Advanced configuration

Click on the about:config link of the left menu in the administration interface to access the advanced settings.

Note:

This page is divided into two tabs: Blog settings and Global settings. By default, every new blog in your installation inherits the Global settings. If you need to change the settings of one specific blog only, change them in the Blog settings tab.

Please note that many of these parameters can also be adjusted from the Blog settings page accessible from the Dashboard.

Detailed description

allow_comments & allow_trackbacks

These parameters allow or disable comments and trackbacks for the whole blog.

blog_timezone

The timezone of the blog.

comments_nofollow

Adds the rel="no-follow" property to the commenters' website links to prevent search engine robots to "follow" these links

comments_pub

Enables or disables the immediate publication of comments and trackbacks. If the selected option is "no", comments and trackbacks are kept offline until you publish or delete them.

comments_ttl

Time before comments and trackbacks are disabled on an entry after the entry's publication. This value is a number of days. Enter 0 to remove any limit.

This field (which can't be enriched with html) lets you add a copyright notice to the syndication feeds. If you wish to display it in your pages as well, you can use the following template function:

{{tpl:BlogCopyrightNotice}}

date_format

Governs the way dates will be displayed. The available parameters are listed in the PHP Manual, but you can also find them in the Help panel of the Blog settings page (via the Dashboard).

editor

This field lets you enter the name of person responsible for the content of the blog. This information will be displayed in the syndication feed details.

enable_html_filter

Enables or disables xhtml tag filters. When this option is activated, invalid xhtml tags included in entries are not interpreted.

enable_xmlrpc

Enables or disables the XML/RPC interface.

lang

Blog language.

nb_post_per_page

Maximum number of entries displayed on each page.

post_url_format

Template for entry-specific URLs.

public_path

Location of the media directory, relative to the index.php file of the blog.

public_url

Absolute location of the media directory from the root of your server.

short_feed_items

Display short feed items. On has to come to the site to read the full text of entries and comments.

theme

Theme selected for the blog's layout.

themes_path

Location of the theme directory, relative to the index.php file of the blog.

themes_url

Absolute location of the theme directory, from the root of your server.

time format

Governs the way time is displayed. Mise en forme de l'affichage des heures. The available parameters are listed in the PHP Manual, but you can also find them in the Help panel of the Blog settings page (via the Dashboard).

tpl_allow_php

If this option is activated, you are allowed to insert PHP code in your templates (simply using the <?php and ?> tags).

tpl_use_cache

This setting will disable the template cache when set to "no".

url_scan

URL reading method (path_info or query_string). If you wish to use path_info, please check that your hosting provider supports it.

use_smilies

Enables or disables graphic smilies (smileys) in entries and comments. The matches between texts and smilies can be found in the file dotclear/themes/default/smilies/smilies.txt .

wiki_comments

Allows or prevents using wiki syntax in the comments.