Basic settings
You can modify the settings entirely through the Sitefinity backend UI. All Sitefinity-specific settings are taken out of the project’s web.config file and put into separate configuration files in the App_Data/Sitefinity/Configurations folder. The web.config file includes only standard ASP.NET configurations. This means that Sitefinity upgrades do not override client configuration settings.
To open the Settings page, in the menu at the upper part of the screen, click Administration » Settings.
The Basic Settings page appears.
Section contents
On the
Basic Settings page, you can configure the following:
- Time zone
In this section, you can adjust the time zone that Sitefinity is using, by selecting it from the Time zone dropdown box.
You can also select if you want to automatically adjust the clock for Daylight saving time.
- Languages
Use this section to add different languages for your public website. You can also add different languages for the backend of your website.
- Text editor
You can configure which functions to appear in the text editor.
- Comments
Use this section to configure general settings for comments that are left on the website.
- Storage providers for libraries
Using storage providers for libraries, allow you to store images, videos, documents and other files in a separate storage from the database.
- Email Campaigns
Use this procedure to configure email setting – SMTP stand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. The settings are needed for the system to send emails with email campaigns to subscribers.
- Twitter applications
Use this page to add and configure registered Twitter applications to Sitefinity. Through Sitefinity backend you can use the Twitter API to publish tweets.
- Social sharing
You can add sharing options for your content. For example, you can give your users the opportunity to share a news item in Google+.
- Staging & Synchronization
In this section, you setup the server(s) that data will be published to when you synchronize your environment.
If you need to configure other settings, you must click Advanced link.
The Settings page appears.
The Settings page has the following structure:
- Treeview with a list of all configuration sections.
- Element section for editing configuration elements.
- List of properties that could be configured in the backend.
For more information, see 
System settings.