Location of the Admin CP. Change this to secure your Admin CP.

By default the setting is admincp so the final URL will be:


Note the above example is when short URL's is enabled.

Best to allow on Admins and Staff for security.

Note: This includes updating the status, editing or deleting modules.

Define what file extensions we should create thumbnails for when a user uploads an image attachment.

Define the width and height of the medium thumbnail that will be created after a user uploads an image. If the image uploaded is smaller then the specified width/height it will not create a medium thumbnail for the image.

Note that the medium thumbnail is displayed on the website instead of the original image to save bandwidth.

This will control how many attachments a user can upload and attach on other items.

If you do not want to allow users the ability to upload items set this to 0.

If you do not want to set a limit set this to null.

Controls time stamps for blog entries.

If using the default setting and the default template the time stamp will appear under each blog title and will look similar to:

Before a user can be considered to be a Top Blogger they must enter X amount of blog(s) where X is the value of this setting.

Define how long we should keep the cache for the Top Bloggers.

Note this setting will have not affect if the setting bCacheTopBloggers is disabled.

If set to True we will display a users post count for a specific category. This will be displayed on their profile, blog and when browsing their own blogs.

Notice: This will add an extra strain to your server if set to True.

Set to True if you would like to display the blog count for each of the categories displayed publicly.

This setting tells if bulletins can be viewed by everyone or just friends of the poster.

true = everyone
false = just friends of the poster.

This setting tells the script how many bulletins should be shown on the front page (or anywhere the getBulletins() function is called)

Sets the date displaying format according to http://php.net/date

Default value:
F jS at g:ia

shows something like:
February 13th at 11:00am

Set to True if you would like to enable users the ability to post comments on bulletins.

Notice: With this setting disabled users can still send private replies to each other as comments are only intended to be public.

Alphanumeric characters that will be part of the Captcha routine.

If enabled and if your server supports the PHP function imagettftext the Captcha routine will use a TTF (True Type Font) to create the text instead of using the default image processing string function.

The font that will be used is controlled by the setting sCaptchaFont:

Controls time stamps for each comment being posted on the site.

If using the default setting and template the time stamp will appear under the posters user name

and will be similar to:

Define how many comments will be displayed on a page before we add a pagination so users can continue to browse to other pages to view the rest of the comments.

Note: The WYSIWYG Editor feature must be enabled.

Note: Set to 0 if there should be no limit.

If enabled the users trying to reach you through the Contact Us module will need to complete a captcha challenge before submitting their message.

This setting tells if the site allows HTML in the contact us form.

Selecting True will enable phpFox to GZIP compress the HTML output of pages, thus reducing bandwidth requirements. This will be only used on clients that support it, and are HTTP 1.1 compliant. There will be a small performance overhead.

This feature requires the ZLIB library.

If you are already using mod_gzip or mod_deflate on your server, do not enable this option.

Each module has items that are displayed and use our time stamp settings to display the date the way we would like.

If a module does not specify a time stamp setting it will use the default time stamp layout which is controlled with this setting.

For a better understanding on how to modify this setting and what the string values stand for you can follow up on the PHP date() function here.

Name of your site. This will appear on every page.

Profile time stamps

Enter the meta keywords for all pages. These are used by search engines to index your pages with more relevance.

Note that certain modules or pages have their own meta keyword settings and if those are set they will override this setting.

Find and log any missing images into a log file. This could be used during the development of a new module or plug-in.

If you are running a live site make sure this setting is disabled.

Note the relative location of the log file is: /file/cache/missing-images.txt

This option sets the domain on which the cookie is active. The most common reason to change this setting is that you have two different urls to your site, i.e. example.com and community.example.com. To allow users to stay logged into the site if they visit via either url, you would set this to .example.com (note the domain begins with a dot.

You most likely want to leave this setting blank as entering an invalid setting can leave you unable to login to your site.

Set this to True if you would like to allow HTML on your site. Note that even with this setting enabled by default we only allow certain HTML tags we feel that will not harm your site. You can add more HTML tags by modifying the setting sAllowedHtmlTags which can be found in this setting group.

Set this to True if you would like us to try to clean up the content being added by your users and attempt to make the site XHTML valid.

