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Configuration guide for Rad User Manager
This configuration guide looks at how config.php file can be used to change the configuration of your Rad
User manager installation. The companion document, the customization
guide shows you how you can make changes to the appearance of the members area. This document deals more with the behavior of the application.
Additional information on the configuration settings are found with in the config.php file in the form of comments
Database Settings.-
db_server
The host name or IP address of your database server. Both Mysql and Postgresql backends are supported. Your system administrator
or ISP will be able to provide you with this and other information such as username
and password to access your database installation.
db_user-
A database user account with permission to access the database given in db_name (see below)
db_pass
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The password for the mysql or postgresql user account given above.
db_name-
The database that contains the tables from the database installation script database.sql
$db_type- One of 'mysql' and 'pgsql' depending on your chosen database vendor.
Email Settings
validate_emailWhen this is set to 1, an email will be sent out to each user who
signs up asking them to click on a special link with in the message to confirm their
subscription. You should make use of it if you don't want users to sign up with
bogus email addresses and other inaccurate information.
With this settings all accounts are disabled by default when it's first created, and they become active only when the user clicks on the validation link.
welcome_email-
This configuration setting takes effect only when validate_email is set to 0. Set
welcome_email to a value of one if you want users a receive a welcome message when they sign up. The message will be sent from the address given in member_service_email
member_service_email- All outgoing email sent by the user manager will have this has the from and reply
to email address. It should be a valid email address. On most installations your out
going mail server will only allow certain email addresses to be used. Please consult your system administrator if in doubt.
Site Settings
site_name- This is the name of your website, and where ever the Rad User manager software needs to refer to your site by name this is the value that will be used.
site_url- This url for the home page of your website.
Messages
The final section of this configuration guide defines the messages that are displayed at
various locations in the members area. Almost all of the following variables accept HTML
strings as well as plain text.
$msg_title-
This is the default settings for the title tag in your members section. This variable can
be overridden at page level by changing setting a $title tag in each page before the
call to the create_header() method.
$msg_sign up-
This is the message that will be displayed on the sign up page. HTML can be used.
$msg_password_reminder- This message will appear on the password reminder page and will serve as a prompt to
the user to enter his account name. HTML can be used
$msg_pass_changed- When the password reminder script executes successfully this message will be displayed. HTML can be used.
$msg_validated- This is the message that's displayed when the user clicks on the special link in the validation email. Thus it will never be displayed if you have a setting of 0 for the validate_email parameter.
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