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Configuration

Pligg's default features and behavior can be modified through the Configure Pligg section of the Admin Control Panel. You must be logged in as a God level user to access these controls.

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The following sections are displayed. Each editable parameter is accompanied by a brief description. You should take the time to read through each section.

 

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Anonymous



toggle anonymous voting (default is off), change anonymous karma (what is this? points to the story author? other?)

AntiSpam



toggle check story URL against blacklist (default is off), set filenames for main and user blacklists and block log

Avatars



two sizes of avatar for registered users: set filename/path for large and small avatars, allow user avatar upload (default is on), set path for user avatar upload directory, set size for large and small avatars

CAPTCHA



toggle CAPTCHA verification in user registration (default is on)

Comments



toggle comments (default is on), set comment sort order, for Latest Comments sidebar module set number of comments and length of excerpts

ExtraFields



toggle ability to add user-defined extra fields to story submission

FriendlyURLs



toggle friendly URLs for stories and for categories, e.g. /story/(story title)/, /category/(categoryname)/, (default is both on)

Live



Live is a near-real-time overview of overall user activity (stories, comments, votes): toggle Live (default is on), set number of items to display and refresh frequency

Location Installed



edit base URL for site and Pligg root directory

Misc



set database language, number of stories to display per page, number of users in top users display, use GZip (default is off)

MySQL



set database table prefix (default is "pligg_")

OutGoing



toggle outgoing links (story title?), option: url, title or id?

PageViews



Shows the last 5 people to view a profile, displays on Profile page

Searching



select one of 4 search methods: three MySQL modes or Google site search

Social



Allow adding, removing, and viewing friends.

SpellCheck



toggle spellchecker, uses Speller Pages open source server-side spell check program (Speller Pages - Open Source Web Spell Checker)

Story



configure story presentation: dispay "you last viewed this page X minutes ago.", make story title link to source web site, open story in new window, enable thumbnail previews on story page

Submit



configure story submission: allow HTML tags, require URL to story source, show URL input box, default text if no URL provided, automatically add vote to new story (submitter votes), validate URL (does site exist? get title? is it a blog (via trackback)?), set minimum title and story length (number of characters)

Summary



configure story summary: enable links to delicious, my fav, and my bookmarks, set length of story summary (number of characters), allow summary editing

Summary-Recommend



configure tell-a-friend (send email with story link): toggle tell-a-friend, set email subject, message (default, included text part 1 and 2), email from

Tags



toggle tags, set smallest and largest text size and number of tags to show for main tag cloug and sidebar

Template



set default template, allow user template selection

Trackback



set trackback URL

UrlMethod



set friendly URLs (requires .htaccess file, mod_rewrite)

Voting



set number of votes for promotion to home page, maximum number of days to publish unpromoted story, voting method (digg-style or by 5-star rating), minimum rating for promotion


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Created by tbronson, 10-28-2007 at 11:15 PM
Last edited by tbronson, 11-04-2007 at 09:24 PM
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