Manila.sitePref: Undocumented Features

Update: Dave pointed to me without my realizing he was coming. The formatting on this article isn’t the best. If you have OmniOutliner, you can download my original file here. Until OmniOutliner supports OPML, that’s the best I can do without a lot of work… 🙂

For the most part, UserLand has documented the Manila RPC interface pretty well. However, there’s one major exception, and that’s the sitePref command. You can use manila.sitePref.get(username, password, sitename, prefName) to access a lot of info about the configuration of your Manila site, and .sitePref.set to change it, BUT the values of prefName aren’t documented anywhere.

I’ve gone through and verified the prefNames for a number of the items. A lot of prefs can’t be accessed through sitePrefs; some of these are accessible via advancedPrefs or through their own suites (e.g. manila.CSS, manila.Javascript, etc.). Please comment if you find something to be inaccurate or if you find out how to access one of my “missing in action” prefs.

manila
- sitePref
  - prefName
    - newsitems
      - access
        
        flContributingEditorsCreate
        
        boolean
        
        flContributingEditorsPost
        
        boolean
        
        flMembersCreate
        
        boolean
        
        flMembersPost
        
        boolean
      - all
        
        message list
      - departments
        
        <departmentname>
        
        createdDate
        
        timeInstant
        
        pictureShortcut
        
        string
      - pending
        
        message list
      - posted
        
        message list
      - postOrder
        
        message number
        
        int
      - released
        
        message list
      - template
        
        string
    - legaltags
      - <tag name>
        
        boolean
    - search
      - flIndex
        
        boolean
      - flIndexDGMessages
        
        boolean
      - serverDomain
        
        string
      - serverPort
        
        string
      - serverProcedureName
        
        string
      - serverRPCPath
        
        string
      - siteName
        
        string
      - siteURL
        
        string
    - theme
      - authoremail
        
        string
      - authorname
        
        string
      - description
        
        string
      - flCloneable
        
        boolean
      - name
        
        string
    - discussiongroup
      - activeTopicIcon
        
        string
      - dayListFooter
        
        string
      - dayListHeader
        
        string
      - inactiveTopicIcon
        
        string
      - topicListFooter
        
        string
      - topicListHeader
        
        string
      - topicBased
        
        boolean
      - dayListTemplateFooter
        
        string
      - dayListTemplateHeader
        
        string
      - daysTopicActive
        
        int
      - daysTopicLive
        
        int
      - responseIndentTemplate
        
        string
      - responseItemTemplate
        
        string
      - responseListFooter
        
        string
      - responseListHeader
        
        string
      - responseSubThreadEndTemplate
        
        string
      - userIcon
        
        string
      - dayListItemTemplate
        
        string
      - dayListTemplate
        
        string
      - msgTemplate
        
        string
      - topicListItemTemplate
        
        string
      - topicListTemplate
        
        string
      - topicMsgTemplate
        
        string
      - topicTemplate
        
        string
    - radiohosting
      - comments
        
        colors
        
        bgcolor1
        
        string
        
        bgcolor2
        
        string
        
        footer
        
        string
        
        header
        
        string
        
        itemTemplate
        
        string
        
        template
        
        string
        
        users
        
        ???
      - flEnabled
        
        boolean
    - navigation
      - itemformat
        
        string
      - separatorformat
        
        string
    - sitename # NOT THE SAME AS sitename for XML-RPC purposes
      - string
    - tagline
      - string
    - colors
      - adminboxbackground
        
        string
      - adminboxbackgroundtext
        
        string
      - adminboxheader
        
        string
      - adminboxheadertext
        
        string
      - discusslistings
        
        string
      - membersbox
        
        string
      - membersboxheader
        
        string
      - membersboxheadertext
        
        string
      - separator
        
        string
      - separatortext
        
        string
    - backgroundpicture
      - string
    - timezone
      - zone
        
        int
    - contributingeditors
      - array
    - contenteditors
      - array
    - custody
      - timeoutminutes
        
        int
  - supported actions
    - get
    - set
- things that are elsewhere
  - advanced
    - CSS
      - see manila.css
    - customprefs
      - see manila.customprefs
    - javascript
      - see manila.javaScript
    - join now members box
      - see manila.joinnowmembersbox
    - navigation
      - see manila.navigation
        
        body
        
        text
        
        windowInfo
        
        text
    - news day template
      - see manila.newsdaytemplate
    - news item template
      - see manila.newsitemtemplate
    - sign out members box
      - see manila.signoutmembersbox
    - site structure
      - see manila.sitestructure
    - template
      - see manila.Template
    - also see manila.advancedPref
      - supports css, customPrefs, homepageTemplate, javaScript, joinNowMembersBox, navigation, newsDayTemplate, newsItemTemplate, signOutMembersBox, siteStructure, or template
  - managingeditors
    - see manila.editors.getTable(managingEditors)
- missing in action
  - bylines
  - homepage
  - language
  - margins
  - syndication
  - membership
  - confirmation
  - outlines
  - discussiongroupthemes
  - shortcuts
  - caching
  - email notification
  - windows editing tool
  - home page updates notification

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