Questions tagged [settings]
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"The CiviCRM public extensions directory at could not be contacted" -- why is my repo URL empty in the browser but not in `cv`?
Question: What could be causing the ext_repo_url setting value to be empty when running in the browser, though it appears to be correct when running in cv?
Under civicrm 5.35.2, if I visit the ...
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Localization and Address settings disappeared after domain change
We recently changed a site url. After the URL change and making changes in the settings file there was an issue loading so I cleared the cache and reset the paths.
Everything came back OK except all ...
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How do I add a new settings page for my extension?
I am trying to develop a module extension which needs to store some settings, I went through the documentation and found this to be the way to create settings.
Now when I put default as NULL the ...
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How to update "wpLoadPhp" setting for CiviCRM WordPress when moving/migrating installation?
On my Civi WordPress multisite installation, I just discovered that there is a wpLoadPhp setting in the CiviCRM settings for each Civi domain that contains the absolute filesystem path to wp-load.php (...
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CiviCRM WordPress uninstall - db issue
Uninstall CiviCRM from WordPress, is creating me a big issue.
I needed to uninstall CiviCRM (5.31.1) from a production site, saving all theme and others settings.
CiviCRM went away without uninstall ...
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CiviVolunteer New Project issues
I have CiviCRM 5.34 CiviVolunteer 2.4.1 and Angular Profiles 4.7.31-1.1.1 on Wordpress 5.6.1 I am logged in as the Admin.
I have freshly installed and set up. I try to create a new project and the ...
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How to get Views to work in CiviCRM on Drupal9 with separate CiviCRM database
On based the answers on this question How to get CiviCRM Views to work in Drupal 8 with separate CiviCRM database I'm trying to get work Views on Drupal9. Drupal9 and CiviCRM has different databases, ...
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Beyond provide a profile of an instance's stack, what is the purpose of Connections?
I am seeking information about the Connections admin area (Administer>System Settings>Connections):
I have seen in one instance that there is something that can be set up here to generate a site ...
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Wordpress base page error
I need help with base pages for wordpress.
I am getting a civicrm system error:
CiviCRM relies upon a base page in WordPress, but it is not published.
On the setting page, there is the text:
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A Couple of Questions from a Newbie
I apologize ahead of time, I was brought on to fix a company's website, but they asked me to do their CiviCRM. Instead, I've never done this, nor have I ever heard of it before this.
They have a few ...
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Some checkbox settings not applying
When I change some Civi settings they do not get applied. It seems to be only when deselecting some checkboxes. For example, in Custom Fields I deselect: Collapse this set on initial display. It looks ...
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What are typical drupal 7 absolute resource URLs?
As the question says - what are the typical drupal absolute resource urls?
Is it:
CiviCRM Resource URL https://example.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/
Image Upload URL https://example.org/sites/...
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CiviContribute Component Settings not saving settings beyond Enable Tax and Invoicing option
I am setting up a fresh install (CiviCRM 5.24.5 / WordPress 5.4.1) but found that once I 'Enable Tax and Invoicing' within CiviContribute Component Settings no changes are saved on that page (I am ...
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Civi Navigation Menu disappeared on upgrade form 5.20 to 5.24.2
Upgrade of this drupal site appeared to go smoothly, but the navigation menu was missing. I reset menus & backend, cleared caches etc, switched asset caching off. Civi log showed nothing, nor did ...
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How can I include Employer in display name?
I have tried this but doesn't work. Can anyone suggest a correct token format please? Thanks
{contact.first_name}{ }{contact.last_name}{ }{contact.current_employer}
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Can CiviCRM be managed as a group of companies, where there is a parent company of the group of child companies?
An example of this Group of Financial Companies, which is the Parent company, then below it, are the other daughter companies, but that each one is granted their independent clients and their ...
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How to fix stripe webhook settings?
I am on civi 5.16.3, drupal 7.X and stripe 5.4.1
and when setting up stripe webhook, keep receiving this message. how can I fix it please? Thanks
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Address Settings missing
Not sure what happened. The image below shows a blank page when I open Address Settings from the Localization menu.
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Couldnt see Civicrm plugin when logged in as wordpress subscriber/editor and other roles
I created different users for my wordpress page. When logged in as Administrator , I am able to access CiviCRM, but when logged in as subscriber or editor or other roles, I am not able to view civicrm ...
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Extension settings lost on upgrade - known issue?
On a couple of my own extensions and some that are not my own, I've seen that the extension settings go missing immediately upon upgrading the extension. These extensions all define settings metadata ...
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Should I use Civi::settings()->get and set or
In this post on StackExchange How do I add a new settings page for my extension? the way to create settings in CiviCRM is stated as : Create a settings dir in your extension's base directory, and ...
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Override CiviCRM settings
I want to override my CiviCRM settings. I am new with CiviCRM and I don't know where to put the line referenced in the attached image. Thanks in advance.
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One host, multiple Wordpress domains, one CiviCRM database
We want to use CiviCRM on one host which has several domains each with their own Wordpress installation. The CiviCRM database is located on the same host.
I have looked at:
https://wiki.civicrm.org/...
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I got this error after I override the civicrm.settings.php
I got this error after I add this line $civicrm_setting['Directory Preferences']['customFileUploadDir'] = '/var/www/testing/sites/default/files/civicrm/upload'; on civicrm.settings.php
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How to Modify CiviCRM settings file
How can I modify the CiviCRM settings file so that the CiviCRM extension directory is set using settings files variables. Thanks!
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how to change civicrm settings from command line?
