FUEL CMS User Guide : Version 1.5.2


Configuring FUEL CMS

The following are the main configuration options that you can set for FUEL. They can be overwritten in the application/config/MY_fuel.php file:

Fuel Configuration

The following configuration parameters can be found in the modules/fuel/config/fuel.php configuration file. It is recommended that you copy the config file and place it in your fuel/application/config directory which will override the defaults and make it easier for future updates.

Property Default Value Description
site_name
'MyWebsite'
The name of the site to be displayed at the top. Also used to generate your session key
fuel_path
FUEL_FOLDER.'/'
Path to the fuel admin from the web base directory... MUST HAVE TRAILING SLASH!
domain
$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'
Used for system emails. Can be overwritten by MY_fuel.php
login_redirect
$config['fuel_path'
The page to redirect to AFTER logging in
logout_redirect
$config['fuel_path'
The page to redirect to AFTER logging out. . Use the special value :last to redirect to the last page you were on.
from_email
'admin@'.$config['domain'
Used for system emails
allow_forgotten_password
TRUE
Allow for login link to allow forgotten passwords
max_number_archived
5
Archiving
warn_if_modified
TRUE
Warn if a form field has changed before leaving page
max_recent_pages
5
Max number of recent pages to display
saved_page_state_max
0
The maximum number of pages that page state will be saved before dumping the last one saved. This is used on the list pages in the admin to save sorting and filtering. Used to save on space needed for session.
fuel_cookie_path
WEB_PATH
Provide a cookie path... different from the CI config if you need it (default is same as CI config)
xtra_css
''
External css file for additional styles possibly needed for 3rd party integration and customizing. Must exist in the assets/css file and not the fuel/assets/css folder
main_layout
'admin_main'
The main layout file to be used for the interface. By default, it will pull from the fuel module folder however, if an array is specified, the key will be the module and the value will be the view file.
keyboard_shortcuts
array(
'toggle_view' => 'Ctrl+Shift+m',
'save' => 'Ctrl+Shift+s',
'view' => 'Ctrl+Shift+p'
)
Keyboard shortcuts
dashboards
array('fuel')
Dashboard modules to include
dashboard_rss
'http:www.getfuelcms.com/blog/feed/rss'
Dashboard rss
text_editor
'markitup'
for more editor settings, look at the config/editors.php configuration file
attach
array()
An associative array of objects to attach to the fuel object
languages
array(
'english' => 'English'
)
Languages for pages. The key is saved to the page variables
language_mode
'domain'
Specifies the method in which to look for pages with different languages. Values can be "domain", "segment", "query_string" or "both" (which means both "segment" and "query_string")
add_language_to_site_url
FALSE
Append the current language value to the site URL automatically
language_force_default_to_site_url
FALSE
force the default language segment, or query string on any URLs created with site_url
language_query_str_param
'lang'
The name of the query string parameter to use for setting the language
language_cookie_name
''
The name of the cookie to hold the currently selected language. One will be generated if left blank
language_cookie_exp
'63072000'
Default is 2 years
language_use_cookies
TRUE
Use cookies to remember a selected language
language_detect_user_agent
''
Will check the user agent during language detection
language_default_option
NULL
The default language to use
fuel_assets_path
'fuel/modules/{module}/assets/'
Paths specific to FUEL... relative to the WEB_ROOT
assets_excluded_dirs
array('js', 'css', 'cache', 'swf', 'captchas')
Excludes certain folders from being viewed
assets_allow_subfolder_creation
TRUE
Allow subfolders to be created in the assets folder if they don't exist'
editable_asset_filetypes
array(
'images' => 'jpg|jpeg|jpe|gif|png|zip|svg',
'pdf' => 'pdf|zip',
'media' => 'mov|mp3|aiff|mpeg|zip',
'assets' => 'jpg|jpeg|jpe|png|gif|mov|mpeg|mp3|wav|aiff|pdf|css|zip|svg'
)
Specifies what filetype extensions can be included in the folders
assets_upload_max_size
'1000'
Max upload files size for assets
assets_upload_max_width
'1024'
Max width for asset images being uploaded
assets_upload_max_height
'768'
Max height for asset images being uploaded
fuel_javascript
array(

