🔧 Fill in the start parameters

Go to "Settings".

The first "Configuration" page allows you to modify the start parameters (* denotes mandatory fields):

• Name: it appears on the welcome banner until you change it, in the last section of the home page unless you hide it - "Welcome to the platform" section (.footer_sub_hero) in the "Home page" menu - and as the title of the tab in your browser.
• Social network link: you can add redirections to your Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and Github social networks in the Decidim footer. Warning: you only need to fill in the suffix /account name (not the whole https://twitter.com/nom-du-compte url).
  
• Default language: French is pre-configured on the instances we deploy. For Belgium, Dutch can also be activated on request.
• Reference prefix: all proposals and Dating created on Decidim have a unique reference identifier to guarantee their authenticity (e.g. "demo-PROP-2018-06-3"); this is to define the prefix used instead of "demo" which appears in the red box below. We recommend a short prefix.
• Enable badges: badges encourage user participation. Indeed, when users contribute a lot to the platform, they receive different badges to reward them. 
• Activate user groups: user groups allow users to participate on the platform as a group, i.e. to contribute as an organisation, association, neighbourhood council etc. Administrators must validate groups before they become active.
• Send a welcome notification: Sends a welcome email to each new registrant.
• Customize Welcome Notification: Allows you to change the default welcome email. When this box is checked, you can change the subject of the notification as well as the body of the message.