Public and private spaces

Visibility decides whether someone who isn't signed in can see anything on your space's website. It is a single setting on Settings → General, on the General card, with two values:

The setting applies to the public site at https://<key>.eolymp.space, not to the console. The console always requires an administrator to sign in, whatever visibility says. See Space key and public address.

Which one to choose

Public suits an open archive or a competition you want people to find: problems, contests and pages can be read, linked to and shared, and someone deciding whether to take part can look before they commit.

Private suits a school, a university course or an internal training programme, where the material and the participant list are not meant to leave the institution. Nothing is published to anonymous visitors; the address still works, but it leads to a sign-in page.

Switching between the two takes effect immediately and changes nothing inside the space. Problems, contests, members and results are untouched — only whether a signed-out visitor can see them.

Visibility is not access control

Visibility is a single yes-or-no about anonymous visitors. It does not decide who may join, and it does not hide individual objects:

• Whether people can create their own account and join is a separate setting, Allow sign up on the Members card — see Add members.

• Whether a particular contest or problem is visible is set on that contest or problem, not here.

• Who may administer the space is separate again, and is covered in Access management.

A private space is not an inactive one

A private space is one you chose to close to anonymous visitors; members sign in and use it normally. A space showing a red Inactive banner is something else — its subscription has lapsed, and nobody can use it until the subscription is renewed. See How billing works.