Admin - Configuration Screen

The Configuration screen allows to set the configuration options of the wiki, which are described below.

Note: always click the Save button at the bottom of the page in order to save the changes to the configuration.

General Configuration¶

Setting	Description
Wiki Title	The title of the wiki (see also {WikiTitle} special tag)
Wiki URL	The URL at which the wiki is served
Contact Email	The email address of the built-in admin account
Sender Email	The email address used as sender for all the email messages the wiki sends
Email addresses to notify in case of errors	A list of recipients to be notified when an error occurs in the wiki application
SMTP server address and port	Address (and port, if different from 25) of the SMTP server to use for sending emails
SMTP username and password	Username and password for the SMTP server (if required)
Enable SSL	If selected, SSL is used for connecting to the SMTP server

Content Configuration¶

Setting	Description
Root namespace theme	The visual theme of the root namespace
Root namespace default page	The page that is used as home page for the root namespace
Date/time format	The date/time format used to display date/times in the wiki
Default language	The default user interface language (users can customize it)
Default time zone	The default time zone (users can customize it)
Display at most N items in {RecentChanges} tags	The number of items to display in the output of {RecentChanges}
RSS Feeds serving mode	The mode RSS are served (Summary, Full Text or Disabled)
Enable Double-Click editing	If enabled, double-clicking on a page activates the page editor
Enable editing of pages' sections	If enabled, each page section can be enabled independently
Display anchors for pages' sections	If enabled, each page section displays an anchor for easy linking
Enable Page Toolbar	If enabled, a toolbar is displayed in wiki pages (Discuss, Edit, History, etc.)
Enable 'View Page Code' feature	If enabled, when a user has no permissions to edit a page, she can view the page code using the View Page Code button that replaces the Edit button
Enable Page Information section	If enabled, the page info section is displayed in wiki pages (Created on, Categorized as, etc.)
Enable Breadcrumbs Trail	If enabled, the recent wiki browsing history is displayed to users
Auto-Generate Page Names in Editor by default	If enabled, the page editor generates new page names automatically from their title (only when creating new pages; manually overridable in the page editor)
Process single line breaks in content	If enabled, the wiki formatter processes and renders single line breaks instead of ignoring them
Use visual (WYSIWYG) editor as default	If enabled, sets the new Visual editor as the default (WikiMarkup editor still available)
Keep at most N backups for each page	The number of revisions to keep for every page: exceeding old revisions are automatically discarded
Display Gravatars for user accounts	If enabled, Gravatar icons are displayed for users (when available)

Security Configuration¶

Setting	Description
Allow users to register	If enabled, users can create new accounts using the Register.aspx page
Account activation mode	In combination with the setting above, determines how new autonomously-created user accounts must be activated (Active by default, Activate via email, Administration approval — see below for details)
Default Administrators Group	The user group that is used for administrators
Default Users Group	The user group that is used for registered users
Default Anonymous Users Group	The user group that is used for anonymous users
Enable CAPTCHA control for all public functionalities	If enabled, all functions that are accessible by anonymous users are protected with a CAPTCHA control that prevents bots from abusing the wiki
Prevent concurrent page editing	If enabled, a page can only be edited by one user at a time, otherwise only a warning is displayed
Page change moderation mode	Sets the change moderation mode (Disabled, Require page viewing permissions, Require page editing permissions — see below for details)
File extensions allowed for upload	The file/attachment types that are allowed for upload
Download counting mode (no label)	Specifies how to count file/attachment downloads (options are self-explanatory)
Max file size allowed for upload	The maximum size of uploaded files/attachments
Allow SCRIPT tags in WikiMarkup	If enabled, it's possible to add SCRIPT tags to wiki content and pages (administrators can do that anyway)
Logging level	Specifies which type of messages must be recorded in the log
Max log size	The maximum size of the log (when exceeding, older log entries are discarded)
IP filter for allowed editing	Specifies the IP address that are allowed to edit pages (leave empty for no restriction)

Account Activation Mode¶

• Users must activate their account via email (default): users must confirm their email address by following an activation link that is sent them via email
• Administrators must activate accounts: a newly-created user account must be activated by an administrator
• Accounts are active by default: newly-created accounts are automatically activated.
  

Note: this setting only affects accounts created via the Register.aspx page. The activation status of accounts created with the admin panel is decided by the administrator that is creating the account.

Change Moderation Mode¶

• Disable moderation (default): no moderation is performed
• Require Page Viewing permissions: anyone who has viewing permissions for a page can edit it, but the changes are held in moderation; anyone who has editing permissions for a page can edit it without restrictions and can also approve a draft
• Require Page Editing permissions: anyone who has editing permissions for a page can edit it, but the changes are held in moderation; anyone who has management permissions for a page can edit it without restrictions and can also approve a draft.
  

Note: drafts can only be explicitly approved/rejected by an administrator in the Wiki Pages screen. All other users that are able to save a page can approve a draft only by explicitly editing the page and saving the changes, thus making them visible to all users.

Every time a draft is held in moderation, all users who have approval permissions are notified via email. Normally, this group of users should be small.

Advanced Configuration¶

Setting	Description
Regular expression for validating username	The regular expression used for validating usernames — default: ^\w[\w\ !$@%^\.\(\)]{3,25}$
Regular expression for validating password	The regular expression used for validating passwords — default: ^\w[\w~!@#$%^\(\)\[\]\{\}\.,=\-_\ ]{6,25}$
Enable automatic update checks	If enabled, the wiki checks for new versions of the application and of the providers (might cause a little delay while loading admin pages)
Completely disable cache	If enabled, the cache is disabled completely (slightly lower performance)
Cache size	The size of the cache (number of pages)
Cache cut size	The number of pages that should be removed from the cache when it is full (ideally 20% of the cache size)
Enable ViewState compression	If enabled, the ASP.NET ViewState is compressed (faster page load times, slightly increased server load)
Enable HTTP compression	If enabled, HTTP compression is enabled (faster page load times, slightly increased server load — do not enable if you enabled HTTP compression in the web server!)