Foswiki Site-Level Preferences

This topic defines site-level settings that apply to all users and webs on this site.

Default Web Preferences

NOTE: These are just defaults; don't change them here. Instead, add them to the WebPreferences topic in each web

• Web-specific background color: (is overwritten by web preferences)
  • Set WEBBGCOLOR = #FFD8AA

• favicon: Attach a favicon.ico to a web's WebPreferences or add a FAVICON setting to WebPreferences
  • Set FAVICON = /pub/System/ProjectLogos/favicon.ico

• Image, URL and alternate tooltip text of web's logo.
  • Set WEBLOGOIMG = /pub/System/ProjectLogos/foswiki-logo.png
  • Set WEBLOGOURL = /bin/view/Main/WebHome
  • Set WEBLOGOALT = Powered by Foswiki, The Free and Open Source Wiki

• List this web in the SiteMap:
  • If yes, set SITEMAPLIST to on, do not set NOSEARCHALL, and add the "what" and "use to..." description for the site map. Make sure to list only links that include the name of the web, e.g. System.Topic links.
  • Set SITEMAPLIST = on
  • Set WEBSUMMARY =

• Copyright notice:
  • Set WEBCOPYRIGHT = Copyright © by the contributing authors. All material on this collaboration platform is the property of the contributing authors.
    Ideas, requests, problems regarding Foswiki? Send feedback

• Simplified Copyright notice for the WebRss feed (don't use any special characters, html tags, entities, wiki markup or WikiWords)
  • Set WEBRSSCOPYRIGHT = Copyright 2024 by contributing authors

• Exclude web from a web="all" search: (Set to on for hidden webs; is overwritten by web preferences) Note it is much better to use AccessControls in individual webs to control who can and can't view the contents of a web. NOSEARCHALL is retained for compatibility, but you should avoid using it.
  • Set NOSEARCHALL =
• Prevent automatic linking of WikiWords and acronyms (if set to on); link WikiWords (if empty); can be overwritten by web preferences:
  • Set NOAUTOLINK =
  • Note: Use the [[...][...]] syntax to link topics in case you disabled WikiWord linking. The <noautolink> ... </noautolink> syntax can be used to prevents links within a block of text.

• Warn if %INCLUDE{}% of topic fails: Fail silently if empty or off. Output warning message (defined in templates/oopsalerts.tmpl) if set to on. Otherwise output specific text (use $topic for topic). You can override this in web preferences, or by using a warn="..." parameter with %INCLUDE{}% :
  • Set INCLUDEWARNING = on

• Generated Table of Contents (TOC) settings
  • The first header level to appear in the TOC:
    • Set TOC_MIN_DEPTH =
      • If not set: 1
      • Possible values: 1 to 6
  • The last header level to appear in the TOC:
    • Set TOC_MAX_DEPTH =
      • If not set: 6
      • Possible values: 1 to 6
      • Can be overridden by depth parameter of TOC
  • The default TOC title:
    • Set TOC_TITLE =
      • If not set: nothing
      • Possible values: any string, for example On this page:
      • Can be overridden by title parameter of TOC
  • Do not show a TOC if the topic it contains is included in another topic:
    • Set TOC_HIDE_IF_INCLUDED =
      • If not set: included TOC is shown
      • Possible values: on or nothing

Default User Settings

NOTE: They are typically redefined in the individual users topic. eg. WikiGuest.

• Show tool-tip topic info on mouse-over of WikiWord links. Setting can be on, off, or customized. An empty setting or off setting disables the tool-tips (for better performance). The setting can contain $summary to show the topic summary, $date for the last change date, $rev for the revision, $username for the login name of the last editor, $wikiname for the WikiName, $wikiusername for Main.WikiName, $topic for the topic name, and $web for the web name
  • Set LINKTOOLTIPINFO = off
  • #Set LINKTOOLTIPINFO = $username - $date - r$rev: $summary
    • This is exactly equivalent to:
  • #Set LINKTOOLTIPINFO = on

• Style of text edit box. Set to width: 99% for full window width (default; this will override the EDITBOXWIDTH setting), or width: auto to disable. This setting works for IE and some other recent browsers. (can be overwritten by user preferences)
  • Set EDITBOXSTYLE = width:99%

• Style of the user signature
  • Set SIGNATUREFORMAT = -- WikiGuest - 2024-12-23

• Default state of the Force New Revision check box in preview. Check box is initially checked if Set FORCENEWREVISIONCHECKBOX = checked="checked", or unchecked if empty: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
  • Set FORCENEWREVISIONCHECKBOX =

• Default state of the Minor Changes, Don't Notify check box in preview. Check box is initially checked if Set DONTNOTIFYCHECKBOX = checked="checked", or unchecked if empty: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
  • Set DONTNOTIFYCHECKBOX =

• Default state of the link check box in the attach file page. Checkbox is initially checked if Set ATTACHLINKBOX = checked="checked", or unchecked if empty (Set ATTACHLINKBOX =). If checked, a link is created to the attached file at the end of the topic: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
  • Set ATTACHLINKBOX =

• Format of file link when the link check box is checked: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
  

  NOTE: Keyword $filename gets expanded to filename; $fileurl gets expanded to the urlencoded filename; $comment to comment; \t to tab (3 spaces for bullets).

        * Set ATTACHEDFILELINKFORMAT = \n   * [[%ATTACHURLPATH%/$fileurl][$filename]]: $comment
  

• Format of images when the link check box is checked: (can be overwritten by user preferences)
  

  NOTE: Keyword $filename gets expanded to filename; $fileurl gets expanded to the urlencoded filename; $comment to comment; $size to width="..." height="..." attribute of img tag; \t to tab and \n to linefeed (3 spaces for bullets).

