phpFox Core Settings

App	Var Name	Group	Added version	Type	Default Value	Explanation
attachment	attachment_valid_images	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	array	[ `gif`, `jpg`, `jpeg`, `png` ]	Create Thumbnails Define what file extensions we should create thumbnails for when a user uploads an image attachment.
attachment	attachment_max_thumbnail	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	integer	120	Thumbnail Width/Height Define the width and height of the thumbnail that will be created after a user uploads an image. If the image uploaded is smaller then the specified width\/height it will not create a thumbnail for the image.
attachment	attachment_max_medium	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	integer	600	Medium Thumbnail Width/Height Define the width and height of the medium thumbnail that will be created after a user uploads an image. If the image uploaded is smaller then the specified width/height it will not create a medium thumbnail for the image. Note that the medium thumbnail is displayed on the website instead of the original image to save bandwidth.
comment	comment_hash_check	spam	2.0.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Comment Hash Check If enabled this will check if the last X comments added in the last Y minutes are identical to the comment being added. Notice: X & Y are settings that can be changed. X = Comments To Check. Y = Comment Minutes to Wait Until Next Check
comment	comments_to_check	spam	2.0.0rc1	integer	10	Comments To Check If the setting to check if comments are identical you can set here how many comments in the past should be checked.
comment	total_minutes_to_wait_for_comments	spam	2.0.0rc1	string	2	Comment Minutes to Wait Until Next Check If the setting to check if comments are identical you can set here how far back we should check in minutes.
comment	comment_page_limit	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	integer	10	Page Limit Define how many comments will be displayed on a page before we add a pagination so users can continue to browse to other pages to view the rest of the comments.
comment	total_comments_in_activity_feed	n/a	3.0.0Beta1	integer	2	Total Comments in Activity Feed Define how many comments should be displayed within each activity feed.
comment	comment_is_threaded	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	0	Thread Display If set to Yes comments will be displayed in a thread format allowing users to reply to specific comments instead of the general item they are commenting on.
comment	thread_comment_total_display	n/a	3.0.0	integer	3	Total Nested Comments Define how many nested comments we should display. Note: This is only used if threaded replies are enabled.
contact	contact_enable_captcha	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	1	Enable Captcha for Contact If enabled the users trying to reach you through the Contact Us module will need to complete a captcha challenge before submitting their message.
contact	contact_enable_captcha	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	1	Enable Captcha for Contact If enabled the users trying to reach you through the Contact Us module will need to complete a captcha challenge before submitting their message.
contact	allow_html_in_contact	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	1	Allow HTML in contact form This setting tells if the site allows HTML in the contact us form.
contact	contact_staff_emails	n/a	2.0.0alpha2	string	(empty)	Staff Emails List of emails separated by a comma that will receive an email when someone uses the "Contact Us" form.
contact	enable_auto_responder	n/a	2.0.8	boolean	1	Enable Auto Responder When this setting is enabled an email will be sent to the user who submits a message.
contact	auto_responder_subject	n/a	2.0.8	phrase	Thank you for contacting us	Auto Responder Subject Phrase This is the phrase that will be used when sending an auto response message.
contact	auto_responder_message	n/a	2.0.8	phrase	We have received your message and will reply as soon as possible. Have a nice day	Auto Responder Message Phrase This is the phrase that will be used when sending an auto response message.
core	section_privacy_item_browsing	general	3.0.0Beta1	boolean	TRUE	Section Privacy Item Browsing Enabling this option will allow users to browse certain sections that allow privacy settings. By default we only display public items in what we call sections (eg. Blogs, Polls, Albums etc...). With this option enabled we will display items to the user that is viewing it based on the items privacy setting. Note that this option requires a load balanced server and in many cases several SQL servers just to support this sort of query on an active community.
core	turn_off_full_ajax_mode	general	4.4.0	boolean	FALSE	Turn off full ajax mode
core	title_delim	general	2.0.0alpha1	string	»	Site Title Delimiter This value will be used as the delimiter to separate titles being added for each page on the site.
core	site_title	general	2.0.0alpha1	string	SiteName	Core Live Name of your site.
core	keywords	general	2.0.0alpha1	large_string	social networking	Meta Keywords Enter the meta keywords for all pages. These are used by search engines to index your pages with more relevance. Note that certain modules or pages have their own meta keyword settings and if those are set they will override this setting.
core	description	general	2.0.0alpha1	large_string	Some information about your site...	Meta Description Enter the meta description for all pages. This is used by search engines to index your pages more relevantly. Note that certain modules or pages have their own meta keyword settings and if those are set they will override this setting.
core	site_copyright	general	2.0.0alpha1	string	SiteName ©	Copyright Add your site's copyright.
core	global_site_title	general	2.0.0	string	Social Networking Community	Site Title This will displayed on each page as the title of your site.
core	friends_only_community	general	2.1.0Beta1	boolean	FALSE	Friends Only Community By enabling this option certain sections (eg. Blogs, Photos etc...), will by default only show items from the member and his or her friends list.
core	official_launch_of_site	general	3.2.0beta1	string	Installed date	Official Launch Date (Month/Day/Year) This is the day your site was launched. It is used to create statistics for the site to build daily averages. The format is Month/Day/Year.
core	search_group_settings	general	4.6.0	boolean	TRUE	Search user groups settings Turn on this setting if you want to search user groups settings in AdminCP.
