Options reference

Every setting on Components > Easy Helpdesk > Configuration, explained in plain language.
General
- Allow guest tickets: visitors can open tickets without a site account
- Default status / priority: starting values on new tickets
- Show ticket type on submit: optional type field on the customer form
- Enable attachments, folder path, max files, max KB, allowed extensions: upload policy
- Ticket prefix: letters at the start of ticket numbers (default EHD)
- Let customers reopen tickets: Reopen button on resolved/closed tickets
- Ask for a rating: 1 to 5 stars after resolve/close
- Allow splitting messages: staff can split a reply into a new ticket
- Site / admin editor: which Joomla editor plugin to use, or inherit
- Read-only demo usernames: comma list that can browse but not save
Portal
- Portal theme: Minimal, Classic, Soft, or Ink
- Accent colour, corners, portal width, form width: layout and brand
- Offer a password sign in: show username/password in addition to magic links
- Font, row height, header style, custom CSS: polish and overrides
Staff ticket screen
- Show or hide: time log, suggested articles, custom field answers, previous tickets, activity trail, watchers
Knowledge base
- Offer the knowledge base: master switch for site KB, suggestions, and staff KB panel
- Intro image and alt text for the KB index
- Show/hide: updated date, reading time, views, on-this-page TOC, related articles, aside, still-stuck CTA, share, helpful votes
- Run content plugins inside articles
- JSON-LD and Open Graph switches
Notification email
- Notify customers / notify staff master switches
- HTML mail, auto reply on open, from name/email, global CC/BCC
- Mail accent colour, header mode (text/logo/both), header text, logo, and signature
- Attachment download links switch for the {attachments} placeholder
- Templates are edited under Mail and routing > Email Templates
Email fetching
- Legacy single mailbox: host, port, encryption, username, password, folder, department, delete after read, cron key with Generate
- Mail service presets for common IMAP providers
- Prefer published Mailboxes rows for multi-inbox setups (same presets on mailbox edit)
Security
- Enable CAPTCHA, guests only, built-in or Turnstile, Turnstile keys, label/help/reload text
Business hours
- SLA day start and end times, and which weekdays count
Permissions
- Joomla ACL matrix for core rights plus Agent, Manager, Reply, Private note, Status, Assign, Merge, Requester