General settings

The General settings area is where you configure some basic information for your site.

Name: this is where you set the name displayed for your site.

E-mail address: A valid e-mail address for this website, used by the auto-mailer during registration, new password requests, notifications, etc. You can set this to a real email address that people can reply to or to something generic no-reply@example.com that is outbound only. The email server that your site uses is set in the php.ini file and not by Drupal.

Slogan: The slogan of this website. Some themes display a slogan when available. It will also by displayed in the title bar of your sites visitor web browser.

Mission: Your site's mission statement or focus. Your mission statement is enabled in your theme settings and requires that the theme support it's display.

Footer: This text will be displayed at the bottom of each page. Useful for adding a copyright notice to your pages.

HTML formating can be used in the mission and the footer areas.

Anonymous user: Users who interact with your site without being logged in are labeled as "Anonymous" by default. Drupal gives you the option to change this to something different (e.g. "Anonymous coward"). The name you give anonymous users is used by Drupal when creating bylines for posts which typically reads something like, "Posted by Anonymous on January 1, 2006".