core	google_plus_page_url	seo	4.5.0	string	(empty)	The Google+ Business page URL The URL of your Google+ Business page
core	meta_description_profile	seo	2.0.0rc1	large_string	Site Name gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.	Meta Description Profile This is the meta description provided on a users profile that is included with their personal information. It is advised for this to not be too long in order to leave room for the users personal information.
core	global_update_time	time_stamps	2.0.0alpha1	string	F j, Y	Global Time Stamp Each module has items that are displayed and use our time stamp settings to display the date the way we would like. If a module does not specify a timestamp setting it will use the default timestamp layout which is controlled with this setting. For a better understanding on how to modify this setting and what the string values stand for you can follow up on the PHP date() function here.
core	default_time_zone_offset	time_stamps	2.0.0alpha1	string	0	Default Time Zone Select the default time zone for guests and new users.
core	identify_dst	time_stamps	2.0.0beta5	boolean	TRUE	DST
core	extended_global_time_stamp	time_stamps	2.0.0rc2	string	M j, g:i a	Extended Global Time Stamp
core	conver_time_to_string	time_stamps	2.0.0rc10	string	g:i a	Time to String
core	date_field_order	time_stamps	3.0.0Beta1	drop	MDY	Calendar Date Format The format for parsed and displayed dates. MDY = Month/Day/Year DMY = Day/Month/Year YMD = Year/Month/Day
core	use_jquery_datepicker	time_stamps	3.0.0Beta1	boolean	TRUE	Use Datepicker Set this to "TRUE" to use a Datepicker on all areas that require users to select a date
core	ip_check	server_settings	2.0.0alpha1	integer	TRUE	Session IP Octet Length Check Select the subnet mask which reflects the level of checking you wish to run against IP addresses when a session is being fetched. This is useful if you have a large number of users who are behind transparent proxies and have an IP address that can change randomly between request such as AOL. The more this is decreased the greater the security risk from session hijacking.
core	session_prefix	cookie	2.0.0alpha1	string	core	Cookie Prefix Prefix for cookies and PHP sessions being set by the script. Warning: This value can only contain alphanumeric characters (eg. a-zA-Z0-9) Note that everyone will be forced to log in again for security reasons.
core	cookie_path	cookie	2.0.0alpha1	string	/	Path to Save Cookies The path to which the cookie is saved. If you run more than one site on the same domain, it will be necessary to set this to the individual directories of your site. Otherwise, just leave it as / . Please note that your path should always end in a forward-slash; for example '/community/', '/site/' etc. Entering an invalid setting can leave you unable to login to your site.
core	cookie_domain	cookie	2.0.0alpha1	string	(empty)	Cookie Domain This option sets the domain on which the cookie is active. The most common reason to change this setting is that you have two different URLs to your site, i.e. example.com and community.example.com. To allow users to stay logged into the site if they visit via either URL, you would set this to .example.com (note the domain begins with a dot. You most likely want to leave this setting blank as entering an invalid setting can leave you unable to login to your site.
core	method	mail	2.0.0alpha1	drop	mail	Send Mail Method Select the method you would like your emails to be sent it, which is either using the default PHP mail() function or SMTP.
core	mailsmtphost	mail	2.0.0alpha1	string	(empty)	SMTP Host If SMTP is enabled, set the SMTP server host here.
core	mail_smtp_authentication	mail	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	FALSE	SMTP Authentication
core	mail_smtp_username	mail	2.0.0alpha1	string	(empty)	SMTP Username
core	mail_smtp_password	mail	2.0.0alpha1	string	(empty)	SMTP Password
core	mail_smtp_secure	mail	4.5.3	string	none	Secure with SSL or TLS ? Select cryptographic protocol that enabled on your SMTP mail server.
core	mail_from_name	mail	2.0.0alpha1	string	null	From This is the name displayed when users receive emails from this site.
core	email_from_email	mail	2.0.0alpha1	string	(empty)	Email This is the default email used when sending out emails and it will be the email users will see in their email.
core	mail_signature	mail	2.0.0alpha1	large_string	Kind Regards, Site Name	Signature This is the signature added to the bottom of each email that is sent from this site.
core	mail_queue	mail	4.6.0	boolean	FALSE	Email Queue Enable this to use Queue for sending email. It will help you prevent the overloading on the mail server. Please make sure that Cronjob has been set up to use this feature.
core	mail_smtp_port	mail	2.0.0rc9	interger	25	SMTP Port What port to use for sending mail with SMTP? Default is 25
core	check_certificate_smtp_host_name	mail	4.6.1	boolean	TRUE	Check certificate SMTP host name Check ssl certificate of your SMTP host name. If it does not use valid certificate, email can't be sent
core	site_is_offline	site_offline_online	2.0.0beta4	boolean	FALSE	Site is offline? Select Yes to turn your site offline.
core	site_offline_message	site_offline_online	2.0.0beta4	large_string	(empty)	Offline Message Message that will be displayed to guests when the site is offline.
core	registration_enable_dob	registration	2.0.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Date of Birth Enable this so users can register their date of birth when signing up for the site.
core	registration_enable_gender	registration	2.0.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Gender Field Enable this so users can register their gender when signing up for the site.
core	registration_enable_location	registration	2.0.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Location Enable this so users can register their location when signing up for the site.
