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5.2, 5.1.1
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General Settings
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This section describes the <settings> object, which is usually included near the end of the web.config file. The <settings> object contains many simple <setting> children, each of which provides the name and value of a Sitecore setting.
| Key | Description | Default Value |
| AliasesActive | Activates or disables the use of aliases. Define aliases in the Content Editor System area. | True |
| AllowLogoutOfAllUsers | Indicates if the logout screen presents all users or just users with the same name ?? | False |
| AppendQSToUrlRendering | If this setting is true, all the query strings passed to the main page are passed to all url renderings. | True |
| AuditFile | Defines the physical location of the audit file. Can be a site relative path (for example, /folder/file.txt) or an absolute path (for example, c:\folder\file.txt). | \data\audit\audit.txt |
| AutomaticDataBind | Indicates if the data bind function is run automatically. | True |
| AutomaticLockOnSave | If true, items are automatically locked when saved. | False |
| AutomaticUnlockOnSaved | If true, items are automatically unlocked after saving. | False |
| CacheViewState | Indicates if the ViewState is cached in the GlobalCache in SheerUI. Set this value to false to reduce memory usage. | True |
| DataFolder | Path to data folder. Can be a site relative path (for example, /folder/data) or an absolute file system path (for example, c:\folder\data) | /data |
| DebugBorderColor | Color associated with control html tag used for debug borders. | red |
| DebugBorderTag | Control html tag used for debug borders (usually span or div). | span |
| DebugFolder | Path to debug folder. Can be a site relative path (for example, /folder/debug) or a file system absolute path (for example, c:\folder\debug). | /data/debug |
| DefaultIcon | Default icon for items in the Sitecore client. |
/sitecore/shell/themes/
Standard/Applications/ 32x32/Document.png |
| DefaultItem | The document that will be shown first when entering the Sitecore client. Path is rooted in /sitecore/content and must start with /. This value can be overridden for each user via the User Manager. | /home |
| DefaultLanguage | The default language (iso code) for the web site and the Sitecore client. | en |
| DefaultLayoutFile | The path to the layout file for use with items that do not specify a layout file. | /default.html |
| DefaultPublishingTargets | Pipe separated list of default publishing targets. Groups in this list will be pre-selected in the Publish dialog. | || |
| DefaultSortOrderValue | The default value of the sort order attribute on items. | 0 |
| DefaultSQLTimeout | The default timeout for SQL commands. | 00:03:00 |
| DefaultTheme | The default theme to use in the Sitecore client. | standard |
| DisableBrowserCaching | If true, the http header for all pages will include: Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store Pragma: no-cache | True |
| ErrorPage | Url of the page that handles generic errors | /sitecore/error.html |
| IgnoreUrlPrefixes | Set IgnoreUrlPrefixes to a '|' separated list of url prefixes that should not be regarded and processed as friendly urls (for example, forms and so on) |
/trace.asd|/sitecore/shell/Editor|
/sitecore/admin/upgrade/| UnhandledException.html |
| ImageTypes | List of file extensions to regard as images when uploading (separated by |). Must begin and end with a pipe character (|) | |gif|jpg|png| |
| InvalidItemNameChars | Characters that are invalid in an item name | \/:*?"<>|[] |
| ItemNameValidation | Regular expression for validating item names | ^\w[\w\s\.]*$ |
| ItemNotFoundUrl | Url of page handling 'Item not found' errors | /sitecore/notfound.html |
| LayoutNotFoundUrl | Url of page handling 'Layout not found' errors | /sitecore/nolayout.html |
| LicenseFile | This value defines the physical location of the license file. Can be a site relative path (for example, /folder/debug) or a file system absolute path (for example, c:\folder\debug). | /data/license.xml |
| LogFolder | Path to log folder. This must be the same location as the settings in the log4net section below. Can be a site relative path (for example, /folder/debug) or a file system absolute path (for example, c:\folder\debug). | /data/logs |
| MailServer | SMTP server used for sending mails by the Sitecore server, is used by MainUtil.SendMail() | mail.sitecore.net |
| MasterVariablesReplacer | Specifies that class that will replace variables when creating a new item from a master, for example, "$id" and "$parentid" |
Sitecore.Data.
MasterVariablesReplacer, Sitecore.Kernel.dll |
| MediaFolder | Root folder of media library files. Can be a site relative path (for example, /folder/debug) or a file system absolute path (for example, c:\folder\debug). | /upload |
| NoAccessUrl | The url of the page that handles 'Access denied' errors. | /sitecore/noaccess.html |
| NoLicenseUrl | The url of the page that handles missing license errors. | /sitecore/nolicense.html |
| PackagePath | Specifies the path where packages are located. | /data/packages |
|
HashEncryptionProvider
(New in Sitecore 5.1) |
Specifies the encryption hash algorithm to use when encrypting passwords. Valid values include: MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512. Note, if this value is changed on an existing installation, old passwords will no longer work. | MD5 |
| PortalPrincipalResolver | Returns an IPortalPrincipalResolver interface that resolves the current portal user. |
Sitecore.Web.UI.Portal.
PortalPrincipalResolver, Sitecore.Kernel |
| PortalStorage | Returns an IPortalStorage which fetches data for the current portal user. |
Sitecore.Web.UI.Portal.
PortalCookieStorage, Sitecore.Kernel |
| ProcessHistoryCount | The number of process histories to show in the log file at startup. Set to 0 (zero) to disable. | 1 |
| RecycleBinActive | If true, when deleting items in the client, they will be moved to the recycle bin rather than deleted. | True |
| RequireLockBeforeEditing | If true, the user must have a lock on a document before he can edit it, otherwise items are always ready for editing. | True |
| ViewStateStore | Returns an IViewStateStore interface that stores SheerUI viewstate. Possible values are "SQLViewStateStore" or "FileViewStateStore". |
Sitecore.Web.UI.Sheer.
FileViewStateStore, Sitecore.Kernel |
| WebStylesheet | The CSS file for HTML content of Sitecore database. The file pointed to by WebStylesheet setting is automatically included into Sitecore Client. By using it, you can make the content of HTML fields look the same in Sitecore Content Editor and in the actual Web Site. | /default.css |
| WelcomeTitle | The title on the login page of the Sitecore client. | Welcome to Sitecore |
| WelcomeText | The message on the login page of the Sitecore client. | |
| XslCaching | Controls whether parsed xsl files will be cached in memory. To cache the html output of xsl files, use the cacheHtml setting on the relevant site definition. Caching must also be enabled on the individual layouts and renderings. Note: To avoid the memory leak issues described in MS knowledge base article 316775, set this setting to 'true'. | True |
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