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title: "Settings overview"
description: "How the SpaceBay settings screen is organised, with a link to every section."
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*SpaceBay → Settings.*

Settings are grouped into sections in the left column: **General**, **Login and signup**, **Appearance**, **Posts and uploads**, **Messages**, **Points and badges**, **Events**, **Shops** (Pro), **Moderation**, **Emails**, **Welcome banner** and **Advanced**. Change what you need in any section, then select **Save changes** at the top right. The button is active only when something has changed.

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<figcaption>Video (33 s): the Settings screen, changing the brand colour and looking through the sections.</figcaption>
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Settings marked <span class="sb-badge sb-badge--pro">Pro</span> are added to these sections by SpaceBay Pro. Without Pro they are not shown, and what you saved before is kept.

## The sections

- [General](/spacebay/user-guide/settings/general/): name, address, who can view the community and the member directory.
- [Login and signup](/spacebay/user-guide/settings/login-and-signup/): login pages, signing up, terms, and two-factor settings <span class="sb-badge sb-badge--pro">Pro</span>.
- [Appearance](/spacebay/user-guide/settings/appearance/): layout, colour mode, logo and brand colour.
- [Posts and uploads](/spacebay/user-guide/settings/general/#posts-and-uploads): link previews and the largest image upload.
- [Messages](/spacebay/user-guide/settings/messages/): who can message whom, group chats, and calls <span class="sb-badge sb-badge--pro">Pro</span>.
- [Points and badges](/spacebay/user-guide/settings/points-and-badges/): points, levels, leaderboard and badges.
- [Events](/spacebay/user-guide/settings/events/): the Events page, who can add events, and reminders <span class="sb-badge sb-badge--pro">Pro</span>.
- [Moderation](/spacebay/user-guide/settings/moderation/): member approval, new posts, blocked words and reports.
- [Emails, welcome banner and advanced](/spacebay/user-guide/settings/emails-banner-and-advanced/).
- **Shops** <span class="sb-badge sb-badge--pro">Pro</span>: turn on member shops, choose how new products are approved and set limits. It sits just before Moderation in the list. See [Member shops](/spacebay/pro/member-shops/#shop-settings).

The member directory switch is in [General](/spacebay/user-guide/settings/general/).