The default Forum settings are a set of settings for a new account. It contains declarations of time zone, short date format, long date format, time format, maximum topics per page, maximum posts per page and flag for showing forum jump or not. The settings are simple, and users can change such settings to UI-based functions later.

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 Configuration
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This configuration is declared in the file named _ks-configuration.xml_. Its path is _"\[tomcat source\]/webapps/ks-extension/WEB-INF/ks-extension/ks/ks-configuration.xml"_ if you are running the tomcat and _"\[project source\]/extension/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/ks-extension/ks/ks-configuration.xml"_ if you are in the development phrase.

{code:xml}
...
<external-component-plugins>
  <target-component>org.exoplatform.services.organization.OrganizationService</target-component>
  <component-plugin>
    ...
    <init-params>
      <properties-param>
        <name>user.profile.setting</name>
        <description>set default user profile</description>
        <property name="timeZone" value="GMT"/>
        <property name="shortDateFormat" value="MM/dd/yyyy"/>
        <property name="longDateFormat" value="DDD,MMM dd,yyyy"/>
        <property name="timeFormat" value="hh:mm a"/>
        <property name="maxTopic" value="10"/>
        <property name="maxPost" value="10"/>
        <property name="isShowForumJump" value="true"/>  
      </properties-param>
    </init-params>
  
  </component-plugin>
</external-component-plugins>
...
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In which: 

|| Parameter || Possible value  || Default value || Description ||
| *timeZone* | {{Time zone id}} | {{GMT}} |  The time zone set by user. For example: GMT, GMT-05:00, GMT+07:00, GMT+08:30 ... Visit the website: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/TimeZone.html for more details. |
| *shortDateFormat* | {{Valid Java Date format}} | {{MM/dd/yyyy}} | The format to display short information of date. Visit the website: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html to ensure the exact format.) |
| *longDateFormat* | {{Valid Java Date format}} | {{DDD,MMM dd,yyyy}} | The format to display a date with more information. Visit the website http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html to ensure the exact format. |
| *timeFormat* | {{valid Java Date format}} | {{hh:mm a}} | The format to view time (for example, hour, minute,). Visit the website: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html to ensure the exact format. |
| *maxTopic* | {{Integer}} | 10 | The maximum number of topics per page. |
| *maxPost* | {{Integer}} | 10 | The maximum number of posts per page. |
| *isShowForumJump* | {{true / false}} | {{true}} | Show the forum jump or not. |

