Share the things you save to Springpad
“What’s the address of the tailor you use? Can you send me that salad recipe you always make? Do you have a suggestion for a good date-night restaurant?”
How often do your friends ask you questions like these? Next time, instead of typing up the info from scratch or scouring your email for a link, let Springpad help you out! If you’re already using Springpad to help you remember, then try one of these two simple ways to share the things you’ve saved:
1. Send a specific item via Twitter, Facebook or Email
When viewing something in your Springpad, you’ll see a Share button at the top of the page that will allow you to share your item.
2. Invite someone to follow you on Springpad
When you create a Springpad profile, the items that you mark public can be viewed at http://springpadit.com/USERNAME. Send this url to your friends & invite them to follow you in Springpad! Then, your public items will show up in their Friends Stuff, where they can spring a copy for themselves. (Learn how to control your privacy settings)
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flippertie says: **off topic***
is there a forum or contact point for users? The help facility is lame and there’s no way to get assistance when things don’t work or aren’t clear.
I want to love springpad, really i do, but it’s broken for me and and there’s no way to find out if it’s a common problem or unique to me.
There are things I want to do with it, features that seem natural, seem obvious and essential, – but I cant find a way to do them and there’s no place to go to ask or suggest.
This has so much potential, but after trying it for a week I’m ready to throw it all away and go back to evernote.
Please! if I’m missing the obvious “FORUM” button, or the link to “HELP FACILITY that’s worth looking at” link can some kind reader point me in the right direction?
Dale says: Any chance of adding Buzz to the mix
grace says: Hi,
I just want to figure out how I can share something with only one or two friends on springpad so that it becomes more project collaboration as well rather than just having the two options completely PRIVATE or completely PUBLIC. I’m not a fan of this but love springpad for everything else. There should be a button where you can choose your contacts with whom you will share specific parts of your projects or something with.
IS there? Or is there one on the way soon otherwise?? otherwise I may as well move back to my old project collaboration tool
thanks
Hi Grace -
We don’t support any sort of project collaboration at this time. Honestly, we aren’t planning on adding it in the near future, either. Sorry that we can’t satisfy this need for you!
grace says: so there’s no possibility in the future that you will be adding – share with specific contacts only?? i think this would be most people would want as they may not want to share everything with the whole world…thanks
Grace – You can use “send to me” to send a copy to any email address, but that will not make the data editable for the specified Springpad users. It will just allow them to make a copy of it for themselves.
j says: I would like the ability to share my shopping list with my wife and have her edit it, say she needs something not on the list, it would be Sooo much easier to give her the ability to edit my list. Evernote supports sharing of notebooks I believe you should be able to as well.
Thanks,
j
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Hey J – You’re not alone in this request: http://getsatisfaction.com/springpartners/topics/sharing_all_or_nothing
April says: Katin,
Is there a way for a user to follow your Springpad anonymously? Like an RSS feed (not specifically like that…just the ability to see a person’s Springpad anonymously) without having to sign up as an official follower.
Karen says: Hi Katin,
Just like J, I would like to have general lists and shopping lists be editable between my girls and I. I’ve found that if we keeping adding, we will see the new items that one of us has added, but this is getting confusing. We want to have a central ‘Movies that we want to see’ list, and each girl’s Christmas wish. I guess we can just rethink the way we use this. Lots of fun. Oh, also I would like to use a photo of my dog for my background but I can’t work out how to get a photo in (I’ve got it in Picasa 3).
Cheers
Karen
Eric says: I agree with J. I want to be able to share a grocery list with my wife that we’re both able to edit. I’m hoping it can replace Our Groceries.
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Don says: Add my vote to what “j” from July 27, “Karen from November 24, and Eric from November 30 have said for the ability to edit and modify a shopping list (or any list) between different users. I was specifically setting an account up for my wife to do just that, but the result has involved a lot of time trying to make it work with no luck. Now these posts confirm that it can’t be done currently. I wish I would have seen them sooner, but at least I now know. Katin, on August 10th, you replied to “J” saying, “Hey J – You’re not alone in this request:”. What does that mean? Does it mean, “We hear a lot of people requesting this, but it’s not happening”. Or does it mean, “We hear you and understand that there is a great desire for this among our users, so we definitely plan on implementing it (if possible) in the near future. There certainly is a lot of other functionality with this software, but having this ability would be a definite bonus for everyone. Thanks for your time! Don
Don says: Whoops, I guess I should have checked out the “sharing_all_or_nothing” link before posting. I had no idea that it was so long with people who wanted the same thing as me. I also see your post with the official reply about a month ago that I understand to say we won’t be seeing this feature. Oh, well…I guess I will have to go to plan “B”, which is just what you suggested – sharing an account with everyone. Not the best solution like someone else stated for when people are jotting down gift ideas, but I guess it just can’t be used for that or anything private.
Disappointed, but will move on.
Regards,
Don
James says: Seriously, you need to add Individual sharing or you will lose more users to Evernote.
Jessica says: I don’t see the “invite people” link as stated in the help file. A screen shot would be nice. Thanks.
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Hey Jessica – You’re right… the second option was outdated. I just updated it. Sorry about that!
Eddie says: Just tried to share a note
two Questions/issues
1) if their is a subnote attached to the note it doesnt go across as part of the share link
2) Is there a way of sharing the complete notbook, good for joint people working on a project or assignment or customer deal
Cheers
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Hi Eddie – Make sure the subnote is also public (it should also have a little lock next to it as an indicator)
No way of sharing an entire notebook right now. Sorry.
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Reenie says: So will you be adding the ability to share with select folks or not? Or does this mean that I need to move onto Evernote? I thought Springpad was so cool, but I don’t really feel like sharing EVERYTHING with EVERYONE…but I would like to choose who I share with…
tanja says: how do i share a note with another springpad user without making it public?
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Tanja and Reenie – On the web app you can click the Share button on an item to get a Private link of the item to share only with the people you give the link to.
