Settings

This is the name of your website or license centre.

Your main email address. Additional emails can be set via the SMTP tab.

Full http path to your Maian Guardian installation. WITH slash. Example:

https://www.example.com/guardian/ (where "example.com" is your own domain)

Note that the main installation folder can be renamed from "guardian" to anything you want OR you can install in the root of your domain.

Select the correct protocol from the drop down. The value in the box should NOT include 'http://' or 'https://'.

This is the full system path to the Source Guardian licgen program.

Examples:

C:\Program Files (x86)\SourceGuardian 11\licgen.exe (Windows)
/home/serverpath/licgen (Linux)

More information on the licgen program here.

Click the "Test" link to check if the licgen program exists. If an error triangle appears, check your server error log.

Path to backup folder with NO trailing slash. This can be a full server path or a relative path. Folder must exist and be writeable or backup (manual or cron) is ignored. Examples:

/home/server/backups (full path)
backups (relative to installation)

Select preferred theme. More information on themes / templates here.

If enabled, licenses will be downloaded in a zip file. This requires the PHP ZipArchive class to be enabled on your server.

If you wish to include other files in the zip file, such as license instructions, upload the files to the 'content/zip/' folder. Any files included here will be included in the zip file. Folders are NOT supported, files ONLY.

When downloading a license, the zip file name will be the same name as the license, with the zip extension.

Default timezone as supported by PHP's date_default_timezone_set function. Edit timezones in 'control/timezones.php' if required.

Your preferred date & time format. Supports any parameters from the PHP "date" function. If you are not sure, leave this alone. Entering invalid date parameters could cause unexpected results on date display options.

Your preferred date format for the input box calendar. This appears when clicking any date input boxes. See below:

Your country specific first day of the week. For example, the UK is Sunday.

Min password length for user password updates, password generation etc

Can users update the timezone in their account profile? Date/time based license restrictions are applicable to the timezone when the license is created.

Enable timeline logging for accounts? Can be set per account. This is the global option. Set to no to disable ALL timeline logging. This must be enabled if set for individual accounts.

SMTP - If you prefer to use a SMTP service or server. This is generally more reliable, but can be disabled on many shared servers. For SMTP issues you can enable the debug log in the 'control/options.php' file.

PHP Mail Function - Assumes you have an internal mail server. If you choose this option, all other SMTP configuration options are ignored except Host and Port Number. For the PHP mail function host is generally "localhost" and port is 25 (or 587), but check with your host. Also note that if this is enabled messages are ONLY sent in plain text format. Finally, some servers restrict outgoing messages to none internal mailboxes. If this fails you should try and use SMTP.

SMTP host or IP. When using SMTP it is recommended you use a stable SMTP service, like MXRoute or MailGun for mail delivery. This will make your emails more reliable. Any SMTP account can be used. Once your email details are in place use the test button to send a test message to all your accounts. If you still have issues, enable the mail debug log. See F.A.Q


Use the "Test" link to send a test mail to verify your settings.

SMTP username if authentication is required.

SMTP password if authentication is required.

SMTP security option and port number. Some services require SSL (such as Google) and others (such as Amazon) TLS.

Your preferred "from" name for outgoing emails.

Your preferred "from" email address for outgoing emails. For many hosts, the "from" address must contain an email that resides on the server sending mail.

Enter additional emails if you want notifications to go to other addresses besides your main address. Separate with a comma if you are using multiple. Additional emails are sent via Carbon Copy.

Enable if you are having mail issues with certificates on later versions of PHP. This is not recommended.

Here you can disable email notifications. Note that the "Notification to user when system logs new sale" option does not send out details of the sale, only that an account has been created for them at the license centre. Click the icon to toggle all boxes.

An API key should be set so that when you use the API, the system can validate the calls are genuine. Use the "Auto Generate" option to create a key.

The API section has more information on the API routines.

Do you wish to log API events? Can be useful for debugging or security.

Enables/disables system. Useful if you are doing site maintenance.

If the system has been disabled, you can auto enable it on a given date.

Enter the reason that the license system is offline. You can use the Wysiwyg editor to format the display and easily add images or media content to your post/text.


More info here.

Available ONLY in the commercial/white label version. Enables you to add your own footer text to admin the public areas.