Testing the member experience
Last updated: August 25, 2022
You might have some complex workflows with different tiers working within your community, or maybe you just want to test what it's like to join as one of your members.
💡 Tip: To experience your community exactly as an existing member does, you can utilize our View as feature. It allows you to navigate and preview access to spaces without compromising the member's privacy. For more information, see Preview your community as a member.
You might notice it's hard to test without going through the hassle of setting up multiple test email accounts. You might not be aware of a simple "+1" hack that can help!
Let's say that your email is janedoe@company.com. You can sign up janedoe+1@company.com, janedoe+2@company.com, janedoe+zapierflow@company.com etc. You can use janedoe+anything@company.com to create a new email address!
Circle will treat this as a brand new member, and you will still receive all email communication to your janedoe@company.com email address.
💡 Tip: If you are testing out a particular flow with an email, take a note! Ex: janedoe+2@company.com - Testing Invitation Link for Basic Tier janedoe+privatemastermind@company.com - Testing Premier Customer Flow
That way when you receive any email notifications you can know what you are expecting to experience once you click the invitation link just in case you are testing many scenarios at once!
If you are testing an invitation link, we recommend right-clicking and opening it in an incognito window. This will ensure that you aren't recognized as being logged in to your admin account.