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The Global Configuration
Manager allows you to control a number of variables that
affect your site as a whole. Changes made on this screen
will update the configuration.php file; accordingly, this
file must be writable. When your site is configured,
it is a good idea to make configuration.php unwritable for
security reasons.
Site Tab
- Site Offline - Takes the front end of your website
on or offline. Use this option if you are updating the site and do not
wish to have your visitors view the site until you are finished.
- Offline Message - When the Site Offline switch is
in the Yes position, this field sets the default message that displays
for your site visitors.
- System Error Message - This message will display
if the initial database connection fails. You can type anything
you like in this box.
- Site Name - Sets the name of the site. This will
display in the Title Bar of the visitors' browsers and will also show
in system-generated emails.
- ShowUnauthorised Links - With this option turned
on, visitors will see all links, including those to Content Items
to which the visitor may not have access, (that is, content given an
Access Level of 'Registered' or 'Special'). With this
option off, they will only see links to content with an Access Level
of 'Public'.
- Allow User Registration - This option allows you
to set whether visitors can register for a user account. If the "Yes"
radio button is chosen, the Login Form will include the prompt “No
account yet? Create one". If the "No" radio button is
chosen, they will not be presented with an option to register.
- Use New Account Activation - If the "Yes"
radio button is chosen, an activation link will be sent to user's
e-mail address. A new user can not login until he has clicked on the
activation link. If the "No" radio button is chosen,
Users will be able to login right away without activation.
- Email New User Password - With this option set to
'Yes', the new user will receive an email with a password generated
by Mambo. If it is set to 'No', new Users will select their
own password.
- Require Unique Email - Select whether you want to
prevent registration with duplicate e-mail addresses. In combination
with user activation this option prevents users from signing up more
than once using the same e-mail address.
- Use Captcha Authentication - Select whether users
are required to enter verification details from a security image before
submitting forms. This stops automatic form submissions such as spam.
- Debug Site - This option allows you to view the error
messages that are created by your site's php installation. It can
be a handy tool for debugging if you are having problems and for reporting
errors to your System Administrator or Web host.
- WYSIWYG Editor - Choose which of the installed Text
Editors you want to use to edit Content Items.
- List Length - Choose a default length for lists in
the Admin system.
- Favourites Site Icon - This sets the icon that appears
in some browsers next to the name and/or address of your site.
By default this is the Mambo flower. If you want another icon
to show up, you must upload another icon to replace the Mambo flower.
Locale Tab
- Language: Choose
the default language used on your site. Note that you
may have to install a language pack if you wish to use
a language other than that deployed with the system.
- Time
Offset: This option sets the time offset in
hours between your server location and GMT (Greenwich
Mean Time - UK).
- Debugging:
- Use gettext:
- Country
Locale: Type the location of your Web site. For
instance en_GB would be the setting for the UK.
Content Tab
- Linked Titles:
Select 'Yes', if you want the title of a Content
Item to function as a hyper-link leading to the Content
Item.
- Read
More Link: Hide / display the
text "Read more" at the end of your "Intro
Text" of your Content Items.
- Item Rating / Voting: This
option allows users to vote on / rate Content Items. Choose 'Yes',
and a 'Star Bar' will be shown on each Content
Item, as well as a form for submitting ratings.
- Author
Names: Show /Hide the Author's name when
a Content Item is displayed.
- Created Date and Time: Show /Hide the
creation date and time when a Content Item
is displayed
- .Modified
Date and Time: Show /Hide the last modified
date and time when
a Content Item is displayed.
- Hits: Show /Hide the number
of times an article/content has been viewed.
- PDF Icon:
Show /Hide the PDF
maker icon on Content Items.
- Print Icon: Show /Hide the Printer
Friendly Version icon on Content Items.
- Email
Icon: Show /Hide the Email Page to Friend
icon on Content Items.
- Icons: Choose the
radio button "Show", when you want the hidden links
to Email/Print/PDF to be icons rather than text.
- Table
of Contents on multi-page items: Choose the radio
button "Show", to show the Table of Content navigation
index boxes for multi-page Content Items.
- Back Button: Show /Hide navigational
back buttons on each page to make it easier for users
to navigate your site.
- Content Item Navigation:
Choose the radio button "Show", to publish 'Next' and 'Previous' links
when viewing Content Items in a category or to change
pages within the same article.
Database Tab
Warning These
are very important settings. If your Mambo web site has been
installed on your behalf do not alter these settings.
- Hostname:
Your Host name - typically "localhost."
- MySQL
Username: The username to access
your Mambo database.
- MySQL Password: The password to
access your Mambo database.
- MySQL
Database: The name of the database
your Mambo installation uses.
