Frequently asked questions
Short answers about accounts, approvals, the review studio and your data.
What is Emporania?
Emporania is AideaMaker LLC's site for planning and reviewing website designs. Its home page shows every project's designs by role, and any two or three of them can be compared side by side. The answers below cover accounts, approvals, the review studio and your data.
Account
Do I need an account?
Yes. Sign-up is closed: an admin makes each account. To ask for access, use the contact form.
I forgot my password. What now?
Choose Forgot password on the sign-in page and enter your email address or username. If the account exists, a link to choose a new password is emailed to it.
Does Emporania charge for use?
No. Emporania does not charge for use.
Designs and approvals
Who can approve a change?
Styling and layout requests are approved by approvers. Feature and function requests are approved only by the site owner's account.
Does a layout edit change my design straight away?
No. Layout edits go in as a request; the design stays as it is until the request is approved and built.
What is the live design?
A locked copy of a connected live site, made by that site's own server, so a review always starts from what visitors see.
What is the working design?
Each project has one working design, the only one open to comments. It has revisions (r1, r2 and on) and may have variations beside it.
What does the assistant do?
When a comment is not clear, the assistant asks a short follow-up question, and the answer is kept with the request. It never approves or declines anything.
Can I attach a picture to a comment?
Yes. A comment can carry pictures and files, and a request can be marked to discuss later.
Privacy and data
Who can see my comments?
The people who have access to that project. Admins decide who has access to each project.
What does Emporania keep about me?
Your account details and what you write and do on the site. The Privacy page lists what is kept and why.
Something else?
Use the contact form and we will answer.