Site Settings

Individualize your site

By Eva
April 2, 2020

To navigate forward and backward, click on the arrow-buttons ← and → on the bottom or on your keyboard. Alternatively, click on the purple circles to go to the next step.

Each site has its settings. There are many options to configure and style your site.

Basic Settings

Configure your domain name and visibility.

Fields / Functions

Description

Site Visibility

Turn on to show this site in public (button is green). If the site is turned off (button is grey), then the user has to login to see the content.

Site Name

Type in the title of the site

Locale

Specify the language of your site.

Articles per page

Select the number of articles that are displayed per page.

(only on Blog style)

Domain

Enter the name of the subdomain. The domain is always your-subdomain.helpspace-docs.io.

Custom Domain

Change the domain to your personal domain. It requires DNS settings. Contact your domain provider to create a CNAME.

Site Url

Public link to your doc pages

Specify the language of your site.

If you want to display information from another website inside an iFrame, then you have an external website address to give the permission.

Site Styling

You've got the look!

Fields / Functions

Description

Site-Style

Select the style you would like to use

  • Help-Center

  • Documentation

  • Blog

Logo

Upload your personal logo.

Logo Link

Enter a URL. When a user clicks on the logo then the link opens.

Logo Alt Text

Alternative text, if the logo cannot be displayed

Favicon

Upload your favicon.

Touch Icon

Upload the touch icon that will be used for mobile phones and tablets.

Header Background Color

The header is the top part of the page. Select your background color.

Header Text Color

The header is the top part of the page. Select your text color.

Search Input Background Color

Select the background color of your search input at your public doc website.

(deactivated on Blog style)

Search Input Text Color

Select the text color of your search input at your public doc website.

(deactivated on Blog style)

Body Background Color

The body is underneath the header. Choose your background color.

Body Link Color

The body is underneath the header. Choose your hyperlink color.

Enable Shadows

Show or hide shadows at the search input, category boxes, and article boxes

Restore All Default Colors

Delete your personal setting and set it back to default

Custom CSS

This is an advanced feature. Click on show to display Custom CSS. Add your style sheets to customize.

Insert between <head></head>

This is an advanced feature. Click on show to display Insert between.

Text

Write a welcome text.

Fields / Functions

Description

Headline

Enter a headline text

(only on Blog style)

Subtitle

Enter a subtitle text

(only on Blog style)

Options

Show or hide some details.

Fields / Functions

Description

Show site name beside logo

Show or hide the site name next to your logo in the header

Show creator on article

Show or hide the creator on the article level.
(only on Support-Center and Blog style)

Show creators on category

Show or hide the creators on the category level.

(only on Support-Center and Blog style)

Show article rating form

At the bottom of an article, the user can do a rating. Show or hide the rating.

(only on Support-Center and Blog style)

Show article rating

User's rates articles. Show or hide the results.

(only on Support-Center and Blog style)

Show Collapsed Menu

Click in the category to display the articles. If you change the category, all other categories will be minimized.

(only on Documentation style)

Use Turbo-Load (Experimental)

Loads content without page refresh. Browser history-back is turned off.

(only on Documentation style)

Show random articles on main page

Display some random articles on the bottom of the main page.

(only on Blog style)

Show random articles on article

Display some random articles on the bottom of an article.

(only on Blog style)

SEO

Meta fields are important for search engines. They are displayed in the search results, e.g. google.

Fields / Functions

Description

Meta Title

Enter a meta title of your site

Meta Description

Enter a meta description of your site

OG Image

Add an image that will be displayed if you post a link to your Docs site

X (Twitter) Card Image

Add an image that will be displayed if you post on X (Twitter) a link to your Docs site

Allow RSS feeds

Offer RSS feeds for your Docs articles

Allow search engines to list this site

Enable to generate a sitemap for search engines

Hey Google, please check my sitemap

Sends a request to Google to check changes

Menu on Top

You can add up to 3 links to the website. They are displayed at the top right. You can link your website, for example.

Fields / Functions

Description

Name

Displayed title on the website

Link

Add an absolute link like https://helpspace.io or internal links like /article/13/how-to/ or a mailto link

New Tab

Open link in a new tab

Footer Menu

You can add up to 3 links to the website. They are displayed at the bottom. You can link your legal notice, for example.

Fields / Functions

Description

Name

Displayed title on the website

Link

Add an absolute link like https://helpspace.io or internal links like /article/13/how-to/ or a mailto link

New Tab

Open link in a new tab

Copyright by

Adds copyright at the page bottom

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