diff --git a/conf/settings.xml.template b/conf/settings.xml.template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..767ded661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/settings.xml.template
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+  <site>
+    <!-- siteName: Name of site used in the page titles. Default: letoDMS
+       - footNote: Message to display at the bottom of every page
+       - printDisclaimer: if true the disclaimer message the lang.inc files will be print on the bottom of the page
+       - language: default language (name of a subfolder in folder "languages")
+       - theme: default style (name of a subfolder in folder "styles")
+    -->
+    <display
+      siteName = "letoDMS"
+      footNote = "letoDMS free document management system - www.letodms.com"
+      printDisclaimer="true"
+      language = "English"
+      theme = "clean"
+    >  
+    </display>
+    <!-- strictFormCheck: Strict form checking. If set to true, then all fields in the form will be checked for a value. If set to false, then (most) comments and keyword fields become optional. Comments are always required when submitting a review or overriding document status.
+       - viewOnlineFileTypes: files with one of the following endings can be viewed online (USE ONLY LOWER CASE CHARACTERS)
+       - enableConverting: enable/disable converting of files
+       - enableEmail: enable/disable automatic email notification
+       - enableUsersView: enable/disable group and user view for all users
+       - enableFolderTree: false to don't show the folder tree
+       - expandFolderTree: 0 to start with tree hidden
+       -                   1 to start with tree shown and first level expanded
+       -                   2 to start with tree shown fully expanded     
+    -->   
+    <edition
+      strictFormCheck = "false"
+      viewOnlineFileTypes = ".txt;.text;.html;.htm;.pdf;.gif;.png;.jpg;.jpeg"
+      enableConverting = "true"
+      enableEmail = "true"	
+      enableUsersView = "true"
+      enableFolderTree = "true"
+      expandFolderTree = "1"
+  
+    >
+    </edition> 
+    <!-- enableCalendar: enable/disable calendar
+       - calendarDefaultView: calendar default view ("w" for week,"m" for month,"y" for year)
+       - firstDayOfWeek: first day of the week (0=sunday, 6=saturday)
+    -->  
+    <calendar
+      enableCalendar = "true"
+      calendarDefaultView = "y"
+      firstDayOfWeek = "0"
+    >
+    </calendar>
+  </site>
+  
+  <system>
+    <!-- rootDir: Path to where letoDMS is located
+       - httpRoot: The relative path in the URL, after the domain part. Do not include the
+       -           http:// prefix or the web host name. e.g. If the full URL is
+	     -           http://www.example.com/letodms/, set $_httpRoot = "/letodms/".
+	     -           If the URL is http://www.example.com/, set $_httpRoot = "/".
+       - contentDir: Where the uploaded files are stored (best to choose a directory that
+       -             is not accessible through your web-server)
+       - logFileEnable: set false to disable log system
+       - logFileRotation: the log file rotation (h=hourly, d=daily, m=monthly)
+    -->
+    <server
+      rootDir = ""
+      httpRoot = "/letodms/"
+      contentDir = ""
+      logFileEnable = "true"
+      logFileRotation = "d"
+    >
+    </server>
+    
+    <!-- enableGuestLogin: If you want anybody to login as guest, set the following line to true
+       -                   note: guest login should be used only in a trusted environment
+       - restricted: Restricted access: only allow users to log in if they have an entry in the local database (irrespective of successful authentication with LDAP).
