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Click on the "Settings" button on SiteAdmin bar to the right to open the pane containing the website settings.

The Settings menu contains all the important options that you may want to change. This help article is a detailed reference for all the varied functions that are available in this part of the Site Admin. Below, you'll find explanations and links to further help articles about the specific options.

If there's no article for what you're looking for or you'd like a more information about a certain topic, please send us your suggestions, requests, and ideas to support@jimdo.com.

Contents

Email Management

Email Accounts

JimdoPro users can set up email addresses for their domains. Contact support if you need additional email addresses.

Email Forwarding

Each JimdoPro site includes three additional email redirection addresses. Not sure what an email redirect is? Read more about email aliases.


User

Personal Data

Change or add information about yourself, like your name, location, and birthday.

Profile Picture

Upload a profile photo!

Your Email Address

Update the email address where you want Jimdo to contact you.

Notification Options

Here you can specify whether you want to receive the Jimdo newsletter.

Privacy

Set which of your activities are public.

Delete Account

JimdoFree users can delete their Jimdo accounts here.

Website

Storage

Here you can see how much of your webspace you are currently using (up to 500 MB for JimdoFree, 5000 MB for JimdoPro).

Language

Change the language you use to edit your Jimdo site.

Screenshot

Update the screenshot (preview) of your Jimdo site in the Pages Directory.

Edit head section

Edit the <head> section of your Jimdo site.

Favicon

A favicon is the little picture you can see in the top left corner or in the address bar of your browser. If you want a favicon on your Jimdo page, you can upload it here.

Password-Protected Areas

If you'd like to protect certain parts of your Jimdo site with a password, set that up in this section.

Copyright Footer

You can add a copyright symbol (©) with a custom text at the bottom of your Jimdo site. Simply enter your text and hit "Save".

Imprint Box

JimdoFree users: The imprint page displays the standard notice that your site was created with Jimdo. JimdoPro users can hide it here.

Login

Password

Change your password here.

OpenID

Set up your Jimdo site as an OpenID provider or use another OpenID to log into Jimdo.

Hide Login

If you don't want everyone to see the Login button at the bottom of your website, select "no" to switch it off.

Search Engines

Page Title

This is where you can change the text displayed in the headline of your browser.

Description of the Page

Enter a description for the starting page of your Jimdo site here.

Meta Tags

JimdoPro: Set descriptive keywords for the pages of your site.

Alt Tags

Activate the Alt attribute for images on your Jimdo site.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a complex statistics system that allows you to monitor every activity on your website. If you have a Google account, you can register for Google Analytics and receive a code snippet that you can enter here to embed it into your Jimdo page.

Tools

Additional Modules

If you want to upload Flash movies to your website, you first need to switch the Flash support on, by selecting "on" and then hitting "Save". Once you do this, you can add Flash elements to any part of your Jimdo page.

Newsletter

If you'd like to send a newsletter, you can use this activate and administer that function here.

Simfy Player

Set up and manage your Simfy (music) playlists here.

Form Archive

Here you can view every single message that was sent on your Jimdo page. You also have the option to easily print one or all of them.

Tell-a-Friend

Allow visitors of your Jimdo Page to recommend your page to their friends. If this function is activated, we'll add link to the tell-a-friend form in your site footer.

Blog

Blog Name

Enter or change the name of your blog here.

Trackbacks / Pingbacks

Change the settings for trackbacks and pingbacks on your blog.

Deprecated Functions

Hide Page

(This function is now directly in the navigation bar) Sometimes it can be crucial to make a page invisible to visitors, for example to make them see your changes only once you're really done. To add such an option to your navigation, select "on" and then hit "Save".

Photo Gallery

(This function is now directly in each photo gallery module) If you want to allow visitors to enlarge pictures in your photo galleries, make sure the "on" option is selected. If you prefer visitors only to be able to view the image thumbnails, switch this function off.

3rd Level

(This option is now automatically enabled for all Jimdo sites) Here you can select the amount of levels you'd like your navigation structure to consist of (2 or 3 levels).

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