs, with controls to manage the content. ## The two pages `Maps` lists published maps. `Data` lists public datasets. Both pages share a header, banner, and footer that you set in `Customisation`. Each dataset page shows the header and footer too, but not the banner. Visitors switch between them using the page tabs at the top. If you've connected a [custom domain](/docs/customisation/connect-a-custom-domain), the root of that domain redirects to the `Maps` page. The portal is always on. If no maps or datasets meet the rules below, the pages stay empty. ## Visitor mode and signed-in mode Everyone sees the same portal pages. The controls depend on the viewer: - **Visitors** see the browsing experience only — search, filter, and open maps or datasets. - **Signed-in account members** see the same pages plus admin controls for creating maps, importing data, duplicating, and deleting. Which controls appear depends on the member's account role — see [Account roles reference](/docs/account-roles/account-roles-reference). ## What appears on the `Maps` page For visitors, a map appears on the `Maps` page when all of these are true: - `Allow public access` is on for the map. - `Publishing mode` is `Public`. - `Show in public portal` is enabled. Maps in `Link-only` or `Password` mode are web-accessible but unlisted — they do not appear in the portal even though they have public URLs. A `Public` map can also be hidden from the portal by turning `Show in public portal` off. For signed-in members, the list also includes workspace content: maps they created, maps shared with groups they belong to, and every map in the account if they are the account owner. The portal also acts as a content management view. The diagram shows which maps a visitor, a member, and the account owner see on the `Maps` page. Which maps the Maps page lists Nested diagram: of all the maps in the account, visitors see only the maps with Allow public access on, Publishing mode Public and Show in public portal on, while Link-only and Password maps are never listed; signed-in members also see the maps they created and the maps shared with their groups, and the account owner sees every map. ALL MAPS IN THE ACCOUNT ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS ON PUBLISHING MODE: PUBLIC SHOW IN PUBLIC PORTAL ON Listed on the Maps page the maps that visitors see Show in public portal off: not listed Link-onlynot in the portal Passwordnot in the portal Allow public access off: signed-in access only WHO SEES WHICH MAPS ON THE MAPS PAGE Visitorslisted maps only Memberslisted maps, plusmaps they createdand group maps Account ownerevery map inthe account See [How map access works in MangoMap](/docs/map-access/concepts-map-access) for the full access model. ## What appears on the `Data` page A dataset appears on the `Data` page when its access is set to `Public`. There is no per-dataset portal toggle — for datasets, `Public` and listed-in-portal mean the same thing. Signed-in members also see datasets they created, datasets shared with their groups, and every dataset if they own the account. See [How dataset access works in MangoMap](/docs/dataset-access/concepts-dataset-access). ## Branding and configuration The portal's name, banner, footer, default layout, default sort order, and connected custom domain are set in `Customisation`, not on individual maps or datasets. See [How to configure the portal](/docs/customisation/configure-the-portal). ## Related - [How map access works in MangoMap](/docs/map-access/concepts-map-access) — the access model that decides whether a map can appear at all. - [How dataset access works in MangoMap](/docs/dataset-access/concepts-dataset-access) — the same model for datasets. - [How customisation works in MangoMap](/docs/customisation/concepts-customisation) — branding, custom domain, the `Customisation` menu. - [How to publish a map to the web](/docs/map-access/publish-map-to-web) — the per-map publishing flow. - [Account roles reference](/docs/account-roles/account-roles-reference) — what each role can do in the portal.