Configuring General Options

If you did not enter your site's title from the installer or the Configuration Wizard, notice that the title bar in your browser simply says "Control Panels." Tiki will automatically put the title of the current content page here, but you should also add the name of your website. You can add your website's name on the General Control panel.

From the Control Panels page:

1. Click General .
   

    Tip

   You can also access the Administration page by typing http://www.yourdomain.com/tiki-admin.php?page=general in your web browser.
   
   
2. The General control panel contains general Tiki options that apply to your entire site. The General control panel contains the following tabs:
   • General Preferences
   • General Settings
   • Navigation
   • Date and Time
   
   
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   Use the No Tabs button to show all the options from all the tabs on a single page.
   
3. Click the General Preferences tab. "The Administration: General page, General Preferences tab contains the primary, site-wide options.
   
4. In the Release Check section confirm that the Check for updates automatically option is enabled.
   

    Note

   By default, Tiki will automatically check for updates each week. If a newer release is available, the following message will appear at the top of the Administration pages:
   
   You can choose to follow the a specific upgrade cycle (see http://info.tiki.org/Version+Lifecycle for details). You should always upgrade your Tiki to a supported release.
5. Scroll down to the Site Identity section. This field includes the Browser Title that you entered as part of the installation process. You can change it here, if necessary.
6. In the Mail area, confirm that your Sender email is correct. You can also include a user-friendly Sender full name to appear in the generated emails.
   

    Note

   Some web hosts may require that the Sender Email be an actual email address. Check with your web host provider.
7. You can also change your default mail sender from PHP sendmail to SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and enter a default footer to appear in all out-going mail messages.
8. Click the General Settings tab. This tab contains additional, site-wide options.
   
9. This tab includes options to control site access and performance. Leave these options as their defaults for now.
   

    Tip

   Notice that Tiki automatically informs you if a prerequisite for an option, such as the Multidomain feature, has not been selected. This helps avoid configuration errors.
10. Click the Navigation tab.
    
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    This tab includes options for creating dynamic menus and configuring your Tiki's home page. You can also specify how Tiki will respond to “page not found” errors.
11. Enable the CSS Menus option. Leave the other options as their defaults.
12. Click the Date and Time tab.
    
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13. Select your Default timezone. Tiki will use this as the default when showing timestamps.
14. Leave the other options as their defaults and click Change Preferences. Tiki saves the changes and reloads the page.

For complete details on all of the options, refer to the Tiki documentation.