Tom says: I realize it’s been requested (several times), but please add my vote to add the ability for the person I’ve shared a note with, to edit it.
Like all the others here, My wife and I (both SpringPad users) would love to be able to share a shopping list, which we both can add-to, and check-off items in.
As basic as that sounds, amazingly, there is no app (that we can find) which will allow us to do that across platforms (including Android) in this day-and-age of far more sophisticated applications.
We’re almost left with the feeling that startups and developers are so focused on developing the coolest, fastest car on the planet, that they forgot to add a steering wheel!
Lawrence says: Another vote for the shared grocery list, with ability for my wife and I to edit. This is one of the main reasons I signed up.
I’m no programmer, but this doesn’t seem like a difficult request in this day and age.
Is there a way to embed Springpad content in a blog? For example, I create an itinerary in Springpad, and want to have it display on my travel blog. Or display a list of books Im reading and using SP to track?
Zbigniew says: Hi
Once again what’s about collaboration idea? I would find useful for example to work on the same shopping list with my girlfriend at the same time. Not only to share a link to my sprigpad note…
dboftlp says: One more vote for fully integrated sharing between springpad users to collabarate. I don’t want to have to move my stuff to a competitor, but to get the functionality I need, I will. It seems a lot of customers have been asking for this for quite a while w/ no response in development… That stinks, cause it’s a great product.
gkik says: I’ll add my vote for collaboration with those to whom I send a link. PLEASE – don’t make me start all over with evernote.
Radek says: Why can not I share a folder for example, only one person? As in the Dropbox. When I can share a folder on the desktop appears on the folder and there you can add things together
Judy says: Yes! We need a collaboration tool with the ability to share entire notebooks with select people and for all those with such access to be able to edit. This is critical, imho, and may force me to move part or all of my notes to another program. And I hate to do that because I love everything else about Springpad. So, is there any chance of this happening?
dextroz says: All the data in Springpad is essentially useless to anyone that shares their personal life with more than just themselves(wife, kids, etc).
It’s holding me back from using Springpad 
GroceryIQ is fantastic for shared Grocery lists across Android and iOS so that’s good. But you have a chance to apply that concept for the stuff beyond grocery items.
doug says: I think you guys are really missing the boat by not allowing for a “friend” only share. Being a project orientated application allows for this to pull more people into to using the product. aka if i can share a grocery list with just my wife both her and I would be hooked. As it sits right now, i can’t justify the time to input data with the current share options. Copy and paste a link that the other party would then have to check their e-mail and except is just clunky.
mix says: Amen to all this.
If anyone knows of an app that allows private sharing of lists, *kapow* or *Phtt* or *zoom*, I’m there. That’s the real “killer” part of the app.
Joe says: Their kind of thinking goes against today’s culture. Don’t tell your users that you don’t plan on implementing their most requested feature. It tells them, “we don’t care what you want. Just eat what we feed you.”
Scott says: I have to jump on the bandwagon too. When I saw “Friends Stuff” I thought this is excellent. My family/friends can share a notebook of wines. When I realized what “Friends Stuff” was I was quite disappointed as I really like the rest of the app. So I too am requesting a shareable/editable notebook which is restricted to a list of friends or if it were simpler, joinable via a “private” link. I very much prefer the consistent springpad interface on all devices over the hodgepodge of the alternative choices. It would be a shame to lose people over what probably isn’t a super difficult feature to implement which is in high demand.
Thomas says: I really miss the possibility to share Notebooks with specific users. This would make Springpad a real killer app.
Regards,
Thomas
Marto says: I agree with Doug above. A shared Grocery list with say my partner only would be freaking awesome!
Ruben says: Why is the reason behind the ” not sharing notebooks” isuue? Is it technical?
Count me in. The main draw of this app is a centralized location for everything. PLEASE let us share items with individual people where both parties can edit and update the same folder, note or task.
Hi Katin. I want to use Springpad to share grocery lists and my vacation notebook with the people close to me. These are the kinds of things I use Springpad for and they simply don’t make sense without collaboration. At the moment I’m just starting notebooks and then leaving them to gather dust as they quickly become a chore to curate with only one person contributing. Adding this feature would probably ensure my continued use of the produce. Tom
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Tom, Julia & VC – We hope to add collaboration in the future! We know that it’s an important feature & that many of our users would benefit from it!
Julia says: What a shame! I thought this was the perfect application until I found out I can’t collaborate with my friends/family. Will have to look at some of the competitor apps instead unfortunately.
Nicolas says: Is there a way to share a shopping list so that both can add items??
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Nicolas – We hope to allow this in the future. For now, you might considering sharing one account for your family.
VC says: I completely agree that collaboration should be part of future development of SpringPad with editing and user mgt privileges. Otherwise, it will be eventually become obsolete as others fill the void.
VC
Joe says: @katin I apologize for my sour comment earlier. I anxiously wait for this feature to be implemented! Count me in for beta testing 
Tim says: How about sharing a notebook. That way you can stuff a notebook with web clips and notes for discussion. I would like to share notebooks. Should add this feature if not already there
John says: Collaboration is the Key – without it you Loose Everything!!!
Sharing Private (editable) Notebooks (and other data) between Users is a Must!
Thanks.
Sacha says: To Tim: you can already share any item (note, bookmark, etc.) if you click the ‘lock’ icon open (public). That way you’ll have your own page that people can see, similar to a blog… Of course people cannot add anything to it but it’s great to quickly share things. See mine as an example (a very poor one though): http://springpadit.com/sachaweb
…and (adding to the shared page comment) you can make a more ‘specialized’ URL to your shared page that will filter according to the tags and/or types you want… e.g.:
http://springpadit.com/sachaweb/Note?Tags=Help
Here only notes (no bookmarks) with the ‘Help’ tag…
npeshman says: Agreed Allowing a specific group to collaborate and update a notebook and not allow the rest of the world to see it or only certain portions will be a key thing to how much and how i will be using this site. That said GREAT work so far
rajko says: Put me down in the ‘share a notebook with specific individuals’ request also. Seems like such an obvious way to share I just spent an hour trying to figure out how to do it. Would like to collaborate with specific people, not everybody. Is there currently any app that does that, that is similar in concept to springpad? Thanks
edumerco says: +1 vote to share a notebook with specific people.
