System

 System Settings

Secret Word:
This a unique secret word created during install it used remote and local editor access.
can be edited via Joomla install configuration.php

Path to Log folder:
The location for your Joomla log files if you chose to store them.

Enable Web Services:
This turns on the remote editor RPC XML services.
See the plug-in manager and  "XML-RPC - Joomla" &  "XML-RPC - Blogger API"

Help Server:
Sets the Back-end help icon links location.

User Settings

Allow User Registration:
Turn on or off the registration component to let users register.

New User Registration Type:
It lets you choose what Front-end role to assign to a newly registered user.

New User Account Activation:
When a user registers with your site the system sends out a email to verify
the user is real. When the email link is clicked to verify that its a real person. 

Front-end User Parameters:
Via the Front-end User component lets the user choose there default editor etc.
you can show or hide this so they can't change the default settings.

Media Settings



Legal Extensions (File Types):
Add a comma separated list of legal file extension  for the media manager to view.

Maximum Size (in bytes):
Control the maximum file upload size.1 megabit is 131072 bits

Path to Media Folder:
Root folder where like to store all your media files. The defaults are fine.

Path to Image Folder:   
Inside the root media folder where you like to upload your files to.
The default is fine.

Restrict Uploads:
Uses special Mime magic to check files uploads to a stronger rule set.

Check MIME Types:
If yes then uses special Mime magic to check files uploads to a stronger rule set.

Legal Image Extensions (File Types):
Add a comma separated list of legal image file extensions.

Ignored Extensions:
File type not to check.

Legal MIME Types:
Legal upload Mime's comma separated list.

Illegal MIME Types:
Illegal upload Mime's comma separated list.

Enable Flash Uploader:
Turns on a special flash upload works well.
Let you upload multiple files at once.
Debug Settings

Debug System:
This setting turns on debug-in to front end to show database calls etc.
its called by adding a module position of debug to the front end template.

Debug Language:
Shows language sections for debug-in with special characters.

Cache Settings

Cache:
Caching speeds upload system calls just like your browser makes local copy calls to articles etc.
Good for sites that articles don't change or if you getting a ton of traffic.

Please note: The cache feature is great but new users sometimes go nuts with this feature.
You edit an article in the back-end but the front-end article is still the same.
Why? Its the cache you need to clear it via the back-end Top menu Tools > Clean Cache.

Cache Time:
Cache clears and updates itself every x amount of minutes.

Cache Handler:
There's only one setting it could use a special plug-in.


Session Settings

Session Lifetime:
Sets the amount of time before the session logs out the user.
Tip: If you get logged out in the middle of a article post set this to more time.

Session Handler:
Option of database or none which is a cookie.