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PlusRoamer II Administration
LogIn
Administration
Setup New Account

Administrative Controls
Search
Application Name
Email Notice of New Accounts
Email Address for Confirmations
Your Email Server Name
Your Machine Name
From Email Address
Space Allowed Per Account 
Who May Set Up New Accounts
Add or Edit Aliases
Community Groups Default Setting
Temporarily Suspend Setups?
Pack User Database
Send Email to All Users
Delete eMail User Account
Portal Community Group Activities
Add Footer Message 
Edit/Delete Footer Message 
Save Admin Settings

Banner System Administration
Add New Advertiser
Upload Banner
Assign Banner to Advertiser
Assign URL To Banners
Banner Set Management
     Create New Banner Set
     Assign Banners to  Banner Set 
     Remove Banner Set
     Remove Banner From Banner Set
Assign Banner Set to Account

PlusRoamer II Administration

Log In
When you log in to your Administration account you will see two links not seen in regular user accounts. 
Administration
Follow this link to access the Administration Controls  covered below. 

Setup New Account
Follow this link to setup a new account.  This is a simple fill in the blank form that takes only a few minutes to complete. You will need to have the name, address, username and password handy before you setup an account.

Administrative Controls
This panel allows you to control various functions of your PlusRoamer II  accounts.  These functions include such things as space allotment, various permissions, universal email footer message and other options.
Search 
You may search the PlusRoamer II accounts in your domain by any one of the options from the drop down menu:
Username 
This will bring up the one specific user that has the Username you enter.
Last Name 
This will bring up all users with the same last name you enter.
Email 
This will bring up one specific user that has that email address you enter.
Over Quota
This will bring up any users that are currently over the space quota you set.
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Application Name
The name you enter here will be visible to users in various scenes of the program.

Do You want An Email Notice of New Email Account Setups?
If selected, this option will generate an email notification to you when new accounts are setup.

Email Address To Which New Registration notices are sent:
This is the address to which automatic email notices of new accounts will be sent.  Enter your email address carefully.  If you make a mistake, the email will not reach you.

Your Email Server Name
Enter your domain smtp server name.  This might be in the format of mydomain.com or mail.mydomain.com  Type this carefully and be sure there are no typos.

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Your Machine Name (For Secure Access)
If you want a secure link for downloading files that have been uploaded in a group setting, then enter the name of your host Machine here. You will need to check your general web host account information, or send an email to support if you do not already know this.

From Email Address For Reg Confirmation Messages
Enter the email address you want to appear in the FROM field of the confirmation letters that go out to new users.

Space Allowed Per Account (k)
 This determines the space allowance for each account.  Space is automatically measured in kilobytes.  Enter numbers only.

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Only You May Set Up New Accounts
When checked only the admin is allowed to setup new user email accounts. Activate this feature by changing the setting to yes.  Logout and return to the login screen and click on the Register link. The admin password in now required to register a new account.

Add or Edit Aliases
If you have more than one domain name pointed to your Plusroamer account enter them here. Mail sent to these domains will be delivered to your Plusroamer accounts. Additionally, when sending mail any aliased domain my be used as the From address.

Community Groups Default Setting
This determines the default setting for the Community Group creation feature.

Temporarily Suspend Setups?
This feature disables account signups during database packing. Packing permanently removes deleted records from the user database.

PACK USER DATABASE
Before Packing:
1) Suspend Setups (above)
2)Increase Miva timeout HIGH. 
Packing the database can take several minutes if you have several thousand users, and only needs to be done after deleting an eMail User Account. Contact support if you believe a Packing operation will require more than 90 seconds.

Send Email to All Users
This function allows you to format one "personalized" email that will be sent to all of your account holders.  You may enter the Greeting and Goodbye Salutations, the subject and the body of the letter, and the system will automatically enter the names  where appropriate. You also have the option of sending a test email to yourself before sending them out to all of your registrants.

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Delete eMail User Account
Enter the Email Account Username and click on the Delete button to delete an account. Please remember that all deletions are permanent and cannot be reversed. (See Pack User Database above)

Portal Community Group Activities
You will find full directions for setting up and maintaining groups in the PlusRoamer II User Manual.  There are only two differences between the user version and the admin version that are noted here. 

  • From the Activities Page you may get a full list of both Private and Public Groups setup by your account holders.
  • You may also get a full list of all members of both Private and Public Groups.
Add Footer Message To Every Outgoing Email
This allows you to create a Footer message or advertisement that will appear at the bottom of every email that is sent by all of your PlusRoamer II users. Do NOT use HTML tags.

Edit/Delete Footer Message 
You may edit or delete your existing footer message from here.

Save Admin Settings
After making any changes be sure to save them by clicking on the Save Admin Changes button.


Banner Administration
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The Banner Administration tools allow you to set and control rotating banners that will appear in the PlusRoamer II  pages of your account holders. These may be advertisements, announcements, information bulletins,  one group of each or anything else you want. The types of banners you use and where you assign them is up to you.
Add New Advertiser
This is where you will enter the Advertiser information. This may be a client who is paying for ad space,  or a public announcement you wish to make.  Whatever the case, this information allows you to keep track of the source of each  banner.

Upload Banner
The banner itself will need to be created beforehand, and saved as a .gif or .jpg image file.  Use the Upload Banner function to Browse and select the file on your local computer and upload it.

Assign Newly Uploaded Banner to Advertiser
 When you select the option to Assign Newly Uploaded Banner to Advertiser,  a listing of Advertisers will be displayed opposite a listing of banner images you have uploaded.  Simply match the Advertiser to the appropriate banner file.

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Assign URL To Banners
This is the URL that a visitor will be taken to when clicking on the banner.   Do not enter the http://  but be sure to type the URL carefully. If you make an error the link will not work.

Banner Set Management
You may wish to set up several categorical Banner Sets.  For example, you may wish to have one set named Information for informational banners, one set named Announcements, and so on. This option allows you to manage many banners more efficiently.

Create New Banner Set
Enter a name or title for your new Banner Set

Assign Banners to Existing Banner Set
A listing of your current banners will appear opposite a listing of your existing Banner Sets. Simply match the banner to the set you wish to use.

Remove Banner Set
Use this option to delete a banner set.  Deletions are permanent and cannot be reversed or undone.

Remove Banner From Existing Banner Set
Use this option to delete a banner from a Banner Set. Remember, deletions are permanent and cannot be reversed or undone.

Assign Banner Set to Account
You must designate a Banner Set to an Account in order for the Banner Set to be displayed on the .shtml pages of an account.   To assign a Banner Set to an account, enter the account's  Username.
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