This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the General Settings tab within the Admin Panel. This section serves as the primary control center for the search engine, allowing you to manage everything from visual branding to advanced AI logic and international legal compliance.
🎨 Advanced Branding and Visual Customization
The General Settings allow for deep white-labeling to ensure your search engine looks professional across all devices and viewing modes:
- Multi-Logo Support: You can upload a Landscape Logo (typically used in the header navigation during searches) and a Portrait Logo (the larger logo displayed above the search box on your homepage).
- Intelligent Logo Fallback: If you only upload one logo, the system will automatically use the landscape version for both locations to maintain site integrity.
- Dark Mode Optimization: To support modern user preferences, you can upload specific Dark Mode versions of both your landscape and portrait logos. These are automatically triggered when the “Dark Mode” template is selected.
- Custom Favicons: You can upload a site icon (PNG or ICO) that will appear in browser tabs, strengthening your brand’s presence in the user’s workspace.
- Identity Management: Easily update your Site Name, which the system uses to dynamically populate placeholders in legal notices and page content.
🌐 Global Reach and Regional Compliance
The platform is designed to operate internationally while adhering to specific local regulations:
- Localization Control: Administrators can set the Default Language for the entire frontend. You can also expand your reach by uploading custom
.txtor.ziplanguage files, which the system automatically converts into functional site components. We also sell complete language packs. - China Internet Regulation Compliance: This unique feature allows you to toggle availability for the Chinese market. When enabled, the system automatically begins storing essential data, including IP addresses, search terms, and timestamps, to meet the requirements of the Cybersecurity Law and Personal Information Protection Law of the P.R.C..
- Customizable Legal Notices: The Admin Panel provides dedicated editors for both English and Chinese compliance notices, allowing you to clearly explain data collection practices to your users.
🤖 AI Summary and “Smart Learning” Logic
The “brain” of your search engine is managed through a sophisticated OpenAI integration that balances performance with cost-efficiency:
- OpenAI Configuration: By entering your OpenAI API Key, you unlock AI-generated summaries for search results. You can choose your preferred model, such as gpt-4o-mini, which is recommended for its cost-effectiveness.
- Tailored Output: You can set the approximate Summary Length between 500 and 1000 words. Longer summaries are ideal for sites focusing on detailed recipes, complex instructions, or technical explanations.
- Surgical Caching: To drastically reduce your API overhead, you can Enable AI Summary Caching. This ensures that once an AI summary is generated for a query, it is reused for future users. You can set the Cache Duration for up to 365 days, effectively serving thousands of users for the cost of a single API call.
- Connection Testing: A “Test Connection” button allows you to verify your API settings instantly before going live.
🔗 Network Expansion and Navigation
The General tab acts as a bridge between your search engine and the rest of your digital ecosystem:
- Custom Navigation Links: You can add up to 5 custom links that appear in the header in the more tab.
- Subdomain Integration: The system is designed to complement external content sites. You can easily link to a WordPress Blog for SEO and engagement, or a MediaWiki for building a knowledge base on subdomains (e.g., blog.yoursite.com).
- Engagement Strategy: By integrating forums or documentation sites, you increase the overall value of your network, making it more attractive to high-value advertisers.