Website Settings FAQs

What is the Website Settings section?

The Website Settings section is found in the Synchtank Admin and contains all the configuration options for both the front-end and back-end of your site. It is organised into tabs across a horizontal navigation bar covering Tracks, Albums, Music Packages, Composition Shares, Metadata, Users, Emails, Cookies, Social Media, E-Commerce, SEO, Advanced Search Layout, Admin Theme, Embed Settings, Search, Security, and Main Navigation.

What can I configure in Tracks settings?

Five options are available:

• Enable Child Tracks — allows you to assign a track to a parent track (e.g., a track and its alternate versions)
• Enable Embed Custom Metadata on Download — embeds metadata into MP3 and AIFF files when downloaded from the front-end
• Enable MP3 Embedded Comment — embeds a custom comment into MP3 files, such as a copyright notice. The comment text is entered in the field that appears below the toggle.
• Enable Master require related Composition — forces every Master in the system to have a linked Composition
• Enable Custom Master ID Generator — automatically assigns a unique custom ID to new Masters

What can I configure in Albums settings?

You can view and manage the album formats available in your system. There is also one toggle:

• Show Detail Page — when enabled, each album gets its own dedicated page with a unique URL. This also enables the View on Frontend button on the album page in Admin. When disabled, albums do not have their own page.

What can I configure in Music Packages settings?

Two options are available:

• Allow audition of package tracks for logged user — when enabled, only logged-in users can play package tracks
• Enable Themes — when enabled, package tracks can be added to Themes. A new Themes section will appear under Music Packages. A Theme is a child of a Package and does not have a collection.

What is the Composition Shares setting?

This is where you set the Default Writer Role that appears automatically when users enter Composition Shares in the system. The default role pre-fills the writer role field when adding a new share, saving time and ensuring consistency.

What can I configure in Users settings?

You can toggle Auto-confirm after email verification on or off. When enabled, a user's account is automatically confirmed once they verify their email address after signing up on the front-end.

What can I configure in Emails settings?

You can set up the sender name, reply email, notification frequency, email logo, signature, and footer for all automated system emails (such as account creation and password reset emails). You can also preview the automated emails at the bottom of the page.

How do I enable cookies on my site?

Go to Website Settings → Cookies. Toggle on the cookie pop-up and add your cookie policy content. You can also enable a decline button if required.

What can I configure in Social Media settings?

You can add links to your social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Spotify, and more) and configure how they appear on your site:

• Show links on the homepage — displays social media links on the homepage
• Show links on all pages — displays social media links across all pages
• Hide Facebook status — hides your Facebook status from the site
• Hide Twitter Feed — hides your Twitter feed from the site

You can also add your Facebook Like button code in the Facebook Integration section to embed it into your site.

How do I set up E-Commerce?

Go to Website Settings → E-Commerce and enable it. You will need to add credentials for at least one payment provider. Currently supported providers are PayPal, Authorize, Braintree, and Stripe.

How do I connect Google Analytics?

Go to Website Settings → SEO. From here you can connect your Google Analytics account and update page titles and descriptions.

How do I customise Advanced Search?

Go to Website Settings → Advanced Search Layout. From here you can:

• Drag and drop filter blocks to add or remove search options
• Rearrange the layout of the Advanced Search page
• Customise search blocks to enable favourites and negative (excluding) search

Always click Save after making changes.

How do I enable embedded playlists?

Go to Website Settings → Embed Settings and toggle it to enabled. Client Admins can also set the embed theme and customise the colours.

What can I configure in Security settings?

The Security section includes several areas:

• Frontend Login Required — when enabled, users cannot browse the front-end without being authenticated
• Allow Login Form — allows users to log in via the standard login form
• Allow User Signup — allows users to create an account via the signup form
• Anonymous Public Roles — roles assigned to users who are not logged in
• Default Public Roles — default roles assigned to all logged in users
• IP Not Allowed List — add IP addresses that should be blocked from accessing the site. You can customise the blocking message shown to blocked users.

What is the Site Notification?

The Site Notification field allows you to display a dismissable banner message at the top of the front-end of your site — useful for communicating announcements such as scheduled maintenance or updates. Users can dismiss it by clicking the X button. Supports basic HTML formatting such as links.

How do I manage my site navigation?

Go to Website Settings → Main Navigation. From here, you can drag and drop items to reorder the navigation, change item titles, open links in a new tab, add dropdowns, and add new menu items.