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If in doubt, look at the examples already in the file, and ### Behaviour settings and switches: <code><a href="#new_response_reminder_after_days">NEW_RESPONSE_REMINDER_AFTER_DAYS</a></code> +<br> <code><a href="#authority_must_respond">AUTHORITY_MUST_RESPOND</a></code> <br> <code><a href="#max_requests_per_user_per_day">MAX_REQUESTS_PER_USER_PER_DAY</a></code> <br> <code><a href="#override_all_public_body_request_emails">OVERRIDE_ALL_PUBLIC_BODY_REQUEST_EMAILS</a></code> <br> <code><a href="#allow_batch_requests">ALLOW_BATCH_REQUESTS</a></code> <br> <code><a href="#public_body_list_fallback_to_default_locale">PUBLIC_BODY_LIST_FALLBACK_TO_DEFAULT_LOCALE</a></code> -<br> <code><a href="#cache_fragments">CACHE_FRAGMENTS</a></code> ### External public services: @@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ indentation correct. If in doubt, look at the examples already in the file, and <br> <code><a href="#use_mailcatcher_in_development">USE_MAILCATCHER_IN_DEVELOPMENT</a></code> <br> <code><a href="#use_ghostscript_compression">USE_GHOSTSCRIPT_COMPRESSION</a></code> <br> <code><a href="#html_to_pdf_command">HTML_TO_PDF_COMMAND</a></code> +<br> <code><a href="#cache_fragments">CACHE_FRAGMENTS</a></code> --- @@ -189,306 +190,308 @@ indentation correct. If in doubt, look at the examples already in the file, and </dd> <dt> - <a name="iso_country_code"><code>ISO_COUNTRY_CODE</code></a> + <a name="force_registration_on_new_request"><code>FORCE_REGISTRATION_ON_NEW_REQUEST</code></a> </dt> <dd> - The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2">ISO country code</a> - of the country in which your Alaveteli site is deployed. + Does a user needs to sign in to start the New Request process? <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>ISO_COUNTRY_CODE: GB</code> + <code>FORCE_REGISTRATION_ON_NEW_REQUEST: false</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="time_zone"><code>TIME_ZONE</code></a> + <a name="theme_urls"><code>THEME_URLS</code></a> </dt> <dd> - This is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones">timezone</a> - that Alaveteli usese to display times and dates. - If not set, defaults to UTC. + URLs of <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/themes/">themes</a> to download and use + (when running the <code>rails-post-deploy</code> script). The earlier in the list means + the templates have a higher priority. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>TIME_ZONE: Australia/Sydney</code> + <pre> +THEME_URLS: + - 'git://github.com/mysociety/alavetelitheme.git' +</pre> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="blog_feed"><code>BLOG_FEED</code></a> + <a name="theme_branch"><code>THEME_BRANCH</code></a> </dt> <dd> - These feeds are displayed accordingly on the Alaveteli "blog" page: <!-- TODO --> + When <code>rails-post-deploy</code> installs the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/themes/">themes</a>, + it will try the theme branch first, but only if you've set <code>THEME_BRANCH</code> + to be true. If the branch doesn't exist it will fall back to using a tagged version + specific to your installed alaveteli version, and if that doesn't exist it will + back to <code>master</code>. + <p> + The default theme is the "Alaveteli" theme. This gets installed automatically when + <code>rails-post-deploy</code> runs. + </p> <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>BLOG_FEED: 'https://www.mysociety.org/category/projects/whatdotheyknow/feed/'</code> + <code>THEME_BRANCH: false</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="twitter_username"><code>TWITTER_USERNAME</code></a> - <a name="twitter_widget_id"><code>TWITTER_WIDGET_ID</code></a> + <a name="frontpage_publicbody_examples"><code>FRONTPAGE_PUBLICBODY_EXAMPLES</code></a> </dt> <dd> - If you want a twitter feed displayed on the "blog" page, provide the widget ID and username. + Specify which public bodies you want to be listed as examples on the home page, + using their <code>short_names</code>. + If you want more than one, separate them with semicolons. + Comment this out if you want this to be auto-generated. + <p> + <strong>Warning</strong>: this is slow — don't use in production! + </p> <div class="more-info"> <p>Examples:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>TWITTER_USERNAME: WhatDoTheyKnow</code> + <code>FRONTPAGE_PUBLICBODY_EXAMPLES: 'tgq'</code> </li> <li> - <code>TWITTER_WIDGET_ID: '833549204689320031'</code> - </li> - </ul> - </div> - </dd> - - <dt> - <a name="available_locales"><code>AVAILABLE_LOCALES</code></a> & - <a name="default_locale"><code>DEFAULT_LOCALE</code></a> - </dt> - <dd> - <strong>AVAILABLE_LOCALES</strong> lists all the locales you want your site to support. - If there is more than one, use spaces betwween the entries. - Nominate one of these locales as the default with <strong>DEFAULT_LOCALE</strong>. - <div class="more-info"> - <p>Examples:</p> - <ul class="examples"> - <li> - <code>AVAILABLE_LOCALES: 'en es'</code> + <code>FRONTPAGE_PUBLICBODY_EXAMPLES: 'tgq;foo;bar'</code> </li> <li> - <code>DEFAULT_LOCALE: 'en'</code> + <code># FRONTPAGE_PUBLICBODY_EXAMPLES: </code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="use_default_browser_language"><code>USE_DEFAULT_BROWSER_LANGUAGE</code></a> + <a name="public_body_statistics_page"><code>PUBLIC_BODY_STATISTICS_PAGE</code></a> & + <a