# General site settings

> Site name and description, language and time zone, social media accounts, site icon, maintenance and coming-soon modes, head and footer code.

*Help Center / Sites and domains · Updated: 2026-10-14 · 4 min read*

- **Available to:** Site admins
- **Plans:** All plans

A site’s basic settings are under **Websites → Manage → General**. At the top are the site status (**Site Live**) and the **View Site**, **Clear Cache** and **Save** buttons.

## Basic information

- **Site Name:** The name shown to visitors in your site’s header and interface.
- **Site Description:** The short summary shown in search engines and social media shares.

## Language and region

- **Site Language:** The page language (reported to search engines). Fixed interface texts on the site (“Home”, “All”, “Comments”…) are shown in this language; your stories stay in the language you write them in.
- **Time Zone:** Publish dates and times are shown in this time zone (e.g. Istanbul UTC+3).

## Social media accounts

**Choose a platform** (Website, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bluesky…), enter the address and click **Add**. The accounts you add appear with their icons wherever you place the **Social Media Icons** block in the design editor (header and footer).

> **Tip:** Sharing your posts automatically on social media is a different feature: [social media sharing](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/engagement/social-media.md).

## Site icon (favicon)

The icon shown in browser tabs, bookmarks and on mobile devices. Pick one from the library with **Change from library** or upload it with **Upload from device**. It should be square and at least **512×512 pixels**.

## Site mode

| Mode | What visitors see |
| --- | --- |
| Live | The site is open to everyone; all content is shown normally. |
| Maintenance | A maintenance screen is shown while you update the platform or content. |
| Coming soon / Countdown | Before launch, visitors see a launch countdown and an information message. |

## Head and footer code

Paste code such as Google Analytics, a verification tag or a chat widget here. **Head code** is added to the top of the page and **footer code** to the very bottom; each can be up to 20,000 characters. Leave these fields empty if you’re not sure what you’re doing.

Don’t forget to click **Save Changes** at the bottom after making changes.

> **Tip:** If a change doesn’t show on the site right away, use **Clear Cache** at the top.

## Related articles

- [The site management menu (Manage)](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/getting-started/site-menu.md)
- [Getting started with the design editor](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/design/design-editor.md)
- [SEO settings](https://ulakom.com/md/en/help/seo/seo-settings.md)

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Source page: https://ulakom.com/en/help/sites/site-settings