Kristin says: Yes, sharing notebooks with specific people would be incredible and would boost my use of this tool tremedously!
PamelaAlexis says: I agree with everyone else on sharing with specific people. I used this feature all the time when I had google notebooks.
Trayzey says: When saving a photo on a website as “Photo Note”, the photo always appears as a broken link in the “Share” page, this sucks because my friends don’t get to see them, even though they are public.
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Trayzey – Send us a note with your username & browser/version you’re using so we can help you troubleshoot the issue – feedback@springpartners.com
Brian says: I would like my entries in my notebooks to remain private, but accessible to whoever I choose to share the notebook with. It’s only logical…
Kim says: The lack of collaboration is what is keeping me from using springpad as my main list app. I need my husband and I to share and both edit things like grocery lists, etc
Nicolas says: That is exactly my use case, I want to share my lists and stuff with someone else who is also using springpad
Carlos says: I also would need to share a notebook or other elements with my wife, or co-workers, but not anyone.
It would be great if you add this functionality.
Anyway, congratulations, you made a nice app!
I use it a lot for my personal stuff.
Chris says: Another plea for sharing with specific Springpad users. Totally private or totally public are not very good, or even logical, options.
If Springpad is to get any traction in the commercial world, this has to be an option. Can’t imagine why it wasn’t part of the initial design specs.
Xina says: Just repeating what others have said – being able to share specific things with specific people only, would be awesome!
Other than that, loving Springpad, many thanks!
sbarad says: Another request to share specific notebook with specific users!!
This app is awesome!!
caseyr says: +1 – I too would like to collaborate with a selected list of other users.
Ed says: +1000 for allowing collaboration on lists. I’ve recently started using Springpad for my lists and general collection points and because it is SO good just ASSUMED I’d be able to share and collaborate on lists with others. I was VERY surprised to learn this is not the case. Please consider adding this very soon. Thanks!
Jonathan says: I’m holding off on wholesale adoption of this tool until sharing options are expanded to allow collaboration with specific users. Nice tool otherwise but this is a deal breaker for me.
Lawrence says: Yeah, I’m stcking with Evernote for now. No sharing of notebooks? I thought I was missing something until I read this post!
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Lawrence – good news! We’re working on collaboration right now! Check back in with us soon!
Jack says: Brittni – Good to hear. Any idea when you’ll be releasing this crucial feature?
John says: Just got my wife to finally try this out as she hates all my geeky stuff. Of course we can’t share our “To Do” list so the 4 nano seconds of her attention I got was blown right out the window Please let us know when this feature comes about!!
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Hey John – it will be out in the next few months. Don’t worry, we’ll make a hoopla so that you can’t miss it!
Ditto for sharing a full notebook with only specific people. One of the features I love about Springpad is the ability to take photos and notes right out of the app. Being able to share these with a specific group of people as they are updated would be great!
I’m with the others Katin, we want to share specific notes with members of staff and will be great, please let us know if this will be within the next month.
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Hey everyone – we’re working on private group sharing now & expect it to be out in the coming months!
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leesa says: Please add one more voice for collaboration/sharing with specific people. Each can add to the content, and it’s not 100% public. Thanks!
david says: +1, though most interested in the collaboration part. example, my wife and i both do shopping, so would love to have a shopping list we share, and can both add to. so whomever is heading to the store already has the most updated list on their phone…would be awesome!
MarcoAix says: Same as John (26.). I thought it was possible and, well… got a bit confused when I tried to show her where she just had to… never mind ! Too bad because we needed that feature to prepare a trip.
Good to hear it’s coming though
jdelgoulet says: +1, sharing notebook between spring pad users.
shef says: +1 for group collaboration. I can’t wait. This looks like it will be a simple, but useful way to share notebook with peers.
I would pay for it. Right now we are paying for the project management system, but I just love your board feature. It would be great to just dump the tasks for everyone there and have a weekly planning where we re-arrange everything.
Tamas says: It would be great to have fully shared lists/notes/etc., not just read-only sharing. Collaboration is a must! Without it it’s usability is limited.
josie says: Please add feature: Share/Edit Notebook between specific springpad users.
Hi Katin & Brittni, any closer to a start date for the collaboration feature yet? We’re really looking forward to it, bringing on new contractors every month.
Ken says: John’s wife and mine must be sisters! 
I’d also like the feature to have levels of permission. For instance, some notes and notebooks I’d like to push as a view only and allow for a friend, family member, co-worker, or wife to place/organize it into whatever notebook they determine in their own account and they can always have it to read and reference as well as see any real-time updates. So on top of collaborating in a notebook I’d like there to be a read-only option that I can push to other Springpaders.
Ideally, I see three permission levels as a basic option…
1) Owner
2) Collaborator
3) Viewer
PW says: Yes. Please create a way to be able to share certain notebooks at certain levels. That way my wife and I could have note books shared that either of us could edit. For example the google calenders can be shared across accounts and edited across accounts.
Doug says: Ditto on all aspects of full (private) sharing of specific notebooks. Really want to be able to use Springpad but without the ability to privately collaborate (in both work and private realms) it is a non-starter for me. Would be willing to have that feature be a paid premium (reasonable monthly fee) if that makes a difference. I know you are working on it… just make sure it is fully collaborative (editable by both parties) on all platforms (web and iOS).
Carlos says: Specific notebook with specific contacs!! for me that is a must have! so i could organize a team work, and if it would be in a cooperative way, better.
Scott says: By far the best app I’ve ever owned… thanks for a great product!
Oh, and add my vote to share a notebook with specific people. Looking forward to the addition next year.
