diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 67555753..c874a067 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ SITE_NAME="(dev) No Moss 3 Carbo Landfill Online Localhost"
 # SITE_HOST is used for generating links for the search index. (If you leave this blank it should work using relative paths.)
 SITE_HOST="localhost"
 # SITE_URL is used for generating links for the search index. (If you leave this blank it should work using relative paths.)
-SITE_URL="https://$SITE_HOST"
+SITE_URL="https://${SITE_HOST}"
+# WELCOME_MSG is used for the homepage instead of "Welcome to ${SITE_NAME}!"
+WELCOME_MSG="Devel' It Up, Developer!"
 
 # APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT is the TCP port used to access the Node application's HTTP interface (usually by a reverse proxy).
 APP_HTTP_HOST="nm3clol"
 # APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT is the TCP port used to access the Node application's HTTP interface (usually by a reverse proxy).
 APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT=3000
 # APP_URL is the URL used to access the Node application (usually by a reverse proxy).
-APP_HTTP_URL="http://$APP_HTTP_HOST:$APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT"
+APP_HTTP_URL="http://${APP_HTTP_HOST}:${APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT}"
 
 # SOLR_DOCS_HOST is the host for Apache Solr's core for indexed documents.
 SOLR_DOCS_HOST="solr"
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ SOLR_DOCS_PORT=8983
 # SOLR_DOCS_CORE_NAME is the core name for Apache Solr's core for indexed documents.
 SOLR_DOCS_CORE_NAME="nm3clol_core"
 # SOLR_DOCS_URL is the URL to access Apache Solr's core for indexed documents. It is used by Gulp and the Search feature.
-SOLR_DOCS_URL="http://$SOLR_DOCS_HOST:$SOLR_DOCS_PORT/solr/$SOLR_DOCS_CORE_NAME"
+SOLR_DOCS_URL="http://${SOLR_DOCS_HOST}:${SOLR_DOCS_PORT}/solr/${SOLR_DOCS_CORE_NAME}"
 
 # SOLR_LAW_HOST is the host for Apache Solr's core for indexed laws.
 SOLR_LAW_HOST="$SOLR_DOCS_HOST"
@@ -30,11 +32,11 @@ SOLR_LAW_PORT=$SOLR_DOCS_PORT
 # SOLR_LAW_CORE_NAME is the core name for Apache Solr's core for indexed laws.
 SOLR_LAW_CORE_NAME="vacode_core"
 # SOLR_LAW_URL is the URL to access Apache Solr's core for indexed laws. It is used by Gulp (and eventually the Search feature.)
-SOLR_LAW_URL="http://$SOLR_LAW_HOST:$SOLR_LAW_PORT/solr/$SOLR_LAW_CORE_NAME"
+SOLR_LAW_URL="http://${SOLR_LAW_HOST}:${SOLR_LAW_PORT}/solr/${SOLR_LAW_CORE_NAME}"
 
 # TIKA_HOST is the URL to access the host running Apache Tika.
 TIKA_HOST="tika"
 # TIKA_PORT is the URL to access the host running Apache Tika.
 TIKA_PORT=9998
 # TIKA_URL is the URL to access the host running Apache Tika.
-TIKA_URL="http://tika:$TIKA_PORT"
+TIKA_URL="http://${TIKA_HOST}:${TIKA_PORT}"
diff --git a/docker/.env.nm3clol b/docker/.env.nm3clol
index 67555753..c874a067 100644
--- a/docker/.env.nm3clol
+++ b/docker/.env.nm3clol
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ SITE_NAME="(dev) No Moss 3 Carbo Landfill Online Localhost"
 # SITE_HOST is used for generating links for the search index. (If you leave this blank it should work using relative paths.)
 SITE_HOST="localhost"
 # SITE_URL is used for generating links for the search index. (If you leave this blank it should work using relative paths.)
-SITE_URL="https://$SITE_HOST"
+SITE_URL="https://${SITE_HOST}"
+# WELCOME_MSG is used for the homepage instead of "Welcome to ${SITE_NAME}!"
+WELCOME_MSG="Devel' It Up, Developer!"
 
 # APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT is the TCP port used to access the Node application's HTTP interface (usually by a reverse proxy).
 APP_HTTP_HOST="nm3clol"
 # APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT is the TCP port used to access the Node application's HTTP interface (usually by a reverse proxy).
 APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT=3000
 # APP_URL is the URL used to access the Node application (usually by a reverse proxy).
-APP_HTTP_URL="http://$APP_HTTP_HOST:$APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT"
+APP_HTTP_URL="http://${APP_HTTP_HOST}:${APP_HTTP_LISTEN_PORT}"
 
 # SOLR_DOCS_HOST is the host for Apache Solr's core for indexed documents.
 SOLR_DOCS_HOST="solr"
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ SOLR_DOCS_PORT=8983
 # SOLR_DOCS_CORE_NAME is the core name for Apache Solr's core for indexed documents.
 SOLR_DOCS_CORE_NAME="nm3clol_core"
 # SOLR_DOCS_URL is the URL to access Apache Solr's core for indexed documents. It is used by Gulp and the Search feature.
-SOLR_DOCS_URL="http://$SOLR_DOCS_HOST:$SOLR_DOCS_PORT/solr/$SOLR_DOCS_CORE_NAME"
+SOLR_DOCS_URL="http://${SOLR_DOCS_HOST}:${SOLR_DOCS_PORT}/solr/${SOLR_DOCS_CORE_NAME}"
 
 # SOLR_LAW_HOST is the host for Apache Solr's core for indexed laws.
 SOLR_LAW_HOST="$SOLR_DOCS_HOST"
@@ -30,11 +32,11 @@ SOLR_LAW_PORT=$SOLR_DOCS_PORT
 # SOLR_LAW_CORE_NAME is the core name for Apache Solr's core for indexed laws.
 SOLR_LAW_CORE_NAME="vacode_core"
 # SOLR_LAW_URL is the URL to access Apache Solr's core for indexed laws. It is used by Gulp (and eventually the Search feature.)
-SOLR_LAW_URL="http://$SOLR_LAW_HOST:$SOLR_LAW_PORT/solr/$SOLR_LAW_CORE_NAME"
+SOLR_LAW_URL="http://${SOLR_LAW_HOST}:${SOLR_LAW_PORT}/solr/${SOLR_LAW_CORE_NAME}"
 
 # TIKA_HOST is the URL to access the host running Apache Tika.
 TIKA_HOST="tika"
 # TIKA_PORT is the URL to access the host running Apache Tika.
 TIKA_PORT=9998
 # TIKA_URL is the URL to access the host running Apache Tika.
-TIKA_URL="http://tika:$TIKA_PORT"
+TIKA_URL="http://${TIKA_HOST}:${TIKA_PORT}"