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Global Configuration

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Global Configuration is responsible for your site's main operational settings. It's "the heart" of your site!!!
Global Configuration - Pic 1
Global Configuration - Pic 1

Note: Settings and changes made in Global Configuration are applied to configuration.php file in the root of your Elxis installation. So make sure this file is writable (see Pic 1 - A) in order for the changes to take affect. When the configuration of your site has been completed, it is a good idea to make configuration.php unwritable for security reasons, especially on a LIVE web site.


  • To access Global Configuration panel, on the Top menu of your Elxis Administration area point to Site - Global Configuration. After that, you will see Global Configuration panel opening and showing 11 different tabs (see Pic 1 - B). Below you will find a description about these 11 tabs:


S I T E

  1. Site Offline: Turn the front-end of your site On or Off. You may also turn it On only for Super Administrators.
  2. Offline Message: A message that everyone will see, when your site is turned off line.
  3. System Error Message: A message someone will see, when Elxis cannot connect to the database.
  4. Site Name: Your site's name. This text will show on the top border of a browser.
  5. Components Linked with Access System: The type of components you want to be applied for the Access Control System in front-end. Read Elxis help for further instructions.
  6. Use Security Images: No or Yes for security images (captcha) to be displayed inside the site's web forms. Suggestion: Select Yes!
  7. Show Unauthorized Links: No or Yes if you want to show links to registered content even if someone is not logged in. Users will need to log-in to see the item in full.
  8. Allow User Registration: Allow or not users to self-register.
  9. Account Activation: Select the type of activation for new user accounts. "Manual activation" means that an Administrator must confirm the registration.
  10. Require Unique Email: If Yes, users cannot share the same email address to register on your site. Suggestion: Select Yes!
  11. Debug Site: If yes, your site will display diagnostic information and SQL errors when present. Suggestion: Select No!
  12. WYSIWYG Editor: Select if you want the TinyMCE editor as your global default editor when you edit your site's content.
  13. List Length: This is the length of lists in Administration area. By default it is set to "20".
  14. Favorites Site Icon: The name of the favicon file. If left blank, the default favicon.ico will be used.
Global Configuration - Pic 2
Global Configuration - Pic 2

L O C A L E

  1. Default Front-End Language: The default language of your site's front-end.
  2. Default Back-End Language: The default language of your site's back-end (Administration control panel).
  3. Time Offset: The web site's time zone (in hours +/-). Select the time zone from the drop down list.
  4. Country Locale: The location code of your site. Recommend to leave it to Auto Select.
  5. Locale Check: In this field, if you see the date well formatted then Locale is fine for your system and selected language.


C O N T E N T (These Parameters control Output elements)

  1. Linked Titles: If you set this to YES, then the titles of your content items will act as links to the item.
  2. Read More Link: Hide or Show a "Read More" link in the front-end, when "Main text" is submited for the item, apart from "Intro text".
  3. Item Rating/Voting: If you select "Show", rating will be allowed for your content items.
  4. Author Names: Shows the author's name of the Content Items. This is a global setting but can be changed at menu and item levels.
  5. Created Date and Time: Displays the date and time an item was created. This is a global setting but can be changed at menu and item levels.
  6. Modified Date and Time: Displays  the date and time an item was last modified. This is a global setting but can be changed at menu and item levels.
  7. Hits: Displays the hits (views) for a particular item. This is a global setting but can be changed at menu and item levels.
  8. RTF Icon: If set to "Show" an RTF icon will be displayed in the front-ned within the content item). By selecting this icon, your users will be able to save the content item as an RTF (rich text format) file (see Pic 2).
  9. PDF Icon: If set to "Show", a PDF icon will be displayed in the front-end (within the content item). By selecting this icon, your users will be able to save the content item as a PDF file (see Pic 2).
  10. Print Icon: If set to "Show", a PRINT icon will be displayed in the front-end (within the content item). By selecting this icon, your users will be able to print a copy of the Content Item (see Pic 2).
  11. Email Icon: If set to "Show", your visitors will have the option to E-MAIL the item to a friend (see Pic 2)
  12. Icons: This is the option to show simple text links instead of the above (RTF, PDF, Print, Email) icons.
  13. Table of Contents on multi-page items: Display or not a Table of Contents on multiple page Content Items.
  14. Back Button: Show or Hide a navigational "Back" link on each page. This link has the same effect as the Back arrow in web browsers.
  15. Content Item Navigation: Show or Hide a  <<Prev... Next>> links when viewing items in a category.


D A T A B A S E

CAUTION: These settings facilitate communication between the web server and the database. If you make changes and they do not match your database's settings, your web site will stop functioning!

  1. Database Type:  The type of the Database (i.e. MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle exc) you are using for this Elxis installation.
  2. Hostname: The name of the host of the database server. For most installations on a dedicated root server... localhost is the default name. For shared or other host servers, this name will probably be different. Ask your Hosting Provider for further assistance,
  3. Username: The username (user) with full privileges on the database.
  4. Password: The password for the above username/user.
  5. Database: The name of the database you are using for this Elxis installation.
  6. Database Prefix: The prefix used for the tables and in the database. The default prefix for Elxis CMS is elx_.


S E R V E R

  1. Absolute Path: The path to the root directory of your Elxis installation. Maybe you will need to edit this, when transfering a site from a local to an online web server.
  2. Live Site: The URL (web address) of your Elxis site.
  3. Secret Word: A unique alpha-numeric word of your Elxis installation, for security reasons. This unique word is created during the installation of Elxis.
  4. GZIP Page Compression: Select Yes or No, if you want to allow your web server to send compressed data to the client's web browser. Note: This option could decrease the time taken for the site to load.
  5. Login Session Lifetime:
  6. Error Reporting:
  7. Register Globals Emulation:
  8. Help Server:
  9. File Creation (file permissions):
  10. Directory Creation (directory permissions):







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