new to srcds

[johnnyCutthroat]

hi guys,im a noob to running srcds,and i followed your instructions for the hldsupdate for windows.when i run srcds it puts up a server,i checked by booting up cs and checking server list.But i have no idea how to give my server a name or change the player limits or the mapcycle.In other words i dont know how to properly admin my server any help please?

[hexitnow]

First you need to make a server.cfg file, it contains all the settings for map time, round limit, starting money, hostname, and lots of other stuff. Pertaining to admin'ng your server i would check out http://mani-admin-plugin.com
Make sure to read throught the documentation to familiarize yourself with mani's plugin.
http://cfgmaker.united-losers.com/
Go to that website for help on creating the server.cfg, super easy point and click. Member here by the name of skeletor created this super handy utility. Hope that helped a bit.