name="minimum_requests_for_statistics"><code>MINIMUM_REQUESTS_FOR_STATISTICS</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Should Alaveteli try to use the default language of the user's browser? + If <strong>PUBLIC_BODY_STATISTICS_PAGE</strong> is set to true, Alaveteli will make a + page of statistics on the performance of public bodies (which you can see at + <code>/body_statistics</code>). + The page will only consider public bodies that have had at least the number of requests + set by <strong>MINIMUM_REQUESTS_FOR_STATISTICS</strong>. + <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>USE_DEFAULT_BROWSER_LANGUAGE: true</code> + <code>PUBLIC_BODY_STATISTICS_PAGE: false</code> + </li> + <li> + <code>MINIMUM_REQUESTS_FOR_STATISTICS: 50</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="include_default_locale_in_urls"><code>INCLUDE_DEFAULT_LOCALE_IN_URLS</code></a> + <a name="responsive_styling"><code>RESPONSIVE_STYLING</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Normally, Alaveteli will put the locale into its URLs, like this - <code>www.example.com/en/body/list/all</code>. If you don't want this - behaviour whenever the locale is the default one, set - <strong>INCLUDE_DEFAULT_LOCALE_IN_URLS</strong> to false. + + Use the responsive base stylesheets and templates, rather than + those that only render the site at a fixed width. These + stylesheets are currently experimental but will become the default + in the future. They allow the site to render nicely on mobile + devices as well as larger screens. Currently the fixed width + stylesheets are used by default. + <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>INCLUDE_DEFAULT_LOCALE_IN_URLS: true</code> + <code>RESPONSIVE_STYLING: true</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="reply_late_after_days"><code>REPLY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS</code></a><br> - <a name="reply_very_late_after_days"><code>REPLY_VERY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS</code></a><br> - <a name="special_reply_very_late_after_days"><code>SPECIAL_REPLY_VERY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS</code></a> - <a name="working_or_calendar_days"><code>WORKING_OR_CALENDAR_DAYS</code></a> + <a name="read_only"><code>READ_ONLY</code></a> </dt> <dd> - The <strong>REPLY...AFTER_DAYS</strong> settings define how many days must have - passed before an answer to a request is officially <em>late</em>. - The SPECIAL case is for some types of authority (for example: in the UK, schools) which are - granted a bit longer than everyone else to respond to questions. - The <strong>WORKING_OR_CALENDAR_DAYS</strong> setting can be either "working" (the default) - or "calendar", and determines which days are counted. + If present, <strong>READ_ONLY</strong> puts the site in read-only mode, + and uses the text as reason (whole paragraph). Please use a read-only database + user as well, as it only checks in a few obvious places. <div class="more-info"> <p>Examples:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>REPLY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS: 20</code> - </li> - <li> - <code>REPLY_VERY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS: 40</code> - </li> - <li> - <code>SPECIAL_REPLY_VERY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS: 60</code> + Typically, you do <strong>not</strong> want to run your site in + read-only mode — so set <strong>READ_ONLY</strong> to be + an empty string. + <br> + <code> + READ_ONLY: '' + </code> </li> <li> - <code>WORKING_OR_CALENDAR_DAYS: working</code> + <code> + READ_ONLY: 'The site is not currently accepting requests while we move the server.' + </code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="frontpage_publicbody_examples"><code>FRONTPAGE_PUBLICBODY_EXAMPLES</code></a> + <a name="staging_site"><code>STAGING_SITE</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Specify which public bodies you want to be listed as examples on the home page, - using their <code>short_names</code>. - If you want more than one, separate them with semicolons. - Comment this out if you want this to be auto-generated. - <p> - <strong>Warning</strong>: this is slow — don't use in production! - </p> + Is this a + <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#staging" class="glossary__link">staging</a> or + <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#development" class="glossary__link">development</a> site? + If not, it's a live <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#production" class="glossary__link">production</a> + site. This setting controls whether or not the <code>rails-post-deploy</code> + script will create the file <code>config/rails_env.rb</code> file to force + Rails into production environment. <div class="more-info"> <p>Examples:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>FRONTPAGE_PUBLICBODY_EXAMPLES: 'tgq'</code> - </li> - <li> - <code>FRONTPAGE_PUBLICBODY_EXAMPLES: 'tgq;foo;bar'</code> - </li> - <li> - <code># FRONTPAGE_PUBLICBODY_EXAMPLES: </code> + For staging or development: + <p> + <code>STAGING_SITE: 1</code> + </p> </li> - </ul> - </div> - </dd> - - <dt> - <a name="theme_urls"><code>THEME_URLS</code></a> - </dt> - <dd> - URLs of <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/themes/">themes</a> to download and use - (when