Meg says: I set up an account hoping that I could share notebooks with my husband so we could BOTH access and edit items. It could be so much more powerful a tool if we could mutually update things like shopping lists, to-do lists, vacation information, etc. Please add to your sharing functionality. I don’t want to make my information public to everyone just to give one person the ability to view it.
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Hey Meg! We are introducing exactly what you are asking for in a little more than a month! Stay tuned. For now, you might consider just sharing one account with your husband.
Meg says: Thanks katin. That’s great news. I think we’re also going to try it out at my office to have a central idea bank and to be able to collaborate on projects in a new way. Great possibilities.
Brent says: I want to second what Meg said. I want to set up a shared notebook with my wife called “Shopping List” that we can both add tasks to for things we’d like to purchase. We could tag it based on the stores we shop at. Either one of us would then be able to check off the task as completed via the mobile application while at the store. That would be awesome!! This is a great product by the way.
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Hi Brent – With the new version of Springpad, we’re adding a collaboration feature that will enable you to share notebooks and allow multiple people to make changes. It’s coming in about a month so stay tuned! P.S. Thanks!
Jacques Thesing says: I don’t want to make my recipes public. If I want to send a recipe to a friend or family member I have to copy and paste the link in an email. I do have my gmail account gelinked to Springpad. Why not simply provide a space under the link to type in the email address(es) to whom I want to send the recipe with a short commend line. Will this be possible in the future?
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Hi Jacques – Right now, if you are in the detail view of the recipe and click “Send via email” you can enter multiple email contacts. I see what you’re saying about having a field right in the recipe to enter recipient names. Good idea – we’ll consider it!
Martin says: Hi there, just wanted to add my weight behind what has already been mentioned. Really want to be able to share specific notes with other individuals. Great app otherwise though.
I set up an account to how it would work for a cemetery restoration project I am involved with. What I really need is the ability to share a project with a work group of volunteers. They don’t need edit capability but perhaps comment permissions.
The current share option is public or nothing with an option to share a link anyone can use of they have it, which is also ultimately public. This project needs to be private until a specific time.
I’m going to try using it some more since I have so much time into entering data. Please note that I had originally tried Evernote but they have limitations and as a volunteer I am not willing to pay $50 a year to save project data. That seemed pricey given I pay that to Flickr to massive amounts of storage way in excess of what I’ll use at Evernote.
Your service looks like it has the flexibility I need for the types of data we will use to do our project. Kudos for a great product idea.
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Hi Doug – Good news! We are making some significant changes to Notebooks in our next release (Feb) that includes collaboration, which means you can invite other springpad users to not only view your notebook, but edit contents, comment, etc
OK, well you have me hooked. I’m looking at ways I can or connect various entries using Categories and tags. It would have been a better idea for me to decide on those things first. When fifty or so items are in a folder it is going to get crowded. My project has some basic steps and each step has groups of tasks and targets. Not unlike a project management activity except with information from a variety of external sources. This is what makes your service excel.
Becky says: Ditto on the sharing with a person and editing power from both sides. If that can be done then your app will be the best ever and I know so many more people who would start using your program!!!! Please keep us posted!!
Becky says: Please email me with advanced sharing updates.
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Not right now, but I see how that would be useful! We’ll consider this when we are ready to work on reminder improvements
Stefano says: Can’t wait for the new sharing capabilities.
I hope to see them soon.
Thanx for the great app!
Allie Rodman says: I do not see the “email” option or other share options aside from Facebook and Twitter on the iPad app, but I see them on the web version. Am I missing something?
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Hi Allie – The iOS app doesn’t have the same share options as the web version. You’ll have to go to the browser to mail link on the iPad. Sorry about that!
Joe says: @Devin: 2 more days left in February… any news?
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Hi Joe! Sorry we haven’t delivered an update yet – we’re aiming for end of March. Sorry for the delay, but we think it will be worth the wait!
Jay Edgar says: I’m greatly looking forward to this. Evernote allows sharing, but for what I consider a hefty fee. I’m excited to have it!
Thanks for a great product.
Christy says: Will we need to make our notebooks public to collaborate with someone? I’d like to be able to control who sees my Springpad rather than open it up to everyone. Will this new update allow for specific notebooks to be shared with specific people only?
Springpad is great, btw. I tried Evernote, but decided having to pay a monthly fee to NOT be able to clip from my iPad was kind of deal breaker. Plus, Springpad has much better organization capabilities and isn’t that why we all need a central “idea” repository? Making order out of chaos. Thanks!
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Hi Christy – You will not need to make your notebook public to share. You can invite specific Springpad users only, if that’s what you want. Cool huh?
Jacques Thesing says: Maybe not the right place to mention but…Isn’t it possible to have your blog comments sorted starting with the latest comment and going back in time. Most people will be interested in the last comment and not in the oldest which might have been solved already.
david says: Devin…Cool, yes. But have been waiting a L o n g time for this. Is there a hard date we can expect this functionality?
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Hi David – You’re right. The truth is, we didn’t focus on productivity for the next release, because we decided to work on sharing/collaboration features that users have been asking for for a long time
Wish we could do it all at once, but we’re a small team over here, so can only roll out so much at a time. Sorry for the wait, but thanks for your patience!
Christy says: Thanks for the quick response, Devin! I look forward to the new feature. My want to be technically savvy mother also thanks you.
david says: Understood, and know you guys have a lot to do. Just would like to know when this will really be available…days, weeks, months?
tom says: Hi Devin – Just wanted to let you I’m following this thread and anxiously awaiting this selective sharing feature as well. I think this will go a long way toward making SpringPad a must-have app. Thanks! -Tom
Jennifer says: Hi – I do not see a share button at the top of my screen. I would like to share a board but I am unable to find the share button on the board or the notebook page. Where would I find the share button?
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Hi Jennifer – The shre button is between the Edit and Delete buttons on the full page view of a specific item. If you want to share a notebook, you need to make it public by clicking the wrench icon next to the notebook title and clicking the “Make it public” button. However, next month, we are adding new share features that allow you to share with individual users as well. You can’t share from the board view. I hope that helps!
