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What
is the web hosting management console?
It is a central location where you can manage many aspects of your web
hosting account. Some of the things you can do from the web hosting management
console are:
- Access your web site traffic statistics.
- Access your web site email mangement console to add/remove email
accounts and change email passwords.
- Change your website password.
- Submit technical support requests.
- Check the amount of disk space you are using.
- See and modify your billing address and hosting package type.
- See your web site IP number.
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| How
do I access the web hosting management console? Surf
to this address... http://webmin.domain.com (using
YOUR domain name instead of "domain") Where
it asks for a login name... type in your username (typing
in YOUR username)Where it asks for your password... type
in your password. |
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How do
I request technical support? You can send an
email to ebiz@megalink.net or
use a form located in the web
site management console.
Our general support phone number is 1-800-520-9911 Monday-Friday 8am
to 9pm, Saturday 9am to 2pm. |
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| How
do I access the email that is sent to my domain? You
can check your mail by either using the webmail
page or by setting up your email
software on your computer to pick it up directly
from our mail server. |
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How
do I access email via the online webmail page?
Surf to... http://webmail.megalink.net Where
it asks for a login name... type in your username@yourdomain-name.com
(typing in YOUR username and YOUR domain name) Where it asks for your
password.... type in your password after accessing your webmail account
click on "Inbox" |
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How
do I access email via Outlook Express? There
are 4 pieces of info you need to configure your email
software to pick up your domain email.
- Acccount name... username@yourdomain-name.com
- password... your password
- pop server... pop.yourdomain-name.com
- smtp server... smtp.yourdomain-name.com
(or whatever your internet service provider
recommends for an smtp server name)
- In Outlook Express click Tools> Accounts> and
then the Mail tab.
Click Add> Mail
- In the field labeled... Display Name...
Type in anything you want > Click Next
- In the field labeled... Email Address...
Type in what you want to use for a reply
address (such as info@yourdomain-name.com) > Click
Next
- In the field labeled ... My incoming mail
server is a POP3 server... there is nothing
to do as long as POP3 is selected.
- In the field labeled... Incoming mail
(POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server... type in pop.yourdomain-name.com
- In the field labeled... Outgoing mail
(SMTP) server... type in smtp.yourdomain-name.com
(or whatever your internet service provider
recommends for an smtp server name) > Click
Next
- In the field labeled... Account name...
type in your username@yourdomain-name.com
- In the field labeled... Password... type
in your password > Click Next
- Click Finish
- Click Close.
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How
do I access email via some other brand of email software? There
are 4 pieces of info you need to configure your email
software to pick up your domain email.
- Acccount name... username@yourdomain-name.com
- password... your password
- pop server... pop.yourdomain-name.com
- smtp server... smtp.yourdomain-name.com
(or whatever your internet service provider
recommends for an smtp server name)
Due to the many different versions and brands
of email software used on the Internet it is
not practical to list explicit instructions for
each one here.
Generally if you can find the settings, preferences, properties or configuration
menu for your email software you should be able to find the areas to
input the above 4 pieces of info. |
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How
do I upload my files to my hosting space using WS_FTP?
(Instructions apply to both Unix and Windows 2000 hosting
servers) You can FTP your files into your web
space if you know 3 pieces of info... host name, username,
and password.One of the most popular programs for transferring
files to a web server is WS_FTP LE. http://www.ftpplanet.com/download.htm Assuming
WS_FTP is already installed on your PC.
- When the program starts, the session window
will automatically appear.
- Select 'new'. Enter yourdomain_name.com
into the profile name box
- Enter ftp.yourdomain_name.com into the host
name box (replacing yourdomain_name.com with
your domain name)
- Replace the userID with your own username
- Replace the password with your password
- Click 'save', to save the profile you've
just created.
- Now click 'Ok' to connect to the server.
- Once connected, your 'live' site will be
in the right hand window and your local files
will be in the left.
- Navigate to the local folder on the left
where you have your web site files stored.
- To transfer files to your account, simply
highlight the files on the left that you wish
to copy across, and use the arrow buttons in
the middle of the window to transfer files
to and from the server.
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How
do I upload my files to my hosting space using some other
brand of FTP software?
You can FTP your files into your web space if you know 3 pieces of info...
host name, username, and password. Due to the many different versions
and brands of FTP software used on the Internet it is not practical to
list explicit instructions for each one here.
Generally if you can find the settings, preferences, properties or configuration
menu for your FTP software you should be able to find the areas to input
the above pieces of info. |
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How
do I publish my site using Microsoft FrontPage? (Instructions
apply to Windows 2000 hosting server Only)
With your site open in FrontPage click the "File" menu
and select "Publish Web"
- Type in the full URL for your domain http://www.yourdomain_name.com
- Click"Publish"
- A login screen will appear. Type in your username
and password
Your site will be transferred to the web server.
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| What
is the domain email administration console?This
is the place where you can add or remove password protected
mailboxes, change mailbox passwords or set-up mail forwards
and redirects to other email addresses. You can access
it either thru the web
site management console or by surfing to this address.http://warpspeed.megalink.net:8010/Admin/yourdomain-name.com
(using your domain name) |
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How
do I add additional password protected mailboxes to my
domain?