running the <code>rails-post-deploy</code> script). The earlier in the list means - the templates have a higher priority. - <div class="more-info"> - <p>Example:</p> - <ul class="examples"> <li> - <pre> -THEME_URLS: - - 'git://github.com/mysociety/alavetelitheme.git' -</pre> + For production: + <p> + <code>STAGING_SITE: 0</code> + </p> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="theme_branch"><code>THEME_BRANCH</code></a> + <a name="iso_country_code"><code>ISO_COUNTRY_CODE</code></a> </dt> <dd> - When <code>rails-post-deploy</code> installs the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/themes/">themes</a>, - it will try the theme branch first, but only if you've set <code>THEME_BRANCH</code> - to be true. If the branch doesn't exist it will fall back to using a tagged version - specific to your installed alaveteli version, and if that doesn't exist it will - back to <code>master</code>. - <p> - The default theme is the "Alaveteli" theme. This gets installed automatically when - <code>rails-post-deploy</code> runs. - </p> + The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2">ISO country code</a> + of the country in which your Alaveteli site is deployed. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>THEME_BRANCH: false</code> + <code>ISO_COUNTRY_CODE: GB</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="force_registration_on_new_request"><code>FORCE_REGISTRATION_ON_NEW_REQUEST</code></a> + <a name="time_zone"><code>TIME_ZONE</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Does a user needs to sign in to start the New Request process? + This is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones">timezone</a> + that Alaveteli usese to display times and dates. + If not set, defaults to UTC. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>FORCE_REGISTRATION_ON_NEW_REQUEST: false</code> + <code>TIME_ZONE: Australia/Sydney</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> - <dt> - <a name="incoming_email_domain"><code>INCOMING_EMAIL_DOMAIN</code></a> + <a name="available_locales"><code>AVAILABLE_LOCALES</code></a> & + <a name="default_locale"><code>DEFAULT_LOCALE</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Your email domain for incoming mail. See also <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email#how-alaveteli-handles-email">How Alaveteli handles email</a>. + <strong>AVAILABLE_LOCALES</strong> lists all the locales you want your site to support. + If there is more than one, use spaces betwween the entries. + Nominate one of these locales as the default with <strong>DEFAULT_LOCALE</strong>. <div class="more-info"> - <p>Example:</p> + <p>Examples:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>INCOMING_EMAIL_DOMAIN: 'localhost'</code> + <code>AVAILABLE_LOCALES: 'en es'</code> </li> <li> - <code>INCOMING_EMAIL_DOMAIN: 'foifa.com'</code> + <code>DEFAULT_LOCALE: 'en'</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="incoming_email_prefix"><code>INCOMING_EMAIL_PREFIX</code></a> + <a name="use_default_browser_language"><code>USE_DEFAULT_BROWSER_LANGUAGE</code></a> </dt> <dd> - An optional prefix to help you distinguish FOI requests. See also <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email#how-alaveteli-handles-email">How Alaveteli handles email</a>. + Should Alaveteli try to use the default language of the user's browser? <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>INCOMING_EMAIL_PREFIX: ''</code> - </li> - <li> - <code>INCOMING_EMAIL_PREFIX: 'foi+'</code> + <code>USE_DEFAULT_BROWSER_LANGUAGE: true</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> - <dt> - <a name="incoming_email_secret"><code>INCOMING_EMAIL_SECRET</code></a> + <a name="include_default_locale_in_urls"><code>INCLUDE_DEFAULT_LOCALE_IN_URLS</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Used for hash in request email address. + Normally, Alaveteli will put the locale into its URLs, like this + <code>www.example.com/en/body/list/all</code>. If you don't want this + behaviour whenever the locale is the default one, set + <strong>INCLUDE_DEFAULT_LOCALE_IN_URLS</strong> to false. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>INCOMING_EMAIL_SECRET: '11ae 4e3b 70ff c001 3682 4a51 e86d ef5f'</code> + <code>INCLUDE_DEFAULT_LOCALE_IN_URLS: true</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="blackhole_prefix"><code>BLACKHOLE_PREFIX</code></a> + <a name="reply_late_after_days"><code>REPLY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS</code></a><br> + <a name="reply_very_late_after_days"><code>REPLY_VERY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS</code></a><br> + <a name="special_reply_very_late_after_days"><code>SPECIAL_REPLY_VERY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS</code></a> + <a name="working_or_calendar_days"><code>WORKING_OR_CALENDAR_DAYS</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Used as envelope from at the incoming email domain for cases where you don't care about failure. + The <strong>REPLY...AFTER_DAYS</strong> settings define how many days must have + passed before an answer to a request is officially <em>late</em>. + The SPECIAL case is for some types of authority (for example: in the UK, schools) which are + granted a bit longer than everyone else to respond to questions. + The <strong>WORKING_OR_CALENDAR_DAYS</strong> setting can be either "working" (the