Re: [cobalt-users] Customizing Default Homepage

["AY@Home" <ayoung78@xxxxxxxx>]

on 1/29/02 4:32 PM, David Lucas at david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> At 02:16 PM 1/29/2002, you wrote:
>> I've been working on customizing the default homepage that is created for
>> each virtual site and pretty much have what I want except for some things.
>> 
>> I want to be able to also have the following information included on the
>> page for each client but am not sure how to call it.
>> 
>> 1)Document root: (ie:  /home/sites/siteXX/web)
>> 2)IP: if applicable
>> 3)Clients main login username (as client will choose their password but we
>> will assign their login)
>> 
>> This will make my life easier if I can automate this information to be
>> included in the default page and can just send out an email for the client
>> to reference the page.
>> 
>> thanks
>> a
> 
> Sounds interesting but ....
> If you are going to send an email to them, why don't you create a template
> for your email and just change the site number and user id when you send it?
> After all, the default page is nothing but a place holder.
> They probably need more help configuring their ftp client.  ie setting the
> default remote directory to /web so they will get to the correct place.
> Told where to get a ftp client if they don't already have one.
> 
I've tried the email template and between the client misplacing it and me
having to reissue I find it's easier if they have an actual page that they
can reference.

> Are you only going to send to site admin's or everyone?  Everyone doesn't
> have access by default to the /web directory for a site.  They only have
> access to their  web directory.  Most site admins end up in their own
> directory instead of the site /web directory.
> 
Only to the site admin.

> Just a few other things to think about.  Sorry I didn't really answer
> anything you asked.
> 
> 
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