# The Settings manual

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**Table of contents · 24 October 2026 · S6 of plan CORE. The idle timeout, the step-up window, mail, regional and log
settings arrive with the slices that read them (S7 to S10); the notice before an exception ends waits for the mail
engine (S7) and the bell (S14).**

A setting is a value the app reads that someone may want different: how many tries a sign-in gets, how many rows a
list shows first. Each one has a value shipped with the app, and each level allowed to may change it below: the
platform (the Service, for everyone), the workspace, then each person. The lowest level that set a value wins, held
within the range the platform allows. An exception, the Service's value for one workspace until a date, stands above
them all while it lasts.

The one sentence to carry through it: **every value says where it comes from, and a blank level uses the one above.**

**Who meets what**

| Seat | Who | What they do here |
|---|---|---|
| Service | The platform's owner | Changes the platform's values, the range workspaces choose from, and gives exceptions |
| Admin, Owner | Whoever holds "Change the workspace's settings" | Changes the workspace's own values |
| Everyone | Anyone signed in | Chooses their own, under **Your settings**, where a setting allows it |

**The levels, from the top**

| Level | Set by | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Shipped default | The app (`config/setting.php`) | Never on a page |
| Platform | The Service | **Platform settings** |
| Workspace | Admins and Owners | **Settings** |
| Each person | The person | **Your settings**, in the menu under your name |
| Exception | The Service, for one workspace until a date | **Platform settings** › **Exceptions** |

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## Part 1 · Settings

- [1.1 Changing a setting for the workspace](p01-settings.md#11-changing-a-setting-for-the-workspace)
- [1.2 Seeing where a value comes from](p01-settings.md#12-seeing-where-a-value-comes-from)
- [1.3 Choosing your own](p01-settings.md#13-choosing-your-own)
- [1.4 Changing the platform's value, and what workspaces may choose (Service)](p01-settings.md#14-changing-the-platforms-value-and-what-workspaces-may-choose-service)
- [1.5 Giving a workspace an exception (Service)](p01-settings.md#15-giving-a-workspace-an-exception-service)
- [1.6 Why a setting isn't on your page](p01-settings.md#16-why-a-setting-isnt-on-your-page)
- [1.7 Your own web addresses](p01-settings.md#17-your-own-web-addresses)
- [1.8 Your products](p01-settings.md#18-your-products)