{"id":3907,"date":"2016-05-20T12:45:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T12:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2016\/05\/20\/whmcs-general-settings-overview\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T17:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T21:36:24","slug":"whmcs-general-settings-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/whmcs-general-settings-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"WHMCS General Settings Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"configuring-whcms-general-settings\">Configuring WHCMS General Settings<\/h2>\n<p>Once you have followed the <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/whmcs-install-softaculous\/\">installation procedures for WHMCS<\/a> to set up your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/reseller-hosting\">Reseller Hosting<\/a> capabilities you can start to familiarize yourself with the various settings and configurations WHCMS offers.<\/p>\n<h2>Accessing the General Settings in WHMCS<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/whm-login\/\">Log into WHMCS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Setup -&gt; General Settings<\/strong> <a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/getting-started\/01-settings-tabs.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/getting-started\/01-settings-tabs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click on the links below for information on each of the tabs related to the general settings in WHMCS<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Follow the links below for more information about general settings tabs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-general-settings-in-whmcs\/\">General tab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-localisation-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Localisation tab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-ordering-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Ordering tab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/domain-names\/how-to-configure-domain-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Domains tab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/email\/how-to-configure-mail-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Mail tab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-support-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Support tab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-invoice-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Invoices tab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-credit-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Credit tab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-affiliate-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Affiliates tab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-security-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Security tab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-social-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Social tab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-configure-other-settings-in-whmcs\/\">Other tab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After you have reviewed and set up the basic settings for your WHMCS, you will be ready to <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/create-whmcs-product\/\">create and add your first product<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Configuring WHCMS General Settings Once you have followed the installation procedures for WHMCS to set up your Reseller Hosting capabilities you can start to familiarize yourself with the various settings and configurations WHCMS offers. Accessing the General Settings in WHMCS Log into WHMCS Click Setup -&gt; General Settings Click on the links below for information<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/whmcs-general-settings-overview\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"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-3907","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>WHMCS General Settings Overview | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Want to get a quick overview of the general settings in WHMCS? 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