Click the General icon on the Admin Panel to display the General screen. Use the General Admin panel to set general Tiki preferences and settings.
These settings apply site-wide to your Tiki. Some General preferences require specific features to be enabled on the Features Admin panel.
Setting | Description |
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Release Check | |
Tiki version | Displays your current Tiki version. Click Reset or Upgrade Your Database to run the Tiki installer. |
Check for updates automatically | If enabled, Tiki will automatically check for new updates (based on your Check frequency selection) each time you access the Admin Home page. Click Check for Updates Now to perform an update check. |
Site Identity | |
Browser title | The text to include in the |
Sender email | The return email address used by Tiki when sending Mail notifications. |
Home Page | |
Use group homepages | Specify that each group has its own homepage. After a user logs in, they will be taken to the group's home page. Use the Groups management panel to define the homepage for each group. If the Go to group homepage only if login from default homepage option is enabled, the user will be taken to the groups homepage only if they logged in from the Tiki default homepage. |
Use TikiWiki feature as homepage | Select the home page for your Tiki. Select from the list of enabled features such as wiki, articles, or blog. |
Use different URL as home page | Specify any valid URL as the home page for your Tiki. This must be a fully qualified URL. For example, if you want to use a different wiki page (other than HomePage) as your Tiki's home, use: tiki-index.php?page=PAGENAME. This option will override the Use TikiWiki feature as homepage setting. |
Miscellaneous | |
Server OS | Select the operating system of the server hosting your Tiki: Unix, Windows, or Other/Unknown. Tiki will attempt to recognize your server. |
Smarty security | |
Use PEAR::Date library | |
Default charset for sending mail: | Specify the character encoding used by Tiki when sending mail notifications. |
Mail end of line | Specify the end-of-line (EOL) character used by Tiki when sending mail notifications: CRLF or LF. |
Logging and Reporting | |
PHP error reporting level | Specify how Tiki should report any PHP errors: No reporting, All reporting, or All reporting except notices. If Visible to Admin only is enabled, errors will be shown to only the Admin user. If Include Smarty notices is enabled, any Smarty notices will be shown, too. |
Log mail in Tiki logs | If enabled, a line of type mail will be included in the System Log with the destination address and subject of each email sent. |
Log SQL | If enabled, all SQL queries will be registered in the database in the adodb_logsql table. Use the Log queries using more than option to limit the logging of queries to queries that use a specific amount of time. Caution: Do not enable this feature all the time. It can be very resource intensive and will impact performance. |
CSRF Security | |
Require confirmation if possible CSRF detected. | |
Protect against CSRF with ticket. |
Setting | Description |
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Close site | Use this setting to "close" your Tiki (such as for maintenance). Users attempting to access your site will see only a login. Only users with specific permission will be allowed to log in. Use the Message to display to specify the message that visitors will see when attempting to access your site. |
Close site when server load is above the threshold | Use this option to "close" your Tiki when the server load exceeds a specific threshold. Only users with specific permission will be allowed to log in. Use Maximum average server load threshold in the last minute to define the maximum server load. Use the Message to display to specify the message that visitors will see when attempting to access your site. |
Use proxy | Specify if your server requires a proxy to access external web pages (i.e. to cache them). If selected, specify the Proxy Host and Proxy Port. |
On permission denied, display login module | |
Performance | |
Cache external pages | Specify if external pages are cached and stored on your server. |
Cache external images | Specify if external images are cached and stored on your server. |
GZip output | Specify if Tiki should use GZIP to compress pages before sending them to the user's browser. Selecting this option will reduce your site's bandwidth usage. See Compression for more information. |
Session | |
Store session data in database | Specify if session data will be stored in the database instead of memory. Use this feature to share load between servers. |
Session lifetime | Specify the session time. (0 will use the default session.gc_maxlifetime, defined in php.ini). If session uses files, the files will go in the temporary directory. |
Server | |
Temporary directory: | |
Use proxy | |
Host: | (You need to set Use proxy) |
Port: | (You need to set Use proxy) |
Multi-domain | |
Multi-domain | (You need to set Perspectives) |
