System Settings

MODX 3.0 cleaned up a significant number of old system settings and changed the default value (for new installations) of some as well.

Removed¶

• allow_tv_eval, the @EVAL binding is no longer supported for TVs for security reasons #13865
• forgot_login_email, password-reset mail now uses the login_forgot_email lexicon and a reset link instead of emailing a password #13786. See forgot_login_email
• compress_js_max_files, manager_js_zlib_output_compression, manager_js_cache_file_locking, manager_js_cache_max_age, manager_js_document_root which were related to the old dynamic manager js minification #13859, #14868
• editor_css_path and editor_css_selectors have been removed #14843. TinyMCE and other third-party extras may still reference these settings and need to accommodate their absence.
• manager_language #13786, replaced by automatic language detection and on-the-fly switching in the manager #14046. Learn more about the manager language in 3.0
• resolve_hostnames and server_protocol have been removed #14877. Deprecated settings from MODX Evolution.
• upload_flash, set upload_files or the allowedFileTypes on the media source instead. #14252. Note: 3.0 additionally introduced upload_images and upload_media, but both were removed again in 3.1.0 #16349 — on current releases only upload_files and allowedFileTypes remain.
• udperms_allowroot and webpwdreminder_message #14841. Root resource creation uses the new_document_in_root permission. webpwdreminder_message was an unused web-user password email template. See udperms_allowroot and webpwdreminder_message.
• cache_action_map as the action map has been removed completely now that modAction is officially gone #14927
• filemanager_path, filemanager_path_relative, filemanager_url, filemanager_url_relative, rb_base_dir, rb_base_url, strip_image_paths, use_browser and fe_editor_lang. These mostly governed file-manager and RedBox paths; if you had a custom filemanager_path or rb_base_dir, check your extras for the settings no longer being present after the upgrade.
• emailsubject, signupemail_message, websignupemail_message, manager_lang_attribute and topmenu_subitems_max. The first three were mail templates/subjects: their text now comes from lexicons (signupemail_message is still read with a lexicon fallback when a user account is created). manager_lang_attribute and topmenu_subitems_max were unused leftovers.

Renamed¶

• mail_smtp_prefix → mail_smtp_secure. Setup migrates the value on upgrade (3.0.0 upgrade script).
• upload_check_exists → upload_file_exists. There is no automatic migration for this one: check your site settings for the old key after upgrading.

Changed default values¶

Changed defaults below apply to fresh MODX 3 installations only. Upgrades keep the old values — consider applying the new ones to an existing site yourself.

• automatic_template_assignment defaults to sibling instead of parent #14328
• enable_gravatar is disabled on new installations #14215
• manager_favicon_url defaults to a new favicon, included in the MODX download, with the MODX logo. #14324
• manager_time_format uses 24hr format (H:i) instead of am/pm (g:i a) by default #14325
• preserve_menuindex defaults to false instead of true #14328
• resource_tree_node_name_fallback defaults to alias instead of pagetitle #14328