Settings - Preferences - General settings explanation

General Settings

The General Settings section provides administrators with the ability to configure a variety of key resources on the platform. This includes enabling additional pages such as Dashboards & Event Calendars alongside deciding upon key configuration choices such as choosing the currency to be utilised throughout the site.  

• Edit company theme
  • Edit the colour scheme, logos and background imagery that is applied to the site. You can find out more about styling across the platform from our "Applying master & guest branding" category on the Knowledge Base.
• Enable dashboard
  • Makes the dashboard visible to the user group specified. Can select to show to administrators only or administrators and approvers.
• Enable welcome page
  • Show a Welcome Page when users sign in. Commonly used to introduce the site to new users and show the latest updates. Content can be edited under Messages tab > Welcome Page Content.
• Enable users to permanently dismiss welcome page
  • If enabled, users will be able to permanently dismiss the Welcome Page. Enable this setting only if you want to use the Welcome Page as an introductory message to new users.
• Enable terms & conditions page
  • Enables a link to a Terms and Conditions page in the site footer. Content can be edited under Messages tab > Terms and Conditions Page Content.
• Enable events calendar
  • Enables the filterable Event Calendar and adds a link to the navigation bar. Visible to all user roles.
• Show venues to users (always shows for admins)
  • Enables the Venues option on the navigation for all user roles. Allows users to browse by venue.
• Show extra page on main navigation (page editable via Messages tab)
  • Enables custom content pages to be added to the navigation bar for all users. Pages can be created in Settings > Messages > 1st / 2nd / 3rd Extra Navigation Page.
• Offer a file upload function with orders
  • When enabled, users are presented with a file upload field when placing a ticket request. Used when documents or ID is required as part of the request process.
• Show ‘new’ icon for events added in last 30 days
  • Displays a ‘new’ icon next to events added within the previous 30 days to highlight them.
• Currency
  • Sets the primary currency within the system. This can be overridden at ticket type level.
• Number of rows to show on category tiles
  • The number of rows to show on the home page category tiles. This only applies if a tile shows upcoming events or recently added assets.
• Help page navigation label
  • Override the name of the Help page on the navigation bar.
• Home page navigation label
  • Override the name of the Home page on the navigation bar.
• Name for requests
  • Choose whether to refer to ticket/asset requests as Requests or Orders within the platform.