Multi-domain Configuration: | One domain per line. Comma separated with perspective ID. Ex.: tiki.org,1 |
Contact | |
Allow anonymous visitors to use the "Contact Us" feature | |
Contact user | Specify the user who receives mail from the Contact Us feature. You must enable the Contact Us feature on the Features Admin page. |
Stats | |
Stats | |
Referer Stats | |
Count admin pageviews | |
PDF from url | Disabled | Webkit (wkhtmltopdf) | Webservice. You need to either Install wkhtmltopdf (http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/) on your server, in which case you enter the appropriate path, or Use a PDF webservice (in which case you add the URL) |
Webkit path: | path to wkhtmltopdf in your server (download it from http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/) |
Webservice URL: | url for the PDF webservice that you want to use. |
Miscellaneous | |
Count admin pageviews. | Specify if the Tiki statistics will include page views from users with Admin permission. |
Temporary directory | A directory on your web server to use for temporary files. Note: You must have write- access to this directory. It is also where your session files if saved on disk will go. If you do not want interference with other application than redefines the session lifetime, it is better to define a directory specific to tikiwiki. |
Help System | Use to enable the TikiWiki online help system. Use the Help URL to specify the root URL for your Tiki's online help. To use the default Tiki help on this site, use: http://doc.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page= |
Show user's real name instead of login | |
Highlight group | |
Show user's contribution on the user information page | |
Display UserTracker information on the user information page: | |
Separators | |
Locations | The icon used in the breadcrumbs when displaying the category or structure path. |
Choices | Choices separator: | The character used to separate choices whenever they appear. |
Parameter | Description |
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Default timezone | Select the default timezone for your site. You can also specify if Tiki will Use site default to show times or if attempt to Detect user timezone. |
Date and Time formats | Specify the Long Date, Short Date, Long Time,and Short Time formats. The following table lists the possible format strings |
Fields display order |
Day | ||
%a | Abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale | |
%A | Full weekday name according to the current locale | |
%d | Day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31) | |
%e | Day of the month as a decimal number, a single digit is preceded by a space (range 1 to 31) | |
%u | Day of the week as a decimal, with 1 representing Monday (range 1 to 7) | |
%w | Day of the week as a decimal, with 0 being Sunday (range 0 to 6) | |
%j | Day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366) | |
Week | ||
%U | Week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week | |
%W | Week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week | |
%V | The ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week. (Use %G or %g for the year component that corresponds to the week number for the specified timestamp.) | |
Month | ||
%b | Abbreviated month name according to the current locale | |
%B | Full month name according to the current locale | |
%m | Month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12) | |
Year | ||
%C | Century number (the year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer, range 00 to 99) | |
%G | The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V). This has the same format and value as %Y, except that if the ISO week number belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. | |
%g | Like %G, but without the century. | |
%y | Year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99) | |
%Y | Year as a decimal number including the century | |
Time | ||
%H | Hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23) | |
%I | Hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12) | |
%M | Minute as a decimal number | |
%p | Either am or pm according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale | |
%r | Time in a.m. and p.m. notation | |
%R | Time in 24 hour notation | |
%S | Second as a decimal number | |
%T | Current time, equal to %H:%M:%S | |
Notes | ||
%c | Preferred date and time representation for the current locale | |
%x | Preferred date representation for the current locale without the time | |
%X | Preferred time representation for the current locale without the date | |
%D | Same as %m/%d/%y | |
%h | Same as %b | |
%n | Newline character | |
%t | Tab character | |
%Z or %z | Time zone or name or abbreviation | |
%% | A literal % character |
See the PHP Manual for details.
Use this tab to change the password for your administrator (Admin) account.
-(2.x)-
Note: Prior to 1.9.9, you could specific the Tiki theme in the General Preferences. For later releases, use the Administration: Theme page.