core	registration_enable_timezone	registration	2.0.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Timezone Enable this so users can register their timezone when signing up for the site.
core	global_genders	registration	2.0.5dev2	array	[ `male`, `female` ]	Genders This setting controls the genders used on this community. To add a new gender you need to populate it with 3 values separated by a pipe "\|" (without quotes). Use the default Male and Female genders we provide as examples. The first value needs to be a unique numerical ID number. For Male and Female, we use the numbers 1 and 2. We advise to go upwards from there. The 2nd field needs to be a phrase that you must first add using our language manager. Once you add a phrase it gives you several examples of how to use the phrase. We will be using the "Text" method, which is basically the variable name of the phrase and how we will connect to this specific word. So the 2nd value needs to be a phrase that identifies this gender. For Male and Female we used his and her. The 3rd value identifies the gender and must also be a phrase much like the 2nd value. For male and female we used Male and Female to populate this value.
core	city_in_registration	registration	3.7.0beta1	boolean	FALSE	City in Registration Enable this setting to allow visitors to enter their city when they are creating their account.
core	registration_sms_enable	registration	4.3.0	boolean	FALSE	Enable Registration using SMS Service
core	registration_sms_service	registration	4.3.0	drop	Nexmo	SMS Service
core	nexmo_api_key	registration	4.3.0	string	(empty)	Nexmo API KEY
core	nexmo_api_secret	registration	4.3.0	string	(empty)	Nexmo API Secret
core	twilio_account_id	registration	4.3.0	string	(empty)	Twilio Account ID
core	twilio_auth_token	registration	4.3.0	string	(empty)	Twilio Auth Token
core	twilio_phone_number	registration	4.3.0	string	(empty)	Twilio Phone Number
core	nexmo_phone_number	registration	4.3.0	string	(empty)	Nexmo Phone Number
core	clickatell_api_key	registration	4.6.0	string	(empty)	Clickatell API Key
core	enable_spam_check	spam	2.0.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Enable Spam Check
core	warn_on_external_links	spam	2.0.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	External Links Warning Warn users when they have clicked on a link that will direct them to another site.
core	disable_all_external_urls	spam	2.0.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Disable All External URL's Enable this feature to remove all external links from the site. Notice: Sites added to the "URL White List" will be allowed.
core	url_spam_white_list	spam	2.0.0rc1	large_string	.yahoo.com, * .google.*	URL White List Add sites that you want to allow in external links.
core	disable_all_external_emails	spam	2.0.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Disable All External Emails Enable this feature to remove all external emails from the site. Notice: Sites added to the "Email White List" will be allowed.
core	email_white_list	spam	2.0.0rc1	large_string	@yahoo.com, @google.com	Email White List Add sites that you want to allow in external emails.
core	redirect_guest_on_same_page	n/a	2.0.0rc1	boolean	TRUE	Same Page Redirection After Login/Registration
core	auto_deny_items	spam	2.0.0rc1	interger	10	SPAM Count Define how many items a user can attempt to SPAM before anything they add will not be checked as we will consider that it is SPAM.
core	auto_ban_spammer	spam	2.0.0rc1	interger	0	Auto Ban Spammers Define how many times a user can SPAM before they are automatically banned. Notice: Set this to "0" (without quotes) to disable this setting.
core	exchange_rate_api_key	currency	2.0.5	string	(empty)	Exchange Rate API In order to get the latest exchange rates for the currencies being used we need to connect to a 3rd party website.
core	force_https_secure_pages	ssl	2.0.5dev1	boolean	FALSE	Secure Pages with HTTPS If your server has support for HTTPS you can enable this feature to secure certain pages like the login, registration and account setting pages.
core	keep_non_square_images	cache	3.6.0rc1	boolean	TRUE	Keep Non Square Images By default we create 2 thumbnails for each image. One keeps the original aspect ratio and the other is a fixed square image. With our current themes we only use the fixed square images. The original aspect ratio images are not really needed and disabling this feature is advised.
core	use_custom_cookie_names	security	3.6.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Custom Cookie Names Enable to use custom cookie names
core	custom_cookie_names_hash	security	3.6.0rc1	string	s6ks763s5h3)s (auto generate when install)	Custom Cookie Name Unique Salt Create your own unique cookie name salt.
core	protect_admincp_with_ips	security	3.6.0rc1	string	(empty)	AdminCP IP Access Allow access to the AdminCP if an IP is added to this list. Comma separated.
core	id_hash_salt	security	3.6.0rc1	string	iysduyt623rts (auto generate when install)	Unique Salt for ID Hash Create your own unique hash for the authenticating ID hash.
core	include_site_title_all_pages	n/a	3.6.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Remove Site Title Removes site title on all pages other then the index page and if a page has no title. This is to assist with duplicate content.
core	crop_seo_url	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	interger	75	Crop URLs Crop URL for SEO
core	shorten_parsed_url_links	n/a	2.0.0alpha3	interger	50	Shorten Parsed URL Links If the option to parse URL strings to links is enabled then you can control how long the URL string should be before you shorten it. Note: Set to 0 to have no limit.
core	words_remove_in_keywords	n/a	2.0.0rc1	large_string	and, i, in	Keyword String Removal Define words here that should not show up within meta keywords. Each word should be comma separated. Notice: The search is case insensitive.
