Authentication for Public Zite apps

Add login to a public app when you need to identify each person who uses it. Zite can handle sign-in with a magic link, Google, or your organization’s single sign-on (SSO). Authentication settings also control who can create an account, how long sessions last, and what people see on the login screen and in authentication emails.

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Open login settings

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Choose how people sign in

Open the Sign-in tab. The Access section shows the app’s current access setting. Below it, turn each sign-in method on or off. Magic link and Google are on by default. For SSO setup and custom identity-provider attributes, see Single sign-on for your app.

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Choose who can sign up

In the Sign-in tab, scroll to Who can sign up? and choose one option:

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Set the session length

The Sessions setting controls how long people stay signed in after they stop using the app. Choose a duration from the dropdown. The default is one year. If the app uses custom access rules, this part of the page also shows which rules run before or after sign-up, before sign-in, or during a session check. Click Chat about this to open the chat with those rules attached.

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Customize the login screen

Open the Screen tab to change what appears when someone signs in. You can:

• Show the logo from your brand kit.
• Set the login-screen title.
• Add a short line of supporting text.

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Configure authentication emails

Open the Emails tab to configure emails used for magic links and invitations.

• Choose the email branding from the Email branding dropdown.
• Click Preview to check the magic link and invitation emails.
• Under Sent from, connect an email account to send from your own domain instead of Zite.

The preview shows the subject, branding, call-to-action button, and expiry message that recipients will see. Switch between Magic link and Invite to check both versions.

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Test sign-in before you publish

Use Preview as user in the preview toolbar to open the app as one of its users. Check the sign-in method, sign-up restrictions, custom access rules, and the experience after login. When everything works as expected, click Publish in the upper right. The changes then apply to people who visit the published app.

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Manage app users

Use the workspace’s Users area to invite people or review the external users who have signed up for an app. See Manage workspace editors and app users.

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