- Surf to this web address... http://warpspeed.megalink.net:8010/Admin/yourdomain-name.com
(using your domain name)
- Click the link that says "Enter"
- Put in your domains username and password and hit
enter.
user ID............... your username
password........... your password
- In the form to the right of the "Create Account" button
type in a username for the mailbox you want to make.
(all lowercase, no spaces)
- Click the "Create Account" button.
- Where it says CommuniGate Password: Remove the asterisks
and type in a password for this mailbox.
- Click Update
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How
do I redirect/forward mail from a mailbox address to
another email address?
- Surf to this web address... http://warpspeed.megalink.net:8010/Admin/yourdomain-name.com
(using your domain name) or access the email adminstrative
console via the website
console.
- Click on the account name you want to redirect.
scroll down a bit and click on "Automated Rules"
- Checkmark the box labled "redirect all mail
to"
- Type in the email address where it should be redirected
to.
- Remove checkmarks from "keep a copy" and "do
not redirect automatic messages"
- KEEP checkmark in "Preserve to/cc fields"
- Click Update
Be sure to test it to be sure it is working as
expected.
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How
do I access the web traffic statistical reports?
- Surf to this web address...
http://webtrends.yourdomain-name.com (using your domain name)
user ID............... your username
password........... your password
domain.............. Leave empty
- A new report will be started each month.
- Reports will be run weekly on late Saturday night,
and will build on the previous week for the entire
month.
- At the end of the month, that month's report will
be archived and be accessible by the month hyperlink
on the webtrends page and a new report will be started
for the 'current' link
- Reports will be available for the prior year to
the current month, then will be overwritten.
- To insure access to year to date info for a given
month it will be advisable to save a copy of the report
to your own PC prior to the archived month being deleted.
Simply click on "File" and "save as" in
Internet Explorer and save the page or pages to your
PC's hard drive.
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| What
do "Page Views", "Visits" and "Unique
Visits" mean? Page Views: Hits
to files designated as pages. Supporting graphics and
other non-page files are not counted.Visits: Number
of times a visitor comes to your site. If a visitor is
idle longer than the 30-minute idle-time limit, WebTrends
assumes the visit was voluntarily terminated.Unique
Visitors: Individuals who visited yhour site
during the report period. If someone visits more than
once they are counted only the first time they visit. Impressions tells
you the number of pages viewed excluding the supporting
graphic files within the page. Number of page hits
tells you the number of successful hits to .htm, .html,
.asp pages. Hits to graphics are not counted. Number
of Page Views (Impressions) tells you how many
pages were looked at during the period of the report
by all visitors combined.Number of Visitor Sessions tells
you how many visitors came to your site and look at it
within the timeframe defined in the General Options Tab. Average
Number of Page Views Per Day tells you how many
pages each visitor looks at on average. Number
of Unique Users tells you how many visitors your
site had by counting their IP, domain name, or cookie. Total
number of hits shows you all successful hits
including HTML pages, pictures, forms, scripts and files
downloaded. Number of Successful Hits for Entire
Site shows you all the hits that had a "successful" status
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How
do I promote my website to search engines? The
search engines may not find your site unless you invite
a them to come and visit. There is an informative artilcle
on search engine optimization here. http://www.searchengines.com/intro_optimize.html I
am seeing a disturbing trend with some of the popular
search engines. Alot of them are requesting a payment
to look at it right away. If you don't pay... they come
and visit when ever they get around to it. Could be up
to 4 weeks or more... if at all. Yahoo is not even accepting
free listings for commercial websites any more. Here
is a link to the Google search engine free submission
page...
http://www.google.com/addurl.html
Search engines thrive on text. When they come to visit make sure there
is alot of relevant text for them to key in on. How to articles, FAQs,
testimonials are some of the type of text intensive pages you can add
to a site to embellish it somewhat. The first sentence and paragraph
on the main page is extremely important. It should contain significant
keywords and be relevant to the product and service. Bad... Welcome
to our page. We hope you enjoy it. Better... Acme Widgets is a
distributor of high quality Widgets throughout ME, NH and Mass. Some
search engines will even give you a higher ranking if they have seen
links to your site on other sites. From what I have seen and read,...
search engine optimization is more of an art than a science. What works
for one may fail miserably and possibly get you penalized with another.
When I was doing web work I would visit competitors websites of listings
that ranked high in the engines. I would check out their keywords and
try to analyse the site for the reason they ranked high.Sometimes the
crappiest sites that defied search engine optimization logic ranked high.
Hard to figure. Sometimes luck and being there first helps.. The best
thing to do is to read-up on the topic as much as you can. All of the
so called search engine optimization gurus have different ideas as to
what works and what doesn't. After researching the topic you will notice
some common threads and techniques that many use. You can develop a strategy
from there.Above all don't be bashful to experiment. If it works... great.
If not... try something else.Wish there was a quick, easy magical solution.
More resources to check out...
http://www.selfpromotion.com
http://www.abc-webdesign.com/webtips/scoringwell.htm and
the 'mutha' of all pages on the topic...
dmoz.org |
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