core	no_follow_on_external_links	n/a	3.2.0beta1	boolean	FALSE	Add rel="nofollow" on External Links If enabled this feature provides a way for webmasters to tell search engines to not follow any external links.
core	use_secure_image_display	n/a	4.5.2	boolean	FALSE	Secure Image Display You should turn this setting on if SSL has been set up for your site. By this way, instead of loading all external images directly, your own server will get them then return to the browser to by pass the SSL issues.
core	allow_html	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	FALSE	Allow HTML Set this to Yes if you would like to allow HTML on your site. Note that even with this setting enabled by default we only allow certain HTML tags we feel that will not harm your site.
core	unzip_path	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	string	/usr/bin/unzip	Unzip Path Full path to where the binary for unzip is located.
core	tar_path	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	string	/bin/tar	Tar Path Full path to where the binary for tar is located.
core	zip_path	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	string	/usr/bin/zip	Zip Path Full path to where the binary for zip* is located.*
core	cache_plugins	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	TRUE	Cache Plugins Enable this setting if all plug-ins should be cached. It is advised to enable this on live sites.
core	cache_site_stats	n/a	2.0.0beta4	boolean	TRUE	Cache Site Stats Set to Yes if site stats should be cached.\Notice: It is highly advised to cache site stats as it requires a large set of queries to the database across numerous tables.
core	ip_infodb_api_key	n/a	2.0.7	string	(empty)	IP InfoDB API Key IP InfoDB is a free IP address geolocation tools we use to find useful information about users based on their IP.
core	keep_files_in_server	n/a	3.2.0beta1	boolean	TRUE	Keep Files In Server Set this to Yes* to keep original files on the server.*
core	google_api_key	n/a	3.2.0beta1	string	(empty)	Google API Key Google offers many services that require an API key (like the Places service), enter your Google API key here.
core	include_ip_sub_id_hash	n/a	3.6.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	User IP Substring in ID Hash Enable to include a users IP substring in the ID hash. This makes it much harder for users to hijack another users session.
core	upload_method	n/a	4.2.0	drop	ftp	File upload method
core	ftp_host_name	n/a	4.2.0	string	localhost	Ftp host name
core	ftp_port	n/a	4.2.0	string	21	Ftp port
core	ftp_user_name	n/a	4.2.0	string	username	Ftp user name
core	ftp_password	n/a	4.2.0	string	(empty)	Ftp password
core	auto_detect_language	n/a	4.6.0	boolean	TRUE	Auo detect language for guest?
core	auto_clear_cache	n/a	4.6.0	boolean	FALSE	Auto clear system cache Define how many hours the system cache will be removed. 0 for disable auto clear cache.
custom	hide_custom_fields_when_empty	n/a	2.0.0alpha3	boolean	TRUE	Hide Empty Custom Fields (Users Profile) Define if we should hide custom fields that are empty when a user is viewing their profile without visiting the design page.
feed	feed_display_time_stamp	time_stamps	2.0.0alpha3	string	F j, Y g:i a	Feed Time Stamps Time stamps displayed on feeds.
feed	feed_only_friends	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	FALSE	Friends Only Set to Yes* if you would like news feed to only be displayed to the user and their friends.*
feed	feed_display_limit	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	inteter	10	Display Limit Limit how many feeds should be displayed within the main news feed.
feed	refresh_activity_feed	n/a	3.0.0beta1	integer	60	Refresh Activity Feed (Seconds) This setting controls if you want to find new updates in the activity feed without having the user to refresh the page. This will use AJAX and the value of this setting has to be a number in seconds. If you want this feature to be disabled set it to the number zero (0). Warning: Recommended value is about 30 ~ 60 seconds. If the value is too small, it can cause problems on site performance.
feed	feed_limit_days	n/a	3.0.0beta3	integer	0	Feed Limit (Days) This setting controls how many days we should look back when displaying feeds. If you set this to 0 it will look for all the feeds. We advice to add a limit to keep your site fresh. Note that this setting does not apply when viewing a users profile as it will list all of their feeds.
feed	add_feed_for_comments	n/a	3.4.0beta1	boolean	FALSE	Add Comments as Feeds If this setting is enabled it will add comments that are added to items such as videos, blogs, photos etc... as its own feed entry.
feed	enable_check_in	n/a	3.5.0beta1	boolean	FALSE	Enable Check-In If enabled users will be able to choose their location when posting a status update. This setting also allows pages to define their location. Pages with a location defined will show up in the list of establishments when the user is posting a status update. For this to work you need to have entered the Google API Key.
feed	top_stories_update	n/a	4.5.1	drop	comment	Criterion to sort top stories in feed Select the criterion to sort top stories in feed
feed	enable_tag_friends	n/a	4.6.0	boolean	TRUE	Enable Tag Friends If enabled users will be able to tag their friends when posting a status update.
feed	feed_sponsor_cache_time	n/a	4.6.0	integer	60	Sponsor feed cache time

Define how long we should keep the cache for the Sponsored Feed by minutes. 0 means we do not cache this data. |

feed	default_sort_criterion_feed	n/a	4.6.0	drop	top_stories	Default criterion to sort on New Feed Select the default criterion to sort in New Feed. This setting will be applied for new registered users on your site only
friend	total_requests_display	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	inteter	10	Friend Requests Display Total How many friend requests should be displayed when a user accepts requests?
friend	friend_display_limit	n/a	2.0.0beta3	inteter	6	Friends Display Limit Define how many friends should be displayed on a users profile and dashboard.
