General settings are all about your current project, what its called, what it is about, where its files are stored and where your album will be created.
#Album tags: This is a comma separated list of keywords that can, for example, appear as metadata tags in your album pages. Commonly used keywords, such as Landscape, Portrait, January, July, Flowers will pop up as you begin to type, see figure to the right. Press enter to accept a single word or click on a word from those suggested to enter that word, if your word is not listed just keep typing.
If you upload the album to jalbum.net, this is the image displayed on your profile page. If you use the Turtle skin, this is also the header/theme image on the main page of your album. Browse through the images in the album by using the arrows below the image to select the album thumbnail.
You can also change the album title, add keywords and a description.
You can also change the directory locations. The first text field is the location of the image directory. The second one is the output directory, the finished album will be placed in this folder and it's the folder that you upload. When the album is uploaded, you can see the address to the album in the third textfield Address.