If your webserver does not support symbolic links or you do not allow following symbolic links for security reasons you have to supply the path to the real directory. Configuration of lightNews Perl Specify where Perl is on your system. If on your system Perl is installed in another place, modify this line saying where Perl is on your system. Table 1.1 describes the structure in the file system. This order is the same how lightNews reads the config files.
Every type can contain the same directives.
This config file will be included into the appropriated instances config file with the require statement of Perl. A instances config file defines everything which is only valid for the concrete instance. Every config file can contain the same structure if necessary. All about the layout of the HTML pages. Now you can contol if you can call the lightNews binary and if all variables are properly set.