Configuration.php is located in /www/domain.com/configuration.php. But if you have installed Joomla to the subdirectory, it will be located elsewhere.
WARNING: Before editing this file, make a backup copy. And do not change default values, unless you know what you are doing.
Website settings
$offline:
Determines, whether the website is available. If the value is ‘1’, the website is offline. If it is ‘0’, the website is online.
$offline_message:
Determines the offline-message when the site is down.
$display_offline_message:
Determines what offline-message is shown. ‘0’ — shows none. ‘1’ — shows custom message. ‘2’ — shows the message from the language file. By default — ‘1‘.
$offline_image:
Determines the path to the image that is shown on the offline-message.
$sitename:
Determines the website’s name that is shown in the title.
$editor:
Determines the editor used on the website. By default — ‘tinymce’.
$captcha:
Sets up protection against spam bots. If it is ‘0’ — protection is off. If it is ‘1’ — it is on. By default — ‘0’.
$list_limit:
Determines how long the lists in the admin panel are. By default — ’20’.
$access:
Checks the access level to the website. ‘1’ — public access; ‘2’ — registered users only; ‘3’ — special. By default — ‘1’.
Debug settings
$debug:
Enables debugging. ‘0’ — debugging is off. ‘1’ — debugging is on.
$debug_lang:
Enables the debugging of language files.‘0’ — debugging is off. ‘1’ — debugging is on.
IMPORTANT: You can debug language files without turning the global parameter on.
Database settings
$dbtype:
Determines the database type — ‘mysqli’ or ‘mysql’.
$host:
Determines the address of the database server — usually ‘localhost’.
$user:
Determines the database user name.
$password:
Determines the password for the database. This is neither your admin password, nor your FTP password.
$db:
Determines the name for the database you’ve created for Joomla.
$dbprefix:
Determines the database prefix. Looks like three or more symbols with an underscore.
IMPORTANT: You can see the database name and user name in ISPmanager under the Database tab.
Extras:
$live_site:
Determines your website’s URL, i.e. ‘http://yourdomain.com’
$secret:
Jommla’s internal parameter. NEVER CHANGE IT!
$gzip:
Determines, whether or not the gzip-compression is enabled. ‘0’ — disabled; ‘1’ — enabled. By default — ‘0’.
$error_reporting:
Enables the error reporting. By default — ‘-1’.
$helpurl:
Determines the URL for the help page. By default links to Joomla’s help.
FTP Settings
$ftp_host:
Determines the IP for localhost. By default — ‘127.0.0.1’
$ftp_port:
Determines the port that is used for FTP. By default — ’21’.
$ftp_user:
Determines the FTP username.
$ftp_pass:
Determines the FTP password.
$ftp_enable:
Determines which function is used for FTP. ‘0’ — internal Joomla’s function; ‘1’ — PHP.
Настройки временной зоны
$offset:
Determines the server’s timezone.
IMPORTANT: This value should be set in accordance to the timezone the server is physically located at. By default it is (UTC 00:00). Here’s an example for the server at Moscow: $offset = ‘Europe/Moscow’;
E-mail Settings
$mailer:
Determines the e-mail system in use. ‘mail’ switches to mail PHP; ‘sendmail’ switches to server-based SMTP.
$mailfrom:
The e-mail address that Joomla uses to send mail from the website.
$sendmail:
Path to Sendmail executable. By default — ‘/usr/sbin/sendmail’
$smtpauth:
If the SMTP server demands authentification in order to send mail, switch this to ‘1’. If it doesn’t, leave it as ‘0’. Matters only when $mailer: is set to ‘sendmail‘.
$smtpuser:
Username in order to access the SMTP server. Matters only when $mailer: is set to ‘sendmail‘.
$smtppass:
SMTP server password. Matters only when $mailer: is set to ‘sendmail‘.
$smtphost:
SMTP server address for the sent mail. Matters only when $mailer: is set to ‘sendmail‘.
$smtpsecure:
Security policy emplyed at the SMTP server: ‘SSL’ or ‘TLS’. By default it is turned off. Matters only when $mailer: is set to ‘sendmail‘.
$smtpport:
SMTP port. By default — ’25’
Cache settings
$caching:
Determines whether or not the caching is on. ‘0’ — off; ‘1’ — on with standard settings; ‘2’— on with progressive settings. By default — ‘0’.
$cache_handler:
Determines the cache handler.
$cachetime:
Determines for how long the cache is saved.
Metadata settings
$MetaDesc:
Website’s SEO description, that is indexed by the search engines.
$MetaKeys:
Website’s keywords (separated by commas).
$MetaTitle:
Determines how the metatag title is displayed. ‘0’ — not displayed at all; ‘1’ — displayed. Right now it is used only in Weblinks. By default — ‘1’.
$MetaAuthor:
Determines how the metatag author is displayed. ‘0’ — not displayed at all; ‘1’ — displayed. By default — ‘1’.
$MetaVersion:
Determines whether or not the Joomla version is displayed in the generator metatag. ‘0’ — not displayed at all; ‘1’ — displayed. By default — ‘0’.
$robots:
Instructions for the search engine bots.
SEO Settings
$sef:
‘0’ — disabled; ‘1’ — enabled.
$sef_rewrite:
‘0’ — disabled; ‘1’ — enabled.
$sef_suffix:
‘0’ — disabled; ‘1’ — enabled.
$unicodeslugs:
‘0’ — disabled; ‘1’ — enabled.
$feed_limit:
Determines the max amount of news in the feed, by default — ’10’.
Logs and temp files settings
$log_path:
Determines the path to the logs folder. By default — ‘/var/www/login/data/www/moy_sayt.com/logs’
$tmp_path:
Determines the path to the temp folder. By default — ‘/var/www/login/data/www/moy_sayt.com/tmp’
Session Settings
$lifetime:
Determines the session lifetime (in minutes).
$session_handler:
Determines the session handler — ‘database’ or ‘none’.
Другие настройки
$MetaRights:
Copyright desription.
$sitename_pagetitles:
Determines whether or not the website’s name is added to the page title. ‘0’ — no, ‘1’ — before the page title, ‘2’ — after the page title. By default — ‘0’.
$force_ssl:
Determines whether the HTTPS connection is forced on the user. ‘0’ — not forced; ‘1’ — forced. Do not turn it on unless you are sure that SSL is available on the server. By default — ‘0’.
$feed_email:
Determines which, e-mail will be shown in the news feed. ‘author’ — shows email of the author, ‘site’ — shows the e-mail of the website.
$cookie_domain:
Determines whether the cookie is used.
$cookie_path:
Shows path to the cookie.