Site settings
Site Settings (/admin/settings) is the editor for public wording that used to live in the site’s React files: footer text, social icons, newsletter URLs, search dialog copy, SEO fallbacks, error pages, and similar strings.
Each group on the form has a short note under the heading that says where that copy appears on the public site. Use those notes if you are unsure which field to change.
Home-page block titles still live under Homepage sections (those win when both are set). Home feature cards live under Features.
What belongs here
| Group | Public surface |
|---|---|
| Know Us | About intro in the header mega menu |
| Social links | Header and footer social icons on every public page |
| Footer | Tagline, About/Contact/Substack links, copyright, map modal |
| Newsletter | Homepage callout fallbacks, Substack embed/widget, footer Substack URL |
| Home extras | Screen-reader H1 and Media / Newsletter column labels |
| Our Work | Thematic Areas and Workstreams headings, intros, and sector images on /our-work |
| Reform Monitor | Title and disclaimer on /reform-monitor |
| Contact extras | Organisation name and working days on /contact |
| About | Member Institutions heading and intro on the About page |
| Media fellows | Intro (and related copy) on /media-fellows |
| Search | Header search dialog |
| SEO defaults | Fallback title/description when a page has none; homepage title/description |
| Error pages | Public 403, 404, 419, 500, and 503 screens |
| Globe markers | Country markers on the Know Us mega-menu globe |
| Mobile menu fallback | Mobile nav only when the CMS header menu is empty |
What does not belong here
- Phones, email, address, office hours — edit the Contact page’s JSON (
pageData) under Pages. - Header and footer labels — Menus.
- Page body copy — the page record itself.
- Empty Site Settings fields fall back to built-in defaults, so clearing a field does not “delete” the public string; it restores the default.
After saving
Changes apply on the next public page load. Home/menus may cache for a few minutes. If a field does not appear to update, confirm you edited the group whose heading matches the page you are looking at.