Our latest Control Panel Software has
been improved so that it is easy-to-use and
comprehensive. Here are some of the important
features included in your control panel:
GETTING THERE: You can
reach your control panel by entering:
http://yourdomain.com/_admin/
(That is an "underscore" character before
the word "admin" and
the final forward slash is Important.)
Replace yourdomain.com with your own domain name in your
browser. You can also use your IP address instead of
your domain name to access your control panel!
For example:
http://208.165.66.255/_admin/
(That is an "underscore" character before
the word "admin" and
the final forward slash is Important.)
If you are a brand new customer (less than 4-5 days), then
using the IP Address is the ONLY way to access your control
panel. This URL will continue to be displayed so that
you do not see any of our servers mentioned in the URL (or
anywhere else in the control panel). This is one of
our new Stealth Hosting
features.
DISK USAGE: A disk usage
pie chart is also included. This graph will give you
an easy way to view where and how much disk space you are
using. The table breaks down the disk usage by
category of files.
HTTP: All web site files which are
kept underneath the /virtual_html directory.
LOGS: Web site log files which are kept
underneath the /logs directory.
FTP: All web site
ftp files which are kept underneath the /ftp directory.
MAIL: Any stored email which is kept
underneath the /mail directory.
OTHER: All other files and directories stored in your home
directory.
All values are in Kilobytes, and simply divide the value by
1024 to get the value in Megabytes.
BANDWIDTH: Graphical
displays of the your bandwidth usage for the past 24 hours
(Daily) or the past 30 days (Monthly).
These bandwidth usage graphs are broken down into the
following protocols: Total, HTTP, POP3, FTP, Telnet, and
Other.
All values are in Kilobytes, and simply divide the value by
1024 to get the value in Megabytes.
LOGS: Site logs are
included in raw data form or displayed through Analog, a
program that will display your hits in great detail.
24 hours worth of logs file entries are generated
automatically every morning at 3:00AM EST and are appended
to the existing log file for each site. If you choose,
you have the option of deleting the log file and a fresh log
will be generated automatically at the next 3:00AM
cycle. For more information and documentation on how
to read the reports that Analog generates, click here.
If Analog does not meet your logging needs, customers also
have the option of signing up for WebTrends, a log analysis
program that generates a much more detailed and graphical
display of your site's traffic. See our pricing
page for Webtrends setup costs where applicable.
MAIL: POP3 E-Mail control
allows you to enter an UNLIMITED number of aliases, and
mailboxes as you need them. This easy to use interface
makes mailbox additions, deletions, and modifications a
breeze. Your new mailboxes and aliases are ready for
use as soon as you enter them.
For detailed instructions on
how to create/modify aliases and mailboxes, see this page:
Step by
Step Mailbox & Alias Setup Instructions
For quick instructions on how
to create/modify aliases and mailboxes, read below:
To have all mail forwarded to an external email address:
1. Delete All mailboxes.
2. Delete All aliases except for the DEFAULT alias.
3. Change the DEFAULT alias to go to the full external email
address.
When adding an alias, make sure that a mailbox with the same
name does not exist. If a mailbox exists with that the
same name, you must delete the mailbox first.
When adding an alias or a mailbox, you only need to put the
user name portion of the email address in the first
field. For example, if you wanted to add the mailbox, myuser@yourdomain.com,
you only need to put in the word: myuser in the first field
and then specify a password for that mailbox in the second
field.
This also applies to aliases. For example, if you
wanted to add the alias, myuser@yourdomain.com
going to auser@adomain.com,
you only need to put the word: myuser in the first field and
then the entire email address of where you want it forwarded
to: auser@adomain.com
in the second field.
Email Client Setup:
(Does not apply if you setup your email to be aliased
to an external email account you already check.)
Once you have created a mailbox
using your site's control panel, then you need to configure
your PC's email program to download mail from this newly
created mailbox. For detailed instructions on
how to setup your PC's email program (Outlook, Netscape
Mail, & Eudora), please see our Email
Client Setup page.
