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You can adjust the overall configuration of your store using the 'General settings' section of X-Cart Admin area ( Settings menu->General settings).

All the configuration settings in this section are divided into subsections. You can use the 'General settings' section menu to switch between the different subsections.

<div align="center">[[Image:general_settings.gif|678px]]
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The links in the upper portion of the 'General settings' section menu provide access to the settings which allow you to control X-Cart's general functionality. The links in the lower portion of the 'General settings' section menu provide access to settings which allow you to control options of specific X-Cart modules.

Here's a list of subsections available via the 'General settings' section menu:

* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/appearance_options.htm Appearance options] allows you to adjust preferences that affect the overall appearance of your store.
* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/3_d_secure_transaction_options.htm 3-D Secure Transaction options] allows you to enable Cardinal Centinel® payment authentication platform support in your store.
* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/company_options.htm Company options] allows you to provide your company details and contact information (name, address, phone/fax numbers, email addresses, etc). Your company name, address and phone/fax numbers will be displayed on the storefront and included into customer email notifications. Email addresses of specific departments of your store will be used by X-Cart to send administrator and provider notifications. Company address will be used in real-time shipping rate calculations.

* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/contact_us_form_options.htm Contact us form options] allows you to configure the 'Contact us' form. You can define, which of the 'Contact us' form fields should be active (visible to customers), and completion of which fields should be required (mandatory). If necessary, you can also add your own (custom) fields to the 'Contact us' form.
* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/email_options.htm Email options] allows you to define options that affect sending of email notifications and newsletters.
* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/email_notifications_options.htm Email notifications options] allows you to define, which of the available email notifications should be sent to the customers, administrator(s), provider(s), users department and orders department of your store.
* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/general_options.htm General options] allows you to adjust the general configuration of your store.
* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/logging_options.htm Logging options] allows you to define what kind of logs you wish to be kept in your store.
* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/product_search_options.htm Product search options] allows you to define, which fields should be included into the Product search form in the Customer area, and set default values for these fields.
* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/security_options.htm Security options] allows you to adjust options that affect your store security (options that affect encryption methods used in your store, HTTPS options, etc).
* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/seo_options.htm SEO options] allows you to adjust options that can improve your site's ranking with search engines.
* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/shipping_options.htm Shipping options] allows you to adjust options that affect the calculation of shipping rates in your store.

* [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/user_profiles_options.htm User Profiles options] allows you to configure your store's user profile forms. You can define which of the user profile fields should be active (included into the user profile forms), and completion of which fields should be required (mandatory). If necessary, you can also add your own (custom) fields for use in user profiles.

Information on specific subsections of the 'General settings/Modules options' section comes with descriptions of specific X-Cart [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/modules.htm modules].

{{Note1|Note: Links to the settings of X-Cart modules in the 'General settings/Modules options' section are only visible when the respective modules are enabled.}}

[[Category:X-Cart user manual]]

