====== Options ======

**General > Options** holds the settings that apply to the whole board. They are saved in ''CONFIG.PRO''. The window has a list of pages in the middle and the settings of the selected page on the right. Click **Save** at the top after you change anything.

^ Page ^ What you set ^
| **Paths** | Where the board keeps its message bases, files, menus, screens, logs and so on. The sample data points at your install folder; if you move the board, change every path here. |
| **New Users** | What a first-time caller is asked, the level and flags they start with, and the new-user template. |
| **Security** | Security-related options. |
| **Yelling** | The sysop page ("yell") and the hours you accept it. |
| **System Options** | General behaviour of the board. |
| **File Transfer** | Download hours and transfer defaults. |
| **Display Options** | How the board draws its screens. |
| **Site Info** | Who you are: the system name, location, phone, sysop name, default origin line and the number of nodes. |
| **QWK Options** | Settings for offline mail packets. |
| **File List Format** | How file listings look to a caller. |

===== Site Info =====

Do this first on a new board.

^ Field ^ Use ^
| **System name** | The name callers see. |
| **Location** | City and country. |
| **Phone number** | Shown to callers. Put anything you like; callers connect over the Internet. |
| **Sysop name** | The name that gets sysop treatment when it logs in. |
| **Default origin line** | Added to messages posted in networked areas. |
| **Number of nodes** | How many callers may be online at once. This board uses 10. This also decides how many ''NODE<n>'' folders are used. See [[v4:start:first_configuration|First configuration]]. |

===== Paths =====

If you move the board to another folder, or PBConfig cannot find an area, check **Paths** first.

{{ :v4:images:config-site-info.png?900 |PBConfig Site Info page}}
//Figure 1. Options > Site Info. The phone number has been blurred.//