Administrators

Upcoming Release Some or all of the features mentioned in this article may not be present in the current public release of Owl.

Administrators

Owl allows administrators to customize settings for their board and how it is presented in Owl

Administrators can place ads in the top banned of Owl. Future versions of Owl will allow Administrators to change some view settings and develop plug-ins that can be used with their board through Owl.

Configuration File: owlconfig.ini

The owlconfig.ini file should be placed in the message board's root folder.

owlconfig.ini Options

The following options are valid:

[Ads] Section

ad.top

Text to be displayed in the top yellow ad portion of Owl. The only HTML allowed is one <a> link, all other HTML will be ignored.

ad.bottom

Text to be displayed in the bottom light blue ad portion of Owl. The only HTML allowed is one <a> link, all other HTML will be ignored.

parser

The parser name of that should be used with the board.

Example <syntaxhighlight lang="ini"> [Ads] ad.top=Visit our store for great deals and merchandise! <a href="http://www.juot.net/store">JUOT Store!</a> ad.bottom=Check out our network partner at <a href="http://www.anothermessageboard.com">anothermessageboard.com</a>! </syntaxhighlight>