In this article, you will learn how to access and edit various global settings for your Thinkific site from your Site Settings.
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Go to your Admin Dashboard
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Select Settings
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The first tab in your Settings is where you can find your Site Settings
Here you can change the name of your site. This will appear in your site header if you do not have a custom logo uploaded. You can think of your Site name as the title (or name) of your site.
To Edit Your Site Name:
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From your Settings, select Site details
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In the Site name field, enter your desired site name
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Click Save
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The site address box to the right can be updated/modified by following the steps in the Site URL section below (where you can also add a custom domain. Learn more here: Custom Domains).
From this area, you can change the Reply to and Support email associated with your site.
Thinkific has several types of automated emails, including:
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Site Welcome Email - sent when a student signs up for your course site
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Weekly Reminder Email - gives students a weekly update on their current course progress
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Course Welcome Email - sent when a student enrolls in one of your courses
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Community Welcome Email - sent when a student enrolls in one of your communities
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Bundle Welcome Email - sent when a student enrolls in one of your bundles
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Course Completion Email - sent when a student completes one of your courses
You can define which email address student replies should go to if students reply to emails sent from your Thinkific site. To set up your Reply to email:
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From your Settings, select Site emails
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In the Reply to email field, enter your desired email address
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Click Save
Your Support email address is the email that students will reach when they click support links on your Thinkific site. To edit your Support Email:
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From your Settings, select Site emails
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In the Support email field, enter your desired email address
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Click Save
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Students can also reach out for support when logged into their student account by selecting Support within the dropdown menu of their Student Dashboard.
When you first create your site, a default URL will be created for you. This default URL will be formatted in the following 'yourname-s-school-####.thinkific.com' format.
You can customize the first part of this format (the 'name-s-school-####' portion) to reflect your business or school name - or you can click the Add Custom URL button below this section to purchase and/or add a custom domain address to override the '.thinkific.com' portion of the URL.
To edit your Site URL:
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From your Settings, select Site URL
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Click the ellipses (3 dot icon) beside the current Thinkific URL
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Click Edit URL
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Update your URL
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Click Save
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Click Confirm
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After editing your Site URL, you will automatically be logged out of your account, and required to log in again at the new URL. The previous URL will no longer work. If you have already shared your site URL and want to change it, we recommend setting up a Custom URL.
All Thinkific sites have SSL automatically activated. Seeing the SSL certificate on your Thinkific site builds trust with your customers. When they see the padlock, they'll know that their information is safe and your business is trustworthy. Learn more about Thinkific's SSL.
If you're interested in adding features to your certificate (like a custom or extended validation SSL certificate), you can do so from this area of your Site Settings. Depending on your current plan level, these additional features may require an upgrade.
By default, your site will include "Powered by Thinkific" in your Footer as well as the side bar of the Course Player. Depending on your plan level, you may be able to remove this branding. Learn more about how to Remove Thinkific Branding.
To Remove Thinkific Branding:
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From your Settings, select Remove Thinkific Branding
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Check the box
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Select Save
This section of your Site Settings allows you to make edits to the the default text snippets that show up in various parts of your site. There are two tabs that you will be able to select from to make edits:
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General
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Product Pages
In this tab, you can edit the text that appears on any of your Pre-Order Products, as well as the text that appears on your Thank You Page call to action button.
To edit either of these snippets:
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From your Settings, select Modify text: Site
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Beside the snippet you want to edit, select Customize
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Enter the text you want to appear in this area
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Hit Save
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To delete existing text, simply click the trash bin icon beside the existing text.
In this tab, you can edit the text that appears in the banner of your landing page for:
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The Free Preview button text
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The Enroll and Join for Free call to action button
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The Buy {{price}} Button text
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Resume Course or Bundle text, and
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The Open Community text that links students to communities they already have access to.
To edit any of these snippets:
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From your Settings, select Modify text: Site
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Beside the snippet you want to edit, select Customize
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Enter the text you want to appear in this area
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Hit Save