default) + or "calendar", and determines which days are counted. <div class="more-info"> - <p>Example:</p> + <p>Examples:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>BLACKHOLE_PREFIX: 'do-not-reply-to-this-address'</code> + <code>REPLY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS: 20</code> + </li> + <li> + <code>REPLY_VERY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS: 40</code> + </li> + <li> + <code>SPECIAL_REPLY_VERY_LATE_AFTER_DAYS: 60</code> + </li> + <li> + <code>WORKING_OR_CALENDAR_DAYS: working</code> </li> </ul> </div> @@ -502,7 +505,7 @@ THEME_URLS: <a name="disable_emergency_user"><code>DISABLE_EMERGENCY_USER</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Details for the + Details for the <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#emergency" class="glossary__link">emergency user</a>. <p> This is useful for creating the initial admin users for your site: @@ -551,210 +554,230 @@ THEME_URLS: </dd> <dt> - <a name="contact_email"><code>CONTACT_EMAIL</code></a> - & - <a name="contact_name"><code>CONTACT_NAME</code></a> + <a name="incoming_email_domain"><code>INCOMING_EMAIL_DOMAIN</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Email "from" details. See also <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email#how-alaveteli-handles-email">How Alaveteli handles email</a>. + Your email domain for incoming mail. See also <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email#how-alaveteli-handles-email">How Alaveteli handles email</a>. <div class="more-info"> - <p>Examples:</p> + <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>CONTACT_EMAIL: 'team@example.com'</code> + <code>INCOMING_EMAIL_DOMAIN: 'localhost'</code> </li> <li> - <code>CONTACT_NAME: 'Alaveteli Webmaster'</code> + <code>INCOMING_EMAIL_DOMAIN: 'foifa.com'</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="track_sender_email"><code>TRACK_SENDER_EMAIL</code></a> & - <a name="track_sender_name"><code>TRACK_SENDER_NAME</code></a> + <a name="incoming_email_prefix"><code>INCOMING_EMAIL_PREFIX</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Email "from" details for track messages. See also <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email#how-alaveteli-handles-email">How Alaveteli handles email</a>. + An optional prefix to help you distinguish FOI requests. See also <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email#how-alaveteli-handles-email">How Alaveteli handles email</a>. <div class="more-info"> - <p>Examples:</p> + <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>TRACK_SENDER_EMAIL: 'alaveteli@example.com'</code> + <code>INCOMING_EMAIL_PREFIX: ''</code> </li> <li> - <code>TRACK_SENDER_NAME: 'Alaveteli Webmaster'</code> + <code>INCOMING_EMAIL_PREFIX: 'foi+'</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="raw_emails_location"><code>RAW_EMAILS_LOCATION</code></a> + <a name="incoming_email_secret"><code>INCOMING_EMAIL_SECRET</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Where the raw incoming email data gets stored. - <strong>Make sure you back this up!</strong> + Used for hash in request email address. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>RAW_EMAILS_LOCATION: 'files/raw_emails'</code> + <code>INCOMING_EMAIL_SECRET: '11ae 4e3b 70ff c001 3682 4a51 e86d ef5f'</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="cookie_store_session_secret"><code>COOKIE_STORE_SESSION_SECRET</code></a> + <a name="blackhole_prefix"><code>BLACKHOLE_PREFIX</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Secret key for signing cookie_store sessions. Make it long and random. + Used as envelope from at the incoming email domain for cases where you don't care about failure. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>COOKIE_STORE_SESSION_SECRET: 'uIngVC238Jn9NsaQizMNf89pliYmDBFugPjHS2JJmzOp8'</code> + <code>BLACKHOLE_PREFIX: 'do-not-reply-to-this-address'</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="read_only"><code>READ_ONLY</code></a> + <a name="contact_email"><code>CONTACT_EMAIL</code></a> + & + <a name="contact_name"><code>CONTACT_NAME</code></a> </dt> <dd> - If present, <strong>READ_ONLY</strong> puts the site in read-only mode, - and uses the text as reason (whole paragraph). Please use a read-only database - user as well, as it only checks in a few obvious places. + Email "from" details. See also <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email#how-alaveteli-handles-email">How Alaveteli handles email</a>. <div class="more-info"> <p>Examples:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - Typically, you do <strong>not</strong> want to run your site in - read-only mode — so set <strong>READ_ONLY</strong> to be - an empty string. - <br> - <code> - READ_ONLY: '' - </code> + <code>CONTACT_EMAIL: 'team@example.com'</code> </li> <li> - <code> - READ_ONLY: 'The site is not currently accepting requests while we move the server.' - </code> + <code>CONTACT_NAME: 'Alaveteli Webmaster'</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="staging_site"><code>STAGING_SITE</code></a> + <a name="track_sender_email"><code>TRACK_SENDER_EMAIL</code></a> & + <a name="track_sender_name"><code>TRACK_SENDER_NAME</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Is this a - <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#staging" class="glossary__link">staging</a> or - <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#development" class="glossary__link">development</a> site? - If not, it's a live <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#production" class="glossary__link">production</a> - site. This setting controls whether or not the <code>rails-post-deploy</code> - script will create the file <code>config/rails_env.rb</code> file to force - Rails into production environment. + Email "from" details for track messages. See also <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email#how-alaveteli-handles-email">How Alaveteli handles email</a>. <div class="more-info"> <p>Examples:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - For staging or development: - <p> - <code>STAGING_SITE: 1</code> - </p> + <code>TRACK_SENDER_EMAIL: 'alaveteli@example.com'</code> </li> <li> - For production: - <p> - <code>STAGING_SITE: 0</code> - </p> + <code>TRACK_SENDER_NAME: 'Alaveteli Webmaster'</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="recaptcha_public_key"><code>RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY</code></a> & - <a name="recaptcha_private_key"><code>RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY</code></a> + <a name="raw_emails_location"><code>RAW_EMAILS_LOCATION</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Recaptcha, for detecting humans. Get keys here: - <a href="http://recaptcha.net/whyrecaptcha.html">http://recaptcha.net/whyrecaptcha.html</a> + Where the raw incoming email data gets stored. + <strong>Make sure you back this up!</strong> + <div class="more-info"> + <p>Example:</p> + <ul class="examples"> + <li> + <code>RAW_EMAILS_LOCATION: 'files/raw_emails'</code> + </li> + </ul> + </div> + </dd> + <dt> + <a name="exception_notifications_from"><code>EXCEPTION_NOTIFICATIONS_FROM</code></a> & + <a name="exception_notifications_to"><code>EXCEPTION_NOTIFICATIONS_TO</code></a> + </dt> + <dd> + Email address(es) used for sending exception notifications. <div class="more-info"> <p>Examples:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY: '7HoPjGBBBBBBBBBkmj78HF9PjjaisQ893'</code> + <pre> +EXCEPTION_NOTIFICATIONS_FROM: do-not-reply-to-this-address@example.com + +EXCEPTION_NOTIFICATIONS_TO: + - robin@example.com + - seb@example.com +</pre> </li> + </ul> + </div> + </dd> + + <dt> + <a name="forward_nonbounce_responses_to"><code>FORWARD_NONBOUNCE_RESPONSES_TO</code></a> + </dt> + <dd> + The email address to which non-bounce responses should be forwarded. See also <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email#how-alaveteli-handles-email">How Alaveteli handles email</a>. + <div class="more-info"> + <p>Example:</p> + <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY: '7HjPjGBBBBBCBBBpuTy8a33sgnGG7A'</code> + <code>FORWARD_NONBOUNCE_RESPONSES_TO: user-support@example.com</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="new_response_reminder_after_days"><code>NEW_RESPONSE_REMINDER_AFTER_DAYS</code></a> + <a name="mta_log_path"><code>MTA_LOG_PATH</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Number of days after which to send a 'new response reminder'. + Path to your exim or postfix log files that will get sucked up + by <code>script/load-mail-server-logs</code>. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>NEW_RESPONSE_REMINDER_AFTER_DAYS: [3, 10, 24]</code> + <code>MTA_LOG_PATH: '/var/log/exim4/exim-mainlog-*'</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="debug_record_memory"><code>DEBUG_RECORD_MEMORY</code></a> + <a name="mta_log_type"><code>MTA_LOG_TYPE</code></a> </dt> <dd> - For debugging memory problems. If true, Alaveteli logs - the memory use increase of the Ruby process due to the - request (Linux only). Since Ruby never returns memory to the OS, if the - existing process previously served a larger request, this won't - show any consumption for the later request. + Are you using "exim" or "postfix" for your Mail Transfer Agnt (MTA)? <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>DEBUG_RECORD_MEMORY: false</code> + <code>MTA_LOG_TYPE: "exim"</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> - <dt> - <a name="use_ghostscript_compression"><code>USE_GHOSTSCRIPT_COMPRESSION</code></a> + <a name="cookie_store_session_secret"><code>COOKIE_STORE_SESSION_SECRET</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Currently we default to using pdftk to compress PDFs. You can - optionally try Ghostscript, which should do a better job of - compression. Some versions of pdftk are buggy with respect to - compression, in which case Alaveteli doesn't recompress the PDFs at - all and logs a warning message "Unable to compress PDF" — which would - be another reason to try this setting. + Secret key for signing cookie_store sessions. Make it long and random. