Configuration

All configuration options for simple forums should be placed in a dictionary called SIMPLE_FORUMS in settings.py. Example:

SIMPLE_FORUMS = {
    'markup_renderer': 'simple_forums.markup_renderers.MarkdownRenderer',
}

Available Settings

markdown_extensions (=[‘pymdownx.github’])

A list of extensions to process markdown with. Only has an effect if MarkdownRenderer is used. The default list of extensions is defined in simple_forums.markup_renderers.MarkdownRenderer.DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS.

markup_renderer (=’simple_forums.backends.renderers.TextRenderer’)

This class specifies which form of markup should be used to render posts. Currently there is a choice between plain text and Markdown.

Choices:

• 'simple_forums.backends.renderers.MarkdownRenderer'
• 'simple_forums.backends.renderers.TextRenderer'

search_backend

A dictionary containing the settings for the search engine to use. See the Searching section for more details.