Configuring general settings for the website
As an administrator of your organization, you can enter a name, thumbnail image, and description to your site. You can also choose a default language for members of your organization and your organization's region.
To configure the general settings for the site, follow the steps below.
- Verify that you are logged in and that you are an administrator of your organization.
- Click the My Organization button at the top of the site
Your organization page opens.
- Click the Edit Settings button.
- Click the General link on the left side of the page.
- Configure any of the following general settings:
- For Organization Logo and Name, enter the name you would like to use to represent your website in the Name field. Your name can be up to 55 characters long. To add a logo, click the Click to change thumbnail box and browse to the image file on your desktop. Acceptable image formats are PNG, GIF, and JPEG.
The name is displayed in the gallery title and the organization page. The logo is displayed on all the website pages except the ArcGIS.com map viewer and the user profile page. For best results, the logo should be 65 pixels wide by 65 pixels high. If your logo is a different dimension, it is resized to 65 by 65 on all pages except the home page and may appear warped. On the home page, your logo is not resized and appears within the banner image.
If you use HTML to set the home page banner, the logo and portal name do not appear unless you include them in your HTML.
- For Organization Description, enter a description for your organization. To paste or type your own HTML code, switch to the HTML source code view. For more information, see Supported HTML for configuring the website.
The description appears on the organization page. If you want the description to appear on the home page, check the box next to Show description toward bottom of Home Page. It appears under the banner.
- For Language, choose the default language for members of your organization. Language determines the user interface as well as the way time, date, and numerical values appear. Individual users can change the language through their profile page. For more information, see Setting language and region.
- For Region, choose a region for your organization. Region determines the default basemap gallery, default basemap, and the default extent for new maps. (You can also specify your organization's basemaps and map extent through the map viewer configuration.) Region also determines the units for the map scale bar, measure tool, and directions tool. The United States region sets the units to miles and feet. All other regions set the units to meters and kilometers.
- For Organization Logo and Name, enter the name you would like to use to represent your website in the Name field. Your name can be up to 55 characters long. To add a logo, click the Click to change thumbnail box and browse to the image file on your desktop. Acceptable image formats are PNG, GIF, and JPEG.
- Click Save to save the changes you've made.