To change these settings you will need the relevant module permission:
Sermons: Sermons Settings
Forms: Form Settings
Events: Full Read Events
Groups: Group Settings
Giving: Contributions Settings
You control whether sermons, events, groups, forms, and giving appear in the public portal, in the mobile app, and for logged-in guest users.
Where to set public visibility
Public visibility for sermons, events, groups, and forms lives in one place: Settings & Tools (cog icon in the tool-bar) > Public Access. The page has a tab for each area — General, Events, Groups, Forms, and Sermons.
Open Settings & Tools > Public Access.
On the General tab, use Public Portal Enabled? to turn the public portal on or off for your whole organization.
Open the tab for the area you want to manage (Events, Groups, Forms, or Sermons). In the Public Visibility section, under Allow access to the following, check or uncheck where that area should appear.
Note: Web embeds are not affected by these settings.
Public portal
If unchecked, the area will not appear in the top menu of the public portal or on its home page. If Public portal is unchecked for every area, the public portal is no longer accessible — anyone who visits it directly is redirected to your church's login page, and the link to the public portal on the login page is removed.
Mobile app
If unchecked, the area will not appear in the My One Church app or any branded apps. This applies everywhere the area could appear, such as the side menu, screen buttons, tabs, and carousel images. Changes may not take effect for a user until the app is restarted.
Logged in guest users
If unchecked, guest users who log into the main system (for example, https://<subdomain>.onechurchsoftware.com) will not see the area. It is removed from their side menu, and they cannot open its listing screen or any records within it.
This only applies to guest users. Logged-in non-guest users — those with custom access, role-based access, or super-user access — always have access regardless of these settings. Changes take effect for a guest user the next time they refresh their browser or log in.
Giving portals
Giving visibility is managed per giving portal rather than from the Public Access page. Go to Contributions > Settings > Giving Portals, where each portal has an Enabled status and a Listed? setting that control whether it is publicly available and shown. Open a giving portal to adjust how and where it appears.
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