General information
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Website Control Panel
You can access your Website control panel by clicking
the "Administer Your Account" link on the left.
  Nameserver information (DNS)
Our DNS information is:
NS1.VMSOL.COM 216.251.45.36
NS2.VMSOL.COM 216.251.46.36
Uploading your site
Your home page must be named one of the following file names: index.htm, index.html, index.shtml, index.phtml or index.php. Any files (other than CGI scripts) that are to be viewed by the public should be placed in your "public" directory (or a sub-directory of "public"). If you place files in a directory other than "public," only you will have access to them.
CGI scripts must be placed in your "cgi-bin" directory.
Front Page Instructions
 FTP service and Front Page will NOT coexist on the same website. Please choose either one or the other.
If you are using Microsoft FrontPage to design and publish your website, it is essential that you follow these instructions: Log into the WebsiteOS with your domain and password (above).
In the WebsiteOS, click on "Site Builders" from the menu on the left. Click "FrontPage Manager," and it will be displayed. Click on the "install" button. You will be prompted to set up a FrontPage password.
The FrontPage password is independent of your domain password. It is used exclusively for accessing your FrontPage web with the FrontPage client. Enter and confirm the password, then click the "Submit" button. After reading the warning message concerning FrontPage restrictions, click the "install" button again and the extensions will be installed on your domain.
Publishing your FrontPage Website to the server: Once you've finished editing and saving your website, go to FILE and PUBLISH. The address you want to publish to is your domain in the form of yourname.com.
You will be asked for a username and password. The username is your domain, and the password is the one you set for FrontPage. You have now uploaded your website!
Please note that you can not upload MS FrontPage "sites" with a regular FTP client. To upload a FrontPage website you must use the FrontPage client (see above). Howevver you can manually upload individual pages and files created within Front Page using FTP.
You will not be able to publish your website from FrontPage until DNS propagation is complete. This process typically takes 24 - 48 hours from the time you register your domain.
FTP Instructions
To upload your files with FTP you will require FTP software. You can download your own FTP client by clicking on Webmaster Tools and choosing FTP Applications. We suggest CuteFTP available here.
Here is the information you will require to configure your FTP client, substituting your domain name for "yourname.com":
Host Name / Address: megaftpservers.com
User Name: your_domain_name.com
Password: yourpassword
Once connected, you will see the following directories:
/cgi-bin
/logs
/private
/public (this is where your HTML files are published)
Double click the public directory to open it, and upload your files to this folder.
E-mail setup
Your e-mail accounts are managed through your WebsiteOS.
To create your new e-mail accounts, you first need to log in to the WebsiteOS with the login information for the domain. Then click on E-mail and then "EasyMail Setup." This function allows you to create, delete, forward and change the passwords of EasyMail accounts.
To configure your e-mail program (i.e. MS Outlook, Netscape Communicator, Eudora) to receive your e-mail, use the following information, substituting your domain name for "yourname.com":
POP (incoming) Server: mail.yourname.com
SMTP (outgoing) Server: mail.yourname.com
Username or Login: user.yourname.com
Password: password you chose in EasyMail Setup
If using our servers for SMTP make sure you select that your outgoing server requires authentication.
Additional mail setup info is available here .
Previewing and uploading before DNS propagates.
If you want to upload your site before the 24-48 hour period you may FTP your files using the following info.
Host Name / Address: megaftpservers.com or 216.251.32.98
User Name: yourname.com
Password: yourpassword
You can preview it by using the following address.
http://domain_name.com.c1.previewmysite.com/
If you are using FrontPage , you can preview your site by uploading the website to the following address, and sing the same address to preview your website. Substitute your
domain name for "yourname.com":
http://yourname.com.c1.previewmysite.com
Path Information
Path to Perl is: /usr/bin/perl
CGI Data Access Path: /services/webpages/ first_letter_of_your_domain / second_letter_of_your_domain / your_domain.com / filepath
As an example, the IowaWebHosting.com domain has the following path for formail:
/services/webpages/i/o/iowawebhosting.com/cgi-bin/formmail
Path to SQL database: sqlc1.megasqlservers.com
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