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Configuring general settings

You can use the General tab to:

Opening the General tab

Configuration - General tab key fields and buttons

Fields

Field

Description

Enable Crystal Reports

Select to make Crystal Report links visible throughout the Community Portal.

Note: You can also determine whether Crystal Report links are visible throughout the portal using the EnableCrystalReport configuration setting. See EnableCrystalReports configuration setting.

Maintenance settings area fields

Your IT administrator can enable Maintenance mode to limit access to the Community Portal during periods of system maintenance.

These fields are used to customise maintenance mode settings for the Community Portal at your organisation.

Field

Description

Enable Maintenance Mode

Select to enable maintenance mode.

You can also enable maintenance mode by either:

  • Setting the MaintenanceModeOverride configuration setting to True. See Customising maintenance messages.
  • Scheduling a system shutdown period. See Maintaining system messages in the Synergetic System maintenance manual.

 

Note: Only administrators can log into the Community Portal when maintenance mode is enabled.

Force User Logout in Maintenance Mode

Select to force users to log out when maintenance mode is enabled.

Tip: You can also activate this setting using the LogoutUserMode configuration setting. See LogoutUserMode configuration setting.

System Offline Message

Description displayed when the Community Portal is in maintenance mode.

Tip: You can also configure the offline message using the OfflineMessage configuration setting. See OfflineMessage configuration setting.

Maintenance Warning Message

Description displayed to notify users when the Community Portal is going offline.

Warning message (Maintenance Mode, Portal)

Maintenance settings area buttons

Button

Description

Save button (Add tasks, synweb)

Click to save maintenance settings changes.

SMTP settings area fields

Field

Description

Server Name

Name of the SMTP server. For example, mail.bigpond.com.

Username

Account username for the SMTP server.

Password

Password used to access the SMTP server.

Note: This password is encrypted and must be configured using this field in the Community Portal.

Port number

Port allocated to the SMTP server.

TLS Mode

Select to use Transport Layer Security (TLS) for the SMTP server.

SMTP settings area buttons

Button

Description

Save button (Add tasks, synweb)

Click to save SMTP settings changes.

Last modified: 14/07/2016 3:43:00 PM

See Also

Using the Admin Panel

Community Portal Settings window

Configuring main menu attributes

Configuring side menu attributes

Configuring HTML

Viewing the Community Portal as a different community member

© 2016 Synergetic Management Systems. Published 20 September 2016.

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