Most of the system settings are pretty much self-explanatory. Here's the full list along with what each one does exactly.
| Comments |
| Allow only registered users to comment | If set to yes then users must create an account before they can comment. User registrations must be enabled |
| Allow registered users to delete their own comments | If set to yes users will be able to delete their own comments via a link that will appear on the actual comment saying 'Delete' |
| Amount of comments per page | Default amount of comments to show at a time, can also be set by specifying the $cppage = 5; variable before any include code |
| What order comments are displayed in | Default order comments get displayed, newest or oldest first |
| Date & time format for comments | PHP strftime string for formatting the date/time. See here http://uk3.php.net/strftime |
| Maximum length of comments | Any comments longer than this value will automatically be trimmed to the set value |
| Show comments in new window | If set to yes then the comments link [comments][/comments] will open the comments in a new window |
| Time delay after posting comments | After posting a comment the user will have to wait this amount of seconds before they can post again |
| Spam message | Message that appears if a user tries to comment again too quickly. {timeleft} shows the amount of seconds they have left to wait |
| New comment message | Once a user successfully submits a comment they get shown this message |
| New comment approval message | If a user submits a comment that needs to be approved first they get shown this message |
| Use image verification on comments form | You can require users to fill out a CAPTCHA to add a comment. You can use the default news captcha by selecting Yes or alternatively use ReCAPTCHA |
| Friendly URLs |
| Enable friendly URLS | If set to yes, all links when displaying news will be friendly |
| File extension | The file extension will go at the very end of the URL, it can be anything at all |
| Prefix | The prefix is the directory at the beginning of the URL. It defaults to /news/ but can be changed to any non-existant directory |
| Directory filename | When navigating the news pagintation, the directory filename will be appended to the end of the URL |
| News |
| Amount of news per page | Defeault amount of news articles to show per page. Can be set by specifying the $nppage = 5; variable before any include code |
| `What order the news is displayed in | Default order the news gets displayed, newest or oldest first |
| Date & time format for news | PHP strftime string for formatting the date/time. See here http://uk3.php.net/strftime |
| Show avatars | If enabled user avatars will show in comments. The {avatar} tag must be in place within the Comments section of the template |
| Delimiter to separate categories when displaying news | How categories get formatted when displaying news, the {cat} tag can be used more than once for example, <span class="category_{cat}">{cat}</span>, |
| Notifications |
| Get email notifications of new comments | If set to yes then an email will be sent to the specified address when a user comment is submitted |
| Get email notifications of new registrations | If set to yes then an email will be sent to the specified address when a new user registers |
| Get email notifications of unapproved news posts | If set to yes an email will be sent to the specified address if a user submits a news article that needs to be approved |
| Send notifications to this email address | Email address notifications should be sent to, multiple email addresses should be separated by a coma, example me@example.com, you@example.com |
| reCAPTCHA |
| Public key | Default public key used for reCAPTCHA. Can be changed to your own |
| Private key | Default private key used for reCAPTCHA. Can be changed to your own |
| Registration |
| Allow users to register | If set to yes users will be able to register an account. http://example.com/?goto=register or http://example.com/news/register |
| Access level for new users | When a new user registers their account will be assigned to this access level |
| Use image verification on registration form | You can require users to fill out a CAPTCHA when registerting. You can use the default news captcha by selecting Yes Or alternatively use ReCAPTCHA |
| Login |
| Use image verification on the index login form | If users are required to login to post a comment then a login form gets shown in place of the comments form. You can require users to enter a CAPTCHA to login |
| Other |
| Timezone | Default timezone for the dates/times. The setting is in seconds so for example if you wanted to change the date to -3 GMT then you would put -10800, +4 GMT would be +14400 |
| Allowed file types of uploaded images | You can restricted which type of images users can upload by specifying the file extension here |
| Allowed file types of uploaded files | You can restrict which type of files users can upload by specifying the file extension here |
| Date & time format for files | PHP strftime string for formatting the date/time. See here http://uk3.php.net/strftime |
| Image uploads path | Specifies the URL to the upload directory, example http://example.com/news/upload |
| No access error message | If a user tries access a part of the admin panel that their access level doesn't allow they'll be prompted with this message |
| Script path | Specifies the URL to the news installation directory, example `http://example.com/news/ |
| Show 'Powered by' below your news | Enable or disable the displaying of the "Powered by N-13 News" tag below your news articles |