Setting | Description | |
Use group homepages | Specify that each group has its own homepage. After a user logs in, they will be taken to the group's home page. Use the Groups Management panel to define the homepage for each group. | |
Go to group homepage only if login from default homepage | If enabled, the user will be taken to the group's home only if they logged in from the Tiki default homepage (as defined by the Home Page field. | |
Use URI as home page | Specify any valid URI as the home page for your Tiki. This must be a fully qualified URI. For example, if you want to use a different wiki page (other than HomePage) as your Tiki's home, use: tiki-index.php?page=PAGENAME. | |
Home page | Select the home page for your Tiki. Select from the list of enabled features (such as wiki, articles, or blog). Note: This setting will be ignored if you selected the Use URI... setting. | |
OS | Select the operating system of the server hosting your Tiki: Unix, Windows, or Unknown/Other. Tiki will attempt to recognize your web server. | |
PHP error reporting level for non-admin | Specify how Tiki should report any PHP errors to non-Admin users. Note: Select Report only for admin to hide error reports from your regular site users and display the errors only to admins. New in 1.10: Select one of three error reporting levels: "No error reporting", "Report all PHP errors" or "Report all errors except notices." Use the "visible to admin only" checkbox to hide errors from end users. Use the "smarty notice reporting" checkbox to add notices from the templating system. | |
Log Mail in Tiki Logs | If activated, a line of type mail will be added in tiki Logs with the destination email address and the subject for each email sent. If the email is shown to be sent and does not arrive at the destination does not receive the mail it means that the mail server is not configured properly (see sendmail/php documentation) or that the mail has been considered as spam by the destination. If an error occurs, a line of type mail error will be added to Tiki logs (even if the feature is not activated) | tw>=1.10 |
Log SQL | If this feature is checked, all the queries will be registered in the database in the table adodb_logsql. Caution:Do not activate this feature all time. It can be very resource intensive! | tw >=1.10 |
Default charset for sending mail | Specify the character set encoding used by Tiki when sending Mail notifications. | |
Mail end of line | Specify the end of line characater used by Tiki when sending Mail notifications: CRLF or LF. |
Setting | Description | |
Disallow access to the site | Use this setting to "close" your Tiki (such as for maintenance). Users attempting to access your site will see only a login. Only users with specific permission will be allowed to log in. | |
Message to display when site is closed | Specify the message that visitors will see when accessing your site. This setting applies only when Disallow access... is selected. | |
Disallow access when load is above the threshold | Use this option to "close" your Tiki when the server load exceeds a specific threshold. Only users with specific permission will be allowed to log in. | |
Max average server load threshold in the last minute | Define the maximum server load. This setting applies only when Disallow access... is selected. | |
Message to display when server is too busy | Specify the message that visitors will see when accessing your site if the site is closed due to excessive server load. When the server load falls below the threshold, users will be allowed back into the site. | |
Open external links in new window | Specify if links to external sites should open in a new browser window. If not selected, all links will reuse the current browser window. Moved to Text Area Admin at least at v2.2 | |
Display modules to all groups always | Specify if all Module are visible to all group — regardless of the specific module settings. If not selected, use the Module Admin page to specify which modules are visible to which groups. | |
Use cache for external pages | Specify if external pages are cached and stored on your server. | |
Use cache for external images | Specify if external images are cached and stored on your server. | |
Use direct pagination links | ||
Display menus as folders | Specify if menu options be displayed using the folder icon . If not selected, a + and - will be used instead. | |
Use gzipped output | Specify if Tiki should use GZIP to compress pages before sending them to the user's browser. Selecting this option will reduce your site's bandwidth usage. See Compression for more information. | |
Count admin pageviews | Specify if the Tiki statistics will include page views from users with Admin permission. | |
Hide anonymous-only modules from registered users | Specify if Module with only anonymous permission are visible to non-anonymous users. | |
Server name (for absolute URIs) | The server name to use when creating aboslute URIs. | |
Browser title | The text to include in the | |
