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+<?php
+###############################################################################
+# LocalSettings.php
+# Per-server configuration directives for the Megatokyo Website
+###############################################################################
+# For a more detailed description of this file, see the development notes
+# available at:
+# http://dev.alpicola.com/projects/megatokyo/wiki/doku.php?id=localsettings.php
+###############################################################################
+
+define('SITE_PATH_ABS', dirname(__FILE__));
+ini_set('default_charset', 'UTF-8');
+ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path'));
+
+### Advertising System configuration directives ###
+
+# Todo
+
+### Database configuration directives ###
+
+define('DB_SERVER',     '[% DB_SERVER %]');          # Host on which MySQL resides
+define('DB_NAME',       '[% DB_NAME %]');            # Name of the MySQL database
+define('DB_READ_USER',  '[% DB_READ_USER %]');       # Database user with SELECT permission
+define('DB_READ_PASS',  '[% DB_READ_PASS %]');       # Password for above
+define('DB_WRITE_USER', '[% DB_WRITE_USER %]');      # Database ueer with SELECT, INSERT,
+                                                     # and UPDATE permission
+define('DB_WRITE_PASS', '[% DB_WRITE_PASS %]');      # Password for above
+
+### Public Interface configuration directives ###
+
+define('SITE_HOST',  '[% SITE_HOST %]');             # Host on which the interface resides
+define('SITE_PATH',  '[% SITE_PATH %]');             # Relative to DocumentRoot
+define('SITE_ADMIN', 'admin');                       # Relative to SITE_PATH
+define('SITE_RANT',  'rantimgs');                    # Relative to SITE_PATH
+define('SITE_RANT_ATTACHMENT', 'attachments');       # Relative to SITE_PATH
+define('SITE_STRIP',      'strips');                 # Relative to SITE_PATH
+define('SITE_STRIP_LOCK', '.lock');                  # Lock file for strip read/write relative
+                                                     # to SITE_STRIP
+
+define('SITE_CONTACT', $_SERVER['SERVER_ADMIN']); # Email address for error reports
+
+define('RANT_DATE_WINDOW', 3);        # Window of days to force rants to main page
+
+define('TWITTER_HOST', 'http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml'); #Twitter API
+define('TWITTER_USER', '[% TWITTER_USER %]');   	# Name of Twitter account
+define('TWITTER_PASS', '[% TWITTER_PASS %]');   	# Password for above
+define('RUN_INTERVAL', '[% TWITTER_INTERVAL %]');	# Time interval for automated tweets
+
+### Annoyinly necessary performance directives ###
+
+define('PERFORM_CONDITIONAL_CACHE', true);
+
+### Deprecation Station ###
+
+define('ADMIN_HOST', SITE_HOST);
+define('ADMIN_PATH', SITE_PATH.'/'.SITE_ADMIN);
+
+?>