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Settings
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Here are some of the built-in features which don't have an exposed interface or are otherwise undocumented.
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Configuration settings are stored in the file ".htconfig.php".
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Edit this file with a text editor to make the desired changes.
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Several system settings are already documented in that file and will not be covered here.
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Hot Keys
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---
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Friendica traps the following keyboard events:
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* [Pause] - Pauses "Ajax" update activity. This is the process that provides updates without reloading the page. You may wish to pause it to reduce network usage and/or as a debugging aid for javascript developers. A pause indicator will appear at the lower right hand corner of the page. Hit the [pause] key once again to resume.
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Birthday Notifications
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Birthday events are published on your Home page for any friends having a birthday in the coming 6 days.
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In order for your birthday to be discoverable by all of your friends, you must set your birthday (at least the month and day) in your default profile.
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You are not required to provide the year.
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System settings
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**Settings should be done in the admin panel** (/admin).
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Those settings found in the database, will always override the settings added to the ``.htconfig.php`` file.
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###Language
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Please see util/README for information on creating language translations.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['language'] = 'name';
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###System Theme
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Choose a theme to be the default system theme. This can be over-ridden by user profiles.
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Default theme is "default".
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['theme'] = 'theme-name';
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###Proxy Configuration Settings
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If your site uses a proxy to connect to the internet, you may use these settings to communicate with the outside world.
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The outside world still needs to be able to see your website, or this will not be very useful.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['proxy'] = "http://proxyserver.domain:port";
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$a->config['system']['proxyuser'] = "username:password";
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###Network Timeout
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How long to wait on a network communication before timing out.
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Value is in seconds.
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Default is 60 seconds.
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Set to 0 for unlimited (not recommended).
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['curl_timeout'] = 60;
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###Banner/Logo
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Set the content for the site banner.
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The default logo is the Friendica logo and name.
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You may wish to provide HTML/CSS to style and/or position this content, as it may not be themed by default.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['banner'] = '<span id="logo-text">My Great Website</span>';
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###Maximum Image Size
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Maximum size in bytes of uploaded images.
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The default is set to 0, which means no limits.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['maximagesize'] = 1000000;
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###UTF-8 Regular Expressions
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During registrations, full names are checked using UTF-8 regular expressions.
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This requires PHP to have been compiled with a special setting to allow UTF-8 expressions.
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If you are completely unable to register accounts, set no_utf to true.
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The default is set to false (meaning UTF8 regular expressions are supported and working).
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['no_utf'] = true;
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###Check Full Names
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You may find a lot of spammers trying to register on your site.
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During testing we discovered that since these registrations were automatic, the "Full Name" field was often set to just an account name with no space between first and last name.
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If you would like to support people with only one name as their full name, you may change this setting to true.
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Default is false.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['no_regfullname'] = true;
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###OpenID
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By default, OpenID may be used for both registration and logins.
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If you do not wish to make OpenID facilities available on your system (at all), set 'no_openid' to true.
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Default is false.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['no_openid'] = true;
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###Multiple Registrations
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The ability to create "Pages" requires a person to register more than once.
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Your site configuration can block registration (or require approval to register).
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By default, logged in users can register additional accounts for use as pages.
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These will still require approval if REGISTER_APPROVE is selected.
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You may prohibit logged in users from creating additional accounts by setting 'block_extended_register' to true.
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Default is false.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['block_extended_register'] = true;
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Security settings
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###Verify SSL Certitificates
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By default Friendica allows SSL communication between websites that have "self-signed" SSL certificates.
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For the widest compatibility with browsers and other networks we do not recommend using self-signed certificates, but we will not prevent you from using them.
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SSL encrypts all the data transmitted between sites (and to your browser). This allows you to have completely encrypted communications, and also protect your login session from hijacking.
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Self-signed certificates can be generated for free, without paying top-dollar for a website SSL certificate.
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However these aren't looked upon favourably in the security community because they can be subject to so-called "man-in-the-middle" attacks.
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If you wish, you can turn on strict certificate checking.
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This will mean you cannot connect (at all) to self-signed SSL sites.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['verifyssl'] = true;
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Corporate/Edu enhancements
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###Allowed Friend Domains
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Comma separated list of domains which are allowed to establish friendships with this site.
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Wildcards are accepted.
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(Wildcard support on Windows platforms requires PHP5.3).
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By default, any (valid) domain may establish friendships with this site.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['allowed_sites'] = "sitea.com, *siteb.com";
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###Allowed Email Domains
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Comma separated list of domains which are allowed in email addresses for registrations to this site.
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This can lockout those who are not part of this organisation from registering here.
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Wildcards are accepted.
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(Wildcard support on Windows platforms requires PHP5.3).
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By default, any (valid) email address is allowed in registrations.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['allowed_email'] = "sitea.com, *siteb.com";
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###Block Public
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Set to true to block public access to all otherwise public personal pages on this site unless you are currently logged in.
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This blocks the viewing of profiles, friends, photos, the site directory and search pages to unauthorised persons.
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A side effect is that entries from this site will not appear in the global directory.
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We recommend specifically disabling that also (setting is described elsewhere on this page).
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Note: this is specifically for sites that desire to be "standalone" and do not wish to be connected to any other Friendica sites.
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Unauthorised persons will also not be able to request friendship with site members.
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Default is false.
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Available in version 2.2 or greater.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['block_public'] = true;
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###Force Publish
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By default, each user can choose on their Settings page whether or not to have their profile published in the site directory.
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This setting forces all profiles on this site to be listed in the site directory and there is no option provided to the user to change it.
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Default is false.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['publish_all'] = true;
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###Global Directory
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This configures the URL to update the global directory, and is supplied in the default configuration.
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The undocumented part is that if this is not set, the global directory is completely unavailable to the application.
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This allows a private community to be completely isolated from the global network.
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$a->config['system']['directory'] = 'http://dir.friendi.ca';
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Developer Settings
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### Debugging
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Most useful when debugging protocol exchanges and tracking down other communications issues.
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Config:
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$a->config['system']['debugging'] = true;
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$a->config['system']['logfile'] = 'logfile.out';
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$a->config['system']['loglevel'] = LOGGER_DEBUG;
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Turns on detailed debugging logs which will be stored in 'logfile.out' (which must be writeable by the webserver).
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LOGGER_DEBUG will show a good deal of information about system activity but will not include detailed data.
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You may also select LOGGER_ALL but due to the volume of information we recommend only enabling this when you are tracking down a specific problem.
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Other log levels are possible but are not being used at the present time.
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Please be aware that turning on the logging can fill up the disk space on your server relatively quick.
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You should take preventions with e.g. [logrotate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_rotation) or similar tools.
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###PHP error logging
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Use the following settings to redirect PHP errors to a file.
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Config:
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error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE );
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ini_set('error_log','php.out');
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ini_set('log_errors','1');
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ini_set('display_errors', '0');
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This will put all PHP errors in the file php.out (which must be writeable by the webserver).
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Undeclared variables are occasionally referenced in the program and therefore we do not recommend using E_NOTICE or E_ALL.
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The vast majority of issues reported at these levels are completely harmless.
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Please report to the developers any errors you encounter in the logs using the recommended settings above.
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They generally indicate issues which need to be resolved.
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If you encounter a blank (white) page when using the application, view the PHP logs - as this almost always indicates an error has occurred.
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*Note*: PHP logging cannot be activated from the admin panel but has to be configured from the ``.htconfig.php`` file.
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