Customize App Info

ShipNowKit lets you manage app info via the Dashboard (writes to SystemConfig.SITE); the site URL falls back to environment variables (NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL, otherwise VERCEL_URL/browser origin, then http://localhost:3000).

Before deployment, set your project’s basic site info.

Configure Basic Info

Site Name / Title / Description

Use the Dashboard to set name, title, and description:

1. Sign in to the Dashboard
2. Go to Settings → Site Settings
3. In Basic Info, fill:
   • Site Name: Shown in page titles and metadata
   • Site Title: Landing page title for SEO
   • Site Description: Description for search results

Site URL

getURL() resolves the site URL with priority: NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL → (server) VERCEL_URL → (client) current origin → http://localhost:3000. Please set at least:

# Local
NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL=http://localhost:3000

# Production
NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL=https://your-domain.com

Configure Social Media

In Dashboard Site Settings → Social Media, set:

• Twitter URL: Your Twitter/X profile URL
• Twitter Account: Your Twitter/X handle (e.g., @username)
• OG Image URL: Open Graph image URL (e.g., https://example.com/og-image.png)

Used for:

• Social share preview cards
• SEO metadata
• Open Graph tags

Configure sitemap.xml

sitemap.xml tells search engines which pages to index.
Update public/sitemap.xml before launch.

ShipNowKit uses next-sitemap to generate it; config at next-sitemap.config.js:

/** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */
module.exports = {
  siteUrl: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL,
  generateRobotsTxt: true,
  // other configs...
}

Make sure NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL is set, otherwise generated sitemap links will be incorrect. After build, the sitemap is emitted to public/sitemap.xml.

Configure robots.txt

robots.txt defines crawl rules. Update public/robots.txt before launch. The repo default points to http://localhost:3000; replace with your production domain.

Default content (update Host/Sitemap to your domain):

User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Host
Host: https://your-domain.com

# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://your-domain.com/sitemap.xml

You can disallow paths as needed:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /*?*q=
Disallow: /privacy-policy
Disallow: /terms-of-service
Disallow: /settings/*
Disallow: /dashboard/*
Disallow: /admin/*

Configure Policies

Privacy Policy and Terms of Use live in app/[locale]/policies/:

• privacy-policy/page.tsx — Privacy Policy
• terms-of-use/page.tsx — Terms of Use

Edit content to match your business. For faster drafting with AI, you can prompt like:

I'm building an AI SaaS boilerplate.
Reference: https://shipnowkit.com/docs
Please help rewrite the policy files under content/pages.
Project name: ShipNowKit
Domain: https://your-domain.com
Copyright owner: Your Company
Contact email: [email protected]

After editing, visit the pages to verify:

• Privacy Policy: /privacy-policy
• Terms of Use: /terms-of-use