General SettingsΒΆ

“General Settings” contains settings which change how the store operate. An explanation of all the settings is below:

  • Maintenance Mode - When you enable maintenance mode, users are unable to access the site to make purchases but the admin dashboard is still accessible.

Note

If you’ve enabled maintenance mode and can’t find your way back to the admin dashboard, just go to http://yourdomain.com/folder/login.php, or if you are using the one-click hosting and setup this will be at https://sdonate.com/stores/<yourdomain>/login.php. When you have logged in, go to http://yourdomain.com/folder/dashboard.php (https://sdonate.com/stores/<yourdomain>/login.php if using free SDonate hosting).

  • Login Mode - This changes whether users are allowed to use username and password or Steam login, or whether they must log in using Steam only.
  • Payment Mode - If set to default, users can purchase packages directly and pay as they are purchasing the package. If set to “Credit Only”, users must purchase credit before using it to buy a package. The purpose of this is explained in Setting Up PayPal.
  • PayPal Enabled - Enables/disables PayPal payments.
  • PayPal Email - The purpose of this is explained in Setting Up PayPal.
  • PayPal Sandbox - Enables/disables PayPal sandbox mode. When sandbox mode is enabled no money will actually be used so it’s useful for testing, make sure it’s disabled before going live though.
  • Credits Enabled - If this is enabled users can purchase credits to purchase packages with. If “Payment Mode” is set to “Credit Only” this cannot be disabled.
  • Store Name - Sets the name of the store that will appear on the store and on PayPal.
  • Store Logo - Upload an image to use as the store’s icon at the top right or select “Text” to simply use the store name as the logo.
  • Home Page Text - Set the text that shows up on the homepage of your site.

Note

The following settings will only appear if your main currency is set to EUR/Euros.

  • StarPass Enabled - Enables/disables StarPass payments.
  • StarPass Access Page URL/StarPass Monetization Component URL/StarPass Protection Code - The purpose of these is explained in Setting Up StarPass.