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        ==What is Preferences?==
        
        
        
        '''Preferences''' is an extension allowing wiki administrators to change key settings of the wiki, without resorting to scripts and manual settings in LocalSetting.php file. These settings are wiki-wide, although some of them can be overriden on user level through [[UserPreferences]].
        
        
        
        ==Where can I to find the Preferences function?==
        
        Firstly, you need to have administration permissions in order to call up Preferences. If you have the correct permissions, you will be able to see the link "Preferences" in the "Global settings" and then on "Preferences" as you see on the image below. Click on the link and you will be taken to the administration page.
        
        
        
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        ==The functionality of Preferences==
        
        The display shows different areas for the individual extensions.
        
        
        
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        Preferences page contains many sections that are represented by expandable tabs. By default all tabs are collapsed. More information on individual settings of each of these extensions you can find on those extension's pages.
        
        
        
        
        
        For example:
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        ===BlueSpice -  preferences===
        
        {| class="wikitable" border="0"
        
        |-
        
        ! style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Setting
        
        ! style="width: 1100px; height: 40px;"|Description
        
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"| 
            
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        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/Authors Authors][Reference:Authors|Authors]]'''
        
        ||Preferences for profile pictures.
        
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/Avatars Avatars]'''
            
            ||Size and defaults
            
            
        [Reference:Avatars|Avatars]]'''
            
            ||Assigns an automatically generated individual profile picture for every user.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/Blog Blog]'''
            
            ||Display of blog entries
            
            
        [Blog|Blog]]'''
            
            ||Allows displaying of relevant information in a "news-feed" style on a wiki page.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|BlueSpice
        
        ||Special preferences for BlueSpice. You can also set which data formats allowed here (by default: png, gif, jpg, jpeg, doc, docx, pdf, xls).
        
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/Bookshelf Bookshelf]'''
            
            ||
            
            
        [Reference:Bookshelf|Bookshelf]]'''
            
            ||Enables you to combine different wiki articles to create books and also to export those as a pdf document.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/ContextMenu ContextMenu]'''
            
            ||
            
            
        [Reference:ContextMenu|ContextMenu]]'''
            
            ||Provides context menus for various links.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/DashBoards DashBoards]'''
            
            ||Link the site logo to the dashboards
            
            
        [Reference:Dashboards|Dashboards]]'''
            
            ||Provides dashboards for users and administrators.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/ExtendedSearch ExtendedSearch]'''
            
            ||
            
            
        [Reference:ExtendedSearch|ExtendedSearch]]'''
            
            ||Full-text search in articles and files, faceted search, fuzzy search, spellchecker and sorting as well as search-as-you-type and auto-complete functionality.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/ExtendedStatistics ExtendedStatistics]'''
            
            ||Settings for BlueSpice statistics e.g. exclude certain users
            
            
        [Reference:ExtendedStatistics|ExtendedStatistics]]'''
            
            ||Provides an analytic view of many relevant parameters on the wiki.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/FlaggedRevsConnector FlaggedRevsConnector]'''
            
            ||
            
            
        [Reference:FlaggedRevsConnector|FlaggedRevsConnector]]'''
            
            ||This enables to save articles in drafts and to release articles after a review process.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/InsertCategory InsertCategory]'''
            
            ||Insert categories include its parents
            
            
        [Reference:InsertCategory|InsertCategory]]'''
            
            ||Provides a dialogue to see a category overview for inserting, as well as creating and deleting categories.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/InsertLink Insert Link]'''
            
            ||Enable links to local files
            
            
        [Reference:InsertLink|InsertLink]]'''
            
            ||Offers a dialogue to insert links without using the wiki code.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Latex Renderer
            
            ||
            
            
        '''[[Reference:LatexRenderer|LatexRenderer]]'''
            
            ||Shows math formulas by rendering LaTeX markup.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/TopBarMenuCustomizer Menu Customizer]'''
            
            ||
            
            
        [TopMenuBarCustomizer|TopMenuBarCustomizer]]'''
            
            ||Provides the possibility to customize the top menu links.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/PageAssignments PageAssignments]'''
            
            ||
            
            |-
            
            | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Page information
            
            ||
            
            
        [Reference:PageAssignments|PageAssignments]]'''
            
            ||Assigns individual users or whole groups to pages, e.g. as responsible editors.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/PageTemplates PageTemplates]'''
            
            ||Above all for combining page templates with namespaces[Reference:BlueSpicePageTemplates|PageTemplates]]'''
            
            ||Offers the possibility to select from predefined content structures when creating a new page.
        
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Pages visited
            
            ||Limit of entries, namespaces, ...'''[[Reference:PagesVisited|PagesVisited]]'''
            
            ||Provides a personalized list of the last visited pages.
        
