Miscellaneous Tasks

The Admin Panel also offers a few miscellaneous tasks.

Send Email:
You can send an email to the email address on file for each location. You can choose which group to send emails to and you can send in HTML or Plain Text formats. Very useful for announcements.

Backup Database:
One you have your locator up and running and your locations, zip codes, settings are saved, you'll want to create a new backup file. The file will be saved on the server inside the /locator/dbackup/restore folder. You can also download the file, which we do recommend.

Note: You can choose any/all of the tables from the list, that you wish to backup. If you experience problems, you may want to deselect the zipcode table, as it typically holds tens of thousands of records. And you can always re-import them fresh at a later time.

Restore Database:
You can restore your entire mysql database, if needed, from one of your backup files you have created. It will take the backup file, read in all the data, delete all tables inside your mysql database, then create new tables and populate them with the values inside your backup file.

File Manager:
All the files that you import, upload and create within that admin panel can be managed with the File Manager. This tool will list any file that if finds inside the system folders and give you a list, where you can download or delete the file.

IP Tracking Table:
If you are utilizing the 'Limit Search by IP' feature, then the data used to perform that routine is stored in a special table inside the database. This tool allows you to see how many records are stored in this special table and give you the opportunity to 'prune' x number of days worth of data. Busy sites have the possibility to save large amounts of data, with the 'Limit Search' feature and should consider pruning this data often to keep the file size of your database to a minimal

Admin Management:
You created a Super Admin account when you installed the system. This tool will allow you to add/edit other login accounts for additional administrators. If you have other people that will need in the system, you can provide them with their own username and password.

Note: Any administrator account will have equal permissions as the super admin account. Meaning, your additional administrator account will be able to add/edit/delete records and change settings, just as you the super admin can. There are no restrictions.

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