{"id":3819,"date":"2016-04-21T17:29:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2016\/04\/21\/how-to-configure-localisation-settings-in-whmcs\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T11:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T15:48:52","slug":"how-to-configure-localisation-settings-in-whmcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-localisation-settings-in-whmcs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Configure Localisation Settings in WHMCS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article will cover the important configurations you can make in the Localisation tab under the WHMCS General Settings. These steps will apply for VPS, reseller, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/dedicated-servers\">dedicated web server hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To access your Localisation tab just follow the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/login-to-whmcs\/\">Login to your WHMCS Admin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/general-settings-whmcs\/Tooltip_043.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/general-settings-whmcs\/Tooltip_043.png\" alt=\"General Settings under Setup\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Hover over <em>Setup<\/em> and choose <em>General Settings<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/general-settings-whmcs\/Selection45.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/general-settings-whmcs\/Selection45.png\" alt=\"Localisation tab\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Choose <em>Localisation<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill in the settings:<br>\n<table class=\"table table-striped table-bordered\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>System Charset:<\/th>\n<td>Default: utf-8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Date Format:<\/th>\n<td>Choose Display Style for Admins &amp; Staff (must be numeric to allow for date input)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Client Date Format:<\/th>\n<td>Choose the display style for the date you want your clients to use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Default Country:<\/th>\n<td>Select your default country<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Default Language:<\/th>\n<td>Select the default language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Enable Language Menu:<\/th>\n<td>Check this to allow users to change the language of the system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Remove Extended UTF-8 Characters:<\/th>\n<td>Check this box to automatically remove 4 byte UTF-8 characters such as emoticons from customer ticket posts and emails<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/general-settings-whmcs\/savechanges1.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/general-settings-whmcs\/savechanges1.png\" alt=\"Blue Save Changes button\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Click <strong>Save Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you have gone through the Localisation options you are ready to proceed to the <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-ordering-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Ordering<\/a> tab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article will cover the important configurations you can make in the Localisation tab under the WHMCS General Settings. These steps will apply for VPS, reseller, as well as dedicated web server hosting. To access your Localisation tab just follow the steps below: Now that you have gone through the Localisation options you are ready<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-localisation-settings-in-whmcs\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4289],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whm"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Configure Localisation Settings in WHMCS | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this article, you will see how you can easily configure 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