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title: User Guide - Lifestyle - Managing Association Documents
description: "You can manage your documents and folders through two platforms: your Association Website (while logged in as an Admin) or the Smartwebs Office Site. Both use the same permission settings.\n\nOption 1: Association Website\nLog in to your website using your Smartwebs credentials.\n\nTo create a group: Click Add New Group.\n\nTo add content: Click on a Group, then select Add Item to upload documents, create folders, or add links.\n\nOption 2: Smartwebs Office Site\nLog in to office.smartwebs.com.\nNavigate to Manage > Association > Documents.\nTo create a category: Click Add New Group.\n\nTo add content: Click on a Group, then select Add Item.\n\nVisibility Settings\n\nWhen creating a Group, you must select a visibility level to control who can view the content:\n\nLevel\n\n	\n\nWho can see it?\n\n\n\n\nPublic\n\n	\n\nAnyone visiting the website.\n\n\n\n\nResident\n\n	\n\nLogged-in users with the Resident role.\n\n\n\n\nBoard\n\n	\n\nLogged-in users with the Board role.\n\n\n\n\nVendor\n\n	\n\nLogged-in users with the Vendor role.\n\n\n\n\nManagement\n\n	\n\nLogged-in users with the Management role."
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July 21, 2026

# User Guide - Lifestyle - Managing Association Documents

## Note: The functionality described in this article is part of an optional Smartwebs add-on product: Lifestyle which may not be available in your environment. If you do not see these features and are interested in enabling them, please contact Support to request a product demo!

You can manage your documents and folders through two platforms: your Association Website (while logged in as an Admin) or the Smartwebs Office Site. Both use the same permission settings.

### Option 1: Association Website

1. Log in to your website using your Smartwebs credentials.  
   ![](https://solutions.smartwebs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-22-34-1690-PM.png?width=670&height=199&name=image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-22-34-1690-PM.png)
2. To create a group: Click Add New Group.  
   ![](https://solutions.smartwebs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-22-50-4633-PM.png?width=670&height=213&name=image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-22-50-4633-PM.png)
3. To add content: Click on a Group, then select Add Item to upload documents, create folders, or add links.  
   ![](https://solutions.smartwebs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-23-13-6430-PM.png?width=670&height=250&name=image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-23-13-6430-PM.png)

### Option 2: Smartwebs Office Site

1. Log in to [office.smartwebs.com](https://office.smartwebs.com).
2. Navigate to Manage > Association > Documents.
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   ![](https://solutions.smartwebs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-24-12-8936-PM.png?width=670&height=224&name=image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-24-12-8936-PM.png)
3. To create a category: Click Add New Group.  
   ![](https://solutions.smartwebs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-24-26-1947-PM.png?width=670&height=224&name=image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-24-26-1947-PM.png)
4. To add content: Click on a Group, then select Add Item.  
   ![](https://solutions.smartwebs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-24-39-8863-PM.png?width=670&height=296&name=image-png-Mar-25-2026-06-24-39-8863-PM.png)

### Visibility Settings

When creating a Group, you must select a visibility level to control who can view the content:

| **Level** | **Who can see it?** |
| --- | --- |
| **Public** | Anyone visiting the website. |
| **Resident** | Logged-in users with the Resident role. |
| **Board** | Logged-in users with the Board role. |
| **Vendor** | Logged-in users with the Vendor role. |
| **Management** | Logged-in users with the Management role. |

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