Main > SitePreferences

SitePreferences

help Foswiki's default preferences are located in System.DefaultPreferences, however settings defined here have override priority and should be used for local customisations.

Appearance

Customize logo and tooltip texts:

Give your site a specific name:

  • Set WIKITOOLNAME = sysadmin.wiki
  • Set NOWYSIWYG = 0

Skin styles:

  • Disabled SKIN = s2pold, PlainSkin, Pattern, foo
  • Set SKIN = tagmestyleblog, foo
  • Set FOSWIKI_STYLE_URL = /pub/System/fooSkin/foo.css

Customize your favicon:

  • Set FAVICON = /pub/Main/Icons/favicon.ico

Customize your top bar background image and color
  • Set WEBHEADERART = /pub/System/PatternSkin/header5.gif
  • Set WEBHEADERBGCOLOR = #3060c0

Custom shorthands

  • Set E = external
  • Set P = plane
  • Set B = trash
  • Set W = wip
  • Set D = —

SEO

  • Set SITEMAPLIST = on

Wiki application settings

Finalisation

FINALPREFERENCES locks site-level preferences that are not allowed to be overridden by WebPreferences or user preferences:

  • Set FINALPREFERENCES = ATTACHFILESIZELIMIT, PREVIEWBGIMAGE, WIKITOOLNAME, WIKIHOMEURL, ALLOWROOTCHANGE, DENYROOTCHANGE, DOCWEB, WIKIWEBMASTER, WIKIWEBMASTERNAME, WIKIAGENTEMAIL, WIKIAGENTNAME