- MySQL Database Prefix:
The prefix used for records in your Mambo
database. Typically “mos_" by default. Very
Important! DO NOT CHANGE UNLESS YOU HAVE A
DATABASE BUILT USING TABLES WITH THE PREFIX YOU ARE
SETTING!!
Server Tab
The following two items are predefined
during the installation and are not configurable through
this tab. The only way to change them is by manually editing
the configuration.php file.
- Absolute Path: This
is the directory information used by Mambo on the server
that orientates it to it's surrounding system.
- Live
Site: This is the absolute URL (web address)
for your installation of Mambo. Typical value is http://www.mysite.com.
The following items are editable on the screen.
- GZIP Page Compression:
Choose the radio button "Yes", to allow
your web server to send compressed data, if supported
by the server, to the client web browser.
- Login
Session Lifetime: Type the number of seconds
the Administration session should be allowed to stay
live before automatic logout occurs. After automatic
logout, the Administrator will be required to login
again using the correct username and password.
- Error
Reporting: If this option
is enabled under the Site tab, then using the drop down
box, select the level or reporting required. Options
are System Default, None, Simple and Maximum.
- System Default - This turns Error reporting
to the system default according to php.ini on the
server.
- None - This turns off error reporting.
- Simple - This turns error reporting to
simple options.
- Maximum - This turns error reporting
to the Maximum level.
- Register Globals Emulation: By
default set to "ON." Setting this to "OFF" may
cause problems with some components.
- Help Server: Set the URL for the
system to use to access the live help site data.
Leave blank to disable this feature.
- File Creation:
By default, files created by the installation of
components, modules and mambots inherit the server
default permissions. By choosing "CHMOD new
files", you can override
the server permissions.
- Directory Creation:
As with files, new directories will by default
inherit the server default permissions. Choose "CHMOD
new directories" to
override the server permissions.
Metadata Tab
These settings, affect the way
search engines index your site.
- Global Site Meta Description: Type
a description of your web site used to assist Search
Engines. Make sure that the most important
part of your description is in the first 20 words.
- Global
Site Meta Keywords: Appears in the keywords
field of your site's metadata. Can append metadata
to this list for individual Content Items, but
the appended text will always come after what is
input here.
- Show
Title Meta Tag: Includes the item
/ component title name in the Title meta tag
field in the source code.
- Show Author Meta
Tag: Includes the Author meta
tag field in the source code when viewing
content.
Mail Tab
- Mailer: Choose
which mailer you wish to use: PHP mail function, Sendmail
or SMTP Server.
- Mail From: Choose which email
address will show as the sender of system-generated
emails.
- From Name:
Choose what name will show as the sender of system-generated
emails.
- Sendmail
Path: This is the directory of the Mail server.
Under Linux installations is normally /usr/sbin/sendmail.
Not applicable on Windows installations.If you have chosen
the SMTP Server as the Mailer, then you have to set the following
settings. Ignore otherwise.
- SMTP Auth:
Choose "Yes" if SMTP Authentication is required
by your host.
- SMTP User: If authentication
is required and set above, type your username.
- SMTP
Pass: If authentication is required and set
above, type your password.
- SMTP Host: This
is usually set as "localhost," but you may
need to check this with your host.
Cache Tab
- Caching: Choose "Yes" to
allow for caching of certain elements within Mambo. This
will generally improve the performance of your site.
- Cache
Folder: This is the folder or directory to
store the cache files. This must be writable for this caching
to be successfully implemented. Contact your Web Master if
you have any difficulties.
- Cache Time: Edit
the maximum length of time, in seconds, for a cache file
to be stored before it is refreshed.
Statistics Tab
- Statistics: Choose 'Yes',
to allow the browser and visitor domain statistics to be
collected on the basis of settings in the Content Tab.
You can then access the statistics, from Site -> Statistics.
- Log
Content Hits by Date: Choose "Yes" to
enable logging of the hits on Content Items, on
a daily basis. Warning: This will tend to collect
masses of data over time. Be sure that your server
space has the space to to store this information.
- Log
Search Strings: Choose "Yes" to enable
logging of the search text, entered by a user. Such logging
facilitates the 'tuning' of your web site, giving
you an insight into how your visitors are trying to find
the information they seek. Analysis reporting is provided
under Site->Statistics->Search Text.
SEO Tab
- Search Engine Friendly
URLs: This changes the way site
links are presented and optimises them so that
search engines can access more of your site. This
option is ONLY available to sites hosted on Apache
servers. Choose 'Yes' to enable Mambo
to output friendly URLs rather than normal database
generated URLs. If you use this option you must
rename your htaccess.txt file to .htaccess.
- Dynamic
Page Titles: Choose "Yes" to
set the page titles (that appear at the top of
a viewers browser) to be the same as the page title
they are viewing. Again this helps search engines.NOTE:
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