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In the past, I have created 'public' tracks, used the share/inframe link feature to embed as a link on my website, then re-set the track to 'private' so that it does not appear in searches on the Wikiloc site. This has worked fine. I often use it to document a hike on an unofficial route with cross country portions, especially if I have also uploaded a 'public' track for the same area that follows the official trail that I would prefer to share with the wider world.

Recently, these links to embed private trails result in a 'Page not found' error message, a change in the behavior, UNLESS I am signed onto Wikiloc in the same browser session. Is this new behavior intentional? I would like to be able to share 'private' tracks semi-privately, i.e., link to them in an e-mail or website.

Thanks!

You're right. A few weeks ago we did a change to ensure that when an author sets a trail as 'private' it can only be seen by him/her and even a direct link would return a 'page not found' for anyone but the author (in the past the direct link did reach the private trail page).

We've discussed the issue internally after your post and we agree with you that the former option was more useful since it effectively concealed the trail from wikiloc searches but the author could email the link if she wish or even embed the trail on a private forum.

We're going to change it back to the former behavior in the next few days.

Thanks for the heads up!

Jordi

That's great! Thanks!

Some photo sites have three options: public, "anyone with link", and private. But usually the "anyone with link" link has an extra authorization code, which just seems like more trouble that it's worth.

Kent

OK We've pushed the changes online and the trail page should be directly accessible to 'anyone with the link'.

Jordi