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>USE_GHOSTSCRIPT_COMPRESSION: true</code> + <code>COOKIE_STORE_SESSION_SECRET: 'uIngVC238Jn9NsaQizMNf89pliYmDBFugPjHS2JJmzOp8'</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> + <dt> + <a name="recaptcha_public_key"><code>RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY</code></a> & + <a name="recaptcha_private_key"><code>RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY</code></a> + </dt> + <dd> + Recaptcha, for detecting humans. Get keys here: + <a href="http://recaptcha.net/whyrecaptcha.html">http://recaptcha.net/whyrecaptcha.html</a> + + <div class="more-info"> + <p>Examples:</p> + <ul class="examples"> + <li> + <code>RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY: '7HoPjGBBBBBBBBBkmj78HF9PjjaisQ893'</code> + </li> + <li> + <code>RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY: '7HjPjGBBBBBCBBBpuTy8a33sgnGG7A'</code> + </li> + </ul> + </div> + </dd> <dt> <a name="gaze_url"><code>GAZE_URL</code></a> @@ -774,115 +797,145 @@ THEME_URLS: </dd> <dt> - <a name="forward_nonbounce_responses_to"><code>FORWARD_NONBOUNCE_RESPONSES_TO</code></a> + <a name="ga_code"><code>GA_CODE</code> (GA=Google Analytics)</a> </dt> <dd> - The email address to which non-bounce responses should be forwarded. See also <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/email#how-alaveteli-handles-email">How Alaveteli handles email</a>. + Adding a value here will enable Google Analytics on all non-admin pages for non-admin users. + <div class="more-info"> + <p>Examples:</p> + <ul class="examples"> + <li> + <code>GA_CODE: ''</code> + </li> + <li> + <code>GA_CODE: 'AB-8222142-14'</code> + </li> + </ul> + </div> + </dd> + + <dt> + <a name="utility_search_path"><code>UTILITY_SEARCH_PATH</code></a> + </dt> + <dd> + Search path for external command-line utilities (such as pdftohtml, pdftk, unrtf). <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>FORWARD_NONBOUNCE_RESPONSES_TO: user-support@example.com</code> + <code>UTILITY_SEARCH_PATH: ["/usr/bin", "/usr/local/bin"]</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="html_to_pdf_command"><code>HTML_TO_PDF_COMMAND</code></a> + <a name="shared_files_path"><code>SHARED_FILES_PATH</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Path to a program that converts an HTML page in a file to PDF. It - should take two arguments: the URL, and a path to an output file. - A static binary of <a href="http://wkhtmltopdf.org">wkhtmltopdf</a> is recommended. - If the command is not present, a text-only version will be rendered - instead. + In some deployments of Alaveteli you may wish to install each newly + deployed version alongside the previous ones, in which case certain + files and resources should be shared between these installations. + For example, the <code>files</code> directory, the <code>cache</code> directory and the + generated graphs such as <code>public/foi-live-creation.png</code>. If you're + installing Alaveteli in such a setup then set <strong>SHARED_FILES_PATH</strong> to + the directory you're keeping these files under. Otherwise, leave it blank. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>HTML_TO_PDF_COMMAND: /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf-amd64</code> + <code>SHARED_FILES_PATH: ''</code> <!-- TODO specific example --> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="exception_notifications_from"><code>EXCEPTION_NOTIFICATIONS_FROM</code></a> & - <a name="exception_notifications_to"><code>EXCEPTION_NOTIFICATIONS_TO</code></a> + <a name="shared_files"><code>SHARED_FILES</code></a> & + <a name="shared_directories"><code>SHARED_DIRECTORIES</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Email address(es) used for sending exception notifications. + If you have <strong>SHARED_FILES_PATH</strong> set, then these options list the files + and directories that are shared; i.e. those to which the deploy scripts + should create symlinks from the repository. <div class="more-info"> <p>Examples:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> <pre> -EXCEPTION_NOTIFICATIONS_FROM: do-not-reply-to-this-address@example.com - -EXCEPTION_NOTIFICATIONS_TO: - - robin@example.com - - seb@example.com -</pre> +SHARED_FILES: + - config/database.yml + - config/general.yml + - config/rails_env.rb + - config/newrelic.yml + - config/httpd.conf + - public/foi-live-creation.png + - public/foi-user-use.png + - config/aliases + </pre> + </li> + <li> + <pre> +SHARED_DIRECTORIES: + - files/ + - cache/ + - lib/acts_as_xapian/xapiandbs/ + - vendor/bundle + - public/assets + </pre> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="max_requests_per_user_per_day"><code>MAX_REQUESTS_PER_USER_PER_DAY</code></a> + <a name="new_response_reminder_after_days"><code>NEW_RESPONSE_REMINDER_AFTER_DAYS</code></a> </dt> <dd> - This rate limiting can be turned off per-user via the admin interface. + Number of days after which to send a 'new response reminder'. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>MAX_REQUESTS_PER_USER_PER_DAY: 6</code> + <code>NEW_RESPONSE_REMINDER_AFTER_DAYS: [3, 10, 24]</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="varnish_host"><code>VARNISH_HOST</code></a> + <a name="authority_must_respond"><code>AUTHORITY_MUST_RESPOND</code></a> </dt> <dd> - If you're running behind Varnish, it might help to set this to - work out where to send purge requests. - Otherwise, don't set it. + <div class="attention-box info"> + Introduced in Alaveteli version 0.21 + </div> + Set this to <code>true</code> if authorities must respond by law. Set to <code>false</code> otherwise. It defaults to <code>true</code>. At the moment this just controls the display of some UI text telling users that the authority must respond to them by law. <div class="more-info"> - <p>Examples:</p> + <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>VARNISH_HOST: null</code> - </li> - <li> - <code>VARNISH_HOST: localhost</code> + <code>AUTHORITY_MUST_RESPOND: