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Basic Setup

Basic Setup can be found under [Settings] > [System] > [General] > [Basic Setup].

Option	Description
Root Web Directory	The full server path to the web directory (e.g. /home/user/public_html/). This is not the path to the directory Blesta is installed under.
Temp Directory	The full server path where Blesta should write temporary files. This directory must be writable by the server's web user and cron user.
Uploads Directory	The full server path where Blesta should write uploaded files. This directory must be writable by the server's web user and cron user.
Rotation Policy	The number of days to retain logs. Read More. Rotation Policy controls the amount of time to retain most log data, cron log being the exception as that is controlled by the Blesta.cron_log_retention_days configuration. Options that control what logs to delete can be found in the configuration. They include: Blesta.auto_delete_accountaccess_logs Blesta.auto_delete_contact_logs Blesta.auto_delete_email_logs Blesta.auto_delete_gateway_logs Blesta.auto_delete_module_logs Blesta.auto_delete_transaction_logs Blesta.auto_delete_user_logs

GeoIP Settings can be found under [Settings] > [System] > [General] > [GeoIP Settings].

Enabling GeoIP will allow certain features to take advantage of location services. GeoIP requires the GeoLite City binary database, which can be downloaded from http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz. The file should be unzipped and uploaded to your Uploads Directory and placed in a folder named system.

Option	Description
Enable GeoIP	Check to enable GeoIP features.

Maintenance can be found under [Settings] > [System] > [General] > [Maintenance].

Option	Description
Enable Maintenance Mode	Check to enable maintenance mode. When in maintenance mode: Only staff users may use the system. All other users will be directed to the login page. The API will be disabled.
Reason for Maintenance	Enter the reason for the maintenance. This will be displayed to users that access the system when maintenance mode is enabled.

License Key can be found under [Settings] > [System] > [General] > [License Key].

Option	Description
License Key	This is your Blesta license key. If you receive a new license key, enter it here.

Payment Types can be found under [Settings] > [System] > [General] > [Payment Types]. Payment types allow manual payments to be recorded.

To add a payment type click Create Payment Type on the payment type listing page.

Option	Description
Name	The name of the payment type.
Use Language Definition	Check if the value entered for Name has a language definition. Add your custom language definitions to the _custom.php language file.

To edit a payment type click Edit next to the payment type on the payment type listing page.

Option	Description
Name	The name of the payment type.
Use Language Definition	Check if the value entered for Name has a language definition. Add your custom language definitions to the _custom.php language file.

To delete a payment type click Delete next to the payment type on the payment type listing page.