'fuel' => array(
'jquery/plugins/jquery-ui-1.8.17.custom.min',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.easing',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.bgiframe',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.tooltip',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.scrollTo-min',
'jquery/plugins/jqModal',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.checksave',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.form',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.treeview',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.serialize',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.cookie',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.supercookie',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.hotkeys',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.cookie',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.simpletab.js',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.tablednd.js',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.placeholder',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.selso',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.disable.text.select.pack',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.supercomboselect',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.MultiFile',
'fuel/linked_field_formatters',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.numeric',
'jquery/plugins/jquery.repeatable',

NASTY Chrome JS bug...
http:stackoverflow.com/questions/10314992/chrome-sometimes-calls-incorrect-constructor
http:stackoverflow.com/questions/10251272/what-could-cause-this-randomly-appearing-error-inside-jquery-itself
'jquery/plugins/chrome_pushstack_fix.js',
'jqx/plugins/util.js',
'fuel/global')

'fuel' => 'fuel/fuel.min'
)
Javascript files (mostly jquery plugins) to be included other then the controller js files
fuel_css
array()
CSS other then the fuel.css file which automatically gets loaded
fuel_assets_output
FALSE
Allow for asset optimization. Requires that all module folders have a writable assets/cache folder Values can be TRUE, FALSE, inline, gzip, whitespace, or combine. See the config/asset.php file for more info
set_upload_file_perms
FALSE
Set this value to the file permission that will be applied with chmod() after a file gets uploaded Value should be a unix file permission integer (i.e. 0755)
offline
FALSE
Sets the site to offline mode. Uses "offline" view file to render page
password_min_length
NULL
Sets the site password min length. An empty (e.g. NULL/0) value will not require a minimum length
password_max_length
NULL
Sets the site password max length. An empty (e.g. NULL/0) value will not require a maximum length
password_pattern_match
NULL
Sets specific patterns that the password must match (e.g. 'upper|lower|numbers|symbols')
offline_allowed_uri
array('UAT')
List of uri allowed to access when site switched to offline mode. Eg.: To allow "www.example.com/UAT"
restrict_to_remote_ip
array()
Restrict fuel to only certain ip addresses (can be string or an array of IP addresses)
webhook_remote_ip
array()
Restrict fuel webhooks like the migrate functionality to only certain IP address (can be string or an array of IP addresses)
default_pwd
'admin'
Sefault password to alert against
admin_enabled
FALSE
Enable the FUEL admin or not?
num_logins_before_lock
3
The number of times someone can attempt to login before they are locked out for 1 minute
seconds_to_unlock
60
The number of seconds to lock out a person upon reaching the max number failed login attempts
dev_password
''
If you set a dev password, the site will require a password to view
auto_search_views
FALSE
Will auto search view files. The max_page_params config can also be used for this as well If the URI is about/history and the about/history view does not exist but about does, it will render the about page
module_sanitize_funcs
array(
'xss' => 'xss_clean',
'php' => 'encode_php_tags',
'template' => 'php_to_template_syntax',
'entities' => 'htmlentities'
)
Functions that can be used for the sanitize_input value on a basic module. The key of the array is what should be used when configuring your module
modules_allowed
array()
Specifies which modules are allowed to be used in the FUEL admin (e.g. 'user_guide', 'blog', 'backup'...)
[nav][site]
array(
'dashboard' => lang('module_dashboard'),
'pages' => lang('module_pages'),
'blocks' => lang('module_blocks'),
'navigation' => lang('module_navigation'),
'tags' => lang('module_tags'),
'categories' => lang('module_categories'),
'assets' => lang('module_assets'),
'sitevariables' => lang('module_sitevariables')
)
Site... Dashboard will always be there
[nav][modules]
array()
My modules... if set to empty array, then it will automatically include all in MY_fuel_modules.php
[nav][tools]
array()
Tools
[nav][manage]
