This
is a basic overview concerning your web hosting
:
Account
Basics
Congratulations on your purchase of your Web Hosting
package! In this section we'll explain the procedures
and steps required to access your account.
Lets
begin!
Username and Passwords:
These
are stated in the first paragraph of the welcoming
email. Until you change them, they're needed to
authenticate everything from FTP, to Email access,
Control Panel, and MS FrontPage if you're using
it. In short, use this Username and Password for
any access you're attempting to your account.
Accessing
your account via its URL
If
you've just signed up, chances are you've begun
the process of a domain transfer to our servers.
In all likelihood, it will take anywhere from 48
to 72 hours for all worldwide DNS records to reflect
you domain name as pointing to our servers. While
everything in our welcoming email refers to the
domain you signed up, we recommended you use the
accompanying "IP" number until you can
verify your domain is actually answering to your
new account on our servers.
Until
such time as your domain is officially answering
to our servers, you can use your new username to
access and setup your web site.
For
example, if your assigned domain was frank.com and
you user ID is frank , your welcoming email would
provide the IP http://IPADDRESS/~frank/ as an option
for accessing your new account.
Again,
it's a great way to test all those features and
make sure everything is functioning smoothly before
launching your web to the world.
Let's
try an example:
Your
username is frank
Your Domain is "frank.com" or "frank.net"
Your IP address is "222.22.22.22"
To
reach your account via the web, you would call this
site as: http://222.22.22.22/~frank/
Don't
forget the ~
before your name!
Check
your welcoming email for the IP number and Username,
which was assigned to your account.
Once
again, when your new DNS settings have propagated
across the worlds DNS servers, you'll be able to
access your domain by calling it the standard way,
which is http://www.yourdomain.com.
Accessing your account via FTP:
These
accounts are accessed in the generally the same
way as above. Again, if your domain name is not
officially pointing to our servers yet, use the
IP address and the Username which was sent to you
in your welcome email. If you have additional questions
regarding the ins and outs of FTP, please see our
FTP support section, which covers it in broad detail.
Example:
ftp to: IP address which was sent to you.
l: your_username
p: your_password
The
public_html is where your web page files has to
be placed
This
is the directory, where files you want accessed
from the web must be placed. Open the folder "public_html"
, which is your "web accessible directory."
Upload the files you want accessible to your visitors
and feel free to make the appropriate sub-directories
you'll require.
Accessing your Control Panel:
To
access your control panel account manager, you can
login into it with:
http://www.mydomain.com/cpanel
Again,
if your domain name is not pointing to our servers
yet, you can use your IP address to gain access
to your account (example: http://xxx.xxx.xxx/cpanel/).
Use your username/password which was included in
your welcome letter.
PATHS
WWW
directory /home/yourID/public_html
Root directory /home/yourID
Path to PERL /usr/bin/perl
Perl modules Click to view
Path to sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail
Where to upload your files:
The Home Directory:
/home/yourID/public_html
Your
html files, and or the files you want to make accessible
to the World Wide Web must be uploaded to your account.
When you first FTP into your account, you'll be
taken to your "Home" directory. Don't
confuse this with your "web directory."
The home directory is "not" accessible
to the World Wide Web; it's a private directory
where critical system files reside.
DO NOT delete ANY files that have been
created by the system, otherwise your web site may
disappear into cyber oblivion!
WEBMAIL
To
access the webmail just type : http://yourwebsite.com/webmail
User
ID : your email address
Password : the password you created in cPanel
their
you will get the option of 3 different online webmail
programms .
To Configure & Setup Mail Readers:
Outlook
Express and Netscape Mail
Just
configure your software like this :
Pop
: mail.yourdomainname.com
Smtp
: mail.yourdomainname.com
Username
: youremail@yourdomainname.com
Password
: what you created in you control panel
Html
Editors
The
best editor is macromedia
dreamweaver
You can find a great dreamweaver
tutorial at wiredgorilla.com.au
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