Note that enabling this feature will use extra resources in order to parse all the data being added and remove or fix any unwanted HTML errors. Keeping this feature disabled on large sites would be best unless you really desire your site to be XHTML valid.

Set to True to enable Cron Jobs to actively run in the background of your site.

If you have access to setup a crontab this method is preferred but will require access to your server. Once a crontab is setup you can disable this feature.

Select the Cross Site Forgery Request (CSRF) prevention level you want on your site.

Low
Minimal prevention for CSRF attacks.

Medium
Each user will have a unique token ID which will be static as long as they use the same browser for that session.

High
Each user will have a unique token ID which will be changed on each page they visit thus giving them a random ID on each page refresh. This method offers full protection against CSRF attacks, however since the token is random the user can only browse your site with one browser window. If they would for example use a browser that supports tabs and would use a 2nd tab and would then attempt to submit a form they might get a CSRF attack error message since their last token was from the previous tab they had open.

If set to True and items are added to the file/ directory they will be placed in separate folders for organization and security purposes. The file/ folder is used to store cached data or items uploaded by users.

You can define how the directories will be built using the setting sBuildFormat.

By default directories will be built using the Year/Month format. If an image would be uploaded on January 1st 2008 it would be placed in the folder: file/pic/photo/2008/01/

Notice: If you have PHP Safe Mode enabled this feature might not work unless the file/ folder belongs to the same UID (owner) as the script.

Full path to where the binary for zip is located.

If you are unsure you can try to add the following:


If the above does not work you will need to ask your host or run the following command via command line:

When set to True forms that have both optional and "required" fields will have a asterisk (depending on what is set for the setting sRequiredSymbol).

Select the default time zone for guests and new users.

If SMTP is enabled, set the SMTP server host here.

SMTP Username

Email From Name

Email Signature

Set to True to cache all JavaScript and CSS into one file to speed up your site.

FTP Host

FTP Password

Crop URL for SEO

Define the maximum number of characters that can be used in a meta keyword tag.

http://php.net/checkdnsrr

This value tells if the script should validate the email addresses using checkdnsrr.

This function may not be available in some windows default installations. However even if this setting is enabled if the function does not exist the site will not fail, it will only skip that part of the validation.

There is some undocumented (but technically possible) slow down on using this feature, so while it adds extra security to your site it could also become a bottleneck. Use carefully.

Set to True if you would like to automatically replace URL strings to anchor links.

Set to True to remove phpFox branding.

Default Theme Name

Default Style ID

Specify the core module. Changing this could cause severe problems on the site.

Note: This information usually displays the user name of the last person that modified an item and the time it took place.

Enable this feature only if development is in progress and changes are being made to the product.

Define if we should hide custom fields that are empty when a user is viewing their profile without visiting the design page.

Time stamp used when displaying events on a users profile.

Control how old feeds can be by getting feeds that are X minutes, hours, days or months old.

X is defined by the setting iDisplayFeedsFrom.

Set to True if you would like news feed to only be displayed to the user and their friends.

Time stamps displayed on feeds.

Define the cutoff for comments in each feed.

Define how long we should keep posts active in minutes.

Note that if a post passes this limit it will be displayed on the site normally, however if a post is active there will be some form of letting the user know that they have not viewed the specific thread or forum. Depending on the theme you are using this is usually identified by images and formating the title of the thread or forum to be bold.

Form Time Stamp

Total Posts Per Thread

Define how many posts can be previewed when adding a new reply to a thread.

Note: Set to 0 if there should be no limit.

How many friend requests should be displayed when a user accepts requests?

Time stamp used when viewing a group.

How many days is an invite valid for?

Note: this relies on cookies.

Do you want the site to check for duplicate invites before sending mail invites?
This can avoid spamming (userA, userB and userC know personA, they all 3 send an invite so personA receives 3 emails) but can also slow down a little the process

If enabled this option will add brackets surrounding a phrase, which can be used to identify which phrases have not been added into the core language package. Hard coded phrases will not have brackets.



If a phrase is hard coded in the source the site will be unable to translate that specific phrase.

It is best to use this feature during development or creating of a new language package.

Example of how a phrase will look once this setting is enabled:

Set to True if you would like to display the flag beside each of the language packages available.

Define how long a user is displayed as active on the site in minutes.

