Every project in Dapple has one of three visibility states: Draft, Private, or Public. Draft means only your team can see the form. Private means anyone with the direct link can submit, but the project isn't searchable. Public means the project is open and discoverable. Change visibility in Project Settings → General → Visibility.
What do the three visibility options mean?
State | Who can see it | When to use it |
Draft | Only members of your organisation | While you're still building the project, before you're ready to share with creators. |
Private | Anyone with the direct link (not discoverable) | For solicited submissions, fee-waiver requests, or anything you want to share with specific creators only. |
Public | Anyone — discoverable and shareable | For open calls, awards, and any opportunity you're actively promoting. |
How to change visibility
Open the project from the Projects section.
Click the three-dot menu and choose Settings → General (or open the project and click General).
Scroll to the Visibility section.
Toggle to Draft, Private, or Public.
Save.
Changes take effect immediately. Switching to Public puts the project's public link live; switching back to Draft pulls it offline. Creators who already submitted are unaffected — their entries stay in your pipeline regardless of the current visibility setting.
When should I use Private?
Common Private use cases include:
Solicited private requests — a closed group of applications.
Fee waivers — a creator who has requested fee-waiver access gets a private link to the same project with a $0 entry.
Beta forms — testing a new submission form with a handful of trusted creators before going Public.
Internal staff submissions — collecting team work for a programme that isn't open to the public.
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