array(
'users' => lang('module_users'),
'permissions' => lang('module_permissions'),
'manage/cache' => lang('module_manage_cache'),
'logs' => lang('module_manage_activity'),
'settings' => lang('module_manage_settings'),
)
Manage
nav_auto_arrange
TRUE
Will auto arrange the navigation into the normal order
default_home_view
'home'
The default view for home
use_page_cache
'cms'
Turn on cache. Can be TRUE/FALSE or cms
page_cache_ttl
0
How long to cache the page. A value of 0 means forever until the page or other modules have been updated
page_cache_group
'pages'
The name of the group the cache is associated with (so you can just remove the group)
max_page_params
array('about/news/' => 1)
Maximum number of paramters that can be passed to the page. Used to cut down on queries to the db. If it is an array, then it will loop through the array using the keys to match against a regular expression:
uri_view_overwrites
array()
A list of URI paths that will always pull from the view folder... can use :any, like routes good to use if you are passing page parameters to your pages controlled in the admin and you have a page you always want to pull from a view file (e.g. URI = company/press and you have a page of "company" in the admin with max page params set to 1 or more it would normally pull the company page if no company/press page existed in the admin and in this case we want to pull the view file of company/press)
tables
array(
'fuel_archives' => 'fuel_archives',
'fuel_blocks' => 'fuel_blocks',
'fuel_categories' => 'fuel_categories',
'fuel_logs' => 'fuel_logs',
'fuel_navigation' => 'fuel_navigation',
'fuel_navigation_groups' => 'fuel_navigation_groups',
'fuel_pages' => 'fuel_pages',
'fuel_pagevars' => 'fuel_page_variables',
'fuel_permissions' => 'fuel_permissions',
'fuel_relationships' => 'fuel_relationships',
'fuel_settings' => 'fuel_settings',
'fuel_tags' => 'fuel_tags',
'fuel_users' => 'fuel_users'
)
The FUEL specific database tables
auto_page_navigation_group_id
1
The group to associate with the auto-created navigation item
page_uri_prefix
''
Automatically removes the following path from the location
view_in_new_window
TRUE
View the page from the admin in a new window or within a modal window
parser_engine
'dwoo'
The parsing engine to use for FUEL. Options are dwoo, ci and now 'twig'!
double_parse
FALSE
Runs the parsing process twice for pages created in the CMS which allows for variables to be set from within blocks and layout fields and can bubble up to the layout view file (takes slightly longer to render if caching is turned off). Valid values are TRUE, FALSE, or 'AUTO' which will be activated if fuel_set_var is called from within a block or page layout variable. This can also be set as a property of a layout object
parser_compile_dir
APPPATH.'cache/dwoo/compiled/'
The directory to put the parsed compiled files
parser_compile_dir_perms
DIR_WRITE_MODE
The folder permissions to put the parsed compiled files
parser_compile_file_perms
FILE_WRITE_MODE
The file permissions for the parsed compiled files (Dwoo only)
parser_delimiters
array(
'tag_comment'   => array('{#', '#}'),  Twig only
'tag_block'     => array('{%', '%}'),  Twig only
'tag_variable'  => array('{', '}'),  Used by Twig, Dwoo and CI. Default for twig is '{{', '}}'
'interpolation' => array('#{', '}'),  Twig only
)
The delimiters used by the parsing engine
parser_allowed_functions
array(
'strip_tags', 'date',
'detect_lang','lang',
'js', 'css', 'swf', 'img_path', 'css_path', 'js_path', 'swf_path', 'pdf_path', 'media_path', 'cache_path', 'captcha_path', 'assets_path', 'docs_path',  assets specific
'fuel_block', 'fuel_model', 'fuel_nav', 'fuel_edit', 'fuel_set_var', 'fuel_var', 'fuel_var_append', 'fuel_form', 'fuel_page',  FUEL specific
'quote', 'safe_mailto',  HTML/URL specific
'session_flashdata', 'session_userdata',  Session specific
'prep_url', 'site_url', 'show_404', 'redirect', 'uri_segment', 'auto_typography', 'current_url'  CI specific
)
Functions allowed by the parsing engine
parser_refs
array('config', 'load', 'session', 'uri', 'input', 'user_agent')
Object references passed to the parsing engine
generate
array(
'search'   => array('app', 'fuel'),
'advanced' => array(
'assets/css/{module}.css',
'assets/images/ico_cog.png',
'assets/js/{ModuleName}Controller.js',
'assets/cache/',
'config/{module}.php',
'config/{module}_constants.php',
'config/{module}_routes.php',
'controllers/{Module}_module.php',
'helpers/{module}_helper.php',
'install/install.php',
'libraries/Fuel_{module}.php',
'language/english/{module}_lang.php',
'models/',
'tests/sql/',
'views/_admin/{module}.php',
'views/_blocks/',
'views/_docs/index.php',
'views/_layouts/',
),
'simple' => 'MY_fuel_modules.php',
'model'  => array(
'{Model_name}_model.php',
'sql/{table}.sql',
)
)
The files/folders to generate with the CLI generate command