Lyris User's Guide
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Web Interface Header and Footer
Table of Contents
· Introduction
· Email Commands
· Web Interface for Users
· Server Administrator
· Site Administrator
· List Administrator
· Other Topics
· · Security Considerations
· · Security Issues Relating to Members
· · Lyris List Manager Mail Merge
· · The Lyris List Manager command line
· · Modifying lyris.plc
· · · Default Site
· · · TCP/IP Address of Lyris List Manager
· · · TCP/IP Port of Lyris List Manager
· · · TCP/IP Socket Connection Retries
· · · Temporary Directory
· · · Location of Lyris List Manager Web Interface Graphics
· · · Debugging Mode
· · · LCP Password Setting
· · · TCP/IP Addresses of Admins
· · · TCP/IP Addresses of Users
· · · Disable Help in the Web Interface
· · · Web Interface Style Sheet
· · · Location of Web Interface Help Files
· · · Lyris List Manager Unavailable Message
· · · "Hosts the Following…" message text
· · · Web Interface Header and Footer
· · · Lyris List Manager Face Graphic
· · · Lyris List Manager Logo Graphic
· · · Lyris List Manager Home Button
· · · Charset for HTTP
· Add-On Packages
· Installing and Upgrading
· Appendix
· Frequently Asked Questions

Web Interface Header and Footer

html_header=
html_header_text=
html_footer=
html_footer_text=

You can define HTML that you want placed at the top or at the bottom of every web interface page.

This feature can be used to place a common toolbar on the bottom of every page or a legal disclaimer, corporate logo or whatever information you desire.

The "_text" version of the header or footer is used by Lyris List Manager, if the person using the web interface decided to turn "graphics off". In other words, it is a text version of the standard html_header that you define.

Here are two examples:

    html_header=<h1>This site sponsored by MyCorp!</h1>

    html_footer=<h6>All contents copyright 1997 MyCorp Ltd.</h6>

If you have a lot of HTML to define, you may want to use several lines. This makes the HTML easier to read. Lyris List Manager will automatically glue the lines together. Here is an example:

    html_header=<h1>
    html_header=This site sponsored by MyCorp!
    html_header=</h1>

Lyris List Manager also provides the option to automatically rotate between various header or footer choices. A common use of this feature is to place advertising in the web interface. Each time a web page in the Lyris web interface is displayed, a random header among those you define is chosen. To define multiple choices, uses two bar characters, "||", to separate the choices. Here is an example:

    html_header=<h1>This site sponsored by MyCorp!</h1>||<h1>This site sponsored by OtherCorp!</h1>||<h1>This site sponsored by AnotherCorp!</h1>

If you prefer, you can use multiple lines to make the choices easier to read:

    html_header=<h1>This site sponsored by MyCorp!</h1>
    html_header=||
    html_header=<h1>This site sponsored by OtherCorp!</h1>
    html_header=||
    html_header=<h1>This site sponsored by 3rdCorp!</h1>

Remember to Convert the Equals Sign to "%3D"

Important Note: You cannot use the equal's sign in your HTML text -- your header definition will not work if you try to.

To work around this, be sure to replace any occurrence of "=" with the code "%3D". For example, if your HTML code is:

    <a href="http://www.mycorp.com">This site sponsored by MyCorp!</a>

The configuration command for doing this is:

    html_header=<a href%3D"http://www.mycorp.com">This site sponsored by MyCorp!</a>

Other pages which link to this page:
  • Modifying lyris.plc
  • New in Version 2.5
  • How can I customize the Web Interface?
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