Written by Beth When you create your site, Carrot automatically personalizes your site with several pieces of information you provide in the activation process.
You will be asked questions about your company and local market area when setting up your main account. We take this info and use shortcodes to automatically insert your business info throughout your new website.
Shortcodes save you time and are the magic behind many of our most powerful SEO features, like Auto-Location Pages.
In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to change the default information that gets automatically used by these shortcodes on your site. Let’s go!
A Quick Overview of Shortcodes & How They Work
We use “shortcodes” to make localizing and personalizing your site quick and easy.
Check out our tutorial explaining shortcodes or watch the video to learn more:
For example: The shortcode [company], means that anywhere it is used on your website, it’ll automatically insert your company name. One of the most valuable shortcodes is the city you do business in, or [market_city], this is the city you see listed on your site when it’s launched.
You can find the key information you entered in your site’s dashboard settings.
✅ Click here to confirm your site’s information →
It is important we get this right! Also make sure to ONLY use a single city, state, and zip in these fields, otherwise, you will generate pages with bad SEO performance and a poor user experience.
ℹ️ Click here for a complete list of shortcodes used on Carrot sites →
How To Update The Default Information Used By Shortcodes
Now, let’s learn how to change the default information that gets automatically used by these shortcodes on your site:
Step 1: Access your Site’s Main Dashboard
Find the site you want to update and click the Dashboard arrow to go to the main area for that site.
Step 2: Edit the Settings to Update Your Company Info
Once you’re in your site’s dashboard – just hop on over to the second-to-last gray link on the left that reads “settings” and you can update all settings there.
You’ll be able to update all information on this page including: phone number, market city, the admin email leads are sent to, and more.
Note: Be sure to save your changes at the bottom right of the page before proceeding to the next steps!