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-You can adjust the overall configuration of your store using the <u>'General settings</u>' section of X-Cart Admin area ( <u>Settings menu->General settings</u>).
+You can adjust the overall configuration of your store using the <u>'General settings</u>' section of X-Cart Admin area.  In X-Cart versions 4.3.0 and later, the <u>'General settings</u>' section can be found at Settings menu -> General settings; in earlier X-Cart versions, this page can be found at Administration menu -> General settings.
+The '<u>General settings</u>' section allows you to access and control both the settings affecting X-Cart's core functionality and the settings of X-Cart's modules.
 <div align="center">[[Image:general_settings.png]]
 </div>
-The links in the upper portion of the '<u>General settings</u>' section menu provide access to the settings which allow you to control X-Cart's general functionality. The links in the lower portion of the '<u>General settings</u>' section menu provide access to settings which allow you to control options of specific X-Cart modules.
+The following pages within the '<u>General settings</u>' section pertain to X-Cart's core functionality:
-* [[X-Cart:3D-Secure_Transaction_options | 3D-Secure Transaction options]] allows you to enable Cardinal Centinel® payment authentication platform support in your store.
+* [[X-Cart:3D-Secure_Transaction_options | 3D-Secure Transaction options]]: This page allows you to enable Cardinal Centinel® payment authentication platform support in your store.
-* [[X-Cart:Appearance Options | Appearance Options]] allows you to adjust preferences that affect the overall appearance of your store.
+* [[X-Cart:Appearance Options | Appearance Options]]: This page allows you to adjust preferences that affect the overall appearance of your store.
-* [[X-Cart:Company_Options | Company options]] allows you to provide your company details and contact information (name, address, phone/fax numbers, email addresses, etc). Your company name, address and phone/fax numbers will be displayed on the storefront and included into customer email notifications. Email addresses of specific departments of your store will be used by X-Cart to send administrator and provider notifications. Company address will be used in real-time shipping rate calculations.
+* [[X-Cart:Company_Options | Company options]]: This page allows you to provide your company details and contact information (name, address, phone/fax numbers, email addresses, etc). Your company name, address and phone/fax numbers will be displayed on the storefront and included into customer email notifications. Email addresses of specific departments of your store will be used by X-Cart to send administrator and provider notifications. Company address will be used in real-time shipping rate calculations.
-* [[X-Cart:Contact_Us_Form_Options | Contact us form options]]  allows you to configure the <u>'Contact us</u>' form. You can define, which of the '<u>Contact us</u>' form fields should be active (visible to customers), and completion of which fields should be required (mandatory). If necessary, you can also add your own (custom) fields to the '<u>Contact us</u>' form.
+* [[X-Cart:Contact_Us_Form_Options | Contact us form options]]: This page allows you to configure the <u>'Contact us</u>' form. You can define, which of the '<u>Contact us</u>' form fields should be active (visible to customers), and completion of which fields should be required (mandatory). If necessary, you can also add your own (custom) fields to the '<u>Contact us</u>' form.
-* [[X-Cart:Email_Options | Email options]] allows you to define options that affect sending of email notifications and newsletters.
+* [[X-Cart:Email_Options | Email options]]: This page allows you to define options that affect sending of email notifications and newsletters.
-* [[X-Cart:Email_Notifications_Options | Email notifications options]] allows you to define, which of the available email notifications should be sent to the customers, administrator(s), provider(s), users department and orders department of your store.
+* [[X-Cart:Email_Notifications_Options | Email notifications options]]: This page allows you to define, which of the available email notifications should be sent to the customers, administrator(s), provider(s), users department and orders department of your store.
-* [[X-Cart:General_Options | General options]] allows you to adjust the general configuration of your store.
+* [[X-Cart:General_Options | General options]]: This page allows you to adjust the general configuration of your store.
 * [[X-Cart:Logging_Options | Logging options]] allows you to define what kind of logs you wish to be kept in your store.
-* [[X-Cart:Product_Search_Options | Product search options]] allows you to define, which fields should be included into the Product search form in the Customer area, and set default values for these fields.
+* [[X-Cart:Product_Search_Options | Product search options]]: This page allows you to define, which fields should be included into the Product search form in the Customer area, and set default values for these fields.
-* [[X-Cart:SEO_Options | SEO options]] allows you to adjust options that can improve your site's ranking with search engines.
+* [[X-Cart:SEO_Options | SEO options]]: This page allows you to adjust options that can improve your site's ranking with search engines.
-* [[X-Cart:Security_Options | Security options]] allows you to adjust options that affect your store security (options that affect encryption methods used in your store, HTTPS options, etc).
+* [[X-Cart:Security_Options | Security options]]: This page allows you to adjust options that affect your store security (options that affect encryption methods used in your store, HTTPS options, etc).
-* [[X-Cart:Shipping_Options | Shipping options]] allows you to adjust options that affect the calculation of shipping rates in your store.
+* [[X-Cart:Shipping_Options | Shipping options]]: This page allows you to adjust options that affect the calculation of shipping rates in your store.
-Information on specific subsections of the '<u>General settings/Modules options</u>' section comes with descriptions of specific X-Cart [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/modules.htm modules].
+* [[X-Cart:User_Profiles_Options | User Profiles options]]: This page allows you to configure your store's user profile forms. You can define which of the user profile fields should be active (included into the user profile forms), and completion of which fields should be required (mandatory). If necessary, you can also add your own (custom) fields for use in user profiles.
-{{Note1|Note: Links to the settings of X-Cart modules in the 'General settings/Modules options' section are only visible when the respective modules are enabled.}}
+Information on the settings pages pertaining to X-Cart modules is available in the [[X-Cart:User_manual_contents#Modules | Modules]] section of this manual.
 [[Category:X-Cart user manual]]

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 Here's a list of subsections available via the '<u>General settings</u>' section menu:
 * [[X-Cart:Appearance Options | Appearance Options]] allows you to adjust preferences that affect the overall appearance of your store.
 * [[X-Cart:Company_Options | Company options]] allows you to provide your company details and contact information (name, address, phone/fax numbers, email addresses, etc). Your company name, address and phone/fax numbers will be displayed on the storefront and included into customer email notifications. Email addresses of specific departments of your store will be used by X-Cart to send administrator and provider notifications. Company address will be used in real-time shipping rate calculations.
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 * [[X-Cart:Logging_Options | Logging options]] allows you to define what kind of logs you wish to be kept in your store.
 * [[X-Cart:Product_Search_Options | Product search options]] allows you to define, which fields should be included into the Product search form in the Customer area, and set default values for these fields.
 * [[X-Cart:Security_Options | Security options]] allows you to adjust options that affect your store security (options that affect encryption methods used in your store, HTTPS options, etc).
 * [[X-Cart:Shipping_Options | Shipping options]] allows you to adjust options that affect the calculation of shipping rates in your store.