There are some common settings to change for dev sites at mycivi.localhost/civicrm/admin/setting/debug. How can those be changed from the command line?
A better answer for the question How should I ...
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Settings - Outbound Mail are not saved
please help, I have a Joomla 3.6.5 and CiviCRM 4.7.14
I just migrated from the dev site to the live site, and now when I check the Outbound Mail settings in CiviCRM, they are empty.
Everytime I fill ...
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Settings Definition (How to Use On_Change?)
Settings definitions allows for a field "on_change". Can anyone explain how to use this? I would like to have it execute a function that I have defined in my extension when my quickform is saved.
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Fix For "Incorrect Resource URL" Not Working
I am getting the error "Incorrect Resource URL" and seeing 404 for URLs that go to "undefinedjs/jquery/jquery.crmAjaxTable.js" and many instances of the error "Unable to reach the server. Please ...
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Settings values not showing
I am experiencing a strange issue with my CiviCRM (4.7.3) installation on Joomla (3.4.8).
If I change some of the settings in one of the administration pages, they are correctly updated on the ...
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Mailer Settings - Method Not Implemented
The mailer settings page does not display.
Method Not Implemented
GET to /fun/wp-admin/admin.php not supported.
Additionally, a 501 Method Not Implemented error was encountered while trying to use an ...
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How can I select all countries to be available for address fields in CiviCRM 4.7?
I am asking this question to clarify the issue raised in this question: Available countries list won't appear when set in Localization
The user interface on the 'Settings - Localization' page (...
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4.7.28 upgrade gives false warning that my resource URL is not correct
when I upgraded a client's staging site to 4.7.28, which added in a check to verify the resource url setting, we started getting a warning that the site's resource url was incorrect.
However, the ...
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Outgoing SMTP Username reverts
After having filled in all setting for outgoing SMTP (using gmail) I fail to send email. The error from GMail says that the settings are incorrect (most likely). And indeed, even when I set my GMail ...
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Localization Settings DB Error: insufficient permissions
Civicrm 4.7.24 Drupal 7
EC2 Server
Amazon RDS DB
Hey guys I am trying to set the localization settings in my CIVICRM instance but whenever I go to civicrm/admin/setting/localization?reset=1
I get ...
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CiviCRM backup query
I want to make a weekly/fortnight backup of CiviCRM running on Wordpress. Two things I need to do:
Backup on same machine
Replicate the database on another machine.
Looking for simple steps to ...
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timezone in PHP is incorrect
Facing this warning Timestamps reported by MySQL (eg "2017-07-20 13:48") and PHP (eg "2017-07-20 08:18" ) are mismatched.
While MySql time matches with my local time. PHP is running 5:30 hrs less. My ...
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configuring SMTP on windows 7 for Civicrm
I am running CiviCRM 4.7.20 on Windows 7, Wordpress. CiviCRM will be accessible only in our LAN network. Want to use the mail functionalities. Got stuck with the email configuration. Bit confused with ...
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prompted for password too often
I am trying to run civicrm in my machine and access it through LAN from other machines. So I made a change in word press general settings like below:
WordPress Address (URL) http://myipaddress/...
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accessing civicrm in lan [duplicate]
I am running Civicrm wordpress in my PC and I want to access it through LAN. When I am trying to run the site from other machines using http://myipaddress/site, the login page opens fine. but in the ...
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Do I need to know Linux to administer CiviCRM?
Do I need to know Linux to administer CiviCRM? This is not a rhetorical question :) . And it's a question I wish I had asked three and a half years ago.
My answer now, to my self of three and half a ...
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Has the Dashboard Cache Timeout setting been moved?
I can't seem to find the Dashboard Cache Timeout setting, which according to my experience and documentation can be adjusted
by visiting Administer > System Settings > Misc and editing Dashboard ...
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Adding settings with form to my extension - what am I missing?
I would like to add a settings form to a new extension to hold some extension-specific settings.
I've put together the extension and form using civix, and am testing in civiCRM 4.7.17 on local MAMP.
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How do I stop the new "Security Notifications" that civi pops up for upgrades
As we keep an eye on these upgrade for clients, the last thing we need is for them to worry about it while we check out their customisations for compatability etc.
How to get rid of them?
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What does 'Enable global server wide lock for CiviMail' do?
At Administer > CiviMail > CiviMail Component Settings, there is a setting called 'Enable global server wide lock for CiviMail'. What does it do? When it is a good idea for a site to have it and when ...
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Is there any reason to not run the scheduled job Clean-up Temporary Data and Files every hour?
I discovered some problems with Smart Groups that use IN search criteria for custom fields not showing counts. I have the scheduled job Rebuild Smart Group Cache running. However, only after running ...
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Using a Variable/Token for Config Directories to Get Site Root Path
I am using Drupal 7 with CiviCRM 4.7.12.
When setting the Directories for CiviCRM...
I know you can use [civicrm.files] and [civicrm.root] to get file system paths. However, I have my extensions, ...
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CiviCRM Installer Errors - Can't change DB settings
I can't get past the install page (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=civicrm-install). The installer prepopulates to my WordPress DB settings and won't take the CiviCRM DB settings I put in. I input the MySQL ...
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Settings values not showing up. Cache issue?
I am experiencing a strange issue with my CiviCRM (4.7.3) installation on Joomla (3.4.8) with MySQLi 5.6.28-76.1-log and PHP 5.6.18.
If I change some of the settings in one of the administration ...
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regen.sh - Call to undefined function db_query()
So I was following this doc to add a new setting which asked me to run bin/regen.sh script. But running the script failed with the following error:
PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function ...
