Site Management As a Site Administrator, you can manage your site by using any
standard web browser. Access the Site Management screen for your site by
typing the address http://www.yoursite.com/siteadmin into your
browser. You will be prompted to enter your Site Administrator username
and password.
The Green Navigation
Bar indicates that this is the Site Administrator screen. Site parameters
and services can be set from the left menu. These functions will be
further discussed below.
The table in the
center is the User Management section. From here, Site Administrators can
add or remove users, enter and modify user names and passwords, and manage
users' disk space allocations and email aliases.
A dialog box will
appear below the User List table when your mouse cursor is positioned over
a function. This dialog box explains what you can do with each function on
the page.
Adding
Users:
To add a user to a site, go to the Site Management screen and click the
add User button above the User List. From here, you can enter the user's
name and password, set a total disk space allocation for the user and
enter email aliases. You can also choose to assign the user to be an
administrator for the your site (administrators are listed with a crown
icon in the User List). Once completed, click Confirm New User.
Editing User
Settings:
To change the name, password, disk space allocation for an existing user,
enable FrontPage, or to make an existing user the site administrator,
click User Management on the Site Management screen, then click the pencil
icon for the user. Enter the changes you want in the Modify User table.
To set up or modify
the email options for an existing user, click User Management on the Site
Management screen, then click the envelope icon for the user. In the table
that appears, you can enter a forwarding email address, email aliases, and
an automatic vacation reply.
If you want to
remove a site user, click the trash icon for the user. To confirm that you
want to remove the user, click OK in the confirmation dialog box that
appears. DO NOT REMOVE ANY USERS THAT HAVE A CROWN ICON BY THEIR NAME -
FIRST REVOKE THE ADMIN STATUS OF THAT USER.
Mailing Lists:
The Mailing Lists section of the Administrator Site allows you to create
and manage mailing lists for the site.
To add a mailing
list, go to the Site Management screen, and click List Management. Next,
Click Add Mailing List. Enter a name for the mailing list. You can add
outside users to the mailing list by entering their email addresses in the
External Recipients area. If there are existing users on the server that
you want to include in the list, click the checkboxes to select them. When
you're finished, click Confirm New Mailing List.
To modify a mailing
list, go to the Site Management screen, click List Management, click the
pencil icon for the mailing list, modify the information as needed, and
then click Confirm Modify.
To delete a mailing
list, go to the Site Management, click List Management, click the trash
icon for the mailing list you want to delete, and then click OK to confirm
that you want to delete it.
Site Settings:
Under the Site Settings section, Site Administrators can view site
settings. As specified below the Site Settings table, site settings are
only configurable by the server administrator. If you would like specific
settings enabled, please contact the Server Administrator.
FTP Settings:
Under the FTP Settings section, the Anonymous FTP settings are displayed.
Anonymous FTP settings can only be configured by the Server Administrator.
Disk Usage:
In this section of Site Management, you can monitor how much disk space is
being used by the site and each user.
A Site User, can
manage their Personal Profile by using any standard web browser. They
access the Personal Profile screen by typing the address http://www.yourdomain.com/personal
into their browser. they will be prompted to enter their username and
password.
The Blue Navigation
Bar indicates that this is the Personal Profile screen. User settings can
be set from the left menu. These functions are explained below:
Modify User:
This section allows you to change your full name and password. To change
these, click Modify User on the Personal Profile screen to access a table
where you can change these settings. When you're finished, click Confirm
Modify.
Email:
The Email section of the Personal Profile allows you to select email
options. This is further explained under the Email section.
Usage Data:
The Usage Data section of the Personal Profile displays a Disk Usage table
showing the total disk space occupied by your files, the amount of
available disk space, and your total disk space allocation. To access this
table, just click Usage Data on the Personal Profile screen.
Among our many
features, you'll also have ability to preform your own backups and
restores! It's one of the advantages of being your own server administer.
It's why we like to be called notechsupport.com! Please note that
Hennessee Internet Services does not take responsibility for lost data and
we urge you to make your own backups on a regular basis. We cannot
guarantee the integrity of your data, so it is highly recommended that you
perform your own backups. When you perform a backup, all files or just
files for a specific person on your site are all grouped together and
compressed into a single file (this file will be named according to the
month, day, year, and time with a .raq file extension), then downloaded to
your computer's hard drive.
Backup:
To back up your site, follow these quick and easy steps:
Step 1: Login to your site administration page (http://www.yourdomain.com/siteadmin)
with the user name and email we provided you.
Step 2: Click the Backup button on the Site Management screen. Click here
for a screenshot.
Step 3: Select the type of backup you want to preform from the Data to
Backup selection. You can backup all email, web, and user files on your
site, or the files and email for a specific user. To backup all files,
make sure that the All email, web, or user files on this site is checked,
or to backup files for a specific user, make sure you check the Files and
email of user and select the user name from the pull down menu to the
right.
Step 4: You'll want to select which files have been changed within a
certain time frame. To do this, click on the pull-down menu just right of
Backup files modified in the last. You can choose Backup all Files or
files modified in the past 31 days, 14 days, 7 days, 2 days, or 1 day.
Step 5: Now that you have all the options selected, click the Start Backup
button.
Restoring your files
is an easy process. When you restore files to your site make sure that
they are up to date. To restore files follow the steps below:
Restore:
Step 1: Login to your site administration page (http://www.yourdomain.com/siteadmin)
with the user name and email we provided you.
Step 2: Click the Restore button on the left menu located directly below
the Backup button. Click here for a screenshot.
Step 3: Enter the path and filename of the backup file, or click the
Browse button to search for the backup file and select the file to
restore. NOTE: If the file does not appear in the list and you are using
Netscape 4.x or Internet Explorer 4.x, you may need to change File Type in
the desktop to All Files.
Step 4: If you want to restore only some of the files, click Selective
Restore.
Step 5: When finished, click the Restore A Backup File button.
A Few Notes:
As indicated on the Restore screen, Archive restores are not possible with
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3. If you experience problems
uploading a .raq archive, please use a newer browser. Also, please be
careful not to interrupt an archive restore as data could be corrupted.