        * Set ATTACHEDIMAGEFORMAT = \n   * $comment: <br />\n     <img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/$fileurl" alt="$filename" $size />
  

Platform Settings

• Site name:
  • Set WIKITOOLNAME = Foswiki

• Image, URL and alternate tooltip text of the logo for this installation: you should change these settings for your site, or they can be overwridden in WebPreferences for individual webs by defining these settings there.
  • Set WIKILOGOIMG = /pub/System/ProjectLogos/foswiki-logo.png
  • Set WIKILOGOURL = /bin/view/Main/WebHome
  • Set WIKILOGOALT = Powered by Foswiki, The Free and Open Source Wiki

• Home page of this site
  • Set WIKIHOMEURL = /bin/view/

• List of Foswiki webs - on the first line of the upper toolbar (to add a new web, see ManagingWebs and SiteMap):
  • Set WIKIWEBLIST = Main  |  System  |  Sandbox
  • NOTE: To automatically list all non-hidden webs in alphabetical order, use the %WEBLIST{}% macro instead:
    Main | Sandbox | System

• Maximum size of FileAttachments in KB, 0 for no limit:
  • Set ATTACHFILESIZELIMIT = 10000

• Broadcast message for skins supporting a %BROADCASTMESSAGE% at the top of the page: (IMPORTANT: Set to empty message if not used; #Comment out unused messages)
  • Set BROADCASTMESSAGE =
  • #Set BROADCASTMESSAGE = NOTE: Edit and Attach will be disabled today between 05:00 PM and 06:00 PM PDT (00:00 to 01:00 GMT) for a scheduled Foswiki maintenance.
  • Note: if you need to block all user access (view included) the easiest way it to change the configure AccessControl option to AdminOnlyAccess (see the Security and Authentication section)

• Users or groups allowed to create new top-level webs: (ex: WebCreatorsGroup). If set to nothing, only administrators will be able to do this.
  • Set ALLOWROOTCHANGE = AdminGroup

Search Settings

• Default type for search bin script, one of: keyword (for search engine like syntax), regex (for RegularExpression search), or literal (for verbatim search). It does not influence the default for the WebSearch
  • Set SEARCHDEFAULTTTYPE = keyword
• Default for %SEARCH{}% macro, one of: keyword, regex, or literal
  • Set SEARCHVARDEFAULTTYPE = literal
• Stop words, e.g., common words and characters to exclude from a keyword search:
  • Set SEARCHSTOPWORDS = a, all, am, an, and, any, as, at, b, be, by, c, d, e, for, from, g, h, how, i, i'm, i.e., in, is, isn't, it, it's, its, j, k, l, m, n, o, of, on, or, p, q, r, s, t, that, that's, the, this, to, u, v, w, was, wasn't, what, what's, when, where, who, who's, will, with, x, y, z
• Default page size for Index topics - such as WebIndex, WebSearch
  • Set DEFAULTPAGESIZE = 50

Customize the Search and Jump boxes at the top of the page by customizing the WebTopBar. See PatternSkinCustomization#Top_bar and WebTopBarExample.

E-mail Settings

• 'Mail this topic' mailto: link - can be included in topics, templates or skins
  • Set MAILTHISTOPIC = Send a link to this page

• 'Mail this topic' link text
  • Set MAILTHISTOPICTEXT = Send a link to this page

• URL for current topic
  • Shortcut TOPICURL -- absolute URL for the current topic
  • Set TOPICURL = https://outzenj.com/bin/view/System/DefaultPreferences

Registration configuration options

Add user to group during registration

Note, this feature also must be enabled on the UserRegistration page by adding extraField_groups to the optionalFields section. See UserAuthentication#Custom_registration_page for more information.

• Group type settings during registration:
  • automatic: users will be automatically added to eligible groups
  • one: users can select one of the groups
  • multiple: users can select from multiple groups to join
  • none: user cannot be added to groups while registering
• Set REGISTRATIONGROUPTYPE = none

• If REGISTRATIONGROUPS is set to a comma separated list of groups, only those listed groups will be shown in the UserRegistration form. If it is unset, then group change permissions will be used to create the list of groups eligible for selection during registration. (When using "self-registration" by guest users, the RegistrationAgent's permissions are used. If the registration is entered by another logged in user, that user's permissions are used).
  • #Set REGISTRATIONGROUPS =

• Implementation Notes:
  • If the RegistrationAgent or logged in user does not have permission to change one of the listed groups, then that group will be silently skipped. The user will not be added to the group.
  • Group permissions are stored in Topic Settings, not inline in the group topic. Edit the Group Topic Settings to change permissions.

Change of Password Message

• If password management is not handled by Foswiki, this message will be displayed on ChangePassword and ResetPassword. If email is disabled, it will also be displayed on ResetPassword. Replace this generic text with a reference to how to change or reset password within your organisation.
  • Set CHANGEPASSWORDDISABLEDMESSAGE = Resetting and setting password is not available.

HTTP-EQUIV Settings

NOTE: Changing cache behaviour with these settings should not be necessary and may cause cache-related problems. These settings do not affect proxy caches.

• NOTE: The current values of these preferences are not displayed in view mode (values are <link>-tags).

• http-equiv meta tags for view, rdiff, attach, search* scripts:
  • #Set HTTP_EQUIV_ON_VIEW =
  • Set HTTP_EQUIV_ON_VIEW =