Newbie questions

[calguy1000]

CMSMS is an application written in PHP. PHP is instantiated (ran) by the web server (usually apache). Therefore CMSMS is subject to limitations and settings of PHP and the environment created by the web server

Here is a list of PHP settings and their meanings: http://php.net/manual/en/ini.list.php Of note, see max_execution_time and allow_url_fopen. How to adjust these settings depends on your web server environment. Sometimes you have to create and/or edit a php.ini file in a specific location, or edit a .htaccess file. Your server administrator can help you there.

Regarding the config.php settings, it is generally considered "bad practice" to have your config.php file (or any other php file) writable by the world, particularly in shared environments. However, it must still be readable by php (and therefore by the web server processes). CMSMS displays a warning if your config.php file is writable. Setting the config.php to read ony will remove this message.