friend	enable_birthday_notices	n/a	2.0.0beta4	boolean	TRUE	Enable Birthday Notices When enabled users will see a list of their friends upcoming birthdays.
friend	days_to_check_for_birthday	n/a	2.0.0beta4	integer	7	How many days in advance to check for birthdays This setting tells how many days in advance should the script check for. Setting it to a number too high may beat the purpose of the feature. The results from this feature cannot be cached, so it is prone to becoming a slow down for your site. Keep in mind that you can disable this feature all together in the setting Enable Birthday Notices
friend	show_empty_birthdays	n/a	2.0.0beta4	boolean	FALSE	Show Empty Birthdays When enabled the site will show the block in the dashboard regardless if the user has friends whose birthday is coming or not. Disabling it does not mean a performance optimization since the contents are already cached.
friend	friend_suggestion_search_total	n/a	2.0.0rc12	integer	50	Friends Suggestion Friends Check Count When performing the search to find friend suggestions for your members it will pull out X amount of users, where X is the numerical value of how many friends to search.
friend	enable_friend_suggestion	n/a	2.0.0rc12	boolean	FALSE	Friend Suggestions Enable this if you want to suggest friends to your members when they visit their dashboard. You can control the search criteria on what defines a friend to suggest. This feature requires a lot of extra server resources in order to perform such a search. Each search result is cached for X minutes (where you can control X). Notice\: This feature is experimental and is not stable.
friend	friend_suggestion_timeout	n/a	2.0.0rc12	integer	1440	Refresh Friend Suggestions Define how long to wait till we run the search to find friends to suggest to a member in minutes.
friend	friend_suggestion_user_based	n/a	2.0.0rc12	boolean	FALSE	Check Location for Friend Suggestions Enable this option in order for us to pick up friend suggestions for your members based on the Country, State/Province and City they live in.
friend	friend_cache_limit	n/a	3.0.0Beta1	integer	100	Friends Cache Limit Certain features on the site pick up on the users' friends list, especially when running a search for a friend. In order to provide a "live" feel to search results, we cache in advance X (where X is this settings value) number of friends in memory. Making it easier for users to find their friends instantly.
friend	friends_only_profile	n/a	3.0.1	boolean	FALSE	Friends Only Profile With this setting enabled only friends can view each other's profiles. Note this will override your user's privacy settings and force anything related to viewing their profile and have it set to "Friends Only".
friend	cache_rand_list_of_friends	n/a	3.6.0rc1	integer	60	Friends List Minutes. 0 = no cache. Block is friend.small in the profiles, defaults to the left column. It is also called from the timeline block in the friend module.
friend	friend_meta_keywords	n/a	2.0.0rc1	large_string	friends, buddies	Friends Meta Keywords Meta keywords used when in relation to the Friend module.
invite	invite_expire	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	integer	7	Expire invites timeout How many days is an invite valid for?\r\n\r\nNote: this relies on cookies.
invite	pendings_to_show_per_page	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	integer	9	How Many Pendings To Show This tells how many pending invites to show per page.
invite	check_duplicate_invites	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	TRUE	Check Duplicate Invites Do you want the site to check for duplicate invites before sending mail invites? This can avoid spamming (userA, userB and userC know personA, they all 3 send an invite so personA receives 3 emails) but can also slow down a little the process
invite	make_friends_on_invitee_registration	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	TRUE	Make invited users friends with their host When a user invites aPerson and aPerson becomes a member, should they be made friends right then?
language	lang_pack_helper	development	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	FALSE	Language Package Helper If enabled this option will add brackets surrounding a phrase, which can be used to identify which phrases have not been added ti the core language package. Hardcoded phrases will not have brackets. If a phrase is hardcoded in the source the site will be unable to translate that specific phrase. It is best to use this feature during development or creating a new language package.
language	display_language_flag	language	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	FALSE	Display Flag Set to Yes* if you would like to display the flag beside each of the language packages available.*
link	youtube_data_api_key	n/a	4.6.0	string	(empty)	YouTube Data API Key
log	active_session	server_settings	2.0.0alpha1	integer	15	Active Session Define how long a user is displayed as active on the site in minutes. If a user is inactive longer then the specified setting they will be removed from the online session table. When this is done they will no longer appear to be online when other members view their profile. If the user suddenly becomes active after their session expired a new session will automatically be created.
mail	mail_hash_check	spam	2.0.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	PM Hash Check If enabled this will check if the last X messages sent in the last Y minutes are identical to the message being set. Notice: X & Y are settings that can be changed.
mail	total_mail_messages_to_check	spam	2.0.0rc1	integer	10	PM Messages to Check If the setting to check if PM's are identical you can see here how many messages in the past should be checked.
mail	total_minutes_to_wait_for_pm	spam	2.0.0rc1	integer	2	PM Minutes to Wait Until Next Check If the setting to check if PM's are identical you can set here how far back we should check in minutes.
mail	mail_time_stamp	time_stamps	2.0.0alpha1	string	M j, g:i a	Mail Time Stamp
mail	show_core_mail_folders_item_count	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	FALSE	Show inbox, sentbox and deletebox item count If enabled will display the mail count totals in each folder, i.e.: inbox (2) sentbox (6) delete (10)
mail	message_age_to_delete	n/a	2.0.0beta5	integer	20	An Old Message Is... This setting tells how old a message must be in (in days) order to be auto deleted. This setting is directly dependent on Auto Delete Old Mail.
