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Configure site

*Administration → Configure site*

*Configure site* is only accessible by site administrators.

In *Configure site* you can:

set general parameters for your Mahara site

edit site pages

determine the display of certain menu items

allow networking with Moodle or another Mahara

create and share site pages and collections

upload site files

Site options

*Administration → Configure site → Site options*

In *Site options* you can set global options that will apply by default throughout the entire site.

One or more fields may be disabled if overridden by a setting in your config.php file.

When you are done editing one or more settings, click the *Update site options* button at the bottom of the page.

Site settings

**Site name**: Choose a name for your Mahara instance. It appears in certain places around the site, e.g. in the title bar of the browser and in emails sent from the site. Therefore, it should not be too long.

**Language**: Set the default language for your site. If you have multiple language packs installed, you see a drop-down menu. Otherwise, the standard language, English, is displayed.

**Country**: The country selected is the default for country selections throughout your Mahara installation, e.g. in :ref:`contact information <contact_info>`.

**Theme**: Mahara comes with a number of themes that you can use. Choose one from the drop-down menu to make it the default theme for your site. If you have :ref:`institutions <site_admin_institutions>` set up, they can :ref:`choose their own theme <add_institution>`. You can `search for community-contributed themes <https://wiki.mahara.org/index.php/Themes/Contributed_themes>`_ on the Mahara wiki.

**Drop-down navigation**: If selected, the main Mahara navigation uses a drop-down menu for its sub navigation.

**Show homepage information**: If enabled, information about Mahara and how it is used is displayed on the homepage for logged-out and on the *Dashboard* for logged-in users. Logged-in users can disable this. See also :ref:`Quick links <dashboard_quick_links>`.

**Send weekly updates?**: If checked, your site sends weekly updates to `mahara.org <http://mahara.org>`_ with some statistics about your site. See also :ref:`Register your Mahara site <mahara_registration>`.

You can install more language packs. There is a `complete list of them <http://langpacks.mahara.org/>`_ as well as `more information about the language packs <https://wiki.mahara.org/index.php/Language_Packs>`_ on the wiki.

User settings

|new in Mahara 1.9| **Confirm registration**: :index:`If checked, administrators <single: New in Mahara 1.9; Confirm registration is required site-wide>` cannot make the *Confirm registration* setting optional when :ref:`configuring an institution <add_institution>`. This prevents institution administrators from disabling this setting when it is required site-wide to not allow user accounts to be created without administrator approval.

**Users can choose page themes**: If this setting is enabled, users can select a theme for their portfolio page. The page is displayed with this theme to other users. Thus, the institution or site theme can be overwritten.

**Display remote avatars**: If checked, users' default profile pictures will be their `Gravatar <http://gravatar.com>`_ pictures (:ref:`remote avatar <remote_avatar>`). Users will need an account with Gravatar for this to work.

:index:`If you use your own avatar server <single: config.php; remoteavatarbaseurl>` to provide profile pictures for your users, you can use that instead of Gravatar for the default profile pictures. In order to do so, you need to add ``$cfg->remoteavatarbaseurl = 'http://example.com/avatar/';`` (with the correct URL to your service) to your config.php.

**Users can hide real names**: If checked, users who have set a :ref:`display name <about_me>` may choose to be searchable only by their display name and will not be found in searches by their real name. In the administration section of the site, users are always searchable by their real names. An administrator (site and institution) always sees the display name, first and last name and username.

**Search usernames**: If checked, usernames can be searched on as part of "Search users" on the :ref:`Dashboard <dashboard>` and via :ref:`Find friends <find_friends>`.

**Show users in public search**: If checked, :index:`usernames can appear in public search results <Administration; Show users in public search>`. In addition, this feature needs to have the value ``$cfg->publicsearchallowed = true;`` set in your config.php file and requires a search plugin that allows public search, e.g. Elasticsearch.

When you change this setting, you need to re-index the search index for the change to take effect.

**Anonymous comments**: If checked, logged-out users / users without a login can leave comments on public pages or pages they can access via a secret URL.

**Logged-in profile access**: If this option is unchecked, profile pages are initially viewable by all logged-in users, but the owner is allowed to restrict access to a smaller group if they wish. Enable this option if you want to make sure all users can see each others' profile pages. Profiles of institution members will always be visible to other members of the same institution.

**Staff report access**: If enabled, institution staff will have :ref:`access to the reports page for users in their institutions <user_reports>`. This page is normally restricted to administrators and lists extra user information including page access lists.