+       - enableUserImage: enable users images
+       - disableSelfEdit: if true user cannot edit his own profile
+    -->    
+    <authentication
+      enableGuestLogin = "false"
+      restricted = "true"
+      enableUserImage = "false"
+      disableSelfEdit = "false"
+    >
+      <connectors>
+        <!-- ***** CONNECTOR LDAP  *****
+           - enable: enable/disable connector
+           - type: type of connector ldap / AD
+           - host: hostname of the authentification server
+           -       URIs are supported, e.g.: ldaps://ldap.host.com
+           - port: port of the authentification server
+           - baseDN: top level of the LDAP directory tree
+        -->  
+        <connector
+          enable = "false"
+          type = "ldap"
+          host = "ldaps://ldap.host.com"
+          port = "389"
+          baseDN = ""
+        >
+        </connector>
+        <!-- ***** CONNECTOR Microsoft Active Directory  *****
+           - enable: enable/disable connector
+           - type: type of connector ldap / AD
+           - host: hostname of the authentification server
+           - port: port of the authentification server
+           - baseDN: top level of the LDAP directory tree
+           - accountDomainName: sample: example.com
+        -->  
+        <connector
+          enable = "false"
+          type = "AD"
+          host = "ldap.example.com"
+          port = "389"
+          baseDN = ""
+          accountDomainName = "example.com"
+        >
+        </connector>
+      </connectors>
+    </authentication>
+    <!-- ADOdbPath: Path to adodb. This is the directory containing the adodb directory
+       - dbDriver: DB-Driver used by adodb (see adodb-readme)
+       - dbHostname: DB-Server
+       - dbDatabase: database where the tables for letodms are stored (optional - see adodb-readme)
+       - dbUser: username for database-access
+       - dbPass: password for database-access
+    -->    
+    <database
+      ADOdbPath = ""
+      dbDriver = "mysql"
+      dbHostname = "localhost"
+      dbDatabase = "letodms"
+      dbUser = "letodms"
+      dbPass = "letodms"
+    >
+    </database>
+    <!-- smtpServer: SMTP Server hostname
+       - smtpPort: SMTP Server port
+       - smtpSendFrom: Send from
+    -->    
+    <smtp 
+      smtpServer = "localhost" 
+      smtpPort = "25" 
+      smtpSendFrom = "letodms@localhost"
+    />    
+  </system>
+ 
+  
+  <advanced>
+    <!-- siteDefaultPage: Default page on login. Defaults to out/out.ViewFolder.php
+       - rootFolderID: ID of root-folder (mostly no need to change)
+       - titleDisplayHack: Workaround for page titles that go over more than 2 lines.
+    -->  
+    <display
+      siteDefaultPage =""      
+      rootFolderID = "1"
+      titleDisplayHack = "true"
+
+    >
+    </display>
+    <!-- guestID: ID of guest-user used when logged in as guest (mostly no need to change)
+       - adminIP: if enabled admin can login only by specified IP addres, leave empty to avoid the control
+       -          NOTE: works only with local autentication (no LDAP)
+    --> 
+    <authentication
+      guestID = "2"
+      adminIP = ""     
+    >
+    </authentication>
+    <!-- enableAdminRevApp: false to don't list administrator as reviewer/approver
+       - versioningFileName: the name of the versioning info file created by the backup tool
+    --> 
+    <edition
+      enableAdminRevApp = "false"
+      versioningFileName = "versioning_info.txt"
+    >
+    </edition>
+    <!-- coreDir: Path to LetoDMS_Core (optional)
+       - contentOffsetDir: To work around limitations in the underlying file system, a new 
+       -                   directory structure has been devised that exists within the content 
+       -                   directory ($_contentDir). This requires a base directory from which 
+       -                   to begin. Usually leave this to the default setting, 1048576, but can 
+       -                   be any number or string that does not already exist within $_contentDir.	
+       - maxDirID: Maximum number of sub-directories per parent directory. Default: 32700.
+       - updateNotifyTime: users are notified about document-changes that took place within the last "updateNotifyTime" seconds
+    -->
+    <server
+      coreDir = ""
+      contentOffsetDir = "1048576"
+      maxDirID = "32700"
+      updateNotifyTime = "86400"
+    >
+    </server>
+
+  </advanced>
+
+</configuration>
+
+
+
diff --git a/op/op.Settings.php b/op/op.Settings.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9564f578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/op/op.Settings.php