mail	delete_sent_when_account_cancel	n/a	2.0.0beta5	boolean	TRUE	Delete Sent Mail When a user cancels their account should the system delete the sent messages? This affects the other user's received messages list and is enabled by default.
mail	show_preview_message	n/a	2.0.0rc3	boolean	TRUE	Show Preview Message If enabled, users will see a short version of their messages.
mail	disallow_select_of_recipients	n/a	2.0.7	boolean	FALSE	Disallow Selecting Not Allowed Recipients When this setting is enabled the script will run an extra check on each target user when selecting who will receive an internal mail. This helps the user selector to be more user friendly by not allowing to choose and write a message to someone who cannot receive it but at the same time it uses more resources and could slow down your site.
mail	enable_cron_delete_old_mail	n/a	2.0.0beta5	boolean	TRUE	Auto Delete Old Mail This setting enables or disables the auto deletion of old messages. You can set how old a message should be to be deleted in the setting An Old Message Is....
notification	notify_on_new_request	n/a	2.0.0alpha4	boolean	TRUE	Site Wide Notification If enabled users will be notified when a new request or notification is available. _Notice: This feature will include two (2) extra SQL queries on every page the user visits.-
notification	notify_ajax_refresh	n/a	2.0.0alpha4	integer	2	Site Wide Notification AJAX Refresh (Minutes) If enabled this will update the AJAX request to check if a user has any new notifications every X minutes where X is the numerical value of this setting. Notice: This setting will only be enabled if the parent setting Site Wide Notification is enabled.
notification	total_notification_title_length	n/a	3.0.0Beta1	integer	100	Notification Title Length When users receive a notification certain items include a title. This setting controls the length of the title.
profile	profile_seo_for_meta_title	seo	2.0.0rc4	string	`full_name` - `gender_name` - `location`	Profile Title
profile	show_empty_tabs	n/a	2.0.8	boolean	FALSE	Show Empty Tabs When this setting is enabled the script will show tabs for empty items in profiles, for example if a user has not yet uploaded a blog and this setting is enabled, the tab "Blogs" will still show in profiles. If this setting is disabled there will be an extra query for each tab in profiles every time site cache is cleared.
profile	profile_caches	n/a	3.6.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Profile Tracking This cache removes the track from profiles. It goes against privacy and is very difficult to circumvent efficiently.
share	show_addthis_section	general	4.6.0	boolean	TRUE	Enable AddThis Set Yes* to show AddThis on item detail page. Set No to hide.*
share	addthis_pub_id	n/a	4.6.0	string	(empty)	AddThis - Public ID Provide the ID of your AddThis profile.
share	addthis_share_button	n/a	4.6.0	large_string	(empty)	AddThis - Inline Share Button In case you have already customized your tools with inline rule, you can put the code here.
subscribe	enable_subscription_packages	n/a	2.0.0beta4	boolean	FALSE	Enable Subscription Packages
subscribe	subscribe_is_required_on_sign_up	n/a	2.0.0beta4	boolean	FALSE	Subscription on registration is required? If members should be required to select a subscription package when they register set this to Yes.
tag	tag_cache_tag_cloud	n/a	2.1.0Beta1	integer	180	Cache Define how long we should cache tag clouds that are displayed on sections that use them. Note that this setting must be defined in minutes. It is important to cache tag clouds as this removes a query to the database that can be rather memory extensive.
tag	tag_min_display	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	integer	1	Minimum Display Define how many tags must be added before they can be displayed to the public. Higher this setting if you do want to display a tag cloud with only a few tags.
tag	tag_days_treading	n/a	2.1.0Beta1	integer	7	Days a Tag Can Trend Define how many days a tag can trend.
tag	total_tag_display	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	integer	25	Total Tags/Hashtags Display in Tag Cloud block Define the number of tags/hashtags to display in a tag cloud block. Note: This is the global default setting, other modules can override this setting.
tag	tag_trend_total_display	n/a	2.1.0Beta1	integer	10	Total Topics to Display in Item Detail Define how many topics to display in the topics section in item detail page.
tag	enable_hashtag_support	n/a	3.7.0beta1	boolean	TRUE	Enable Hashtags Enable this option if you wish to allow hashtags on the site to create topics for the item being added.
tag	enable_tag_support	n/a	4.6.0	boolean	TRUE	Enable Tags Enable this option if you wish to allow tags on the site to create topics for the item being added.
track	unique_viewers_counter	n/a	4.5.0	boolean	1	Unique viewers counter No: The number of view count increases each time the user refreshes page. Yes: The number of view count after one or more time page refreshing will increase by only one for one user.
user	multi_step_registration_form	registration	2.0.0alpha2	boolean	FALSE	Multi-step Registration Form Enabling this option will turn the registration process into multiple steps and using as few fields as we can on the first step to entice users to register.
user	require_all_spam_questions_on_signup	registration	3.5.0beta1	boolean	FALSE	Spam Check Requires All Questions If set to Yes* visitors will have to answer all of the spam questions available before creating their account.* If this setting is set to false visitors will have to answer only one question, chosen randomly by the site.
user	captcha_on_signup	registration	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	FALSE	Captcha on Registration Enable this option to add a captcha routine to the registration process. This will help against spam.
