General Settings

Update your system settings.

Enter journal title. Max 100 characters.

Enter email address. Used for certain email notifications. For example, journal notification of the 'control/_cfg.php' user. It is also the reply to email if not set in the SMTP settings.

HTTP path to journal/blog folder with trailing slash. For example:

https://www.example.com/blog/

Select the correct protocol from the drop down. The value in the box should NOT include 'http://' or 'https://'.

Preferred language. See language section.

Path to backup folder with NO trailing slash. This can be a full server path or a relative path. Folder must exist and be writeable or backup (manual or cron) is ignored. Examples:

/home/server/backups (full path)
backups (relative to installation)

Default categories are pre-populated when you add a new journal.

Set how many latest journals you want to appear on your homescreen. Pinned journals always show first.

How many years do you want to show for the years archive. Years start from the current year going back to the year of your first journal post. These appear in the off canvas menu.


Set to 0 to disable and show all years.

This name will appear in the journal as the journal poster. Useful if you are not adding additional staff.

Specify whether you want a staff members name or username to appear in your journal.

If enabled, shows view counter on journal pages. Counters are incremented with each page load.

If enabled, only a small portion of an entry is shown on any journal list screen, with an option to expand the text. This can be useful for large entries where you only want to preview some of the entry.


Default height is set to 300px. This can be changed in the following file:

content/**theme**/html/expandable-js.htm

Language is set in the '5.3.php' language file. If you leave the text entries blank, but keep them, only an icon will be shown. Styling can be found in the 'plugins.css' file.

If enabled, helps to protect private login forms with a basic captcha. If you aren't using private journals or categories, there is no need to enable this.

Preferred date format as supported by PHP. If you are unsure, do not change.

For supported parameters, click here.

Preferred time format as supported by PHP. If you are unsure, do not change.

For supported parameters, click here.

Preferred journal timezone. Overrides server settings. Add/manage timezones in:

control/timezones.php

When you click in date boxes a calendar appears, this is powered by javascript.


Specify preferred formats. Manage formats in:

admin/control/arrays.php

Specify week start day for calendar. For example, UK is Sunday.

Meta tags aren't really necessary for search rankings these days, but adding them does no harm. Enter meta description.

Meta tags aren't really necessary for search rankings these days, but adding them does no harm. Enter meta keywords, comma delimited.

Better urls for search engines. This should be enabled for better search rankings.

Example of url with search engine friendly urls OFF:

http://www.example.com/blog/?j=1

Example of url with search engine friendly urls ON:

http://www.example.com/blog/my-journal-entry

If enabled, reduces database load. Instead of repeated database queries, data will be loaded from cached data. This is recommended. If enabled a 'Clear Cache' option will be shown on the next page reload next to this option.


Clear cache clears all current cache files.

If set, rebuilds cache folder after specified amount of time. Not necessary, but can help if cache files become corrupt.

If enabled, form data is saved as a draft for the following:

Add Journal
Layout Pages / Admin Pages
Layout Boxes

Useful if you navigate away from certain pages or close your browser by mistake. If enabled a prompt will appear when the form is saved. When submitted, the form draft data is cleared.

If enabled, a small tooltip will appear in the bottom right of the screen denoting that auto save is enabled.

If you wish to utilise the Maian Weblog API you must create an API key to use in your requests, this will determine if the requests are valid or not.

Click the icon to auto generate API key.

If set, logs all requests to 'logs' folder. Can be useful for debugging. Log folder location can be changed in the following file:

control/classes/class.api.php

Here you can order the main menu sections and disable/enable menu links. Useful if you don't want clients to see certain page links if you are setting up the system for them. Disabling a menu item does NOT disable the page itself, so if you know the page url you can access it manually. For example, if the settings menu link is disabled, access '?p=settings' to view it.

Only the main sections can be ordered, there doesn't seem any point in having the menu links themselves sortable. To re-order, drag and drop the main headings.


To disable a section, hide ALL links in that section. You must click 'Update' after ordering to action your changes. To reset links back to their default appearance, click the 'Reset Links' button (this is hidden until at least 1 ordering preference has been set).


To see menu changes refresh main admin page. Note that if you add or update admin pages, you may have to update the admin menu link preferences again as the admin page links will be reset.

For commercial version ONLY. Enter your own data. You can use the Wysiwyg editor to format the display. More info here.