If a user is inactive longer then the specified setting they will be removed from the online session table. When this is done they will no longer appear to be online when other members view their profile. If the user suddenly becomes active after their session expired a new session will automatically be created.

Mail

Set to True if you would like to display the number of new messages a user has beside the main "Mail" link found in the main menu by default.

Notice: This will add an extra SQL query.

To add an unlimited number add "null" (without quotes).

Marketplace View Time Stamp

Notice this setting is updated during the installation of this module. Edit with caution.

Album Release Date

Notice: This will allow this user group the right to upload songs to the public music section.

Select True if you would like to display the notifications (eg. new messages) block on the sites index page even when a user has no notifications.

If enabled this will update the AJAX request to check if a user has any new notifications every X minutes where X is the numerical value of this setting.

Notice: This setting will only be enabled if the parent setting "notification.notify_on_new_request" is enabled.

This includes adding/editing/deleting pages.

Photo Image Sizes

Image Details

Set to True if you would like to enable the ability for users to rate on photos uploaded by other users.

Set to True if photos within the rating section should be randomized. If set to False we will display images based on the date they were uploaded in descending order.

Notice: Either setting will allow the users the ability to only rate an image once. Images are not recycled.

Set to True if you would like to rename a photo based on what the title of the photo or the title provided by the user when processing their recently uploaded photos. By default we use a 32 character unique hash to protect images, however enabling this feature will still create a unique ID for each image and help with image SEO.

Notice: This setting does not control how many images a user can upload in total, just how many they can upload each time they use the upload form to upload new images.

Notice: This value should work together with the setting photo.total_photos_displays and in most cases should either be the same value as the highest number in the array or lower. The reason to set this value lower is to show users that the gallery can at max view 100 per page but maybe you only want this specific user group to display 24 images out of that max total (100).

Notice: This is intended for a user group with Admin rights as this will allow them full access to all photos uploaded on the site, which in return can give them control to moderate images.

If set to true, users will have to upload an image with every poll they post.

By default is set to false, so they don't need to upload an image with their polls.

This is the format used to display dates, it complies with http://php.net/date

If set to false the first vote will be the definitive vote for that user and that poll.

If set to true users will be able to change their vote in the future.

This is different than changing their votes.

Note: This setting will give the user the feature to add a list of users that can view their blog.

Set to True to enable the feature that allows users the ability to drag-and-drop blocks on their profiles and position them based on where they drop them.

How many quizzes to show on the main page of the quizzes section

When adding a new question in a quiz how many answer fields to show

When viewing "Users Results" if you set this to true you will see results as a percentage:
75%

If you set it to false you will see results as correct vs total:
3/4

Select True if you would like to display the requests (eg. friend requests) block on the sites index page even when a user has no requests.

Set to True if you would like your shoutbox to be live. If it is set to True your shoutbox will automatically refresh without the need for your members to refresh the page manually in order to view new shoutouts.

Notice: Not all servers can handle such a feature so use with caution.

Define in seconds when the shoutbox should refresh and get new shoutouts.

Notice: The setting shoutbox_flood_limit must set to True in order for this setting to function.

Control the time stamps displayed on each of the shoutouts.

Select the amount of shoutouts we should save. Once a shoutout has passed this limit it is removed from our history to keep the shoutbox working as fast as possible.

Define how many tags must be added before they can be displayed to the public.

Higher this setting if you do want to display a tag cloud with only a few tags.

Define the font size for the least used tags on the site.

Define the number of tags to display in a tag cloud.

Note: This is the global default setting, other modules can override this setting.

Login method used when a user logs into a site.

Cookies will store the information we need to keep a user logged in on their end, while a Session will store this information on your server.

Note that if a user logs into the site with the "Remember Me" box ticked it will automatically use a Cookie to set the users session.

User Pic Sizes

Set to True if you would like to have user profiles connected via their user ID#. Set to False if you would like to have user profiles connected via their user name.

Note if you connect via their user ID# you will allow your members the ability to use non-supported characters which are not allowed if connecting a profile with their user name.

Registration Steps

Select name_photo if you would like to by default display the users name and photo only within the browse section. Select name_photo_detail if you would like to display the users name, photo and general details about the person within the browse section.

Note: Enable this feature only if creating a plug-in or modifying the package.