General Settings
This page covers the Settings → General Settings page. The Settings menu of the management UI contains six settings pages:
| Settings page | Description | See |
|---|---|---|
| General Settings | General settings (this page) | — |
| Social Settings | Social settings — style and channels of the built-in share buttons | Social Settings |
| Comment Settings | Comment settings | Comments |
| SEO Settings | Search engine optimization | SEO |
| Share Settings | Sharing — push a post to the DNN Journal feed when publishing | Sharing |
| License | License | Activating the License |
Basic Settings
The basic settings form at the top of the page:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Album per page | Albums shown per page on the front-end album list |
| Manager per page | Records shown per page in the management lists |
| Synidication feeds display the latest | Number of latest albums in the RSS feed (items) |
| Display excerpt | How each album appears in RSS: Summary or Full text |
| Display Author | Whether to show author information on the album detail page: Yes / No |
| Display album cover | When checked, the album cover is shown in the effect on the album detail page |
| Enable Ping Service / Ping Service | Notify update services (ping) automatically when a new album is published; separate multiple service URLs with newlines, see WordPress Update Services |
| Searchable / Searchable Count | Whether albums are indexed into the DNN site search, and the index count |
| Search Text | Which fields participate in search: Title (always checked), Summary, Content Text, Tags |
Upload extension security note
Version 8.x adds Allowed upload extensions on this page — a module-level whitelist of allowed upload extensions. When empty, the default set jpg,jpeg,png,gif,webp,bmp,mp3,mp4,flv,doc,xls,ppt,zip,rar applies. Adding scriptable file types such as svg/html/xml introduces a stored XSS risk: uploaded SVG files are sanitized automatically, but html/xml are not — do not add them to the whitelist. The Host-level extension whitelist remains in force.
Author Settings
- Author Roles — users in an author role can publish albums. Note: they also need Edit permission on the module to enter the management UI — open the module's settings (⚙ → Settings → Permissions) and check Edit for that role.
- Review new article — when enabled, albums published by other authors must be reviewed by an administrator before going live.
- Management Module Roles — roles allowed to manage this module (e.g. Administrators, Content Editors, Content Managers).
Data Filter
Sort by (front-end ordering)
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Default Sort | Default sorting — the manual order defined in Sort Albums |
| Title:A to Z / Title:Z to A | Album title ascending / descending |
| Publish Time ASC / Publish Time DESC | Publish time ascending / descending |
| Random | Random order |
Photo Authorized Enable
When enabled, you can check Roles (Administrators, Content Editors, Content Managers, Registered Users, Subscribers, Translator, Unverified Users, etc.); only users in the selected roles can view photos — ideal for member-only album sites.
Avatar Settings
The avatar is the picture displayed with a commenter's comments:
Avatar Maximum Rating:
Rating Description G Suitable for all audiences PG Possibly offensive, usually 13+ R Adult, 17+ X More intense than R Default Avatar — shown for users without a custom avatar:
Option Description mm mystery-man, a simple cartoon silhouette (does not vary by email) identicon a geometric pattern generated from the email hash monsterid generated "little monsters" with different colors and faces wavatar generated faces with different features and backgrounds retro 8-bit pixel-style retro avatars Avatar Size — in pixels.
Sitemap Settings
Submitting the sitemap to search engines helps index albums and categories:
- Synidication sitemap display the latest — number of latest albums in the sitemap (up to 5000).
- Sitemap Priority — priority (0 ~ 1).
- Sitemap Changefreq — change frequency: always / hourly / daily / weekly / monthly / yearly.
- SiteMap Url — the sitemap URL automatically generated by this module (served by Resource_Service); submit it to search engines as-is.
TIP
Each album can also set its own priority and change frequency in the Sitemap Settings panel of the editor — see Creating an Album.