Jennifer says: Thank you Devin, I found the share button when I opened a note. I just want to clarify, it is not possible for anyone to see a board I created or for me to share a board?
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Hi Jennifer – if the notebook is private, then no one else can the notebook or anything in it, including the board
Frank says: When will we be able to mutually edit folders?
Celia says: I am anxiously awaiting the collaboration update! Any news? I have a big event to plan…
Brad says: I was worried when I saw a 1/12 ETA for this update at the top of the thread, given that it’s now 4/12. But the stated ETA got shorter and shorter as I scrolled…this will be worth the wait!
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is there a forum or contact point for users? The help facility is lame and there’s no way to get assistance when things don’t work or aren’t clear.
I want to love springpad, really i do, but it’s broken for me and and there’s no way to find out if it’s a common problem or unique to me.
There are things I want to do with it, features that seem natural, seem obvious and essential, – but I cant find a way to do them and there’s no place to go to ask or suggest.
This has so much potential, but after trying it for a week I’m ready to throw it all away and go back to evernote.
Please! if I’m missing the obvious “FORUM” button, or the link to “HELP FACILITY that’s worth looking at” link can some kind reader point me in the right direction?
We do have a support forum! It’s here: http://getsatisfaction.com/springpartners
Any chance of adding Buzz to the mix
Hey Dale – Great idea!
Hi,
I just want to figure out how I can share something with only one or two friends on springpad so that it becomes more project collaboration as well rather than just having the two options completely PRIVATE or completely PUBLIC. I’m not a fan of this but love springpad for everything else. There should be a button where you can choose your contacts with whom you will share specific parts of your projects or something with.
IS there? Or is there one on the way soon otherwise?? otherwise I may as well move back to my old project collaboration tool
thanks
Hi Grace -
We don’t support any sort of project collaboration at this time. Honestly, we aren’t planning on adding it in the near future, either. Sorry that we can’t satisfy this need for you!
so there’s no possibility in the future that you will be adding – share with specific contacts only?? i think this would be most people would want as they may not want to share everything with the whole world…thanks
Grace – You can use “send to me” to send a copy to any email address, but that will not make the data editable for the specified Springpad users. It will just allow them to make a copy of it for themselves.
I would like the ability to share my shopping list with my wife and have her edit it, say she needs something not on the list, it would be Sooo much easier to give her the ability to edit my list. Evernote supports sharing of notebooks I believe you should be able to as well.
Thanks,
j
Hey J – You’re not alone in this request: http://getsatisfaction.com/springpartners/topics/sharing_all_or_nothing
Katin,
Is there a way for a user to follow your Springpad anonymously? Like an RSS feed (not specifically like that…just the ability to see a person’s Springpad anonymously) without having to sign up as an official follower.
Hi Katin,
Just like J, I would like to have general lists and shopping lists be editable between my girls and I. I’ve found that if we keeping adding, we will see the new items that one of us has added, but this is getting confusing. We want to have a central ‘Movies that we want to see’ list, and each girl’s Christmas wish. I guess we can just rethink the way we use this. Lots of fun. Oh, also I would like to use a photo of my dog for my background but I can’t work out how to get a photo in (I’ve got it in Picasa 3).
Cheers
Karen
I agree with J. I want to be able to share a grocery list with my wife that we’re both able to edit. I’m hoping it can replace Our Groceries.
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Add my vote to what “j” from July 27, “Karen from November 24, and Eric from November 30 have said for the ability to edit and modify a shopping list (or any list) between different users. I was specifically setting an account up for my wife to do just that, but the result has involved a lot of time trying to make it work with no luck. Now these posts confirm that it can’t be done currently. I wish I would have seen them sooner, but at least I now know. Katin, on August 10th, you replied to “J” saying, “Hey J – You’re not alone in this request:”. What does that mean? Does it mean, “We hear a lot of people requesting this, but it’s not happening”. Or does it mean, “We hear you and understand that there is a great desire for this among our users, so we definitely plan on implementing it (if possible) in the near future. There certainly is a lot of other functionality with this software, but having this ability would be a definite bonus for everyone. Thanks for your time! Don
Whoops, I guess I should have checked out the “sharing_all_or_nothing” link before posting. I had no idea that it was so long with people who wanted the same thing as me. I also see your post with the official reply about a month ago that I understand to say we won’t be seeing this feature. Oh, well…I guess I will have to go to plan “B”, which is just what you suggested – sharing an account with everyone. Not the best solution like someone else stated for when people are jotting down gift ideas, but I guess it just can’t be used for that or anything private.
Disappointed, but will move on.
Regards,
Don
Seriously, you need to add Individual sharing or you will lose more users to Evernote.
I don’t see the “invite people” link as stated in the help file. A screen shot would be nice. Thanks.
Hey Jessica – You’re right… the second option was outdated. I just updated it. Sorry about that!
Just tried to share a note
two Questions/issues
1) if their is a subnote attached to the note it doesnt go across as part of the share link
2) Is there a way of sharing the complete notbook, good for joint people working on a project or assignment or customer deal
Cheers
Hi Eddie – Make sure the subnote is also public (it should also have a little lock next to it as an indicator)
No way of sharing an entire notebook right now. Sorry.
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So will you be adding the ability to share with select folks or not? Or does this mean that I need to move onto Evernote? I thought Springpad was so cool, but I don’t really feel like sharing EVERYTHING with EVERYONE…but I would like to choose who I share with…
how do i share a note with another springpad user without making it public?
Tanja and Reenie – On the web app you can click the Share button on an item to get a Private link of the item to share only with the people you give the link to.
I realize it’s been requested (several times), but please add my vote to add the ability for the person I’ve shared a note with, to edit it.
Like all the others here, My wife and I (both SpringPad users) would love to be able to share a shopping list, which we both can add-to, and check-off items in.
