What This Page Does

This page lets you turn your site's features on and off without any technical knowledge. Want to hide the live cams section? Just flip a switch. Want to disable user comments? One click and it is done. You control exactly what visitors see on your site.

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How to Get Here

Navigate to Admin Panel > Templates > Feature Toggles

Understanding the Page

When you open the Feature Toggles page, you will see several areas.

Quick Stats Bar

At the top of the page, three numbers tell you at a glance how your features are configured:

• Enabled (green) -- How many features are currently turned on
• Disabled (red) -- How many features are currently turned off
• Total Features -- The total number of features available

There is also a Search box here for quickly finding a specific feature.

Navigation Bar

A row of links below the header lets you jump to other template management pages like Themes, Styles, Layouts, and more. The Features link is highlighted to show you are on this page.

Feature Categories

Your features are organized into five color-coded groups to keep things tidy:

Each category shows a count of how many features are enabled out of the total in that group (for example, "5 / 6 enabled").

Feature Rows

Inside each category, every feature is shown as a row with:

• The feature name and a short description of what it does
• A note about requirements if this feature depends on another feature being turned on
• An Edit button (pencil icon) to change the feature's details
• A toggle switch on the right side to turn the feature on or off

When a feature is turned off, its row appears slightly faded so you can easily tell which features are active.

Common Tasks

How to Turn a Feature On

1. Find the feature you want to enable in its category section.
2. Click the toggle switch on the right side of the feature row.
3. The switch briefly shows a loading state, then slides to the green (on) position.
4. A confirmation message appears briefly at the bottom-right of the screen.

How to Turn a Feature Off

1. Find the feature you want to disable.
2. Click the toggle switch on the right side of the feature row.
3. The switch briefly shows a loading state, then slides to the gray (off) position.
4. A confirmation message appears briefly at the bottom-right of the screen.

How to Turn On or Off All Features in a Category

If you want to quickly enable or disable an entire group of features at once:

1. Expand the category by clicking its header.
2. Click the Enable All or Disable All button in the category header.
3. Confirm by clicking OK in the popup that appears.
4. The page reloads with all features in that group updated.

How to Search for a Feature

1. Type a keyword into the Search box in the stats bar at the top.
2. Features filter instantly as you type -- no need to press Enter.
3. Categories with no matching features hide automatically.
4. Clear the search box to see all features again.

How to Add a New Custom Feature

1. Click the Add Feature button in the top-right area of the page.
2. Fill in the form that appears:

• Feature Key -- A short unique name using only lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores (for example, mycustomfeature). You cannot change this later.
• Display Name -- The name that appears on this page (for example, "My Custom Feature").
• Description -- A short explanation of what this feature controls.
• Category -- Pick the group this feature belongs to: Content, Live Cams, Creators, Users, or Site.
• Dependencies -- If this feature should only work when other features are on, list those feature names here separated by commas. Leave blank if there are none.
• Enable feature immediately -- Check this box if you want the feature turned on right away.

1. Click Create Feature.
2. The page reloads and your new feature appears in the category you selected.

How to Edit a Feature

1. Click the Edit button (pencil icon) on the feature you want to change.
2. Update any of the fields in the form that appears (the feature key cannot be changed).
3. Click Update Feature.
4. The page reloads with your changes applied.

How to Delete a Feature

1. Click the Edit button on the feature you want to remove.
2. Use the delete option to remove the feature.
3. Confirm when prompted.

Backing Up and Restoring Your Settings

How to Export (Back Up) Your Feature Settings

Before making big changes, save a copy of your current settings:

1. Click the Export button in the top-right area of the page.
2. A file automatically downloads to your computer with a name like featuretoggles2026-02-04.json.
3. Keep this file somewhere safe.

How to Import (Restore) Feature Settings

To restore settings from a backup or apply settings from another site:

1. Click the Import button in the top-right area of the page.
2. Open your backup file on your computer with a text editor and copy all the text inside.
3. Paste the text into the large text box that appears.
4. Click Import.
5. Confirm by clicking OK in the popup.
6. The page reloads with the restored settings.

Understanding Feature Dependencies

Some features need other features to be turned on in order to work. For example, Creator Posts requires the Creator System to be enabled, and the Creator System requires User Login to be enabled.

When a feature has requirements, you will see them listed below the feature description as "Requires: ..." with the names of the features it depends on.

What this means in practice:

• You cannot turn on a feature until all the features it requires are also turned on.
• You cannot turn off a feature if other features depend on it -- you need to turn those off first.

What Each Feature Controls on Your Site

Here is a plain-language explanation of what turning off each feature hides from your visitors:

Content Features

Live Cams Features

Creator Features

User Features

Site Features

Settings and Options

Live Cam Settings

The Live Cams category header includes a gear icon link that takes you to the Cam Settings page where you can configure your cam provider accounts. Turning cam features on or off here automatically keeps those settings in sync.

Demo Mode

If your site is in demo mode, you will see an amber banner at the top of the page. While demo mode is active, you cannot make any changes -- all switches and buttons are disabled. This is used for safely showing the admin panel to others without risk of accidental changes.

Tips for New Users

Troubleshooting

A feature will not turn on

What you see: You click the toggle but it flips back to off, and an error message appears.

How to fix it:

1. Read the error message carefully. It tells you which other features need to be turned on first.
2. Go to those features and turn them on.
3. Come back and try again.

A feature will not turn off

What you see: You click the toggle but it flips back to on, and an error message appears.

How to fix it:

1. Read the error message. It lists the features that depend on this one.
2. Turn off those dependent features first.
3. Come back and turn off this feature.

Nothing happens when I click a toggle

What you see: The switch does not respond or nothing changes.

How to fix it:

1. Refresh the page and try again.
2. If the problem persists, check if a demo mode banner is showing at the top of the page. If it is, changes are disabled.
3. Try using a different web browser.

The Export button does not download anything

What you see: You click Export but no file downloads.

How to fix it:

1. Check if your browser is blocking downloads from this site. Look for a blocked download notification in your browser's address bar.
2. Allow downloads and try again.
3. Refresh the page and try once more.

Import is not working

What you see: You paste your backup and click Import, but you get an error.

How to fix it:

1. Make sure you copied the entire contents of the backup file, including the very first and very last characters.
2. Make sure you are pasting text from a valid backup file that was previously exported from this page.
3. If the problem continues, try exporting a fresh backup from the site where the settings came from and use that file instead.

Changes are not showing on my site

What you see: You turned a feature on or off, but your site looks the same.

How to fix it:

1. Open your site in a new browser tab or window.
2. If you still see the old version, clear your browser cache (press Ctrl+Shift+Delete in most browsers) and refresh.
3. Try viewing your site in a private/incognito window to rule out caching.

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Last Updated: 2026-02-04