Joo!CM Configuration

This chapter covers the configuration of the Joo!CM environment. It is the main configuration of this application. Here you can learn how to configure it to your needs.

Understanding the environment is necessary to set up the component and to ensure that you have all of the pieces you need to customize it.

This settings group covers all general preferences related to Joo!CM.

• Community Name. This is the name of the community. It should be short and meaningful.
• Time Zone. It is the main time zone of the community and sets which time will be shown to users by default when they visits the community.
• Daylight Saving Time. Sets, whether daylight saving time is used by the server or not.
• Enable Avatars. General switch to enable or disable usement of avatars.
• Avatar Source. If you want, you can use avatars set up in other Joomla components. Supported avatar sources are:
  • Joomla Community Mananager (default)
  • Community Builder (CB)
  • Community Builder Extended (CBE)
  • IDoBlog
  • JomSocial
  • K2
  • Alpha User Points
• Enable Profiles. If you are using other profiling system (e.g. CB) you can turn off Joo!CM profile management.

With this settings you are able to control to which values the user preferences will be set to on registration.

• Show My E-Mail. Preset for Show My E-Mail.
• Show My Online State. Preset for Show My Online State.
• Time Zone. Preset for the Time Zone.
• Time Format. Preset for the Time Format.

When you decided to use Joo!CM avatars system, you can set up basic conditions with this avatar settings.

• Image Resize. Make choice if you want to automatically resize the avatar image. NOTE: GD must be installed within your PHP.
• Image Resize Quality. You can set up the quality of the resized image. Works only if the image is a JPEG.

If you are using the Joo!CM registration and profiling system, you can set up your preferences in this field set.

• Character Set. This is the character set the CAPTCHA code will be generated from.
• Use Captcha on Login. Set to yes if you want to use CAPTCHA on login.
• Use Captcha on Register. Set to yes if you want to use CAPTCHA on register.
• Use Captcha on Request Login. Set to yes if you want to use CAPTCHA on request login.