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+<?php
+//    MyDMS. Document Management System
+//    Copyright (C) 2002-2005  Markus Westphal
+//    Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Malcolm Cowe
+//    Copyright (C) 2010 Matteo Lucarelli
+//
+//    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+//    (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//    GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+//    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+include("../inc/inc.Settings.php");
+include("../inc/inc.Utils.php");
+include("../inc/inc.DBInit.php");
+include("../inc/inc.Language.php");
+include("../inc/inc.ClassUI.php");
+include("../inc/inc.Authentication.php");
+
+
+function getBoolValue($post_name)
+{
+  $out = false;
+  if (isset($_POST[$post_name]))
+    if ($_POST[$post_name]=="on")
+      $out = true;
+
+  return $out;
+}
+
+if (!$user->isAdmin()) {
+	UI::exitError(getMLText("admin_tools"),getMLText("access_denied"));
+}
+
+if (isset($_POST["action"])) $action=$_POST["action"];
+else if (isset($_GET["action"])) $action=$_GET["action"];
+else $action=NULL;
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if ($action == "saveSettings")
+{
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // get values
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // SETTINGS - SITE - DISPLAY
+	$settings->_siteName = $_POST["siteName"];
+  $settings->_footNote = $_POST["footNote"];
+  $settings->_printDisclaimer = getBoolValue("printDisclaimer");
+  $settings->_language = $_POST["language"];
+  $settings->_theme = $_POST["theme"];
+
+  // SETTINGS - SITE - EDITION
+  $settings->_strictFormCheck = getBoolValue("strictFormCheck");
+  $settings->setViewOnlineFileTypesFromString($_POST["viewOnlineFileTypes"]);
+  $settings->_enableConverting = getBoolValue("enableConverting");
+  $settings->_enableEmail =getBoolValue("enableEmail");
+  $settings->_enableUsersView = getBoolValue("enableUsersView");
+  $settings->_enableFolderTree = getBoolValue("enableFolderTree");
+  $settings->_expandFolderTree = intval($_POST["expandFolderTree"]);
+
+  // SETTINGS - SITE - CALENDAR
+  $settings->_enableCalendar = getBoolValue("enableCalendar");
+  $settings->_calendarDefaultView = $_POST["calendarDefaultView"];
+  $settings->_firstDayOfWeek = intval($_POST["firstDayOfWeek"]);
+
+  // SETTINGS - SYSTEM - SERVER
+  $settings->_rootDir = $_POST["rootDir"];
+  $settings->_httpRoot = $_POST["httpRoot"];
+  $settings->_contentDir = $_POST["contentDir"];
+  $settings->_logFileEnable = getBoolValue("logFileEnable");
+  $settings->_logFileRotation = $_POST["logFileRotation"];
+
+  // SETTINGS - SYSTEM - AUTHENTICATION
+  $settings->_enableGuestLogin = getBoolValue("enableGuestLogin");
+  $settings->_restricted = getBoolValue("restricted");
+  $settings->_enableUserImage = getBoolValue("enableUserImage");
+  $settings->_disableSelfEdit = getBoolValue("disableSelfEdit");
+
+  // TODO Connectors
+
+  // SETTINGS - SYSTEM - DATABASE
+  $settings->_ADOdbPath = $_POST["ADOdbPath"];
+  $settings->_dbDriver = $_POST["dbDriver"];
+  $settings->_dbHostname = $_POST["dbHostname"];
+  $settings->_dbDatabase = $_POST["dbDatabase"];
+  $settings->_dbUser = $_POST["dbUser"];
+  $settings->_dbPass = $_POST["dbPass"];
+
+  // SETTINGS - SYSTEM - SMTP
+  $settings->_smtpServer = $_POST["smtpServer"];
+  $settings->_smtpPort = $_POST["smtpPort"];
+  $settings->_smtpSendFrom = $_POST["smtpSendFrom"];
+
+  // SETTINGS -ADVANCED - DISPLAY
+  $settings->_siteDefaultPage = $_POST["siteDefaultPage"];
+  $settings->_rootFolderID = intval($_POST["rootFolderID"]);
+  $settings->_titleDisplayHack = getBoolValue("titleDisplayHack");
+
+  // SETTINGS - ADVANCED - AUTHENTICATION
+  $settings->_guestID = intval($_POST["guestID"]);
+  $settings->_adminIP = $_POST["adminIP"];
+
+  // SETTINGS - ADVANCED - EDITION
+  $settings->_versioningFileName = $_POST["versioningFileName"];
+  $settings->_enableAdminRevApp = getBoolValue("enableAdminRevApp");
+
+  // SETTINGS - ADVANCED - SERVER
+  $settings->_coreDir = $_POST["coreDir"];
+  $settings->_contentOffsetDir = intval($_POST["contentOffsetDir"]);
+  $settings->_maxDirID = intval($_POST["maxDirID"]);
+  $settings->_updateNotifyTime = intval($_POST["updateNotifyTime"]);
+  $settings->_maxExecutionTime = intval($_POST["maxExecutionTime"]);
+
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // save
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  if (!$settings->save())
+    UI::exitError(getMLText("admin_tools"),getMLText("settings_SaveError"));
+
+	add_log_line(".php&action=savesettings");
+}
+
+
+header("Location:../out/out.AdminTools.php");
+
+?>