Red Light in Server.app Website Pane

Hi, newbie here. Am I doing something wrong in that I get this red light in the below screen shot? Confused.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/451249/mdmimagehost/murraysorg.png
Thank you for any insight!

Hi Matthew,
quick question - there is your server and its plugged directly into the internet modem ( no intervening router or nat translaltion and your server is doing nat and dhcp for your local network? Is that correct as per the line under ?
Internet <--> Modem in bridge mode <-> Server - with Internet IP Address
or is it ?
Internet <--> Modem / Router <--- > Server - with internal ip address
Re your questions - The Server name can stay, but the hostname should be something like familyserver.murray.org under network settings. because technically, "murray.org." is a Fully Qualified Domain Name. not Host Name! Its a convention to give a machine a name under the FQDN.
Also - No Green Light as opposed to a grey light when you enter your site under websites may mean - its kind of working, but you may get funny results - Try setting up as below and see how that goes, it will likely save problems in the long run.
Change the hostname in Server.app/Server/Network Settings to be a familyserver.domain.org style.
Then under DNS on server.app, the Primary Zone should be "murray.org".
Then add a Machine record to match the hostname - familyserver.murray.org
Then add a nameserver record in the zone - familyserver.murray.org
Then add an MX record in the zone for familyserver.murray.org
Then add an alias record in the zone for www
Then delete / re-add your website and you should get a green light.
cheers
Gerry

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