Signing in
There are no passwords in Drry. How the emailed code works, how long you stay signed in, and why a custom domain asks again.
- sign in
- account
- security
Drry has no passwords, for you or for your members. You enter your email address, we send a code, you type it in. Nothing to invent, nothing to forget, nothing to leak.
How long you stay in
A year, and it renews as you use it. Somebody who visits your community regularly should almost never have to sign in again.
Where the code comes from
From Drry by default, branded as your community. If you have connected your own sending domain, sign-in codes come from your domain too, which is worth doing precisely because this is the moment a member is deciding whether to trust the email in front of them.
If someone else may have your code
A sign-in lasts a year, so a code that gets forwarded, to an assistant or a helper for example, hands over the whole console. Two things help.
A new-device email. When an owner, admin or editor signs in to the console from a browser Drry has not seen before, we email them the device (for example Chrome on Windows), the approximate location when we know it, and the time. The button in it goes to Settings, under General, to Your sign-ins. It blocks nothing, because people travel and change networks. Signing in to a community site as a member never sends it, and a brand-new account's first device is silent.
Sign out of all other devices. In Your sign-ins there is one button that ends every sign-in except the one you are using, including on your community sites. Other devices are signed out within about a minute, and getting back in needs a new code. Editors find the same card in Settings.
Common questions
Can I set a password instead?
No. It is a deliberate design decision, and it removes a whole class of problem for you and for your members.
Can somebody be signed in on two devices?
Yes, as many as they like.
How do I sign out everywhere?
Owners, admins and editors can, from Settings, General, Your sign-ins: Sign out of all other devices ends every sign-in except the one you are on. Members have no equivalent, so they sign out on each device.
How does a member sign out, or switch to another account?
From the profile menu on your community, press Sign out. Every community address also has a sign-out link: your address followed by /sign-out, for example yourname.drry.com/sign-out. Opening it signs the visitor out and lands them on the sign-in page, which helps someone who is stuck on the wrong account.
What if someone who is already signed in opens the sign-in page?
If they have access, they are sent straight on to where they were going, or to your community home. Someone whose profile is not finished or whose membership has lapsed still sees the sign-in form.