Advanced

The Advanced section lets you fine-tune your project’s output and local preview behavior. These options are entirely optional, but great if you want a bit more control.

Advanced Section in the Project Settings Window

Site Options

• Generate Search Engine Sitemap

  Automatically creates a sitemap.xml file to help search engines index your site.

• Consolidate CSS Files

  Combines your project’s CSS into fewer files to help reduce page load time.

• Generate Cache-Busting Links

  Appends unique version strings to assets (like CSS and JS) to ensure browsers always load the latest version.

• Minify CSS and Javascript

  Strips unnecessary whitespace and comments to shrink file sizes and improve performance.

• Anonymize Requests to Third-Party Servers

  Helps protect your privacy by removing identifiable info from external requests (like Google Fonts or embedded media).

Default Extension

Sets the file extension used for new pages, typically html, but you can change this to php or others if needed.

Web Server Port

Configure the local web server used by Elements when previewing your site:

• Auto: Automatically chooses an available port.

• Restart Web Server: Use this if the preview server isn’t running correctly.

• Automatically start web server on document open: Handy if you want preview to be ready as soon as you open a project.