Autoresponder Setup:
To Add an Autoresponder:
2a. Select the radio button for "Add" and select
the mailbox from the drop down list that you want to add an
autoresponder message to. Then hit the
"Change" button.
3. On the next screen, you can change the From: and Subject:
tags to reflect the email address you want
the autoresponse email to come from and the subject you want
the autoresponse email to have. Make sure you only leave one
space after the words "From:" and
"Subject:". Then type the body of the
autoresponse message below and hit the "Change"
button.
To Delete an Autoresponder:
2b. Select the radio button for "Delete" and
select the mailbox from the drop down list that you want to
delete an autoresponder message to. Then hit the
"Change" button.
E-COMMERCE: This
options allows you to install, configure, and remove the
free shopping cart included with your website.
For detailed instructions on how to configure your shopping
cart once it is installed, see this page:
Step
By Step E-commerce Setup Page
PASSWORD: The types
of passwords related to your website are:
a. 'System Password': is used for FTP and Telnet access.
b. 'Control Panel Password': is used to access your Control
Panel.
c. 'POP3 Email Passwords': are used to access your mail.
d. 'FrontPage Publish Password': is used to publish to your
website via FrontPage.
e. 'Password Protected Web Directories': are used to control
browser access to subdirectories on your website.
In this section of the control panel, you can reset and
synchronize your 'System Password' and your 'Control Panel
Password' simultaneously.
If you want to change the other passwords listed above,
follow these instructions:
a. To change your 'POP3 Email Passwords',
go to the MAIL section of your control panel
and
you can do it there.
b. To change your 'FrontPage Publish
Password', first change your System/Control Panel
Password using this section of the
Control Panel and then go to the FRONTPAGE section of the
Control Panel and choose to reinstall the
extensions.
c. To change your 'Password Protected Web
Directories', go to the WEB MANAGEMENT
section of your control panel and you can
do it there.
WEB SECURITY: Web
Site controls include the ability to create password
protected directories within your Web Site with UNLIMITED
usernames and passwords. You can also read and delete
files. This information is easily viewable from within
the control panel.
Do not use this control panel option
if you use Frontpage to publish your web site.
Frontpage has it's own built in security (Tools Menu -
Permissions) that you must use instead of using this Web
Security option or risk corrupting your Frontpage
extensions.
The only exception is when password protecting your /_webtrends
directory (if you signed up for it) since no frontpage web
pages are stored here.
a) Since web access all takes place in and underneath the /virtual_html
directory, please select the /virtual_html directory and hit
the "Change Directory" button.
b) Now select the subdirectory you want to password
protect and hit the "Change Directory"
button. In this example, we are trying to password
protect the /advanced directory inside of /virtual_html.
Always check the "Current Directory" information
line to see what directory you are currently in.
c) Now that we are in the /advanced directory, click
over on the right side and assign a realm name
(for simplicity just use the name of the directory itself),
a user name, and a password. Then, hit the "Add
Protection" button. Then, the screen will
refresh and you can continue adding more user names and
passwords. After you have added your first user name,
you will also be given an additional selection box that will
allow you to delete an existing username that you have added
previously (just select the user name on the list and hit
the "Delete User" button if you wish to do so).
FRONTPAGE: You can
install or repair your site's FrontPage extensions using
this option. The one button performs both
functions. So, if your site has never had FrontPage
extensions and you would like to install them or, if your
site's FrontPage extensions have become corrupted, you can
now perform these at any time.
When you install or repair your FrontPage extensions, your
current control panel password is the one that is
used. If you have just changed your password using the
PASSWORD option in the control panel, then it will use the
new password you just entered.
ERROR MANAGEMENT:
With this control panel option, you can set up the standard
server error messages to redirect to custom error html pages
on your web site. For example, you may want the
standard "404 Not Found" error to show a custom
error page that you have designed, rather than the server
default error message.
a) Follow the example below and replace "yourdomain.com"
with your domain name and then upload your custom error html
pages to your /virtual_html directory.
Notice that the 401 Error document must be specified with a
relative path and you should type it in the way it is shown
below. Upload that error page to the same location as
the other error pages.
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