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Using Joomla
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Using Joomla

by Ron Severdia, Kenneth Crowder
December 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
416 pages
9h 53m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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System

The System tab contains options that relate to sessions, error handling, default user, media settings, and more.

System Settings

Secret Word

You don’t have to worry about this or change it. It is used internally for encrypting things like passwords.

Path to Log Folder

This is the path to the Joomla log file where errors are recorded. This path is set by the installer.

Enable Web Services

Setting this to Yes will allow external applications to make remote procedure calls (RPCs) to Joomla through XML. This can be used for external applications such as blogging or site management tools.

Help Server

When you choose which server to pull help files from, you are also setting which language to use for help.

User Settings

Allow User Registration

If set to Yes, users will be able to register on your website.

New User Registration Type

When someone new registers, they are set as Registered by default. If you want them to be part of another access group, you can change it here.

New User Account Activation

Setting this to Yes will force new registrants to click a link in a confirmation email to activate their account. This prevents people from using fake email accounts or an account that doesn’t belong to them.

Note

Very rarely would we recommend someone not using this feature. Occasionally, it can be a hassle when the activation email goes into someone’s spam folder and you have to manually enable the user’s account. The alternative is the potential for a lot of spam and bogus registered users on your ...

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