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Advanced administration settings
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   Advanced administration settings are controlled by superusers and affect your entire Civio Engage instance. Normal users of Civio Engage will not have access to these settings, as changes made here will affect your entire site. Proceed with caution when changing these settings.

Find your advanced administration settings
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![image (17).png](/storage/articles/9493702043663.png)

#### To find your advanced administration settings:

1. Log in to your Civio Engage website.
2. In the top right of your screen, click your **username**, then **Dashboard**.
3. In the top right of the screen, next to your user icon, click the **settings wheel icon**.
4. Update your advanced settings from here.

![image (18).png](/storage/articles/9493732073103.png)

General
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#### Site name

Update the name of your entire Civio Engage website. This will be publicly visible.

#### Enable maintenance mode

Tick the **Enable maintenance mode** box to set your entire instance of Civio Engage to maintenance mode, which prevents unauthenticated users from accessing any part of your website. This should only be used for major maintenance work or emergencies.

Click **Save** to make changes.

User
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#### Administrator label

The label that is displayed next to a comment or interaction from an admin user (e.g., "Council member"). This affects everywhere you can respond to participants. Change the label and click **Save** to make the changes across your entire Civio Engage website.

Categories
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Categories are the different topics that your consultations focus on. When creating projects, you can tag one or more categories to help participants find consultations more easily, as well as surfacing related projects via links.

#### To add a new category:

1. Navigate to the advanced settings screen.
2. In the left-hand menu, click **Categories**. This shows all the categories available for your Civio Engage website.
3. To add a new category, click **+Create category**.
4. Give the category a name and description.
5. Click **Save**.

#### To edit or delete a category:

1. Navigate to the advanced settings screen.
2. In the left-hand menu, click **Categories**. This shows all the categories available for your Civio Engage website.
3. Click on the category you want to edit. This takes you to the edit screen.
4. If you want to delete a category, from the edit screen, click **Delete**. This action cannot be undone.

Locations
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Locations are used to show the geographical region a consultation relates to. When creating projects, you can tag one location, or choose all locations.

#### To add a new location:

1. Navigate to the advanced settings screen.
2. In the left-hand menu, click **Locations**. This shows all the locations available for your Civio Engage website.
3. To add a new location, click **+Create location**.
4. Give the location a name and provide the exact co-ordinates.
5. Click **Save**.

#### To edit or delete a location:

1. Navigate to the advanced settings screen.
2. In the left-hand menu, click **Locations**. This shows all the categories available for your Civio Engage website.
3. Click on the location you want to edit. This takes you to the edit screen.
4. If you want to delete a location, from the edit screen, click **Delete**. This action cannot be undone.

Pages
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The Pages section of the advanced user settings is for site-wide static pages, for example, the privacy policy, terms and conditions, and community guidelines. These pages have restricted content options and are not suitable for communicating project or consultation information.

#### To create a new sitewide page:

1. Navigate to the advanced settings screen.
2. In the left-hand menu, click **Pages**. This shows all the pages already created for your Civio Engage website.
3. To add a new page, click **+Create Page**.
4. Give the page a title. This will be publicly visible on the website.
5. Provide a brief summary of the page's content.
6. Use the WYSIWYG editor to add your content. You can't add content blocks or groups to this type of page. For more information about the WYSIWYG editor's functions, see [WYSIWYG editor](/articles/9493602548879-WYSIWYG-editor).
7. Provide a unique URL if required. It will default to the title field if left blank.
8. Add an image to the page if required by either clicking to browse or dragging and dropping the image.
9. Click **Save**.

![image (19).png](/storage/articles/9493732073615.png)

#### To edit or delete a sitewide page:

1. Navigate to the advanced settings screen.
2. In the left-hand menu, click **Pages**. This shows all the pages already created for your Civio Engage website.
3. Click on the page you'd like to edit.
4. Click the Edit tab. You're now in the editing screen.

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