General settings overview

Richard de Nys

Updated July 01, 2025 14:12

Award Force offers a multitude of options in the Settings menu of the Manage workspace that allow you to customise the platform to fit your organisation's needs.

Account

Location: Settings > General > Account

In this area, you can:

Update the name of your account
Change the domain/URL associated with account (see: Custom domains)
Add a Google Analytics tracking ID (see: Can I use Google Analytics?)
Assign a time zone for the account
Flip the order of the entry ID and category shortcode, if one has been assigned

Languages

Location: Settings > General > Languages

From this section, you can:

Choose the language(s) that your program will support (see: Add multiple languages )

Important: should you choose to support multiple languages [a feature of the Pro plan and above], translations will need to be added for all fields, chapters, content, etc. that you configure.
Select the formatting for dates within the system, ex. DD/MM/YYYY, MM/DD/YYYY

Registration

Location: Settings > Users > Registration

Here you can:

Choose whether to request explicit consent to cookies from users and edit the text associated with the agreement to terms and consent to receive correspondence from your program

Important: you should consult your organisation's legal team before making adjustments to these areas. For more information on compliance, see our guide: Data protection preparation / configuration options.
Toggle registration on and off
Allow for third party registration and authentication

You can learn more in our dedicated help article: Configure registration.

Entries

Location: Settings > Entries > Form settings

This tabbed area contains a multitude of configuration options to tailor Award Force to meet your program's needs.

Details
- Create a name for your entry form
Cover
- Upload a cover image for your form
- Customise the call to action button
Chapters
- Notate whether the form applies to all chapters or just some
Rounds
- Configure a new round or select an existing entry round
Advanced
- Display your form on your program's public home page
- Configure invitation-only access
- Allow entrants to copy entries
- Display a countdown to submission timer
- Allow submitters to browse the form before starting a submission
- Enable a format editor for multi-line fields
- Make a blank sample form PDF available
- Lock the form ater submission
- Set a limit on the maximum number of entries per entrant

Notifications

Location: Settings > General > Notifications

Configure the messages your users will receive from this area. To learn more, see our dedicated guide: Ultimate guide to notifications.

Seasons

Location: Settings > General > Seasons

Edit the name of an existing season, start a new draft or active season, and more. To explore the functionality of this section, check out our guide: Ultimate guide to seasons.

Theme

Location: Settings > General > Theme

Apply branding elements--logos, colours, supporting graphics--that allow seamless integration between Award Force and you organisation's website. Growth accounts can see their theming options here. Pro accounts can do the same here.