Changes

==Advice for SME Server Users==

==Advice for SME Server Users==

The following page details some general advice for new and existing SME Server Users.

The following page details some general good advice for new and existing SME Server Users.

===SME Server Usage===

===SME Server Usage===

* Learn about the db commands as many (not all) settings can be configured with a db command. See [[DB_Variables_Configuration|DB Variables Configuration]] for further information.

* Learn about the db commands as many (not all) settings can be configured with a db command. See [[DB_Variables_Configuration|DB Variables Configuration]] for further information.

* Realize that the web based ''server-manager'' is the GUI control panel for SME and that all changes made there interact with many different functional systems within SME eg on a gateway server, enabling a secure mail server component will also open the appropriate port in the firewall.

* Realize that the web based ''server-manager'' is the GUI control panel for SME and that all changes made there interact with many different functional systems within SME eg on a gateway server, enabling a secure mail server component will also open the appropriate port in the firewall.

* If you cannot do something in server manager, look to see if there is a db command available. If not then you need to create custom templates.

* If you cannot do something in the ''server-manager'' GUI, look to see if there is a command line [[DB_Variables_Configuration|DB Variables Configuration]] available to achieve what you want. If not then you probably need to create custom templates.

===Documentation===

===Documentation===