Site Directives

The following table provides all site configuration directives. Directives are case-insensitive.

Directive	Description	Default
[archive-verify]	setting this to true (1) performs SET VERIFY on archive DCL procedure	SET NOVERIFY
[archive-zip]	setting this to true (1) creates ZIP archives	BACKUP
[comment-host-max]	maximum number of comments originating from any one host (see Spam Abuse for these five items)	none
[comment-max-size]	maximum size of a comment file in kilobytes	64kB
[comment-max-chars]	maximum size of any single comment	8kB
[comment-min-interval]	minimum number of seconds between consecutive posts originating from any one host	none
[comment-reject-agent]	(new)line-separated strings found in the user-agent identification	none
[comment-reject-string]	(new)line-separated strings found in the comment text that reject a post	none
[comment-reject-word]	space-separated words (strings) found in the comment text that result in the reject of a post	none
[downtime]	disable the use of VWcms and provide the specified message to users as a simple announcement (see Downtime)	none
[FCKeditor-init]	JavaScript to initialise and configure FCKeditor (see FCKeditor)	none
[file-type-HTML]	file extensions (types) for HTML	.htm .html
[file-type-image]	file extensions (types) for images/graphics	.gif .jpg .jpeg .png
[file-type-text]	file extensions (types) for plain text	.conf .css .log .txt
[include-file]	include a separate configuration file (maximum 2 deep)	n/a
[lang-...]	a number of directives for language-specific elements (see Non-English Language)	compiled-in
[login-acme-doi]	ACME Domain of Interpretation (DOI)	VMS
[login-acme-no-restrict]	ignore any login source restriction associated with the account (e.g. /NONETWORK) provided authentication is OK	disabled
[login-alias]	map one username into another before authentication (see Authorization)	none
[login-credentials]	comma-separated list of "user=password" entries as a crude, configuration-controlled authentication mechanism (see Authorization)	none
[login-idle]	minutes session remains unused before forced re-login	60
[login-secret]	string used as key for RC4 encryption of authentication credentials (see Authorization)	none
[login-source]	source of authentication credentials (see Authorization)	none
[login-SSL]	credentials (login) are only permitted using a secure (SSL) request	disabled
[macro]	a substitution directive for use in content (see Substitution)	none
[ods]	sets the file-naming convention to 2 or 5	site volume structure
[PMDF-kludge]	if supplied applies the specified mail transport (e.g. IN%"") to the sender email address (for PMDF quirk)	none
[read-only]	a message such as "Site is read-only!" prevents VWcms from modifying the site	writeable
[recaptcha-options]	reCAPTCHA customisation options (see Using reCAPTCHA)	none
[recaptcha-private-key]	reCAPTCHA private key	none
[recaptcha-public-key]	reCAPTCHA public key	none
[reject-agent]	(new)line-separated strings found in the HTTP user-agent that are forbidden (403) to access the site (see Spam Abuse)	none
[site-access]	comma-separated list of (authenticated) users allowed to access the site (see Authorization)	all
[site-depth]	an integer from 2 to 5 indicating how many levels of <Hn> are placed in the table-of-content (careful!)	3
[site-manage]	comma-separated list of (authenticated) users allowed to manage the site (see Authorization)	none
[site-print]	name of the print file	_PRINT.HTML
[site-template]	name of the template file	_SITE.HTML
[TinyMCE-init]	JavaScript to initialise and configured TinyMCE (see TinyMCE)	none
[unknown-302]	redirection URL if a section is unknown (used in place of the $$UNKNOWN$$ section, see Root Site)	none

It is also possible to conditionally apply site directives as described in Global Configuration.

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