true</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="ga_code"><code>GA_CODE</code> (GA=Google Analytics)</a> + <a name="max_requests_per_user_per_day"><code>MAX_REQUESTS_PER_USER_PER_DAY</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Adding a value here will enable Google Analytics on all non-admin pages for non-admin users. + This rate limiting can be turned off per-user via the admin interface. <div class="more-info"> - <p>Examples:</p> + <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>GA_CODE: ''</code> - </li> - <li> - <code>GA_CODE: 'AB-8222142-14'</code> + <code>MAX_REQUESTS_PER_USER_PER_DAY: 6</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> - <dt> <a name="override_all_public_body_request_emails"><code>OVERRIDE_ALL_PUBLIC_BODY_REQUEST_EMAILS</code></a> </dt> @@ -908,242 +961,199 @@ EXCEPTION_NOTIFICATIONS_TO: </dd> <dt> - <a name="utility_search_path"><code>UTILITY_SEARCH_PATH</code></a> - </dt> - <dd> - Search path for external command-line utilities (such as pdftohtml, pdftk, unrtf). - <div class="more-info"> - <p>Example:</p> - <ul class="examples"> - <li> - <code>UTILITY_SEARCH_PATH: ["/usr/bin", "/usr/local/bin"]</code> - </li> - </ul> - </div> - </dd> - - - <dt> - <a name="mta_log_path"><code>MTA_LOG_PATH</code></a> + <a name="allow_batch_requests"><code>ALLOW_BATCH_REQUESTS</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Path to your exim or postfix log files that will get sucked up - by <code>script/load-mail-server-logs</code>. + Allow some users to make batch requests to multiple authorities. Once + this is set to true, you can enable batch requests for an individual + user via the user admin page. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>MTA_LOG_PATH: '/var/log/exim4/exim-mainlog-*'</code> + <code>ALLOW_BATCH_REQUESTS: false</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="mta_log_type"><code>MTA_LOG_TYPE</code></a> + <a name="public_body_list_fallback_to_default_locale"><code>PUBLIC_BODY_LIST_FALLBACK_TO_DEFAULT_LOCALE</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Are you using "exim" or "postfix" for your Mail Transfer Agnt (MTA)? - + If you would like the public body list page to include bodies that have no translation + in the current locale (but which do have a translation in the default locale), set this to true. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>MTA_LOG_TYPE: "exim"</code> + <code>PUBLIC_BODY_LIST_FALLBACK_TO_DEFAULT_LOCALE: false</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="donation_url"><code>DONATION_URL</code></a> + <a name="blog_feed"><code>BLOG_FEED</code></a> </dt> <dd> - URL where people can donate to the organisation running the site. If set, - this will be included in the message people see when their request is - successful. + These feeds are displayed accordingly on the Alaveteli "blog" page: <!-- TODO --> <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>DONATION_URL: "https://www.mysociety.org/donate/"</code> + <code>BLOG_FEED: 'https://www.mysociety.org/category/projects/whatdotheyknow/feed/'</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="public_body_statistics_page"><code>PUBLIC_BODY_STATISTICS_PAGE</code></a> & - <a name="minimum_requests_for_statistics"><code>MINIMUM_REQUESTS_FOR_STATISTICS</code></a> + <a name="twitter_username"><code>TWITTER_USERNAME</code></a> + <a name="twitter_widget_id"><code>TWITTER_WIDGET_ID</code></a> </dt> <dd> - If <strong>PUBLIC_BODY_STATISTICS_PAGE</strong> is set to true, Alaveteli will make a - page of statistics on the performance of public bodies (which you can see at - <code>/body_statistics</code>). - The page will only consider public bodies that have had at least the number of requests - set by <strong>MINIMUM_REQUESTS_FOR_STATISTICS</strong>. - + If you want a twitter feed displayed on the "blog" page, provide the widget ID and username. <div class="more-info"> - <p>Example:</p> + <p>Examples:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>PUBLIC_BODY_STATISTICS_PAGE: false</code> + <code>TWITTER_USERNAME: WhatDoTheyKnow</code> </li> <li> - <code>MINIMUM_REQUESTS_FOR_STATISTICS: 50</code> + <code>TWITTER_WIDGET_ID: '833549204689320031'</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="public_body_list_fallback_to_default_locale"><code>PUBLIC_BODY_LIST_FALLBACK_TO_DEFAULT_LOCALE</code></a> + <a name="donation_url"><code>DONATION_URL</code></a> </dt> <dd> - If you would like the public body list page to include bodies that have no translation - in the current locale (but which do have a translation in the default locale), set this to true. + URL where people can donate to the organisation running the site. If set, + this will be included in the message people see when their request is + successful. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>PUBLIC_BODY_LIST_FALLBACK_TO_DEFAULT_LOCALE: false</code> + <code>DONATION_URL: "https://www.mysociety.org/donate/"</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> - <dt> - <a name="use_mailcatcher_in_development"><code>USE_MAILCATCHER_IN_DEVELOPMENT</code></a> + <a name="debug_record_memory"><code>DEBUG_RECORD_MEMORY</code></a> </dt> <dd> - <!