user	verify_email_at_signup	registration	2.0.0beta5	boolean	FALSE	Verify Email At Signup When a guest signs up, should they verify their email address? If enabled an email will be sent with a special link to verify that is their address.
user	min_length_for_username	registration	2.0.0rc2	integer	5	Minimum Length for Username Minimum Length for Username. Leave empty will be 0
user	max_length_for_username	registration	2.0.0rc2	integer	25	Maximum Length for Username Maximum Length for Username. Leave empty will be 0
user	on_signup_new_friend	registration	2.0.0rc4	integer	0	On Signup New Friend If you select a user from the drop down this user will automatically become friends with any new member that registers.
user	redirect_after_signup	registration	2.0.0rc10	string	(empty)	Redirect After SignUp Add the full path you want to send users right after they register. If you want to use our default routine just leave this blank.
user	on_register_privacy_setting	registration	2.0.0rc12	drop	anyone	User Default Privacy Setting on Registration With this setting you can control the default privacy setting for a user when they register. This will control how others view their profile. anyone = Anyone can view their profile. network = Only members of the site can view their profile. friends_only = Only their friends can view their profile. no_one = Nobody can view their profile.
user	approve_users	registration	2.0.5	boolean	FALSE	Approve Users Enable this if you want to approve users before they can log into the site.
user	disable_username_on_sign_up	registration	2.0.5dev1	drop	full_name	Display Full Name (Display Name) and Username on Sign Up The Username is used to create a vanity URL of users (eg. http://www.site.com/username). If Username field isn't displayed on registration form, we will use their unique ID number to create their vanity URL. You can then enable a user group setting that can allow users to edit their username at a later time. Otherwise, if Full Name (Display Name) field is hidden, we will use Username as Full Name (Display Name) and user can change it when access to Account Settings page.
user	allow_user_registration	registration	2.0.7	boolean	TRUE	Allow User Registration Enable this setting to allow public registration.
user	force_user_to_upload_on_sign_up	registration	2.1.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Force Users to Upload Profile Image Enable this option to force users to upload a profile image before they can register.
user	hide_main_menu	registration	3.0.0beta1	boolean	FALSE	Hide Main Menu Enable this option to hide the main menu if a user is not logged into the site.
user	invite_only_community	registration	3.0.0beta1	boolean	FALSE	Invite Only Enable this option if your community is an "invite only" community.
user	new_user_terms_confirmation	registration	3.0.0beta3	boolean	FALSE	Terms & Privacy Confirmation Enable this option if users must confirm that they understand and have read over your sites terms and privacy policies.
user	reenter_email_on_signup	registration	3.4.0beta1	boolean	FALSE	Force Users to Reenter Email Enable this option to add a new input field where users would have to reenter their email during the registration process to assure they are entering the correct email.
user	require_basic_field	registration	4.2.0	boolean	FALSE	Require basic field If you select yes, these fields will require when edit profile: country, gender and birthday.
user	signup_repeat_password	registration	4.6.0	boolean	FALSE	Re-enter password on sign up Enable this option to require user re-enter password on the sign up process.
user	validate_full_name	spam	2.0.0beta4	boolean	TRUE	Validate Full/Display Name Set to Yes* if you would like to validate a users full name.*
user	check_status_updates	spam	2.0.0rc5	integer	1	Spam Check Status Updates Define how many status updates should we check to see if the new status update the user is adding is similar and if one is we will guide them to add another status update.
user	user_dob_month_day_year	time_stamps	3.0.0	string	F j, Y	User D.O.B (Month, Day & Year) Control how we display the users date of birth for the privacy setting "Show my full birthday in my profile".
user	user_dob_month_day	time_stamps	3.0.0	string	F j	User D.O.B (Month & Day) Control how we display the users date of birth for the privacy setting "Show only month & day in my profile".
user	enable_2step_verification	general	4.3.0	boolean	FALSE	Enable 2-step verification Google Authenticator generates 2-step verification codes on your phone. Enable 2-step verification to protect your account from hijacking by adding another layer of security. With 2-step verification signing in will require a code generated by the Google Authenticator app in addition to your account password.
user	hide_recommended_user_block	general	4.4.0	boolean	FALSE	Hide block "Users You May Know" in page browse user.
user	captcha_on_login	login	4.4.0	boolean	FALSE	Captcha on Login Enable this option to add a captcha routine to the login process.
user	prevent_profile_photo_cache	n/a	3.4.0beta2	boolean	FALSE	Profile Photo Cache Prevention Enable this option to force a users own profile photo from being cached. This will always assure the user will see the latest profile photo they uploaded.
user	redirect_after_login	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	string	(empty)	URL Redirect After Login After a user has logged in and they have not requested a page to visit you can set a default redirection URL, which will send them to this specific page right after they log in. If you add an external link be sure to add "http://" (without quotes) otherwise the URL will be treated as an internal link.
user	login_type	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	drop	email	User Login Method Select the method you would like your users to use when logging into the site. user_name: Must use their user name. email: Must use their email. both: Can use either email or user name.
