Add table for configuration settings

[quix0rs-gnu-social.git] / README

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@@ -964,12 +964,12 @@ sslserver: use an alternate server name for SSL URLs, like
 shorturllength: Length of URL at which URLs in a message exceeding 140
                 characters will be sent to the user's chosen
                 shortening service.
-design: a default design (colors and background) for the site.
-        Sub-items are: backgroundcolor, contentcolor, sidebarcolor,
-        textcolor, linkcolor, backgroundimage, disposition.
 dupelimit: minimum time allowed for one person to say the same thing
            twice. Default 60s. Anything lower is considered a user
            or UI error.
+textlimit: default max size for texts in the site. Defaults to 140.
+           0 means no limit. Can be fine-tuned for notices, messages,
+           profile bios and group descriptions.
 
 db
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@@ -1272,6 +1272,8 @@ banned: an array of usernames and/or profile IDs of 'banned' profiles.
         The site will reject any notices by these users -- they will
         not be accepted at all. (Compare with blacklisted users above,
         whose posts just won't show up in the public stream.)
+biolimit: max character length of bio; 0 means no limit; null means to use
+          the site text limit default.
 
 newuser
 -------
@@ -1368,6 +1370,9 @@ Options for group functionality.
 
 maxaliases: maximum number of aliases a group can have. Default 3. Set
             to 0 or less to prevent aliases in a group.
+desclimit: maximum number of characters to allow in group descriptions.
+           null (default) means to use the site-wide text limits. 0
+           means no limit.
 
 oohembed
 --------
@@ -1432,6 +1437,38 @@ notify third-party servers of updates.
 notify: an array of URLs for ping endpoints. Default is the empty
         array (no notification).
 
+design
+------
+
+Default design (colors and background) for the site. Actual appearance
+depends on the theme.  Null values mean to use the theme defaults.
+
+backgroundcolor: Hex color of the site background.
+contentcolor: Hex color of the content area background.
+sidebarcolor: Hex color of the sidebar background.
+textcolor: Hex color of all non-link text.
+linkcolor: Hex color of all links.
+backgroundimage: Image to use for the background.
+disposition: Flags for whether or not to tile the background image.
+
+notice
+------
+
+Configuration options specific to notices.
+
+contentlimit: max length of the plain-text content of a notice.
+              Default is null, meaning to use the site-wide text limit.
+              0 means no limit.
+
+message
+-------
+
+Configuration options specific to messages.
+
+contentlimit: max length of the plain-text content of a message.
+              Default is null, meaning to use the site-wide text limit.
+              0 means no limit.
+
 Plugins
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