Lyris

Create Site

Here is what the Create Site Page looks like. The annotation numbers point to the notes below.

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(1) Name
(required) This is a single word (without spaces) which identifies the site. For convenience, a shorter name is better. You can use the underscore or dash characters to represent spaces, such as "shelby_group". You will use see this name in several places in the Lyris Web Interface, when you are administering your site. Also, this site name will be displayed in the URL while people are browsing the Lyris Web Interface for your site. Think of this name as the "code word" for your site.

(2) Host
(required) The machine name that you want Lyris to use for this site. For example, if Lyris is running on a machine called "lists.acme.com", you would enter that machine name here, lists.acme.com.

The Host name is the machine name Lyris uses as the Reply-To: and From: when it is sending out mail. If is vital that you enter a valid Internet host name. If you enter an invalid Internet host name, mail will go out with that name, and people replying to it will never be able to send mail back to the Lyris Server. For example, if you entered "solaris.acme.com" as the host name, but this was another machine, then outgoing mail would say lyris@solaris.acme.com, and this would not be correct.

There are other alternatives.

If the machine running Lyris responds to several machine names, you will want to enter the appropriate machine name for this Site. For example, if two companies are sharing this server, Acme Corporation, and Widget Corporation, this host name will tell Lyris which name to use in what situation. If someone writes to a mailing list run by Widget Corporation, Lyris will respond with the Widget Corporation host name (lists.widget.com, let's say). If someone else writes to a mailing lists run by the Acme Corporation, Lyris will respond with the Acme Corporation host name (lists.acme.com, let's say).

Also, though Lyris might be running on a machine called "lists.acme.com", you might want outgoing mail to look like it is coming from "acme.com". If so, you would enter "acme.com" as the host name. Note, however, that people will be sending mail to addresses at acme.com, and it is your responsibility to set up mail forwarding on your email system so that mail sent to acme.com (for Lyris or Lyris mailing lists) gets forwarded to Lyris running on lists.acme.com.

(3) Description
(optional) A short set of words describing your site. For example "Shelby Software Ltd.". This is the text users will see in places where your site description is given.

(4) Site Logo
(optional) The URL to a web-ready graphic to be displayed in the Lyris Web Interface. In most cases, this will be your organization's logo. Since the Lyris Web Interface uses white as a background color for all the web pages, it is a good idea to make your graphic look good on a white background. This URL can be a local path (off of your Web Server's document root), such as /graphics/logo.gif or a full URL, as in http://www.company.com/graphics/logo.gif. If you specify a full URL, the graphic does not need to reside on the same Web server as the Lyris Web Interface. This is convenient, because it means that the user can update the logo graphic without having access to the hard drive on the machine running Lyris.

The Site Logo is displayed on the Lyris Home Page for your Site. If no Site Logo is defined (it is optional), the Site Description text is displayed instead. If no Site Description text is defined, the Site Name is displayed instead.

(5) URL
(optional) A World-Wide-Web URL which leads to the Web page of this site. For example, if you create a site named "acme" for a company named "Acme Corporation", you would point to their corporate web pages at http://www.acme.com. If you do specify a URL, it will be used as the link off of the Site Logo (or Description) on the Lyris Home page for that Site.

(6) Lyris URL
(optional) A World-Wide-Web URL for reaching the Lyris Web Interface for this site. This is used solely for informational purposes.

(7) Admin
(optional) The list of People for this site (and server) is given here. The user can pick one to be chosen as the administrator of this site. This setting is for informational purposes only, it does not give the person you choose any powers. This setting is so that users with questions about the Site will know who to contact.

(8) Tech
(optional) The list of People for this site (and server) is given here. The user can pick one to be chosen as the technical support contact for this site. This setting is for informational purposes only, it does not give the person you choose any powers. This setting is so that users with technical support questions will know who to contact.

(9) Language
(optional) The user can select the main language used at this site. This setting is for informational purposes only.

(10) Location
(optional) The user can give the physical location of the site. This setting is for informational purposes only.

(11) Address
(optional) The user can select from among the Documents created which were specified as Address documents. This setting is for informational purposes only.

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