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Post-Installation, there are several common settings that should be reviewed and adjusted as necessary. Time permitting, it's a good idea to go through all the settings for the system and company under [Settings]. Documentation on all the settings can be found under Settings Rundown.
Company Specific
Localization
Localization (L10n) settings can be found under [Settings] > [Company] > [General] > Localization.
- Set the default language.
- Set the calendar start date.
- Set the timezone.
- Set the default country.
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Email Templates can be found under [Settings] > [Company] > [Emails] > Email Templates. This section includes all emails sent by the system to clients, staff members, and those added by plugins. By default, these templates usually don't have to be modified, but it's a good idea to review them in detail anyway. See Customizing Emails for more information.
Signatures
Signatures can be found under [Settings] > [Company] > [Emails] > Signatures. Three signatures exist by default and are linked to various email templates, however they do not contain any content and should be updated with information pertaining to the company.
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Backups can be found under [Settings] > [System] > Backup. Blesta supports Amazon S3, and Secure FTP offsite backups in addition to On-Demand. It is strongly recommended that at least one option be configured, if other frequent backups with retention aren't being performed on the server.
On Demand
On demand backups have two options.
- Force Offsite Backup will run all configured backups immediately, including both Secure FTP and Amazon S3, if they are configured.
- Download Backup will immediately create a backup for download. This process can take some time depending on the size of the database.
On demand backups are especially useful for backing up the database prior to an upgrade.
Amazon S3
Amazon S3 is a cloud based file storage service by Amazon. Database backups can be automatically sent to Amazon S3 by entering the access key, secret key, and bucket name provided by Amazon.
SFTP
SFTP, or Secure FTP is a secure way to backup files off-site to any SFTP server. SFTP typically tunnels over SSH on port 22 and requires a hostname, port, username, password, and a path to store the backups.
