The Settings menu link in the Control Panel offers a variety of options for configuring your site apps, including Global Settings options:
Global Settings
Google Analytics
Track your site's traffic with Google Analytics by entering your Google Analytics account ID. The analytics data is automatically transferred to Google Analytics for all content pages on your site. *You must have Google Analytics account. If you do not have a Google Analytics account, learn how to create one.
Note: this only works for Universal Analytics (UA) and will not work for Google Analytics's latest version, GA4. Here is a workaround to install GA4 on OpenScholar.
Long List Display
You can opt to have lengthy content continue to load content ("Infinite scrolling") or opt to have your site visitor page through the content ("Pagination").
Mailing List
The Mailing List Setting is related to the Mailing List Widget available. You must first add the Mailchimp API key in your Settings (see image below) to utilize the Mailing List Widget.
The Mailing List Widget provides a newsletter sign-up form on your website.
Privacy Policy
Add a link to the privacy policy on your website, so it will show up in your website footer. Learn more about creating a privacy policy.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Along with your Site title, adding a meta description will help search engines index your site. Additionally, here you can upload a favicon and publication related urls.
You can also add meta descriptions for individual pages.
Site Visibility
Choose the site access and visibility level. The options are:
Public on the web - Anyone on the Internet can find and access the site. No sign-in is required to view the site content. (although files can be PIN protected). Search engines, such as Google, will index the site and search engine optimization (SEO) will be enabled.
Site members only - This setting can be useful during site creation. Your site will not be indexed by search engines.
Anyone with the link - This setting can be useful during site creation. This is an excellent option if you need an intranet space as well. Only individuals who have been invited to join the site as a member will get access to your site using a username and password. Your site will not be indexed by search engines. If you plan to use a custom domain for your site, it is important to prevent search engines from indexing the site's default OpenScholar URLs.
NOTE: You can change your Site Visibility at any time, also the visiblity setting may change the "robots.txt" file used by search engines which can impact some third party services.
Taxonomy
You can opt to display the term that the post is tagged with under the content on the page.
URL Redirects
You can set up redirects for individual URLs on your site. Click on the "+Add new redirect" link to create a redirect.
Here is an example redirect:
Updated: 04May23