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Controls all critical global settings of a the Joomla site, they include the following: Site, System, Server, Permissions, and Text filters.

How to access

To access this screen you can either:

• Click the Global Configuration button in the Control Panel, or
• Select System → Global Configuration from the drop-down menus.

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Last edit by Tom Hutchison (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:01:36 +0000

Toolbar

At the top left you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

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• Save. Saves the global configuration settings and stays in the current screen.</translate>

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• Save & Close. Saves the global configuration settings and closes the current screen.</translate>

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• Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.</translate>

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• Help. Opens this help screen.</translate>

Quick Tips

• Most, if not all, of these settings can be set once and then left alone.
• If major modifications need to be made, then consider taking the site offline to test it and to make sure everything is in working order.
• The settings are saved in '<Joomla-root>/configuration.php'. You have to either activate the FTP-layer or make the 'configuration.php' file writable to save your changes.

Related Information

• Control panel
• Info about .htaccess
• ACL Tutorial for Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5