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# Settings overview

List of available settings. 

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Some of them are useless and they will not work. But they can be removed only after replacing related functionality.
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**Explanatory notes:**

✅ -  moved to Replaced settings

❌ - moved to Removed settings

👁️ - moved to Needed settings (supported)

| Settings       | Initial value             | Waiting for |
| -------------- | ------------------------- | ----------- |
| sitekey        | SITEKEY                   | ✅           |
| sitename       | $pref\['sitename']        | ✅           |
| slogan         | $pref\['sitedescription'] | ✅           |
| smtp\_host     | $pref\['smtp\_server']    | ❌           |
| smtp\_username | $pref\['smtp\_username']  | ❌           |
| smtp\_password | $pref\['smtp\_password']  | ❌           |
| url            | $pref\['siteurl']         | ✅           |
| siteemail      | $pref\['siteadminemail']  | ✅           |
| tableprefix    | MPREFIX                   | ✅           |
| skin           | $pref\['sitetheme']       | ???         |
| hiddenskins    |                           |             |
| language       | $pref\['sitelanguage']    | ✅           |
| submissionsoff | 0                         | 👁️         |
| storiespath    | 'stories'                 |             |
| store          | 'db'                      |             |
| autovalidate   | 0                         | 👁️         |
| coauthallowed  | 0                         | 👁️         |
| maxwords       | 0                         |             |
| minwords       | 0                         |             |
| imageupload    | 0                         |             |
| imageheight    | 200                       |             |
| imagewidth     | 200                       |             |
| roundrobins    | 0                         | 👁️         |
| allowseries    | 2                         | 👁️         |
| tinyMCE        | 0                         | ???         |
| allowed\_tags  |                           | ???         |
| favorites      | 0                         | 👁️         |
| multiplecats   | 0                         | 👁️         |
| newscomments   | 0                         |             |
| logging        | 0                         |             |
| maintenance    | 0                         | replacement |
| debug          | 0                         | replacement |
| captcha        | 0                         |             |
| dateformat     | d/m/y                     | nightmare   |
| timeformat     |                           | nightmare   |
| recentdays     | 7                         |             |
| displaycolumns | 1                         |             |
| itemsperpage   | 25                        |             |
| extendcats     | 0                         | 👁️         |
| displayindex   | 0                         | 👁️         |
| defaultsort    | 0                         | 👁️         |
| displayprofile | 0                         | 👁️         |
| linkstyle      | 0                         |             |
| linkrange      | 0                         |             |
| reviewsallowed | 0                         |             |
| ratings        | 0                         |             |
| anonreviews    | 0                         |             |
| revdelete      | 0                         |             |
| rateonly       | 0                         |             |
| pwdsetting     | 0                         | replacement |
| alertson       | 0                         | ???         |
| disablepopups  | 0                         |             |
| agestatement   | 0                         |             |
| words          |                           |             |
| version        |                           |             |

 

### Needed settings

| Name           | Label                              | Used for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| submissionsoff | Turn off unsolicited submissions:  | When this is set to 'off' only admins will be able to submit items to the archive. The submission options will not appear in the member's area.                                                                                                                       |
| autovalidate   | Automatically validate all stories | Setting this to 'no' forces new stories from into a queue for the site's admins to approve. You can 'validate' specific authors to allow them to by-pass this validation. When this setting is set to 'yes', all stories are automatically accepted into the archive. |
| coauthallowed  | Co-authors allowed                 | By selecting 'yes' you are allowing authors to have co-authors for their stories.                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| roundrobins    | Allow round robins                 | Round robins are stories in which an author posts the beginning of the story then other authors are encouraged to add to it. If you don't want this type of story, turn this setting off.                                                                             |
| allowseries    | Allow Series                       | This setting determines who, if anyone, may add series to the site. You may choose to allow all members to add series,  or only authors or only admins.                                                                                                               |
| favorites      | Allow Favorites                    | Allow members to list their favorite stories, series, and authors within their profile.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| multiplecats   | Number of categories               | If you have only one category, you should set this to 'only one'. Doing so will create shortcuts in a few areas where of the site where category selection is required when there is more than one category.                                                          |
| extendcats     | Display category path in listings  | By selecting 'yes', the breadcrumb path to the selected category will be shown in story listings. Choosing 'no' will show only the category and not it's parent categories.                                                                                           |
| displayindex   | Use Story Index                    | Defines whether or not the story index (table of contents) is displayed by default in multi-chapter stories.                                                                                                                                                          |
| defaultsort    | Default Story Sort                 | Select the order in which to sort stories by default. Your choices are Alphabetically or Most Recent (newest to oldest).                                                                                                                                              |
| displayprofile | Display Profile                    | Select 'yes' if you wish for the member's profile to be displayed at all times on the viewuser page.                                                                                                                                                                  |

### Removed settings

| Setting        | Replaced                   |
| -------------- | -------------------------- |
| smtp\_host     | email system functionality |
| smtp\_username | email system functionality |
| smtp\_password | email system functionality |

### Replaced settings 

Value is still available, but manually replaced

| Setting     | Replaced with                         |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------- |
| sitekey     | `e107::getInstance()->getSitePath();` |
| sitename    | `SITENAME`                            |
| slogan      | `SITETAG`                             |
| url         | `SITEURL`                             |
| tableprefix | `e107::getDB()->mySQLPrefix;`         |
| siteemail   | `ADMINEMAIL`                          |
| language    | `e_LANGUAGE`                          |