How to bring up the Web Interface

The web interface is the main way you, the administrator, work with ListManager. You will use the web interface to create sites, topics, mailings lists and access all of the functionality in ListManager.

When you install ListManager, a file named README.HTM (the program Icon is titled "Read This First!") is created on your system that includes links to bringing up the web interface on your computer.

If the README.HTM file does not work for you, you may want to consult the directions here.

To use the web interface, bring up your web browser, and go to the URL:

http://your_machine/cgi-bin/lyris.pl

The exact URL you go to will depend on your machine name, and the name of your CGI directory.

For example, if your machine name is "clio.lyris.net", and your CGI directory (sometimes called ShellCGI) is /cgi-bin, then you would go to the URL:

http://clio.lyris.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl

This is the URL you should give to others to find the web interface.

Note: Some Web Servers support multiple types of server extensions and may have several different directories for each different extension type. The web interface is written in Perl and uses the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) standard, that is the most common standard.

On Windows you can also try the same URL, but with the extensions .EXE, .BAT or .CMD, as in:

http://clio.lyris.net/cgi-bin/lyris.bat
http://clio.lyris.net/cgi-bin/lyris.exe
http://clio.lyris.net/cgi-bin/lyris.cmd

If you are using the Microsoft IIS server on Windows NT, use the word "scripts" instead of "cgi-bin", as in:

http://clio.lyris.net/scripts/lyris.pl

If you are using an O'Reilly Web Server on Windows, use the word "cgi-shl" instead of "cgi-bin", as in:

http://clio.lyris.net/cgi-shl/lyris.pl

If you are using a Netscape server on Windows or Unix, it is you who defines the directory to use for ShellCGI programs.