General settings
Good Grants offers a multitude of options in the Settings menu in the Manage workspace that allow you to customise the platform to fit your organisation's needs.
Account
Location: Settings > General > Account
In this area, you can:
- Update the name of your account
- Change the domain/URL associated with account; see: Configure a custom domain
- Add a Google Analytics tracking ID; see: Can I use Google Analytics?
- Assign a time zone for the account
Languages
Location: Settings > General > Languages
From this section, you can:
- Choose the language(s) that your program will support; see: Add multiple languages
Important: should you choose to support multiple languages, translations will need to be added for all fields, chapters, content, etc. that you configure. - Select the formatting for dates in your account, ex. DD/MM/YYYY, MM/DD/YYYY
Registration
Location: Settings > Users > Registration
Here you can:
- Choose whether to request explicit consent to cookies from users and edit the text associated with the agreement to terms and consent to receive correspondence from your program
Important: you should consult your organization's legal team before making adjustments to these areas. For more information on compliance, see our guide: Data protection (GDPR) configuration options. - Toggle registration on and off
- Allow for third party registration and authentication
Note: some third party registration options, like WordPress, Drupal, and SSO are features of the Premium plan and above.
To learn more, see our guide: Registration configuration.
Applications
Location: Settings > Applications > General
From this page you can:
- Enable or disable the ability for applicants to make copies of their applications
- Provide application PDFs for applicants to download of their submissions
- Lock applications after an applicant has submitted them to prevent further editing
- Enable Markdown for applicants
- Set a maximum number of applications an applicant can create/submit in your active season
Notifications
Location: Settings > Communications > Notifications
Configure the messages your users will receive from this area. To learn more, see our dedicated guide: Ultimate guide to notifications.
Action flow
Location: Action flow > Settings
Create tasks for grant managers, applicants, and others to complete. For more information see: Action flow configuration.
Seasons
Location: Settings > General > Seasons
Edit the name of an existing season, start a new draft or active season, and more. To explore the functionality of this section, check out our guide: Ultimate guide to seasons.
Tags
Location: Settings > General > Tags
Configure tags to better filter applications, move applications from one round of reviewing to another, give awards or certificates, plus other tasks. Learn more about tags here: Ultimate guide to tags.
Theme
Location: Settings > General > Theme
Apply branding elements--logos, colours, supporting graphics--that allow seamless integration between Good Grants and you organisation's website. Intro accounts can see their theming options here. Premium and Enterprise accounts can do the same here.