Documentation: users/configure.php

users/configure.php - Change parameters for users

This script will let you modify following parameters:

* users_allowed_tags - HTML tags allowed on posts from non-associates.

* users_maximum_managed_sections - The maximum number of sections that one member can create for himself. The default value is 0, which means that users are prevented to extend their web space.

* users_with_anonymous_comments - If explicitly set to 'Y', yacs will allow anonymous surfers to post comments to any public page. By default, surfers are invited to register or to authenticate before posting. However, on intranets, or for specific web sites you may have to enable anonymous comments.

* users_with_approved_members - If this parameter is explicitly set to 'Y', yacs will register registrants as subscribers. Associates will have to edit user profiles to explicit allow new members. Also, when this parameter is set to 'Y', all new articles are flagged as restricted (instead of public). You should depart from the default mode if your server is mainly devoted to a closed set of people.

* users_with_auto_publish - If this parameter is explicitly set to 'Y', yacs will publish every posted article and file, with no review at all by some associate. Else any new posted article will be placed into the review queue; that's the default behaviour. Also, by default files uploaded by members are restricted to other members. You should depart from the default mode either if you are on an intranet (and if you trust other people from your organization) or if you have correctly setup mail services (and have a chance to review posted pages quite swiftly). Set this parameter to 'Y' to mimic the behaviour of a regular Wiki web site.

* users_with_email_display - If explicitly set to 'Y', yacs will display every address used for e-mail and for instant messaging as well. If set to 'R', only authenticated users will be able to read this information. Else authenticated users can send an email, but the address is not shown; that's the default behaviour. You should depart from the default mode only if you are on an intranet and want to leverage information placed into your server, or if you trust members enough to not spam others..

* users_with_email_validation - When explicitly set to 'Y', this parameter asks for explicit validation of e-mail addresses mentioned during the registration process. Else, and this is the default behaviour, e-mail addresses are made optional. Change this parameter to improve on e-mail reliability.

* users_with_remote_authentication - By default YACS authenticates users locally. If explicitly set to 'Y', YACS will submit authentication requests to foreign servers, if any.

* users_without_login_welcome - By default YACS confirms authentication after logon. Change this parameter to 'Y' to streamline this additional step.

* users_without_registration - By default YACS accepts any new registrant. If explicitly set to 'Y', new applications will be rejected. Associates will have to create new user profiles when required. Also, the user menu only appears to authenticated users.

* users_without_revision - By default YACS allows revisions after publication by authors. If this parameter is explicitly set to 'Y', members may not modify their own posts after publication. When set to 'Y', this parameter prevents posters to modify their submission in forums. Note that members are always allowed to modify the comments, images, files, and links they have posted.

* users_without_robot_check - By default YACS adds random data in forms submitted by anonymous surfers. If this parameter is explicitly set to 'Y', this check does not take place anymore, which ease the task on intranet servers.

* users_without_self_deletion - By default YACS allows users to delete their own profile. If explicitly set to 'Y', only associates can delete user profiles. This setting increases the traceability of user actions at the server.

* users_without_submission - By default YACS accepts and queues submissions made by authenticated members. If this parameter is explicitly set to 'Y', only associates would be able to contribute new articles. Use this parameter to create a read-only site. Note that members are always allowed to post comments, images, files, and links. Also, the query form is always available.

* users_without_teasers - By default YACS shows teasers of restricted articles to non members. Also links to post articles or comments are displayed in sections. But if you set this parameter to 'Y', nothing of restricted articles will be shown to anonymous surfers, and people will have to authenticate to read and post.

* users_without_uploads - By default YACS allows the upload of images and files. If you want to administratively disable this, or if the server complains on upload because of unsufficient rights on the file system, set this parameter to 'Y'. YACS will then disable uploda forms.

Configuration information is saved into users/parameters.include.php. If YACS is prevented to write to the file, it displays parameters to allow for a manual update.

The file users/parameters.include.php.bak can be used to restore the active configuration before the last change, if necessary.

If the file demo.flag exists, the script assumes that this instance of YACS runs in demonstration mode. In this mode the edit form is displayed, but parameters are not saved in the configuration file.

This script is a reference file of this system.

Licence: GNU Lesser General Public License

Auteurs:

Bernard Paques bernard.paques@bigfoot.com

Testeurs:

NickR
Lucrecius
Jan Boen
ThierryP

Reste à faire:

add a parameter users_editor_tags for authorized tags for editors (ThierryP)
add a set of predefined javascript links for pre-defined profiles