This
information will help you get your account up and running
quickly:
Accessing
the control panel.
The
CPanel Control panel can be accessed as follows
Type
the IP address from your welcome e-mail, followed by "/cpanel
into your web browser like http://123.123.123.123/cpanel
You will see a password dialogue box,
For
information on using the control panel see the support
page.
Advanced:
If you get a 404 page not found error this means you are
using a Proxy Server or are behind a firewall. You will
need to open up port 2082or disable the proxy server to
access the control panel.
Viewing
your web pages before the domain name is functioning.
Your
pages can also be viewed by going to an address based
on the ipaddress like http://123.123.123.123/~username/
Replace the IP address and username with hose provided
in your welcome email.
SSL
Secure Server
SSL
allows data inputted into forms to be encrypted between
the web browser and server. Pages called via SSL show
the padlock symbol in the web browser. WE supply the sue
of our shared SSL certificates free of charge.
To
call your web pages securely via SSL you need to use an
alternative address based on the server name e.g. https://black.srv2.com/~username
To
find out your server name, go to http://www.domain.com:2086
and it will be displayed int he log in box for the control
panel.
Replace domain.com with your actual domain name.
Setting
up an e-mail account
-
Log
in to the control panel.
-
Click
on Mail menu..
-
Click
on "add/remove accounts"
-
Click
on "Add Account" (bottom of the page) .
-
Fill
in username and password, and decide on disk space.
-
Click
add
You
have now created username@domain.com
E-mail
settings
Once
you have set up an e-mail address in the Control Panel,
use the following settings to set up your e-mail software:
- E-mail
address:
whatever@yourdomain.com
- Incoming
(POP) server: mail.yourdomain.com
- Outgoing
(SMTP) server: Provided by your dial up ISP
- Login
name: whatever@yourdomain.com
You
will find full instructions for the most popular e-mail
programs on This
Page.
Setting
up e-mail forwarders
To
set up a mail forwarder:
-
Log
into the control panel.
-
Click
on "Mail menu"
-
Click
on "Forwarders"
-
Click
on "Add forwarder" (bottom of screen).
-
enter
the e-mail address and where you want the mail to be
sent in the "Forward to" field.
Accessing
webmail
To
access your webmail:
Go
to www.domain.com/webmail/ (replacing domain.com with
your address) and log in with the one of your POP 3 addresses
and passwords already set up
Frontpage
If
you requested frontpage extensions on the order form they
will not work until the domain name has moved over to
our servers. If you try to upload before this is complete
the extensions will become corrupted and will have to
be reinstalled. This is a limitation of the frontpage
system and not a fault with our servers.
FTP
Use
the following information with your FTP program to upload
pages before your domain is functional:
- Host
name: IP address from your welcome e-mail
- Username:
username
- Password:
Same as control panel
Once
your domain is pointing to our server you can use ftp.domain.com
as the host name.
Files
must be uploaded to the public_html directory or
they will not be visibale on the internet.
You
will find full instructions for many popular FTP programs
on This
Page.
CGI
To
run a cgi (perl) script on your web site:
Paths
to Perl etc.
Your
Perl path is:
#!/usr/bin/perl
Sendmail:
/usr/sbin/sendmail
Date:
/bin/date
Serverpath:
/home2/username
Mysql
Username
This
is the same as your log in username.
Databases are set up using the PHPMyadmin tool in the
control panel.
