Store site configuration on database

[eluser]itibook[/eluser]
Hi all,

pretty new here, so feel free to some links if you think I missed something. Just to be clear I spent a couple of hours on the forum and google, but couldn't find an answer, so that's why I am posting...

I would like to be able to set some basic configuration fields (e.g. website name, website email, etc) in a database table and make sure that they get loaded at each page so that I can re-user those value in each model/view.

The end game is to have those configuration settings editable in the admin panel. It's not rocket science, I am sure, but I can't seem to grasp where and how I should do that.

thanks in advance

Luca