Config File Information
The config.php file is where you will set your preferences, turn options on and off, and set your database information. Below is a basic description of the settings and what they do. For information on a specific feature please check and see if there is a page for that feature.
$license=""; - Enter your license number. If you do not know what your license number is you can find it in your account.
$baseurl="http://yourdomain.com"; - This is the url to the script. No trailing slash /
$dbuser=""; - Database Username
$dbpassword=""; - Database Password
$db=""; - Database name
$L_money="\$"; - Currency Symbol - The US dollar sign must have a backslash \ before it.
$limit=5; - How many listings to show per page. (Public Side)
$admin_limit=10; - How many listings to show per page. (Admin Side)
$L_miles="Mileage"; - Text setting.
$no_price="Please Call"; - text shown when no price is set for a listing. Keep it short.
$copyright="© Copyright 2008"; - Copyright text shown in footer.
$del_confim=1; // 0=No 1=Yes - If set to No listings will be removed as soon as you click delete instead of showing a confirmation page.
$showdate=0; // 1 = Yes | 0 = No - Whether or not to show the listings add date on the details page.
$show_cat_count=1; // 0=No 1=Yes - Show the count in the category menu
$show_zero_count=0; // 0=No 1=Yes - Show Zero category counts in menu
$html_email=1; // 1=HTML 0=Plain text - Use HTML or Plain text for Send to Friend and Ask Question emails
$wordwrap=55; // Plain text Only. Line length. (0= off)
$useSMTP=1; // 1=Yes 0=No - Use SMTP or mail() for sending email. (SMTP is recommended.)
$smtp_server="mail.yourserver.com"; // mail server - Mail server Address (SMTP Only)
$smtp_port=25; // Outbound Mail port number (Default= 25). Your host may provide an alternative port. (SMTP Only)
$smtp_username=""; - Email Username (SMTP Only)
$smtp_password=""; - Email Password (SMTP Only)
$use_mail="1"; // 1=on 0=off - Turns the send to friend listing on and off.
$maxFriendText=200; - Max length for the comment field in send to friend form.
$sendFriendCopy=1; // 1=Yes 0=No - If set to yes the sender will get a copy of the email
$mail_sales="1"; // 1=on 0=off - Turns the ask question feature on and off.
$maxAskText=200; - Max length for the question field in the ask question form.
$sendToUser=1; // 1=User 0=default - If set to 1 the ask question email will go directly to the user that added the listing. 0 will got to the default email set in config.
$sendAskCopy=1; // 1=Yes 0=No - If set to yes the sender will get a confirmation/copy of the ask question email.
$include_thumb=1; //1=Yes 0=No - Include a thumbnail image in the emails?
$youremail="name@domain.com"; - Default email address. Will recieve Ask question emails if set to default and is used as the return email address.
$yourname="Company Name"; // Used as the from in emails.
$chmod=1; // 1=On 0=Off - Turns on/off setting the permissions on images. Disable it only if you have a Windows OS
$perms=0644; //MUST HAVE THE BEGINNING ZERO! - What to set the image permissions to. Don't change unless you know what your doing.
Image Notes:
$maxThumbWidth=100; - Max width for thumbnails
$maxThumbHeight=300; - Max height for thumbnails
$maxImageWidth=300; - Max width for full images (top of details page)
$maxImageHeight=500; - max height for full images (top of details page)
$bigimage=1; - Turns big images on and off. Big images are the ones that open when a thumb or full image is clicked.
$maxBigImageHeight=600; - Max height for big image.
$maxBigImageWidth=800; - Max width for big image.
$image_quality=75; - Image quality setting. (100 max) Higher
number equals larger file.
Path Notes
$thumb_path="/home/username/public_html/v_thumbs/"; - Path to the thumbs folder.
$image_path="/home/username/public_html/v_images/"; - Path to the full image folder
$bigimage_path="/home/username/public_html/v_bimages/"; - Path to the big image folder
$thumb_url="http://yourdomain.com/v_thumbs/"; - Url to the thumb folder with trialing slash /
$img_url="http://yourdomain.com/v_images/"; - Url to the full image folder with trailing slash /
$bigimage_url="http://yourdomain.com/v_bimages/"; - Url to the big image folder with trailing slash /
$file_path="/home/username/public_html/files/"; - Url to the files folder with trailing slash / Used to store uploaded files.