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/PasteImage Paste Image]'''
            
            ||
            
            
        [PasteImage|PasteImage]]'''
            
            ||Allows to include images in an article using Copy & Paste and also provides to insert screenshots from the clipboard.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/PermissionManager Permission Manager]'''
            
            ||Settings for backup of rights configuration
            
            
        [Reference:PermissionManager|PermissionManager]]'''
            
            ||Allows an easy and convenient management of usergroup rights in a graphical interface.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|PiwikConnector
            
            ||
            
            |-
            
            | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Rated comments
            
            ||
            
            
        '''[[RatedComments|RatedComments]]'''
            
            ||Rating system with up to five stars and comment functionality.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Rating
            
            ||
            
            
        '''[[Reference:Rating|Rating]]'''
            
            ||Enables to rate articles with up to five stars
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Readers
            
            ||
            
            
        '''[[Reference:Readers|Readers]]'''
            
            ||Displays the profile pictures of wiki article visitors below the article.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Reminder
            
            ||
            
            
        '''[[Reference:Reminder|Reminder]]'''
            
            ||Allows users to get an overview of the actuality of those pages in a wiki they are responsible for.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Review
            
            ||
            
            
        '''[[Reference:Review|Review]]'''
            
            ||Set up editing and sign-off routines using workflows.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/SaferEdit SaferEdit]'''
            
            ||Organise autosaving while editing[Reference:BlueSpiceSaferEdit|SaferEdit]]'''
            
            ||It saves the article automatically while you are editing at predetermined intervals.
        
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/Shoutbox Shoutbox]'''
            
            ||Setings for the comment box[Shoutbox|Shoutbox]]'''
            
            ||Provides a box for commenting on an article and starting a conversation about the topics with other users.
        
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/Showtime Showtime]'''
            
            ||
            
            
        [Reference:Player|Player]]'''
            
            ||Player enables you to embed and play all the usual HTML5 video formats in your wiki.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/FlexiSkin Skin]'''
            
            ||
            
            
        [FlexiSkin|FlexiSkin]]'''
            
            ||Allows to customize the skin of the wiki.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/SmartList SmartList]'''
            
            ||Configure the latest changes function (previously called "Infobox")
            
            
        [Reference:SmartList|SmartList]]'''
            
            ||Introduces a tag that can be placed on any page to show a list of most relevant pages.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Status bar
            
            ||Display statbar and shows the order'''[[StateBar|StateBar]]'''
            
            ||It gives the user an overview of the article's essential meta information.
        
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Syntax highlighter
            
            ||e.g. link URLs
            
            |-
            
            ||'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/UniversalExport UniversalExport]'''
            
            ||
            
            
        '''[[Reference:SyntaxHighlight|SyntaxHighlight]]'''
            
            ||Provides syntax highlighting and code rendering.
            
            |-
            
            ||'''[[Reference:BlueSpiceUniversalExport|UniversalExport]]'''
            
            ||Enables the single page export to PDF.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/UniversalExport Universal Export PDF]'''
            
            ||
            
            |-
            
            | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|UniversalExport Book PDF Module
            
            ||
            
            |-
            
            | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|UniversalExport HTML Module
            
            ||
            
            |[Reference:BlueSpiceVisualDiff|VisualDiff]]'''
            
            ||Enables users to easily compare two versions of an article with just a few clicks
            
            |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/VisualDiff VisualDiff]'''
            
            ||
            
            
        [Reference:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]]'''
            
            ||Is an editor you can use without having to enter special markup.
            
            
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/VisualEditor VisualEditor]'''
            
            ||Settings for the WYSIWYG editor[Reference:BlueSpiceWatchList|WatchList]]'''
            
            ||Adds a watchlist widget and tag.
        
        |-
        
        | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|'''[https://en.help.bluespice.com/wiki/WatchList WatchList]'''
            
            ||
            
            |-
            
            | style="width: 200px; height: 40px;"|Who is online?
            
            ||
            
            |}
            
            
            
            
        [Reference:BlueSpiceWhoIsOnline|WhoIsOnline]]'''
            
            ||Shows which users have been logged-in in the last 10 minutes.
            
            |-
            
            |}
            
            
            
            ==See also==
            
            
            
            Our [[Preferences|reference page.]]
            
            
            
            
        {{Box_Links-en | Thema1 =[[UserPreferences|User Preferences]] | Thema2 =[[ExtensionInfo|Information on installed extensions]] | Thema3 =[[Special_pages|Special Pages]] | Thema4 = }}
            
            
            
            ==See also==
            
            
            
            Our [[Preferences|reference page.]]