 Account
Management
Provides detailed information about your account. (More in-depth
than the Account Glance feature of the Control Panel.) |
 File Manager
Similar to Microsoft Windows Explorer in function, the File
Manager Option in the Control Panel allows you to perform file
management tasks such as creating files and directories, setting
the read, write or execute permissions on the files and directories
in your site, renaming or deleting files or directories, and
changing the password for directories that are password-protected. |
 Change
Password
Using the Change Password option, you can change the password
for your account. This affects Control Panel, FTP and SSH
access, but does not affect the passwords for any e-mail
accounts you set up. |
 Billing
History
Shows the entire billing history and payment balance for
your account. |
 Edit
Billing Information
This tool allows you to change certain information relating
to how your account is billed.
These pieces of information are:
- Payment Method
- Name of Credit Card
- Cardholder Name
- Credit Card Number
- Credit Card Expiration Date
- Off Network E-mail Address
|
 Edit
Personal Information
This tool allows you to change certain information relating
to your account.
This inforamtion includes:
- Owner Information including name and address
- Billing Information including name and address
|
 Resource
Meter
The Resource Meter option provides a detailed view of disk
space and transfer data statistics that are more detailed
than those that show up in the Resources Available section
of the Control Panel. |
 Email
Support
You can correspond via e-mail with us by using the
E-mail Support option. This option allows you to submit a
form-based
e-mail directly to our support staff. |
 Mail
Manager
The Mail Manager option provides several ways of managing
the mail accounts you set up on your account. Additionally,
if Mailing Lists have been set up for your account, you can
manage them using this tool.
Mailboxes for individuals or
groups can be set up using the Mail Manager option. The number
of mailboxes allowable
on your account depends on the package your purchased from
your hosting company.
E-mail accounts can be set up to forward
to other mail accounts or to have automatic responses
generated when mail is received
by the original account. Additionally, Mail Manager allows
you to delete e-mail accounts as well as change passwords
for e-mail accounts. |
 Web
Mail
Our POP email accounts can also be accessed via our
web based email. Of course you can use your email reader like
MS Outlook or Eudora or other email reader to retrieve mail from
the server. |
 Web
Statistics
Many statistics about the usage of your web site are
available through the Site Statistics option in the Control Panel.
The statistics are generated by the AWSTATS program. Log files
can also be download from the server. |
 Mailing
List
The Mailing List option, once installed, allows you
to create and manage your own mailing lists, which is an efficient
way of communicating with many people at one time. |
 MS
Frontpage Extentions
If you are planning on using Microsoft's FrontPage as
the web-development tool for your site, you will first need to
enable FrontPage Extensions. We support all versions. |
 Web
Site Builder
Our Web Site Builder is the perfect tool for getting
your web site up quickly, without investing in a webmaster
or an expensive web development software package. You can choose
from a range of professionally designed templates, and simple
point and click menus to get yoursite up in no time, with all
the basics, including an automated contact form.
(You do not
have to use the Site Builder, you can use any design software
package including MS Frontpage, Dream Weaver and other
HTML editors with our hosting plans). |
 Counter
The Counter option allows you to set up a hit counter
on your site, which lets you determine how many times the page
on which the counter resides has been visited. This counter is
displayed on the page and can be viewed in various counter styles.
Additionally, you can start the counter at any number you set,
and it will count hits and add them to that number. |
 Protected
Directories
Using the Protect Directories option, you can limit
the amount of access users have to your site. You can specify
a username and password for the directory you are protecting.
Each protected directory can have multiple users (each with different
passwords if you prefer) who have access to it. Additionally,
the Protect Directories option can be used to remove a user's
access from a protected directory. |
 Redirect
URL
The Redirect URL option allows you to change the file
that appears when a user enters a specific file's web address.
Example:
There are a number of old URLs for your site's home page that
are no longer current, yet people still use them. You
don't really want people going to those old URLs because either
an outdated page will display or they'll get an error.
Set
up redirection for these old URLs, so that when users enter
them into their web browsers, the file at your current URL
displays instead.
If set up to forward your domain to an
existing website on the web, visitors will be transported
instantly to the url
of your
choice. |
 Search
Engine
The Search Engine Options allows you to install the
WebGlimpse Search Engine on your site. This tool allows users
to perform searches for content on your site. This is a great
tool if you have many pages and a lot of content. |
 Form
Mail
Formmail allows you to use a form to receive e-mail
from your users. The Formmail option provides step-by-step instructions
on how to set this up on your website. |
 Anonymous
FTP
Anonymous FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a method by
which your guests can upload content (files) to an incoming directory.
To make use of Anonymous FTP, your users would need to know the
FTP utility included in their operating system, or use one of
several available FTP programs, such as WS-FTP or Cute FTP. |
 Archive
Manager
The Archive Manager option provides a method of backing
up files on your site by compressing them. It is always good
practice to back up files in case damage should occur to original
files. Compressing files allows you to reduce the amount of storage
space your files take up, thus freeing more space for you to
work with on your site. |
 PGP
The PGP option performs two functions:
- It provides you with instructions for using PGP on the web
server on which your site resides
- It allows you to add or delete your PGP key from that
server
|
 PGP
Mail
The PGP Mail option provides you with instructions for
using PGP Mail in forms on your site. This option should be used
in conjunction with the PGP and Formmail options. |
 SSH
If you have SSH (Secure Shell) software on your PC,
you can use this option to telnet securely into your site's server
(uses RSA authentication). |
 Secure
Server
Allows you to install a secure certificate on your site.
This option helps you generate a request for this certificate
which you will need when purchasing a certificate.
The following certificates are supported:
- OpenSRS
- Verisign
- Thawte
- Entrust
- Comodo
|
 GeoTrust
Quick SSL
Allows you to install a GeoTrust Quick SSL secure certificate
on your site. This option helps you generate a request for this
certificate which you will need when purchasing a certificate. |
 MySQL
Database
The MySQL option in the Control Panel allows the setup
of a MySQL database on your site. Once the database has been
installed, there is documentation available within the MySQL
Option for managing the database. This procedure shows you how
to install MySQL and provides a basic overview of the screens
you can expect to see within this option. |
 Network
Trouble Shooter
Allows you to use the Traceroute utility which shows
the path on the web that information travels in order to get
from one location to another. |
 Help
It gives a brief summary of all the features of the
Control Panel. |
 Upgrade
Control Panel
This option allows you to add additional features to
your account. You can purchase the following using this option:
- more disk storage space to you account
- increased amount of data transfer
- additional e-mail addresses
|
 Add
Domain
There are two different types of domains you can add:
Added Domains and Parked Domains.
An Added Domain is an entirely new and separate domain which
is added under a different user name than the (original) domain.
A Parked Domain is a domain name that serves as a "pointer"
to another domain. When people visit this parked domain with
their web browser, they are automatically sent or forwarded
to the domain that the parked domain is pointing to. |
Submit
Site to Search Engines
This option is a powerful tool that allows you to quickly
list your web site on some of the most popular web search indexes. |
