How to Configure General Account Settings?
This article explains how to configure your account-wide settings in Terminus.app. Here, you can change your account's name, manage global email notifications, and define default tracking options for all your short URLs.
Accessing General Settings
- Log in to your Terminus.app account.
- Click on your email address, in the top-right corner of the page.
- Select Account Settings from the dropdown menu.
- Ensure you are on the General tab.
1. Account Name
This setting allows you to set a recognizable name for your account, which is especially useful if you are a member of multiple Terminus.app accounts.
- In the Account Name field, enter your preferred name.
2. Global Email Preferences
These settings control notification emails for all users in your account.
- Allow sending weekly summary emails to users: Check this box to receive a weekly performance digest of your links.
- Allow sending notices for broken URLs to users: Check this box to receive a weekly alert if any destination URLs are detected as broken.
Important: Disabling the broken URL notice on this page turns the feature off for all users. Individual users will not be able to enable it for themselves if it is disabled here.
3. Short URL Tracking Options
Control the anonymous analytics data you collect from every short URL click across your account. Check the box next to each option you wish to enable.
- Save an anonymized cookie...: This helps you detect repeat clicks from the same visitor without storing personal data, providing more accurate unique visitor counts.
- Save the referring URL...: Records the source website or application that a visitor clicked your link from.
- Save the browser user agent information: Captures anonymous data about the visitor's browser and device (e.g., Chrome on a Windows PC).
4. Saving Your Changes
After configuring your settings, you must save them to apply the changes.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save button.
Best Practices
- Global Impact: Remember that settings configured on this page are foundational and apply to the entire account. They serve as the default behavior for all users and links.
- Review Periodically: It's a good practice to review these settings periodically, especially as your team grows or your marketing strategies change.
Your general account settings are now configured to match your organization's needs for identification, communication, and data collection.