As basic as that sounds, amazingly, there is no app (that we can find) which will allow us to do that across platforms (including Android) in this day-and-age of far more sophisticated applications.
We’re almost left with the feeling that startups and developers are so focused on developing the coolest, fastest car on the planet, that they forgot to add a steering wheel!
Another vote for the shared grocery list, with ability for my wife and I to edit. This is one of the main reasons I signed up.
I’m no programmer, but this doesn’t seem like a difficult request in this day and age.
Is there a way to embed Springpad content in a blog? For example, I create an itinerary in Springpad, and want to have it display on my travel blog. Or display a list of books Im reading and using SP to track?
Kelly – sorry, no way to do this, but great idea!
Hi
Once again what’s about collaboration idea? I would find useful for example to work on the same shopping list with my girlfriend at the same time. Not only to share a link to my sprigpad note…
One more vote for fully integrated sharing between springpad users to collabarate. I don’t want to have to move my stuff to a competitor, but to get the functionality I need, I will. It seems a lot of customers have been asking for this for quite a while w/ no response in development… That stinks, cause it’s a great product.
I’ll add my vote for collaboration with those to whom I send a link. PLEASE – don’t make me start all over with evernote.
Why can not I share a folder for example, only one person? As in the Dropbox. When I can share a folder on the desktop appears on the folder and there you can add things together
Yes! We need a collaboration tool with the ability to share entire notebooks with select people and for all those with such access to be able to edit. This is critical, imho, and may force me to move part or all of my notes to another program. And I hate to do that because I love everything else about Springpad. So, is there any chance of this happening?
All the data in Springpad is essentially useless to anyone that shares their personal life with more than just themselves(wife, kids, etc).
It’s holding me back from using Springpad
GroceryIQ is fantastic for shared Grocery lists across Android and iOS so that’s good. But you have a chance to apply that concept for the stuff beyond grocery items.
I think you guys are really missing the boat by not allowing for a “friend” only share. Being a project orientated application allows for this to pull more people into to using the product. aka if i can share a grocery list with just my wife both her and I would be hooked. As it sits right now, i can’t justify the time to input data with the current share options. Copy and paste a link that the other party would then have to check their e-mail and except is just clunky.
Amen to all this.
If anyone knows of an app that allows private sharing of lists, *kapow* or *Phtt* or *zoom*, I’m there. That’s the real “killer” part of the app.
Their kind of thinking goes against today’s culture. Don’t tell your users that you don’t plan on implementing their most requested feature. It tells them, “we don’t care what you want. Just eat what we feed you.”
I have to jump on the bandwagon too. When I saw “Friends Stuff” I thought this is excellent. My family/friends can share a notebook of wines. When I realized what “Friends Stuff” was I was quite disappointed as I really like the rest of the app. So I too am requesting a shareable/editable notebook which is restricted to a list of friends or if it were simpler, joinable via a “private” link. I very much prefer the consistent springpad interface on all devices over the hodgepodge of the alternative choices. It would be a shame to lose people over what probably isn’t a super difficult feature to implement which is in high demand.
I really miss the possibility to share Notebooks with specific users. This would make Springpad a real killer app.
Regards,
Thomas
I agree with Doug above. A shared Grocery list with say my partner only would be freaking awesome!
Why is the reason behind the ” not sharing notebooks” isuue? Is it technical?
Count me in. The main draw of this app is a centralized location for everything. PLEASE let us share items with individual people where both parties can edit and update the same folder, note or task.
Hi Katin. I want to use Springpad to share grocery lists and my vacation notebook with the people close to me. These are the kinds of things I use Springpad for and they simply don’t make sense without collaboration. At the moment I’m just starting notebooks and then leaving them to gather dust as they quickly become a chore to curate with only one person contributing. Adding this feature would probably ensure my continued use of the produce. Tom
Tom, Julia & VC – We hope to add collaboration in the future! We know that it’s an important feature & that many of our users would benefit from it!
What a shame! I thought this was the perfect application until I found out I can’t collaborate with my friends/family. Will have to look at some of the competitor apps instead unfortunately.
Is there a way to share a shopping list so that both can add items??
Nicolas – We hope to allow this in the future. For now, you might considering sharing one account for your family.
I completely agree that collaboration should be part of future development of SpringPad with editing and user mgt privileges. Otherwise, it will be eventually become obsolete as others fill the void.
VC
@katin I apologize for my sour comment earlier. I anxiously wait for this feature to be implemented! Count me in for beta testing
How about sharing a notebook. That way you can stuff a notebook with web clips and notes for discussion. I would like to share notebooks. Should add this feature if not already there
Collaboration is the Key – without it you Loose Everything!!!
Sharing Private (editable) Notebooks (and other data) between Users is a Must!
Thanks.
To Tim: you can already share any item (note, bookmark, etc.) if you click the ‘lock’ icon open (public). That way you’ll have your own page that people can see, similar to a blog… Of course people cannot add anything to it but it’s great to quickly share things. See mine as an example (a very poor one though): http://springpadit.com/sachaweb
…and (adding to the shared page comment) you can make a more ‘specialized’ URL to your shared page that will filter according to the tags and/or types you want… e.g.:
http://springpadit.com/sachaweb/Note?Tags=Help
Here only notes (no bookmarks) with the ‘Help’ tag…
Agreed Allowing a specific group to collaborate and update a notebook and not allow the rest of the world to see it or only certain portions will be a key thing to how much and how i will be using this site. That said GREAT work so far
Put me down in the ‘share a notebook with specific individuals’ request also. Seems like such an obvious way to share I just spent an hour trying to figure out how to do it. Would like to collaborate with specific people, not everybody. Is there currently any app that does that, that is similar in concept to springpad? Thanks
+1 vote to share a notebook with specific people.
Yes, sharing notebooks with specific people would be incredible and would boost my use of this tool tremedously!
I agree with everyone else on sharing with specific people. I used this feature all the time when I had google notebooks.
