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Site-level preferences are located in TWiki.TWikiPreferences, however this Main.TWikiPreferences prefs topic has override priority and should be used for local customisations. This allows for easier upgrades as you don't need to worry about the shipped preferences clobbering yours. It's easier to keep a handle on if you only copy over the settings you actually change.

Site-level preferences are located in TWiki.TWikiPreferences, however this Main.TWikiPreferences prefs topic has override priority and should be used for local customisations. This allows for easier upgrades as you don't need to worry about the shipped preferences clobbering yours. It's easier to keep a handle on if you only copy over the settings you actually change.

(Click for form-based editing of existing preferences.)

FINALPREFERENCES locks site-level preferences that are not allowed to be overridden by WebPreferences or user preferences:
- Set FINALPREFERENCES = ATTACHFILESIZELIMIT, PREVIEWBGIMAGE, WIKITOOLNAME, WIKIWEBMASTER, SMTPMAILHOST, SMTPSENDERHOST, ALLOWWEBMANAGE, PROXYHOST, PROXYPORT

Most-commonly-changed UWclf preference variables (by Web or by Topic)

   * The SKIN determines the topic's appearance (home or content, two or 3 columns: uw2home, uw3home, uw2content, uw3content)      
      * Set SKIN = uw2content
   * Variables that are incorporated into the header meta and style tags
      * Set DESCRIPTION = TWiki Website with UW Common Look and Feel
      * Set KEYWORDS = TWiki, cool, authenticated content updates from any web browser
      * Set AUTHOR = Paul McKone
   * Collage appears when SKIN == uw2home or uw3home
      * Set COLLAGESRC = http://www.uwaterloo.ca/images/homepage/image1.jpg
      * Set COLLAGEALT = UW: Building a Talent Trust
   * Contentbar appears when SKIN == uw2content or uw3content
      * Set CONTENTBAR = <nop>%TOPIC% : a unique name for this page
      * Set WINDOWTITLE = %CONTENTBAR%
   * Topics that produce Left and Right Navigation
      * Set PRIMARYNAV = %TWIKIWEB%.UWclfPrimaryNav
      * Set SECONDNAV = UWclfSecondNav

Additional preference variables

Usually set in TWikiPreferences as defaults, these can also be set in WebPreferences, or within an individual Topic.

   * University of Waterloo Logo
      * Set UWLOGOIMG = http://www.uwaterloo.ca/images/template/uwlogo.gif
      * Set UWLOGOURL = http://www.uwaterloo.ca/
      * Set UWLOGOALT = UW home

   * Where the local search (in search.tmpl) should look
      * Set LOCALSEARCH = www.uwaterloo.ca

   * Topics that produce Left and Right Navigation
      * Set PRIMARYNAV = %TWIKIWEB%.UWclfPrimaryNav
      * Set SECONDNAV = %TWIKIWEB%.UWclfSecondNav

   * WORDMARK can be text string or &lt;img /&gt; tag
      * Set WORDMARK = <img src="http://www.uwaterloo.ca/images/default.gif" width="400" height="30" alt="default wordmark" />
      - or -
      * Set WORDMARK = UW Common Look and Feel TWiki
      * Set WORDMARKURL = http://www.uwaterloo.ca

   * Collage appears when SKIN == uw2home or uw3home
      * Set COLLAGESRC = http://www.uwaterloo.ca/images/homepage/image1.jpg
      * Set COLLAGEALT = UW: Building a Talent Trust

   * Contentbar appears when SKIN == uw2content or uw3content
      * Set CONTENTBAR = %WEB% %SEP% <nop>%TOPIC%

   * Appears in the footer, you'll want to change these to your own information:
      * Set DEPARTMENTADDRESS = University of Waterloo<br />200 University Avenue West<br />Waterloo, ON <nop>N2L 3G1<br /> (519) 888-4567
      * Set CAMPAIGNSRC = http://www.uwaterloo.ca/images/template/littlecampaignlogo.gif
      * Set CAMPAIGNURL = http://campaign.uwaterloo.ca
      * Set CAMPAIGNALT = Campaign Waterloo
      * Set BOTTOMLINKS = [[http://information.uwaterloo.ca/howtoreach.html][contact us]] %SEP% [[http://web.uwaterloo.ca/feedbackform.php][web feedback]] %SEP% http://www.uwaterloo.ca %SEP% [[http://www.uwaterloo.ca/copyright.html][&copy;2005 University of Waterloo]]
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