Settings overview

Kentico CMS settings are stored in two places:

•	Site settings are used for site configuration. These settings are stored in the database.

•	System settings are used for low-level configuration of the CMS system. These settings are stored in the web.config file. You can find more details in chapter Web.config parameters.

Site settings

The site settings are stored in Kentico CMS database. You can configure them in Site Manager -> Settings. There are two types of settings:

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Global

•	Site-specific - you can edit them after you choose the relevant web site in the drop-down list in the upper left corner.

The site-specific settings may inherit global values.

You can find more details on particular settings key when you mouse-over the key name - you will see a pop-up window that displays the key description.