When saving a photo on a website as “Photo Note”, the photo always appears as a broken link in the “Share” page, this sucks because my friends don’t get to see them, even though they are public.
Trayzey – Send us a note with your username & browser/version you’re using so we can help you troubleshoot the issue – feedback@springpartners.com
I would like my entries in my notebooks to remain private, but accessible to whoever I choose to share the notebook with. It’s only logical…
The lack of collaboration is what is keeping me from using springpad as my main list app. I need my husband and I to share and both edit things like grocery lists, etc
That is exactly my use case, I want to share my lists and stuff with someone else who is also using springpad
I also would need to share a notebook or other elements with my wife, or co-workers, but not anyone.
It would be great if you add this functionality.
Anyway, congratulations, you made a nice app!
I use it a lot for my personal stuff.
Another plea for sharing with specific Springpad users. Totally private or totally public are not very good, or even logical, options.
If Springpad is to get any traction in the commercial world, this has to be an option. Can’t imagine why it wasn’t part of the initial design specs.
Just repeating what others have said – being able to share specific things with specific people only, would be awesome!
Other than that, loving Springpad, many thanks!
Another request to share specific notebook with specific users!!
This app is awesome!!
+1 – I too would like to collaborate with a selected list of other users.
+1000 for allowing collaboration on lists. I’ve recently started using Springpad for my lists and general collection points and because it is SO good just ASSUMED I’d be able to share and collaborate on lists with others. I was VERY surprised to learn this is not the case. Please consider adding this very soon. Thanks!
Waiting on notebook sharing/editing with specific individuals also. Is a must!
I’m holding off on wholesale adoption of this tool until sharing options are expanded to allow collaboration with specific users. Nice tool otherwise but this is a deal breaker for me.
Yeah, I’m stcking with Evernote for now. No sharing of notebooks? I thought I was missing something until I read this post!
Lawrence – good news! We’re working on collaboration right now! Check back in with us soon!
Brittni – Good to hear. Any idea when you’ll be releasing this crucial feature?
Just got my wife to finally try this out as she hates all my geeky stuff. Of course we can’t share our “To Do” list so the 4 nano seconds of her attention I got was blown right out the window
Please let us know when this feature comes about!!
Hey John – it will be out in the next few months. Don’t worry, we’ll make a hoopla so that you can’t miss it!
Ditto for sharing a full notebook with only specific people. One of the features I love about Springpad is the ability to take photos and notes right out of the app. Being able to share these with a specific group of people as they are updated would be great!
I’m with the others Katin, we want to share specific notes with members of staff and will be great, please let us know if this will be within the next month.
Hey everyone – we’re working on private group sharing now & expect it to be out in the coming months!
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Please add one more voice for collaboration/sharing with specific people. Each can add to the content, and it’s not 100% public. Thanks!
+1, though most interested in the collaboration part. example, my wife and i both do shopping, so would love to have a shopping list we share, and can both add to. so whomever is heading to the store already has the most updated list on their phone…would be awesome!
Same as John (26.). I thought it was possible and, well… got a bit confused when I tried to show her where she just had to… never mind ! Too bad because we needed that feature to prepare a trip.
Good to hear it’s coming though
+1, sharing notebook between spring pad users.
+1 for group collaboration. I can’t wait. This looks like it will be a simple, but useful way to share notebook with peers.
I would pay for it. Right now we are paying for the project management system, but I just love your board feature. It would be great to just dump the tasks for everyone there and have a weekly planning where we re-arrange everything.
It would be great to have fully shared lists/notes/etc., not just read-only sharing. Collaboration is a must! Without it it’s usability is limited.
Please add feature: Share/Edit Notebook between specific springpad users.
Josie – we’re working on a collaboration feature right now!
Hi Katin & Brittni, any closer to a start date for the collaboration feature yet? We’re really looking forward to it, bringing on new contractors every month.
Shauna – We’re working on it now! Should be out just after the 1st of the year…
Thanks Katin. Can’t wait!
John’s wife and mine must be sisters!
I’d also like the feature to have levels of permission. For instance, some notes and notebooks I’d like to push as a view only and allow for a friend, family member, co-worker, or wife to place/organize it into whatever notebook they determine in their own account and they can always have it to read and reference as well as see any real-time updates. So on top of collaborating in a notebook I’d like there to be a read-only option that I can push to other Springpaders.
Ideally, I see three permission levels as a basic option…
1) Owner
2) Collaborator
3) Viewer
Great ideas Ken, this would be perfect for small business.
Yes. Please create a way to be able to share certain notebooks at certain levels. That way my wife and I could have note books shared that either of us could edit. For example the google calenders can be shared across accounts and edited across accounts.
Ditto on all aspects of full (private) sharing of specific notebooks. Really want to be able to use Springpad but without the ability to privately collaborate (in both work and private realms) it is a non-starter for me. Would be willing to have that feature be a paid premium (reasonable monthly fee) if that makes a difference. I know you are working on it… just make sure it is fully collaborative (editable by both parties) on all platforms (web and iOS).
Can’t wait for group collaboration!!!!!
Specific notebook with specific contacs!! for me that is a must have! so i could organize a team work, and if it would be in a cooperative way, better.
By far the best app I’ve ever owned… thanks for a great product!
Oh, and add my vote to share a notebook with specific people. Looking forward to the addition next year.
I set up an account hoping that I could share notebooks with my husband so we could BOTH access and edit items. It could be so much more powerful a tool if we could mutually update things like shopping lists, to-do lists, vacation information, etc. Please add to your sharing functionality. I don’t want to make my information public to everyone just to give one person the ability to view it.
Hey Meg! We are introducing exactly what you are asking for in a little more than a month! Stay tuned. For now, you might consider just sharing one account with your husband.
Thanks katin. That’s great news. I think we’re also going to try it out at my office to have a central idea bank and to be able to collaborate on projects in a new way. Great possibilities.
