Chapter 3: Kiriwrite Settings

The settings that are used in Kiriwrite can be viewed by clicking on the 'View Settings' link in the menu which will display a list of settings that are currently in use.

3.1 Editing the settings

To edit the settings, click on the 'Edit Settings' link in the View Settings sub-menu, a form then appears allowing the settings in Kiriwrite to be edited.

Setting	Description
Database Directory	Specifies the database directory to use for storing databases that are created by the file-based database modules. This option is ignored by the server-based modules.
Output Directory	Specifies the output directory to use to store the compiled pages.
Images (URI path)	Specifies the Images (URI path) to use for displaying images when using the page template with Kiriwrite.
Date Format	Specifies the date format to use when list the pages from the database. A selection of date formats are available from the drop down box or a custom one can be entered into the text box next to the drop down box.
Language	Specifies the system language to use in Kiriwrite. If the language used in the installer script is available as language to use in Kiriwrite then that language will be selected by default.
Presentation Module	Specifies the presentation module to use in Kiriwrite.
Database Module	Specifies the database module to use in Kiriwrite. SQLite is a file-based database module which uses the database directory and the SQLite Perl module while MySQL5 is a server-based database module which uses a MySQL 5.x server from the MySQL Perl module.

The following options are used only by the server-based database modules:

Setting	Description
Database Server	Specifies the database server to use.
Database Port	Specifies the database port to use.
Database Protocol	Specifies the database protocol to use.
Database Name	Specifies the database name to use.
Database Username	Specifies the database username to use.
Database Password	Specifies the database password to use.
Database Table Prefix	Specifies the table prefix to use. Multiple Kiriwrite installations can use the same server database so long as the table prefix is different.

To save the new settings, click on the 'Change Settings' button which will display a confirmation message saying that the settings were changed and will take effect on the next page load of Kiriwrite offering a link back to the updated list of settings. Clicking on the 'Restore current settings' button will undo any changes made and will restore the current settings. Clicking on the 'Return to the list of settings.' link will return to the list of currently used settings.