Settings » General Settings Tab

Link: https://support.brilliantdirectories.com/support/solutions/articles/12000042195

The General Settings page holds the website's basic details: its name and phone number, whether it is live, the email addresses it sends from and to, and the email signature. This article explains how the page is laid out and every setting on its General tab.

Open it from Settings » General Settings in the admin.


How the Page Is Organized

The settings are grouped into tabs, and each tab is split into sections.

The General Settings page with the tabs, the side menu of sections and the search box numbered 1 to 3.

  1. Tabs: General, Brand Images, Social Media, Localization, Search and Integrations. Click a tab to show its settings.
  2. Side menu: the sections of the open tab. Click a section to jump to it. On a phone, the side menu is a drop-down list of sections.
  3. Search: type a word to show only the settings that match it, on every tab. The tabs and the side menu show how many settings match. Clear the search box to see everything again.



Saving Changes

As soon as a setting is changed, a bar appears at the top of the page with the number of unsaved changes and two buttons:

  • Save saves every change on every tab at once.
  • Discard puts the settings back the way they were.

Each tab also shows how many of its settings have unsaved changes.

An email address that is not valid is never saved. The field is outlined in red with the message Enter a valid email address. under it, and the page opens the tab and the field so it can be corrected before saving again.

An invalid Automated FROM Email Address outlined in red with the message Enter a valid email address., under the Unsaved changes bar.


General Tab Settings

The numbers below match the numbers in the screenshots.


Website Details

The Website Details section with Website Name, Website Phone Number, SEO Industry Name and SEO Profession Name numbered 1 to 4.

  1. Website Name: the website or company name.
  2. Website Phone Number: the website's or company's phone number, EG 1-800-555-5555.
  3. SEO Industry Name: one singular name for the industry or market the website serves, EG Interior Design. The sentence under the setting shows how it reads.
  4. SEO Profession Name: one singular name for the main type of member joining the website, EG Interior Designer.


Website Status

The Website Status section with Website Status and Search Engine Visibility numbered 5 and 6.

  1. Website Status: Live (Recommended) shows the full website to visitors. Coming Soon replaces the homepage with a Coming Soon page, and an Edit Coming Soon Page link appears to change that page. More details: How To Activate "Staging Mode" / "Coming Soon" Splash Page as the Homepage.
  2. Search Engine Visibility: Visible (Recommended) lets Google and other search engines list the website. Hidden keeps the website out of search engine results.


Sign Ups and Privacy

The Sign Ups and Privacy section with Express Member Registration and Require GDPR Consent on Forms numbered 7 and 8.

  1. Express Member Registration: lets visitors create a free account from the login form. Select the free membership plan the new accounts join, or Off to turn it off. Tick Show the registration form first, not login to open the form on registration instead of login. This setting needs an active SSL certificate: without one it cannot be changed. More details: Express Member Registration.
  2. Require GDPR Consent on Forms: Yes adds a required consent checkbox to all website forms, and each answer is saved with the visitor's IP address. When the user consent tools are not installed yet, an Install User Consent Tools (GDPR) row with an Install button shows instead, and when some forms are missing the consent checkbox, an Update User Consent Tools (GDPR) row with an Update button shows below this setting. More details: Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance.


Website Emails

The Website Emails section with Automated FROM Email Address, Automated FROM Email Name and Admin Notification Email Address numbered 9 to 11.

  1. Automated FROM Email Address: the address the website's automated emails come from, such as sign ups, password resets and payment receipts. Only the part before the @ is typed in; the rest is always the website's own domain. When the saved address is on another domain, an Update Required notice shows until a name is saved on the website's domain. Once an address is saved, Test Email Address checks that the address is not blocked and sends a test email to it: Test Email Sent means it works, and a failed check lists the reasons, then unblocks the address after OK is clicked. Save a new address before testing it.
  2. Automated FROM Email Name: the name people see on the website's automated emails, EG the website name.
  3. Admin Notification Email Address: receives admin alerts and copies of emails sent to members. Any inbox works, EG a Gmail address.


Email Signature

The Email Signature section with Default Email Signature and Add Signature to All Automated Emails numbered 12 and 13.

  1. Default Email Signature: the signature added to the end of the website's automated emails. More details: How to Edit the Website Email Signature.
  2. Add Signature to All Automated Emails: Yes adds the signature to every automated email. No (Default) adds it only to the email templates set to include it.