$file_url="http://yourdomain.com/files/"; - Url to the files folder.
$latest_list=1; // 1 = On | 0 = Off - Show latest listings on homepage?
$num_latest=3; - Number of latest listings to show on homepage.
$specials_list=1; // 1 =On | 0 = Off - Show random specials on homepage? (Specials are anything with a sale price)
$specials_list_num=3; - Number of random specials to show on the homepage.
$nothumb="nothumb.jpg"; Default thumbnail image. Must be in v_thumbs folder. (It is better to rename your images than change the name.)
$noimage="noimage.jpg"; Default full image. Must be in v_images folder. (It
is better to rename your images than
change the name.)
$template="default"; Name of the directory in the templates folder. (basic, default, greycar, and purplecar are included)
$menuType="slider"; - Determines the type of category menu to use. slider for the slideout menu or folder for the folder menu. (slider or folder)
$thumbType="table"; - Determines the automated thumbnail display in the details page. (table or iframe)
$language="english"; - Language. - Must be a php file in includes/languages/
$newusedopt=1; - Turns the used/new search option off and on. Only disable if you only sell used cars. All listings will be marked used by default.
$use_calc=1; - Show payment calculator link on details page.
// Sold over Images Settings (Requires FreeType Support)
$sold_over_images=1; // 1 = On | 0 = Off - Turn the write sold on images feature on and off.
$thefont="times.ttf"; // The font to use. Can be any true type font. Must be located in includes/font/
$thumbfontsize=16; Thumb text font size
$imagefontsize=30; - Full image text font size.
$sold_text="SOLD"; - Text to write
$sold_text_angle=35; // 0-90 degrees (0 = Horizontal) Angle of the text
// Sold Font Color must be the RGB Values - White(255,255,255),Red(255,0,0),Blue(0,0,255)
$font_red=255; - Red
$font_green=255; - Green
$font_blue=255; - Blue
$pending_text="PENDING";
$pending_thumb_font_size=14;
$pending_image_font_size=30;
$pending_text_angle=30;
// PENDING Font Color must be the RGB Values - White(255,255,255),Red(255,0,0),Blue(0,0,255)
$pfont_red=255; - Red
$pfont_green=255; - Green
$pfont_blue=255; - Blue
// Google Analytics Settings (Free Stats from Google)
// Go to google.com
to setup a free account and view web stats.
$google_analytics=0; /// 1 = on | 0 = off - Trun Google Analytics on and off
$google_id=""; - Account number from Google
$google_ssl=1; - 1 = Yes | 0 = No - Yes uses a SSL connection to Google. Use this if you have any secure pages to avoid a browser warning for non ssl content.
$google_track_admin=0; // 1=Yes 0=No - Yes tracks visits to the admin section. Default is No
// You need to contact AutoTrader.com to get an FTP account setup with them.
$AT_Active=0; // 1=On 0=Off - Turn the Autotrader feature on and off.
$AT_DealerId="123456"; // Your AutoTrader.com Dealer ID
$AT_NumImages=9; // Number of images to include. 9 is the Max.
$AT_Pending=0; // Include listings that are marked pending?. 1=Yes 0=No
$AT_SalePrice=1; // List the sale price instead of full price when available? 1=Yes 0=No
$AT_FilePath="/home/username/public_html/admin/at_files/"; - Must be the full path not url with trailing slash. Only needed if you plan to use the Autotrader feature.
$carfax_active=0; // 1=On 0=Off - Turn the CarFax links on and off
$carfax_id="WDB_0"; - Set by CarFax. (Do not change)
$show_carfax=1; // 1=ALL 0=Details Only - 1 shows links on all the pages and 0 shows links on the details page only.
$carfaxbutton="carfax_small.gif"; - Small carfax button image. Must be in v_images folder.
$carfaxbutton_big="carfax_big.gif"; - Larger carfax image. Must be in v_images folder.
$wysiwyg=1; // 1=on 0=off Turns the wysiwyg editor for the description field on and off.
error_reporting (E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE); - Sets PHP error reporting to the default level.
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