-- TODO check mailcatcher URL --> - If true, while in development mode, try to send mail by SMTP to port - 1025 (the port the <a href="http://mailcatcher.me">mailcatcher</a> listens on by default): + For debugging memory problems. If true, Alaveteli logs + the memory use increase of the Ruby process due to the + request (Linux only). Since Ruby never returns memory to the OS, if the + existing process previously served a larger request, this won't + show any consumption for the later request. + <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>USE_MAILCATCHER_IN_DEVELOPMENT: true</code> + <code>DEBUG_RECORD_MEMORY: false</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="cache_fragments"><code>CACHE_FRAGMENTS</code></a> + <a name="varnish_host"><code>VARNISH_HOST</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Use memcached to cache HTML fragments for better performance. - This will only have an effect in environments where - <code>config.action_controller.perform_caching</code> is set to true - + If you're running behind Varnish, it might help to set this to + work out where to send purge requests. + Otherwise, don't set it. <div class="more-info"> - <p>Example:</p> + <p>Examples:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>CACHE_FRAGMENTS: true</code> + <code>VARNISH_HOST: null</code> + </li> + <li> + <code>VARNISH_HOST: localhost</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> - - <dt> - <a name="shared_files_path"><code>SHARED_FILES_PATH</code></a> + <a name="use_mailcatcher_in_development"><code>USE_MAILCATCHER_IN_DEVELOPMENT</code></a> </dt> <dd> - In some deployments of Alaveteli you may wish to install each newly - deployed version alongside the previous ones, in which case certain - files and resources should be shared between these installations. - For example, the <code>files</code> directory, the <code>cache</code> directory and the - generated graphs such as <code>public/foi-live-creation.png</code>. If you're - installing Alaveteli in such a setup then set <strong>SHARED_FILES_PATH</strong> to - the directory you're keeping these files under. Otherwise, leave it blank. + <!-- TODO check mailcatcher URL --> + If true, while in development mode, try to send mail by SMTP to port + 1025 (the port the <a href="http://mailcatcher.me">mailcatcher</a> listens on by default): <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>SHARED_FILES_PATH: ''</code> <!-- TODO specific example --> + <code>USE_MAILCATCHER_IN_DEVELOPMENT: true</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> - <dt> - <a name="shared_files"><code>SHARED_FILES</code></a> & - <a name="shared_directories"><code>SHARED_DIRECTORIES</code></a> + <a name="use_ghostscript_compression"><code>USE_GHOSTSCRIPT_COMPRESSION</code></a> </dt> <dd> - If you have <strong>SHARED_FILES_PATH</strong> set, then these options list the files - and directories that are shared; i.e. those to which the deploy scripts - should create symlinks from the repository. + Currently we default to using pdftk to compress PDFs. You can + optionally try Ghostscript, which should do a better job of + compression. Some versions of pdftk are buggy with respect to + compression, in which case Alaveteli doesn't recompress the PDFs at + all and logs a warning message "Unable to compress PDF" — which would + be another reason to try this setting. <div class="more-info"> - <p>Examples:</p> + <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <pre> -SHARED_FILES: - - config/database.yml - - config/general.yml - - config/rails_env.rb - - config/newrelic.yml - - config/httpd.conf - - public/foi-live-creation.png - - public/foi-user-use.png - - config/aliases - </pre> - </li> - <li> - <pre> -SHARED_DIRECTORIES: - - files/ - - cache/ - - lib/acts_as_xapian/xapiandbs/ - - vendor/bundle - - public/assets - </pre> + <code>USE_GHOSTSCRIPT_COMPRESSION: true</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> <dt> - <a name="allow_batch_requests"><code>ALLOW_BATCH_REQUESTS</code></a> + <a name="html_to_pdf_command"><code>HTML_TO_PDF_COMMAND</code></a> </dt> <dd> - Allow some users to make batch requests to multiple authorities. Once - this is set to true, you can enable batch requests for an individual - user via the user admin page. + Path to a program that converts an HTML page in a file to PDF. It + should take two arguments: the URL, and a path to an output file. + A static binary of <a href="http://wkhtmltopdf.org">wkhtmltopdf</a> is recommended. + If the command is not present, a text-only version will be rendered + instead. <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>ALLOW_BATCH_REQUESTS: false</code> + <code>HTML_TO_PDF_COMMAND: /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf-amd64</code> </li> </ul> </div> </dd> + <dt> - <a name="responsive_styling"><code>RESPONSIVE_STYLING</code></a> + <a name="cache_fragments"><code>CACHE_FRAGMENTS</code></a> </dt> <dd> - - Use the responsive base stylesheets and templates, rather than - those that only render the site at a fixed width. These - stylesheets are currently experimental but will become the default - in the future. They allow the site to render nicely on mobile - devices as well as larger screens. Currently the fixed width - stylesheets are used by default. + Use memcached to cache HTML fragments for better performance. + This will only have an effect in environments where + <code>config.action_controller.perform_caching</code> is set to true <div class="more-info"> <p>Example:</p> <ul class="examples"> <li> - <code>RESPONSIVE_STYLING: true</code> + <code>CACHE_FRAGMENTS: true</code> </li> </ul> </div> |