The System Configuration page allows system administrators to configure site-wide information, features, and settings. The available configuration options and their descriptions are:
The name of the CWIS site as displayed in the title bar of the browser window and the page header above the navigation bar.
The e-mail address of the individual responsible for overall site management. Feedback and other administrative mail is directed to this e-mail address.
The legal notice displayed at the bottom of each page.
A list of keywords that describe the site. The keywords are used by search engines to provide more relevant search results.
Intended to hold information that briefly describes the site and its collection. This is the text that is viewable on the About page. HTML is permitted in the about text.
Determines whether announcements on the front page of the site are enabled. Limited HTML is permitted in announcements to increase visual appeal:
<a>
<abbr>
<b>
<blockquote>
<br>
<caption>
<cite>
<code>
<dl>
<dt>
<dd>
<del>
<div>
<em>
<h1>
<h2>
<h3>
<h4>
<h5>
<h6>
<hr>
<i>
<ins>
<kbd>
<ol>
<ul>
<li>
<mark>
<p>
<pre>
<q>
<s>
<samp>
<small>
<span>
<strong>
<sub>
<sup>
<table>
<tbody>
<thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<th>
<td>
<time>
<u>
<var>
Only the following attributes may be used with the tags above:
href
id
summary
Determines whether forums can be created and used within the site.
Determines whether users can select to be e-mailed periodic results of searches saved on the Advanced Search page. A mailing will only be sent if the user has requested it while saving a new search or editing a saved search. A user's mailings will include resources released in the period prior to the mailing that fit the user's preferences and search criteria.
Determines whether resource ratings are enabled and displayed on the site.
Determines whether resource comments are enabled and displayed on the site. Some HTML tags are permitted in comments to increase visual appeal: bold <b>
, italics <i>
, underline <u>
, strike <s>
, anchor <a>
, superscript <sup>
, and subscript <sub>
.
Determines whether users can customize the appearance of the site for themselves to make it more accessible. Users are allowed to customize the fonts, colors, content density, and alternatives to various media, depending on their needs or preferences.
Determines whether users see an incremental keyword search, a.k.a. search-as-you-type, interface to interactively show a subset of search results for the current search string when performing a keyword search from the primary search form.
Determines whether the OAI-SQ extension to OAI-PMH is enabled.
The maximum number of announcements that will be displayed on the home page if announcements are enabled.
The maximum number of resources that will be displayed in the New Resources section on the home page.
Determines whether the total number of publicly-viewable resources is displayed on the home page.
Determines the character encoding defined in the HTTP and HTML headers for pages on the site. Currently, UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1 are the only options provided. System administrators who intend to use Unicode data in their portals should set this option to UTF-8. UTF-8 should be used in most cases as it makes the site future-proof.
Determines the user interface new members and logged-out users will view. Individual users may control this option for themselves through their preferences options if multiple interfaces are allowed by the site administrator. Selecting the Set All Users to This Interface checkbox will set each user's interface setting to the user interface selected.
Determines whether users may use a different user interface when logged in by selecting one in their preferences options. System administrators may select different interfaces even if this function is enabled.
Determines whether clicking on a resource title or URL opens a new browser window when loading the resource's full record page. The full record page will open in the same browser window when this option is disabled. Note: launching a new window may interfere with assistive technology devices.
The metadata field used as the title when displaying resources. Only Text fields can be used as the default title field.
The metadata field used as the description field when displaying resources. Only Paragraph fields can be used as the default description field.
The metadata field used as the URL field when displaying resources. Only Url fields can be used as the default URL field.
The metadata field used as the file field when displaying resources. Only File fields can be used as the default file field.
The metadata field used as the screenshot field when displaying resources. Only Image fields can be used as the default screenshot field.
Determines whether the resource URL or file field is used when displaying links for resources. This is only used if both Resource URL Field and Resource Field Field are set.
Determines whether to use the resource's full record page or its URL when displaying links containing its title.
Determines whether metadata field groups created on the Metadata Field Ordering page should be collapsed by default when editing a resource.
Determines whether users who are not logged in are required to include an e-mail address when submitting feedback.
The default number of classifications to display on the Browse Resources page before they are split up. System administrators should consider the size of the collection as well as the current state of browser technology as longer numbers of resource entries per page may require lengthy browser load times.
The number of columns in which to display the classifications on the Browse Resources page. The value must between 1 and 4, and 2 is the recommended value.
The default field displayed and used as the default browsing option on the Browse Resources page. This may be set to any tree field present in the metadata schema. While the field specified will be the default browsing option, users may choose to browse by any tree field they have permission to browse.
Determines whether AND or OR logic is used when more than one search term is specified. Resource records that contain all specified search terms will be retrieved when AND is selected. Resource records that have any of the search terms specified will be retrieved when OR is selected, but those that have two or more will be ranked higher.
Determines whether the search limits on the Advanced Search page are displayed or hidden by default.
Determines the default number of search results displayed per page. Users can override this setting from the User Preferences page.
Determines the default field used to sort search results.
Determines whether AWStats logging is performed.
Determines whether Google Analytics is used for logging. Logging is only performed when a valid code is set in the Google Analytics Code setting.
The code to use in conjunction with Google Analytics to peform logging. Please refer to the support pages for Google Analytics for more information on how to obtain one.
Determines the highest level of error messages to record in the site's error log.
The maximum amount of time to allow background tasks to execute. The value is in seconds.
The maximum amount of tasks to run in the background per execution cycle.
The maximum amount of time to allow template file locations to remain cached. Setting this option to 0 will disable template file location caching. The value is in minutes.
Determines whether CWIS will use a minimized JavaScript file alternative (name.min.js) if found.
The priority given to the tasks that run search engine updates for resources.
The priority given to the tasks that run recommender engine updates for resources.
The method used when sending e-mail from the site. Selecting PHP mail() will use the default e-mail configuration for PHP on the web server. Select SMTP to configure the site to use SMTP instead.
The SMTP server to use when sending e-mail from the site. This setting is only available when SMTP is selected for the Mailing Method setting.
The TCP port to use to connect to the SMTP server when sending e-mail from the site. This setting is only available when SMTP is selected for the Mailing Method setting.
Determines whether authentication is used to connect to the SMTP server when sending e-mail from the site. This setting is only available when SMTP is selected for the Mailing Method setting.
The user name used to create an authenticated connection to the SMTP server when sending e-mail from the site. This setting is only available when SMTP is selected for the Mailing Method setting and Use Authentication for SMTP is enabled.
The password used to create an authenticated connection to the SMTP server when sending e-mail from the site. This setting is only available when SMTP is selected for the Mailing Method setting and Use Authentication for SMTP is enabled.
The character sequence used to end lines in e-mail sent from CWIS. This should be set to CRLF in most cases, but some mail transfer agents and servers require a different line ending to properly send e-mail.
The template used for saved search mailings. The Mailer plugin must be installed and enabled in order to create and select a different mail template.
Determines the privilege flags that are given to users after they have registered for an account.
Determines whether secure login forms are enabled, optional, or disabled. Users are given the option of using secure login every time they submit their credentials if Optional is selected.