Temporary directory | A directory on your web server to use for temporary files. Note: You must have write- access to this directory. It is also where your session files if saved on disk will go. If you do not want interference with other application than redefines the session lifetime, it is better to define a directory specific to tikiwiki. | |
Sender email | The return email address used by Tiki when sending Mail notifications. | |
Contact user | Specify the user who receives mail from the Contact Us feature. You must enable the Contact Us feature on the Features Admin page. | |
Store session data in database | Specify if session data will be stored in the database instead of memory. Use this feature to share load between servers. | |
Session lifetime in minutes | Specify the session time. (0 will use the default session.gc_maxlifetime defines in php.ini). If session uses files, the files will go in the temporary directory. | |
Use proxy | Specify if your server requires a proxy to access external web pages (i.e. to cache them). If selected, specify the Proxy Host and Proxy Port. | |
Maximum number of records in listings | Specify the maximum number of records (items) to show when Tiki displays pages. | |
Help URL | Specify the root URL for your Tiki's online help. To use the default Tiki help on this site, use: http://doc.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page= Note: This option applies only when the Help System feature has been enabled on the Features Admin page. In 2.0 there is no such feature, there is instead a tick box "Help System:" just above this field, this now turns the help system on and off. |
Specify the Long Date, Short Date, Long Time,and Short Time formats. The following table lists the possible format strings:
Day | ||
%a | Abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale | |
%A | Full weekday name according to the current locale | |
%d | Day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31) | |
%e | Day of the month as a decimal number, a single digit is preceded by a space (range 1 to 31) | |
%u | Day of the week as a decimal, with 1 representing Monday (range 1 to 7) | |
%w | Day of the week as a decimal, with 0 being Sunday (range 0 to 6) | |
%j | Day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366) | |
Week | ||
%U | Week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week | |
%W | Week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week | |
%V | The ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week. (Use %G or %g for the year component that corresponds to the week number for the specified timestamp.) | |
Month | ||
%b | Abbreviated month name according to the current locale | |
%B | Full month name according to the current locale | |
%m | Month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12) | |
Year | ||
%C | Century number (the year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer, range 00 to 99) | |
%G | The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V). This has the same format and value as %Y, except that if the ISO week number belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. | |
%g | Like %G, but without the century. | |
%y | Year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99) | |
%Y | Year as a decimal number including the century | |
Time | ||
%H | Hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23) | |
%I | Hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12) | |
%M | Minute as a decimal number | |
%p | Either am or pm according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale | |
%r | Time in a.m. and p.m. notation | |
%R | Time in 24 hour notation | |
%S | Second as a decimal number | |
%T | Current time, equal to %H:%M:%S | |
Notes | ||
%c | Preferred date and time representation for the current locale | |
%x | Preferred date representation for the current locale without the time | |
%X | Preferred time representation for the current locale without the date | |
%D | Same as %m/%d/%y | |
%h | Same as %b | |
%n | Newline character | |
%t | Tab character | |
%Z or %z | Time zone or name or abbreviation | |
%% | A literal % character |
See the PHP Manual for details.
Setting | Description | Tikiwiki version |
When possible, show the real user name instead of login: | Check this box to enable this feature | >= 1.10 |
Favicon icon file name | Specify the name of the Favorite's Icon (or page icon) for your Tiki. Note: The file must be in your root directory. | >= 1.9. Moved to Look&Feel/other in 1.10 |
Favicon icon MIME type | Specify the format of the Favicon: PNG, BMP, or X-ICON. | >= 1.9. Moved to Look&Feel/other in 1.10 |
Locations separator | The icon used in the breadcrumbs when displaying the category or structure path. | >= 1.9 |
Choices separator: | The character used to separate choices wheveer they appear. Examples: | / ¦ : | >= 1.10 |
Preference syntax: | "1.9 - $feature_foobar" recommended for upgraded sites with 1.9.x theme styles not yet upgraded to 1.10 "1.10 - $prefs.feature_foobar, $prefs['feature_foobar']" recommended for upgraded sites using already 1.10 compliant theme styles | >= 1.10 |
Use this option to register your Tiki with tikiwiki.org and join the Tiki community.
Use this option to change your Admin password. Enter a new password (case sensitive), repeat the password for verification, and click Change Password.