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 All the configuration settings in this section are divided into subsections. You can use the '<u>General settings</u>' section menu to switch between the different subsections.
-<div align="center">[[Image:general_settings.gif]]
+<div align="center">[[Image:general_settings.png]]
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 All the configuration settings in this section are divided into subsections. You can use the '<u>General settings</u>' section menu to switch between the different subsections.
-<div align="center">[[Image:general_settings.gif|678px]]
+<div align="center">[[Image:general_settings.gif]]
 </div>

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 * [[X-Cart:Appearance Options | Appearance Options]] allows you to adjust preferences that affect the overall appearance of your store.
 * [[X-Cart:3D-Secure_Transaction_options | 3D-Secure Transaction options]] allows you to enable Cardinal Centinel® payment authentication platform support in your store.
-* [[X-Cart:Company options |  Company options][ allows you to provide your company details and contact information (name, address, phone/fax numbers, email addresses, etc). Your company name, address and phone/fax numbers will be displayed on the storefront and included into customer email notifications. Email addresses of specific departments of your store will be used by X-Cart to send administrator and provider notifications. Company address will be used in real-time shipping rate calculations.
+* [[X-Cart:Company_Options | Company options]] allows you to provide your company details and contact information (name, address, phone/fax numbers, email addresses, etc). Your company name, address and phone/fax numbers will be displayed on the storefront and included into customer email notifications. Email addresses of specific departments of your store will be used by X-Cart to send administrator and provider notifications. Company address will be used in real-time shipping rate calculations.
-* [[X-Cart:Contact us form options | Contact us form options]]  allows you to configure the <u>'Contact us</u>' form. You can define, which of the '<u>Contact us</u>' form fields should be active (visible to customers), and completion of which fields should be required (mandatory). If necessary, you can also add your own (custom) fields to the '<u>Contact us</u>' form.
+* [[X-Cart:Contact_Us_Form_Options | Contact us form options]]  allows you to configure the <u>'Contact us</u>' form. You can define, which of the '<u>Contact us</u>' form fields should be active (visible to customers), and completion of which fields should be required (mandatory). If necessary, you can also add your own (custom) fields to the '<u>Contact us</u>' form.
-* [[X-Cart:Email options | Email options]] allows you to define options that affect sending of email notifications and newsletters.
+* [[X-Cart:Email_Options | Email options]] allows you to define options that affect sending of email notifications and newsletters.
-* [[X-Cart:Email notifications options | Email notifications options]] allows you to define, which of the available email notifications should be sent to the customers, administrator(s), provider(s), users department and orders department of your store.
+* [[X-Cart:Email_Notifications_Options | Email notifications options]] allows you to define, which of the available email notifications should be sent to the customers, administrator(s), provider(s), users department and orders department of your store.
-* [[X-Cart:General options | General options]] allows you to adjust the general configuration of your store.
+* [[X-Cart:General_Options | General options]] allows you to adjust the general configuration of your store.
-* [[X-Cart:Logging options | Logging options]] allows you to define what kind of logs you wish to be kept in your store.
+* [[X-Cart:Logging_Options | Logging options]] allows you to define what kind of logs you wish to be kept in your store.
-* [[X-Cart:Product search options | Product search options]] allows you to define, which fields should be included into the Product search form in the Customer area, and set default values for these fields.
+* [[X-Cart:Product_Search_Options | Product search options]] allows you to define, which fields should be included into the Product search form in the Customer area, and set default values for these fields.
-* [[X-Cart:Security options | Security options]] allows you to adjust options that affect your store security (options that affect encryption methods used in your store, HTTPS options, etc).
+* [[X-Cart:Security_Options | Security options]] allows you to adjust options that affect your store security (options that affect encryption methods used in your store, HTTPS options, etc).
-* [[X-Cart:SEO options | SEO options]] allows you to adjust options that can improve your site's ranking with search engines.
+* [[X-Cart:SEO_Options | SEO options]] allows you to adjust options that can improve your site's ranking with search engines.
-* [[X-Cart:Shipping options | Shipping options]] allows you to adjust options that affect the calculation of shipping rates in your store.
+* [[X-Cart:Shipping_Options | Shipping options]] allows you to adjust options that affect the calculation of shipping rates in your store.
-* [[X-Cart:User Profiles options | User Profiles options]] allows you to configure your store's user profile forms. You can define which of the user profile fields should be active (included into the user profile forms), and completion of which fields should be required (mandatory). If necessary, you can also add your own (custom) fields for use in user profiles.
+* [[X-Cart:User_Profiles_Options | User Profiles options]] allows you to configure your store's user profile forms. You can define which of the user profile fields should be active (included into the user profile forms), and completion of which fields should be required (mandatory). If necessary, you can also add your own (custom) fields for use in user profiles.
 Information on specific subsections of the '<u>General settings/Modules options</u>' section comes with descriptions of specific X-Cart [http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/modules.htm modules].