Section 9. Settings

Overview

You can customize some of the program settings using the Administrator control panel. This section contains the following topics:

• Admin settings
• Images settings

To customize the settings, choose Settings from the menu (see picture 32):

  Picture 32

Admin settings

Choose Settings > Admin settings to edit the Administrator information (see picture 33).

  Picture 33

The form that appears contains the following fields:

• Login

      Displays a user login name. This field is not editable.

• Email

Displays an administrator e-mail address. Visitors of the site can use this e-mail to contact the administrator about a particular property. This field is mandatory.

• Password

This field allows you to enter new password to access the control panel. Fill in this field if you want to change the password. Otherwise leave this field blank.

• Retype password

This field is used to re-enter new password to access the control panel to avoid accidental input errors. The value of this field must match the value entered in the Password field. You should fill in this field if you want to change the password. Otherwise leave this field blank .

If all of the values have been set correctly, then after clicking the Save button a message is displayed notifying that the Administrator user settings have been successfully changed.

Images settings

Choose Settings > Images settings to set the image size, as well as choose default images. The page contains two forms: image setup (see picture 34) and default images (see picture 35).

  Picture 34

  Picture 35

Image setup form has the following fields:

• Maximum width for small extra image

Displays the image width to which all thumbnails of additional property images are resized. Image width is calculated according to the aspect ratio of the image. This field is mandatory, it must contain an integer value.

• Maximum width for big extra image

Displays the image width to which all full-sized additional property images are resized. Image width is calculated according to the aspect ratio of the image. This field is mandatory, it must contain an integer value.

• Maximum width for list image

Displays the image width to which all property images in the lists are resized. Image width is calculated according to the aspect ratio of the image. This field is mandatory, it must contain an integer value.

If all of the values are set correctly, then after clicking the Save button a message is displayed notifying that the image settings have been successfully changed.

The default image form has the following fields:

• Default extra image

The default extra thumbnail image for a property. This image is used on the property detailed information page when there are no uploaded images for a particular property.

• Upload new image

This field is used to upload new default extra images. When you upload a new image, two files are automatically updated: the default extra thumbnail image and full-sized image. The settings entered in the Maximum width for small extra image and Maximum width for big extra image fields in the Image settings form are used to resize these images (as well as all other additional images). You should fill in this field if you want to change the default extra image. Otherwise leave this field blank.

• Default extra image text

This field is used to enter text for the default extra image.

• Default list image

The default image used in the lists of properties that have no uploaded images.

• Upload new image

This field is used to upload new default images for the lists. The value entered in the Maximum width for list image field of the Image settings form is used to resize this image (as well as all other images used in the lists).

Click the Save button to save the changes.

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