Settings

The site-wide settings of Next Boards are under Configuration → Settings. They are defaults and limits for everyone; each board and each user then makes their own choices inside them.

Super Users and people who hold Manage settings and apps can change the settings. Others who reach the page can read them.

The General tab of the settings page with the default landing page, colour scheme, due-soon window, public boards switch and default workspace

Changes are saved with the Save bar that appears at the bottom when something was changed.

General

Setting	Default	Effect
Default landing page	Boards	The page Next Boards opens on: Boards or Dashboard.
Default colour scheme	Auto	Auto follows Joomla's light or dark mode (Joomla 5 and newer; light on Joomla 4, which has no dark mode); Light and Dark fix it. Used by people who have not picked a theme themselves with the toggle in the header.
Due-soon window (days)	7	Cards due within this many days count as "due soon": on card badges, in filters, on the dashboard and in reports.
Allow public boards	On	When off, boards set to Public are visible to their workspace only, and Public can no longer be chosen.
Default workspace	Default workspace	Where boards go when no workspace is picked, for example on an import. Anyone with Create boards can create boards in it.

Notifications & Email

The Notifications and Email tab with the notifications master switch, the e-mail switch, the default reminder and the state of the scheduled tasks

Setting	Default	Effect
Notifications	On	The master switch. Off: nobody is notified of anything. Boards can still opt out one by one when it is on.
E-mail notifications	On	Sends the notifications people ask for by e-mail too. Each user picks which ones.
Default due reminder	1 day before	Used by cards and boards that do not set their own.

Below the switches, the tab lists the Next Boards tasks of Joomla's Scheduled Tasks with their state and their last run. E-mails and reminders are only sent when these tasks run. If the list says that no task exists, see Scheduled tasks.

Attachments

The Attachments tab with the maximum file size, the storage per board and the list of allowed file types

Setting	Default	Effect
Maximum file size (MB)	10	The largest single file. The server's own upload limit (PHP `upload_max_filesize` and `post_max_size`) applies if it is lower.
Storage per board (MB)	1024	All the files of one board together. 0 means no limit.
Allowed file types	See below	Extensions separated by commas.

The default list of allowed types is: jpg, jpeg, png, gif, webp, pdf, txt, csv, md, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, odt, ods, odp, rtf, zip, 7z, mp3, mp4, mov, webm.

Two checks always apply, whatever the list says:

The content of a file must match its extension. A program renamed to .png is refused.
Script files are refused.

Uploaded files are stored under media/com_nextboards/attachments/ with random names and cannot be opened by address. They are only served through Next Boards, to people who can see the board.

E-mail to Inbox

The mailbox that turns e-mails into Inbox cards. This tab is only shown to Super Users. See E-mail to Inbox setup.

Demo

Sample data for trying Next Boards out. This tab is only shown to Super Users, and only while the Demo app is switched on. See Demo data.

Settings that live elsewhere

What	Where
Which apps are on	App Manager
Who can create boards and administer	Access and permissions
One board's view, reminders, card numbers, aging	Board settings
One person's notifications and shortcuts	Notifications → Preferences
Session length, time zone, mail server	Joomla's Global Configuration