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Getting Started

Quick start checklist

Use this checklist after the installation to turn the demo into your own business. Each step links to the page that explains it in detail.

  1. Log in to /ADMIN/ and change your password (My account (password and language)).
  2. Set the identity of the site: name, logo, favicon, colors and home page texts (Logo, colors and branding).
  3. Enter your contact data, e-mail and timezone (General settings).
  4. Configure e-mail so booking and password e-mails are delivered (E-mail and SMTP).
  5. Add your locations, car types, brands and extras (Car types, brands and features, Extras, locations and coupons).
  6. Add your first cars with photos and prices (The car editor). Delete the demo cars when you no longer need them.
  7. Edit your pages: About us, Terms, Privacy and the menu (Pages and menu).
  8. Choose the currency and payments if users pay for listings (Payment settings, Packages and transactions).
  9. Switch on AI by choosing a provider and pasting an API key (AI settings).
  10. Add SEO and tracking codes and check the site in your language(s) (SEO, tracking and social media, Languages).

Before going live, open the website in a private browser window and test the full path: search a car, send a booking request, register a user, post a car. Then delete the demo users in Users (Website users).

Demo accounts

When the demo content is installed, two website accounts exist: owner@example.com (a car owner) and demo@example.com (a customer), both with the password demo123. They are useful to explore the member panel. Remove them on a live site.

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