Vev is designed to support companies of all sizes, from individual freelancers to large organizations. To use the platform effectively, it is essential to understand how your account is organized and how to manage its settings. This guide provides a clear, detailed overview of the Vev account hierarchy and configuration options.
Understanding Your Account Hierarchy
Your Vev account is structured in a logical hierarchy to help you organize users, teams, and work efficiently. The structure flows from the top level down, as follows:
Account: The top-level container for your entire organization.
Teams: Sub-groups within your account, often representing departments or client groups.
Folders: Organizational units within a team for grouping related projects.
Projects: The individual workspaces where you create and design your content, such as websites or pages.
Account
Your Vev account is the top-level space for your entire organization. Think of it as the umbrella under which everything else lives — teams, folders, projects, and users.
One account can include multiple users.
All billing, subscription settings, and account-wide controls are managed here.
The Account Owner has full access to all teams, folders, and settings within the account.
Teams
Teams allow you to mirror your company's internal structure or workflow within Vev. You can use teams to separate departments, client work, or different project types.
Key Characteristics of Teams:
Access Control: Teams are the primary method for controlling access. A user must be a member of a team to view its folders and projects.
Flexible Membership: Users can belong to one team or multiple teams, depending on their responsibilities.
Organization Feature: Please note that the ability to create more than one team is available on the Organization plan.
Example: If your account has six users, you could split them into two teams of three. Or, have some users in both teams if needed.
Example Team Structure:
If your account has six users, you could create a "Marketing" team with three users and a "Design" team with the other three. Alternatively, a lead designer could be a member of both teams to oversee all projects.
How to Manage Team Settings:
You can adjust the following settings for a selected team from the settings drawer:
Team Icon: Manage the team's icon using an emoji, symbol, or a custom uploaded image.
Team Name: View and change the name of the team.
Team Access: A toggle setting to control whether the team is visible to all users in your account.
Hosting: View and manage the domains available for projects within this team.
Members: View and manage all users and guests who have access to this team and its contents.
Delete Team: Permanently remove the team and all folders and projects contained within it.
Please note that creating more than one team is available for Organization plan and Growth, Scale and Enterprise plan.
Folders
Folders function like traditional directories on your computer, helping you keep projects organized within a specific team.
Key Characteristics of Folders:
Project Grouping: Use folders to group projects by client, campaign, or content type.
Inherited Access: Access to a folder is determined by a user's membership in its parent team.
Nested Folders: On the Organization plan, you can create subfolders within folders for a more detailed organizational structure.
How to Manage Folder Settings:
You can adjust the following settings for a selected folder from the settings drawer:
Folder Icon & Name: View and manage the visual icon and name for the folder.
Team: View and manage the parent team to which this folder belongs.
Design Assets: Set the default color palette and fonts for all new, blank projects created within this folder.
Hosting Override: Override the team-level hosting settings; all projects in this folder will inherit these new settings.
Integrations: A separate tab to override integration settings for the folder and its projects.
Members: A separate tab to view and manage user access specific to this folder.
Delete Folder: Permanently remove the folder and all sub-folders and projects inside it.
If you're on the Organization plan, you can also create nested folders for a more detailed structure, like subfolders within a folder.
Projects
A project is the core workspace where you create, design, and build your content, such as individual websites, pages, or applications.
Key Characteristics of Projects:
Location: Projects are created inside folders.
Content Hub: Each project contains its own unique set of pages, assets, and settings.
Actions: From a project, you can share, export, or publish your final work.
Managing Your Personal Profile
Your profile settings control your personal information and account security.
How to Access Your Profile Settings
Log in to Vev and view your main dashboard.
Click on your company icon located in the top-left corner of the screen.
Select “My profile” from the dropdown menu that appears.
Available Profile Settings
Within your profile settings, you can perform the following actions:
Update Personal Information: Change your displayed name and email address.
Manage Security: Change your account password.
Enable Experimental Features: Turn on early access to new tools and features that Vev is testing.
Delete Your Profile: Permanently remove your Vev account.
Important Warning: Deleting your profile is a permanent action and cannot be undone.
⚠️ Deleting your profile is permanent and cannot be undone.
How to Access Account Settings
From the main dashboard, click the company icon in the top-left corner.
If you have access to multiple Vev accounts, select the name of the account you wish to manage from the dropdown list. The top-left icon will update to show the selected account.
Click the Account Settings (⚙️) icon next to the account name.
Available Account Settings
Depending on your role, you can manage the following in Account Settings:
Account Identity: Update the account name and branding.
Billing & Subscription: Manage billing details and your subscription plan.
User Permissions: Set default permissions for users and manage Team members and Admins.
Global Configuration: Configure organization-wide settings and integrations.
Only Account Owners and Admins can see and access the Account Settings menu.