Once blojsom is up and running, and after you've logged into your blog, you're at the web administration console. Click the Weblog Settings tab where you can now configure various settings for blog such as its name, owner e-mail address, various comment/trackback settings, and other options.
After you've changed the settings appropriately, click the Edit Blog Properties button at the bottom of the page and your changes will be saved and reflected in your blog.
The following sections describe the various weblog settings available. A table accompanies each graphic describing each setting and its default value, if any.
General
| Setting |
Description |
Default Value |
| Blog name |
Short descriptive name for your blog. |
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| Blog description |
Longer description for your blog. Describe briefly your blog's focus. |
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| Blog URL |
URL for your blog.
NOTE: You should not ever need to change this value. |
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| Blog Base URL |
URL pointing to the root content directory of your blog. Used in constructing references to resources.
NOTE: You should not ever need to change this value. |
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| Blog depth |
Number of categories blojsom should recurse into when retrieving entries for the default or "/" category. A value of -1 indicates blojsom should recurse all categories |
-1 |
| Blog display entries |
Number of entries that should be displayed at one time. A value of -1 indicates blojsom should display all entries. |
15 |
| Blog owner |
Name of the blog owner. |
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| Blog owner e-mail |
E-mail address of the blog owner. |
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| Blog file extensions |
Comma-separated list of regular expressions indicated the file extensions blojsom should treat as blog entries. |
.*txt, .*html |
| Blog default flavor |
The default flavor used to display content for a user. |
html |
| Linear navigation enabled |
If set to true, blojsom will look for previous and subsequent entries when a request is made for an individual entry. |
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Default Category Mappings
Internationalization
| Setting |
Description |
Default Value |
| Blog encoding |
Controls the way data is stored and retrieved.
NOTE: You should not ever need to change this value. |
UTF-8 |
| Blog language code |
Two-letter language code indicating the primary language of your blog. |
en |
| Blog country code |
Two-letter country code indicating the primary country of your blog. |
US |
| Locale setting for administration console |
List of available localizations for the web administration console. |
en_US |
Internal Aggregation
| Setting |
Description |
Default Value |
| Opt out of internal aggregation? |
Configuration setting for the Internal Aggregator plugin. |
False |
Comments
| Setting |
Description |
Default Value |
| E-mail new comments and trackbacks to blog owner? |
Indication of whether or not an e-mail should be sent to the blog owner when new comments and/or trackbacks are received. |
False |
| Comments enabled? |
Are comments enabled on this blog? |
True |
| Comment moderation enabled? |
Should comments be approved before displayed? This is a configuration setting for the Comment Moderation plugin. |
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| Prefix for comment e-mail |
Allows you to configure a prefix for new comment e-mails. Useful for mail rule routing. |
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| Duration before comment cookies expire |
Time specified in seconds as to how long the "Remember Me" cookies are left on a user's machine. |
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| Comment throttle (in minutes) |
Time period before another comment can be left from a specific IP address. |
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| Comment expiration (in days) |
Time period before comments on an entry are automatically disabled. |
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| Autoformat comment text? |
If newlines in comments should be converted into HTML breaks. |
True |
Trackbacks
| Setting |
Description |
Default Value |
| Trackbacks enabled? |
Are trackbacks enabled on this blog? |
True |
| Trackback moderation enabled? |
Should trackbacks be approved before displayed? This is a configuration setting for the Trackback Moderation plugin. |
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| Prefix for trackback e-mail |
Allows you to configure a prefix for new trackback e-mails. Useful for mail rule routing. |
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| Trackback throttle (in minutes) |
Time period before another trackback can be left from a specific IP address. |
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| Trackback expiration (in days) |
Time period before trackbacks on an entry are automatically disabled. |
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Notification Services
| Setting |
Description |
Default Value |
| URLs to ping when adding or editing an entry. |
Space separated list of URLs to notify when a new blog entry is posted or when an entry is updated. |
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XML-RPC
| Setting |
Description |
Default Value |
| XML-RPC enabled? |
Indicates whether or not XML-RPC posting is available on this blog. |
True |