I want to second what Meg said. I want to set up a shared notebook with my wife called “Shopping List” that we can both add tasks to for things we’d like to purchase. We could tag it based on the stores we shop at. Either one of us would then be able to check off the task as completed via the mobile application while at the store. That would be awesome!! This is a great product by the way.
Hi Brent – With the new version of Springpad, we’re adding a collaboration feature that will enable you to share notebooks and allow multiple people to make changes. It’s coming in about a month so stay tuned! P.S. Thanks!
I don’t want to make my recipes public. If I want to send a recipe to a friend or family member I have to copy and paste the link in an email. I do have my gmail account gelinked to Springpad. Why not simply provide a space under the link to type in the email address(es) to whom I want to send the recipe with a short commend line. Will this be possible in the future?
Hi Jacques – Right now, if you are in the detail view of the recipe and click “Send via email” you can enter multiple email contacts. I see what you’re saying about having a field right in the recipe to enter recipient names. Good idea – we’ll consider it!
Hi there, just wanted to add my weight behind what has already been mentioned. Really want to be able to share specific notes with other individuals. Great app otherwise though.
I set up an account to how it would work for a cemetery restoration project I am involved with. What I really need is the ability to share a project with a work group of volunteers. They don’t need edit capability but perhaps comment permissions.
The current share option is public or nothing with an option to share a link anyone can use of they have it, which is also ultimately public. This project needs to be private until a specific time.
I’m going to try using it some more since I have so much time into entering data. Please note that I had originally tried Evernote but they have limitations and as a volunteer I am not willing to pay $50 a year to save project data. That seemed pricey given I pay that to Flickr to massive amounts of storage way in excess of what I’ll use at Evernote.
Your service looks like it has the flexibility I need for the types of data we will use to do our project. Kudos for a great product idea.
Hi Doug – Good news! We are making some significant changes to Notebooks in our next release (Feb) that includes collaboration, which means you can invite other springpad users to not only view your notebook, but edit contents, comment, etc
OK, well you have me hooked. I’m looking at ways I can or connect various entries using Categories and tags. It would have been a better idea for me to decide on those things first. When fifty or so items are in a folder it is going to get crowded. My project has some basic steps and each step has groups of tasks and targets. Not unlike a project management activity except with information from a variety of external sources. This is what makes your service excel.
Is that collaboration feature any closer yet?
Yup: February. Don’t the exact release date yet, but it’s getting close!
Ditto on the sharing with a person and editing power from both sides. If that can be done then your app will be the best ever and I know so many more people who would start using your program!!!! Please keep us posted!!
Please email me with advanced sharing updates.
Is there a way that you can make reminders hourly and not daily?
Not right now, but I see how that would be useful! We’ll consider this when we are ready to work on reminder improvements
Can’t wait for the new sharing capabilities.
I hope to see them soon.
Thanx for the great app!
I do not see the “email” option or other share options aside from Facebook and Twitter on the iPad app, but I see them on the web version. Am I missing something?
Hi Allie – The iOS app doesn’t have the same share options as the web version. You’ll have to go to the browser to mail link on the iPad. Sorry about that!
@Devin: 2 more days left in February… any news?
Hi Joe! Sorry we haven’t delivered an update yet – we’re aiming for end of March. Sorry for the delay, but we think it will be worth the wait!
I’m greatly looking forward to this. Evernote allows sharing, but for what I consider a hefty fee. I’m excited to have it!
Thanks for a great product.
Will we need to make our notebooks public to collaborate with someone? I’d like to be able to control who sees my Springpad rather than open it up to everyone. Will this new update allow for specific notebooks to be shared with specific people only?
Springpad is great, btw. I tried Evernote, but decided having to pay a monthly fee to NOT be able to clip from my iPad was kind of deal breaker. Plus, Springpad has much better organization capabilities and isn’t that why we all need a central “idea” repository? Making order out of chaos. Thanks!
Hi Christy – You will not need to make your notebook public to share. You can invite specific Springpad users only, if that’s what you want. Cool huh?
Maybe not the right place to mention but…Isn’t it possible to have your blog comments sorted starting with the latest comment and going back in time. Most people will be interested in the last comment and not in the oldest which might have been solved already.
Devin…Cool, yes. But have been waiting a L o n g time for this. Is there a hard date we can expect this functionality?
Hi David – You’re right. The truth is, we didn’t focus on productivity for the next release, because we decided to work on sharing/collaboration features that users have been asking for for a long time
Wish we could do it all at once, but we’re a small team over here, so can only roll out so much at a time. Sorry for the wait, but thanks for your patience!
Thanks for the quick response, Devin! I look forward to the new feature. My want to be technically savvy mother also thanks you.
Understood, and know you guys have a lot to do. Just would like to know when this will really be available…days, weeks, months?
Hi David – We plan to release the next update in about a month!
Hi Devin – Just wanted to let you I’m following this thread and anxiously awaiting this selective sharing feature as well. I think this will go a long way toward making SpringPad a must-have app. Thanks! -Tom
Thanks Tom! In that case, you must be real excited for mid-April to arrive!
Hi – I do not see a share button at the top of my screen. I would like to share a board but I am unable to find the share button on the board or the notebook page. Where would I find the share button?
Hi Jennifer – The shre button is between the Edit and Delete buttons on the full page view of a specific item. If you want to share a notebook, you need to make it public by clicking the wrench icon next to the notebook title and clicking the “Make it public” button. However, next month, we are adding new share features that allow you to share with individual users as well. You can’t share from the board view. I hope that helps!
Thank you Devin, I found the share button when I opened a note. I just want to clarify, it is not possible for anyone to see a board I created or for me to share a board?
Hi Jennifer – if the notebook is private, then no one else can the notebook or anything in it, including the board
When will we be able to mutually edit folders?
Mid-April!
I am anxiously awaiting the collaboration update! Any news? I have a big event to plan…
Mid-April, Celia!
I was worried when I saw a 1/12 ETA for this update at the top of the thread, given that it’s now 4/12. But the stated ETA got shorter and shorter as I scrolled…this will be worth the wait!