h1. Overrides for dev/staging sites Generally speaking, we should be overriding certain CiviCRM options on dev/staging sites in civicrm.settings.php, so we can copy the database between servers with impunity. Here's my local CPEHN overrides. You can put these into civicrm.settings.php on line 2, just under @ global $civicrm_setting; $civicrm_setting['CiviCRM Preferences']['allowPermDeleteFinancial'] = 1; $civicrm_setting['Directory Preferences']['customTemplateDir'] = '/var/www/cpehn/sites/all/civicrm/templates'; $civicrm_setting['Directory Preferences']['customPHPPathDir'] = '/var/www/cpehn/sites/all/civicrm'; $civicrm_setting['Directory Preferences']['extensionsDir'] = '/var/www/cpehn/sites/all/civicrm/extensions'; $civicrm_setting['URL Preferences']['extensionsURL'] = 'http://cpehn.local/sites/all/civicrm/extensions/'; $civicrm_setting['URL Preferences']['imageUploadURL'] = 'http://cpehn.local/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/'; $civicrm_setting['URL Preferences']['userFrameworkResourceURL'] = 'http://cpehn.local/sites/all/modules/contrib/civicrm'; Note that "allowPermDeleteFinancial" overrides built-in CiviAccounts auditing, and shouldn't ever be enabled on production!