Once you’ve created your Bandzoogle website, be sure that your universal settings are aligned with your site content. Your ‘Site-wide settings’ is where you’ll be able to add custom metatags, define your site name and other profile information, connect to Google sitemaps, and more.

This Help article includes the following:

  • What are ‘Site-wide settings’
  • Adjustable elements in your ‘Site-wide settings,’ including:
    • Site Profile
    • Site Icon
    • Footer Text
    • Terms
    • Sitemaps
    • Payment Settings
    • Headers & Metatags
    • Facebook Pixel
    • Maintenance Mode
    • Redirects

What are ‘Site-wide settings’

Your website’s ‘Site-wide settings’ control the universal settings for your website, including your site name, payment settings, terms, site icon, Google verification metatag, and more.

Follow these steps to access your ‘Site-wide settings’:

  1. From the ‘Edit Content’ tab, click ‘Pages’
  2. Scroll to the bottom of your ‘Pages’ list and click on ‘Site-wide settings’

In the next screen, you will see your ‘Site-wide settings’ options, including the following:

  • Site Profile
  • Site Icon
  • Footer Text
  • Terms
  • Sitemaps
  • Payment Settings
  • Headers & Metatags
  • Facebook Pixel
  • Maintenance Mode
  • Redirects

To edit any of these settings, click the tab name to open the options. Keep in mind, these settings are universal and will affect your metadata and site functionality. If you have questions, feel free to reach out to our friendly support team.

Adjustable elements in your ‘Site-wide settings’

Site Profile

Your ‘Site Profile’ options apply to your overall site identity. These settings are especially important for search engine queries and social media sharing.

  • Project name: your project name will default to the name you submitted when signing up for your Bandzoogle website. If you want to adjust the spelling, decide to change your band name, or decide to use the website for a different project, you can adjust this ‘Project name’ at any time.
  • Website is for: select from the following options
    • Musician/Group
    • Music-related Company
    • Entertainment industry
    • Other: select ‘Type’
  • Short description: add a brief description of your project. Be sure to include your project name, genre or style, and any other information that you’d like to appear in search engine results.
  • City/Town
  • Time zone
  • Site language: choose the language you’d like the default text on your site to appear as. You can learn more about changing your website’s language here. If you’d like to create a bilingual site, read more here.
  • Project image: set the default project image that will be displayed when you share your website URL on other platforms. .

Site Icon

A site icon, sometimes called a favicon, appears next to your website’s project name in the browser tab. In this area, you can upload your own site icon as a .jpg, .png, .gif, or .ico file.

To upload a ‘Site Icon’, follow these steps:

  1. From the ‘Edit Content’ tab, click ‘Pages’
  2. Scroll to the bottom of your ‘Pages’ list and click on ‘Site-wide settings’
  3. In the side panel of options, click ‘Site Icon’
  4. Click on ‘Add artwork.’ Your devices’ file manager will open and you can upload a .jpg, .png, .gif, or .ico file
  5. Click ‘Save’

Footer Text

The ‘Footer Text’ option offers simple text formatting. Unlike your ‘Site-wide footer section’, here you can add short text that displays in your footer across your entire website. This can include promotional material or other important website notes. To edit your ‘Footer Text,’ follow these steps:

  1. From the ‘Edit Content’ tab, click ‘Pages’
  2. Scroll to the bottom of your ‘Pages’ list and click on ‘Site-wide settings’
  3. In the side panel of options, click ‘Footer Text’
  4. In the formatting field, enter your content
  5. Click ‘Save’

Terms

If you would like to attach terms to your website, you can use this field to let visitors know the conditions of interacting with your website content. This can include copyright information, what terms of use apply to your website and services, and how to contact you for copyright infringement. To add your website terms, follow these steps:

  1. From the ‘Edit Content’ tab, click ‘Pages’
  2. Scroll to the bottom of your ‘Pages’ list and click on ‘Site-wide settings’
  3. In the side panel of options, click ‘Terms’
  4. In the formatting field, enter your content
  5. Click ‘Save’

Once added, a ‘Terms’ link will appear in the footer of your website and will connect to a page containing the content you’ve entered here. You can learn more at the 'Adding terms of service and privacy policy' Help article.

Sitemaps

Verifying your site and submitting your sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools helps with your site’s ranking in Google Search. In your ‘Sitemaps’ area, you can verify your site and submit your sitemap to Google.

Please review our ‘Google Verification and Sitemap submission’ Help article for full details.

Payment Settings

To receive payments from purchases made from your Bandzoogle website, you are required to connect a payment processor. We offer two options for your payment settings: Paypal and Stripe. To connect to Paypal and/or Stripe from your ‘Site-wide settings,’ follow these steps:

  1. From the ‘Edit Content’ tab, click ‘Pages’
  2. Scroll to the bottom of your ‘Pages’ list and click on ‘Site-wide settings’
  3. In the side panel of options, click ‘Payment Settings’
  4. In your ‘Payment Settings,’ select the ‘Currency’ in which you’d like to receive payments
  5. Next, select the ‘Country’ where your store is based Note: This is used to distinguish between local and international orders
  6. Click ‘Connect to' Paypal and/or Stripe

Headers & Metatags

The headers and metatags section of your ‘Site-wide settings’ is dedicated to the < head > element of your website. Bandzoogle already populates your < head > with your < title > and < metaname > components, but if you want to add additional HTML, meta tag, or Javascript code, you can do so in this section.

Warning: This is an advanced feature. Only use this if you understand what it means. Misuse can easily make your website stop working! We cannot provide support for problems caused by what you add here.

Facebook Pixel

Facebook Pixel is a tool used to track conversions from your Facebook ad campaigns. If you would like to add a Facebook Pixel to your website, you can add it in this section of your ‘Site-wide settings.’

Visit the Help article to learn more about ‘using Facebook Pixel’.

Maintenance Mode

Maintenance mode allows you to hide your page content behind an “under construction” notice while you continue designing your website.

If you would like to apply ‘Maintenance Mode’ to your website, you can set it in this section of your ‘Site-wide settings.’ To learn more about this feature, please view the ‘Putting your website in maintenance mode’ Help article.

Redirects

A 301 redirect is a permanent redirect from one page URL on your domain to another page on your domain. 301 redirects are commonly used when a ranked page is moved or removed from your website.

If you would like to use a 301 redirect, you can add it in this section of your ‘Site-wide settings.’ To learn more, check out the ‘301 redirects’ Help article.