user	profile_use_id	n/a	2.0.0alpha1	boolean	FALSE	Profile User ID Connection Set to Yes* if you would like to have user profiles connected via their user ID#. Set to No if you would like to have user profiles connected via their username.* Note if you connect via their user ID# you will allow your members the ability to use non-supported characters which are not allowed if connecting a profile with their username. Warning: This action cannot be reversed. This setting may lock users out if you force log in by their usernames
user	user_profile_private_age	n/a	2.0.0beta4	integer	FALSE	Force Profile Privacy Define what age should a users profile be forced to be private regardless of their profile privacy setting. If the user's age is the same or lower than the setting, only their friends will be able to see their profile and interact with them. Notice: Set to "0" (without quotes) for no limit.
user	verify_email_timeout	n/a	2.0.0beta5	integer	60	Verify Email Timeout This setting tells how much time (in minutes) new members have in order to verify their email address. Make sure your email server is well configured as this setting relies on the user being able to click the link sent when they signed up. If your site allows changing email address and you require the new one to be verified as well this setting also applies in this case. Set it to 0 to disable the timeout.
user	logout_after_change_email_if_verify	n/a	2.0.0beta5	boolean	TRUE	Logout After Changing Email If users must verify their email address (Verify Email At Signup), when they change their email address should they be logged out so they need to verify right away? If you set this to no they will be able to use the site until they sign out, after that they will need to verify their email address.
user	display_user_online_status	n/a	2.0.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Display User Online Status This produces an "online" icon in User profile page and user profile popup
user	date_of_birth_start	n/a	2.0.0rc11	integer	1900	Date of Birth (Start)
user	date_of_birth_end	n/a	2.0.0rc11	integer	1997	Date of Birth (End)
user	user_browse_default_result	n/a	2.0.0rc12	drop	full_name	Browsing Users Default Order Select full_name to order members based on their full name in ascending order. Select last_login to order members based on their last activity, where the latest person to be active on the site is first.
user	display_or_full_name	n/a	2.0.5	drop	full_name	Display or Full Name When a user registers on the site they can either enter their full name or display name. This setting controls what they should be entering.
user	check_promotion_system	n/a	2.0.5dev2	boolean	FALSE	Check For Promotions If you enable this option it will enable the promotion system and will run a check on users when they are logged into the site.
user	enable_user_tooltip	n/a	2.1.0Beta1	boolean	TRUE	User AJAX Tooltip Enable this setting to load an AJAX popup when hovering over certain member names that include the users profile image as well as some information about them.
user	brute_force_attempts_count	n/a	2.0.8	integer	5	Brute Force Prevention: Attempts Count How many attempts are allowed within the time limit? This setting is used together with "Brute Force Prevention: Time limit" to better protect your site from brute force login attempts. You define a time in minutes and how many failed attempts are allowed within that period of time, if a user fails to log in within that period of time, missing this many tries the account is locked for a certain time, this lock time is defined by the cooldown time and during this time even if the correct log in is entered, access will be denied.
user	brute_force_time_check	n/a	2.0.8	integer	0	Brute Force Prevention: Time Limit How many minutes back should the script check?\r\nSet this to 0 if you do not want to run this check This setting is used together with "Brute Force Prevention: Attempts Count" to better protect your site from brute force login attempts.
user	brute_force_cool_down	n/a	2.0.8	integer	15	Brute Force Prevention: Cool Down When an account has been locked due to a brute force check, how many minutes should the user wait before unlocking the account?
user	enable_relationship_status	n/a	3.0.0beta4	boolean	TRUE	Enable Relationships If you would like your users to have the ability to set their relationship status in your community, enable this feature.
user	default_privacy_brithdate	n/a	3.1.0beta1	drop	full_birthday	Default Birthday Privacy Setting Users can control their default privacy settings when it comes to how they want their birthdays to be displayed on their profile. When users sign up and have not chosen a privacy setting you can define a default setting for the site. Here is a key of what the values stand for... full_birthday = Show full birthday month_day = Show month & day show_age = Only show the users age hide = Hide users age\/birthday
user	no_show_activity_points	n/a	3.1.0beta1	boolean	TRUE	Show Activity Points Enable this option to show the activity points.
user	shorter_password_reset_routine	n/a	3.1.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Shorter Password Reset Routine If this is enabled when a user clicks on Forgot your password he will receive an email with a link, when clicking on the link he will be shown an input where to change the password. The site will not assign a new password to that user and the previous password will work until it has been reset.
user	maximum_length_for_full_name	n/a	3.3.0beta1	integer	25	Maximum Length for Full Name Maximum length for full name. It affects when creating user and update profile. This setting only works when "Validate Full/Display Name" is Yes.
user	split_full_name	n/a	3.4.0beta1	boolean	FALSE	Show Activity Points Enable this option to show the activity points.
user	points_conversion_rate	n/a	3.4.0beta1	string	(empty)	Activity Points Conversion Rate Define how much an activity point is worth for each available currency.
user	can_purchase_with_points	n/a	3.4.0beta1	boolean	FALSE	Purchasing with Activity Points Enable this option if you would like to allow users to be able to purchase items using their activity points.
user	can_purchase_activity_points	n/a	3.4.0beta1	boolean	FALSE	Purchase Activity Points If enabled, users will be allowed to purchase activity points.
user	cache_recent_logged_in	n/a	3.6.0rc1	integer	FALSE	Recent Logins Cache the users that have recently logged in. Setting is in minutes.
user	disable_store_last_user	n/a	3.6.0rc1	boolean	FALSE	Disable Last Time Stamp for Users_ If enabled we don't store the last time a user visits the site.*

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