amdin.php:

  - fixed bug in story section
account.php:
  - removed death code, clean-up, reorganization
  - added "lost password?" functionality
faq.php:
  - clean-up
watchdog.inc:
  - improvements
  - end of input-limit test period
error.php:
  - improvements, still crappy layout though

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/includes/config.inc b/includes/config.inc
index 00b5c0e18..030d3b9d7 100644
--- a/includes/config.inc
+++ b/includes/config.inc
@@ -27,21 +27,17 @@ $db_name = "dries";
 #
 $site_name = "drop.org";
 $site_url  = "http://www.drop.org/";
-$site_email = "droppies@drop.org";
+$site_email = "info@drop.org";
 
-#
-# Notify information:
-#  The notify information will be used to send out automated mails
-#  for internal purpose.
-#
-$notify_email   = $contact_email;
-$notify_subject = "submission: ";
-$notify_message = "New submission: '$subject'\n\n$story";
-$notify_from    = "droppies@drop.org";
 
 #
-# Comment meta reasons:
+# Comment votes:
+#   the keys of this associative array are displayed in each 
+#   comment's selection box whereas the corresponding values 
+#   represent the mathematical calculation to be performed 
+#   to update a comment's value.
 #
+
 $comment_votes = array("none" => "none", 
                        "-1"   => "- 1", 
                        "0"    => "+ 0",
@@ -73,13 +69,13 @@ $categories = array("Announcements",
 $allowed_html = "<A><B><BR><DD><DL><DT><EM><HR><I><IL><SMALL><OL><U><UL>";
 
 #
-# Name of the 'anonymous' user account:
+# Name for anonymous users:
 #
 $anonymous = "Anonymous Chicken";
 
 #
 # Themes:
-#   the first theme listed in the associative array `$themes' will 
+#   the first theme listed in this associative array will
 #   automatically become the default theme.
 #
 $themes = array("Marvin"  => array(
@@ -94,11 +90,14 @@ $themes = array("Marvin"  => array(
 
 #
 # Submission moderation votes:
-#   changing $submission_votes will affect the integrity of your 
-#   database.  In short, the database field user.history will 
-#   become invalid, and will need to be reset! Please, do not 
-#   change this setting unless you have an empty database or 
-#   unless you know what you are doing.
+#   the keys of this associative array are displayed in each 
+#   submission's selection box whereas the corresponding values 
+#   represent the mathematical calculation to be performed to 
+#   update a comment's value.
+#   Warning: changing $submission_votes will affect the integrity
+#   of all pending stories in the open submission queue.   Do not 
+#   change this setting unless there are no pending stories in the 
+#   submission queue or unless you know what you are doing.
 $submission_votes = array("neutral (+0)" => "+ 0",
                           "post it (+1)" => "+ 1",
                           "dump it (-1)" => "- 1");
@@ -115,20 +114,28 @@ $submission_dump_threshold = "-2";
 
 #
 # Submission rate:
+#   defines the submission rate for the different types of content
+#   submission.  It is supposed to stop malicious attempts to screw
+#   with the database and to stop denial of service attacks.
+#   Example:
+#     '"comment" => 60' means that there is only one new comment 
+#     allowed from the same IP-address every 60 seconds.
 #
 $submission_rate = array("comment" => "60",     //  60 seconds = 1 minute
                          "diary"   => "300",    // 300 seconds = 5 minutes
                          "story"   => "300");   // 300 seconds = 5 minutes
 #
 # Submission size:
-#  the maximum length in characters a submission (story, diary, 
-#  comment) is allowed to be.
+#  the maximum length (i.e. the maximum number of characters) a 
+#  story, a diary entry, or a comment is allowed to be.
 #
-$submission_size = 6000;
+$submission_size = 6000;     // 6.000 characters is more or less 150 lines
 
 #
 # Watchdog history:
+#  how long we should store the log files generated by the 
+#  watchdog
 #
-$watchdog_history = 604800;   // 604800 seconds = 1 week
+$watchdog_history = 604800;   // 604.800 seconds = 1 week
 
 ?>