On Line Control Panel

Accessing Your Administration Suite

You will be prompted for your account USERNAME and PASSWORD. This information is in the Login email which we send to verify that your account has been setup. Usually this email will show "WebJockey1" as the sender and "Your Setup and Login Information" as the subject for the email.

Click the button to install the extensions and you are done. Please wait about 10 minutes for the server to make the installation.

On Line Management Suite Main Entry Page
The suite main page is divided into three areas as below.

Account Glance: This section contains your contact and package information.

Resources Available: This section lists your storage space allocation and how much has already been used. It also helps you keep track of the amount your email accounts and mailing lists have used.

Control Panel Language: In addition to English, we also offer Spanish, French and German translations of the Control Panel.

Options: Buttons access various features associated with your hosting account. From here you can setup new Email accounts, install Front Page extensions, change your server's password, setup Telnet, etc. Please see the following for details.

Change Password
This will allow the user to change their password. Note that this will change the ftp and Control Panel password, but NOT the Email password (s). To change the Email password(s), use the Mail Manager. Also refer to Changing Passwords for more information.

File Manager
The File Manager is the most powerful feature. It allows you to manipulate all the files in your web site. You are able to create, delete, and move your files. You can also upload files from your local PC to the server via File Manager. You can also edit the HTML in any of your files from this option. Everything you need to manage your site can be found in this feature.

Help
The Help Button offers basically the same information as presented on this page.

Anonymous FTP
This option sets up anonymous FTP to allow users to upload and download files to and from your site. Please refer to Anonymous FTP for more detailed information.

Archive Manager
The Archive Manager will allow the user to backup and compress their files. For example, if you have a number of files for which you wish to keep a backup, you can select all the files, then create a backup file that contains all of them in compressed format. Note that the compressed file will count against your disk quota.

Mailing Lists
This Options allows you to install the Mailing List program. After it has been installed, you need to create and maintain your mailing lists with the Mail Manager. You can also remove the mailing list program after it has been installed if you do not wish to use it. Please refer to Mail Manager for more info.

From this option, you can verify that the counter program is installed for your account and find directions for setting up a counter on one of your pages. Finally, after the counter has been installed on your pages, you can set the value of the counter from here.

Formmail
Formmail is a PERL Script that allows you to use forms to receive email from your users. Directions for using Formmail are in this option. See CGI-SSI for more information.

MIME Types
MIME Types allows you to set certain programs to be used for specific extensions. For example, all files that end in .ram would be set to use Real Player on the user's PC. Most users do not need to use this feature. Also, note that you cannot use this feature if you have Frontpage Extensions installed. You would need to use Frontpage itself to perform this function.

MS Frontpage
The MS Frontpage option allows you to install Frontpage extensions (necessary in order to use Frontpage with your site.) You can also verify that they are installed, or remove them if you do not wish to use them anymore. Please see Front Page for more detailed instructions.

MySQL Database
MySQL is a database engine that you can use with your web site. This feature of the Control Panel will allow you to create a new MySQL database, and manage it. You will be able to add/edit/delete tables, fields, and values. You can also run queries on the database if you need to. WE DO NOT PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT outside of what is provided on your control panel. Please refer to MySQL's Web Site for complete tutorials and troubleshooting solutions and documentation. This is an excellent resource.

Network Troubleshooter
The Network Trouble Shooter allows you to perform a traceroute from our server to your local PC. You may also trace from your web site on our server to any other location on the Internet. A traceroute shows the path that information travels over the Internet to go from one location to another. If you are experiencing slowness or problems when connecting to your web site, you can use this to see a snapshot of where the problem is occuring.

Newsletter
WebJockey1 uses this to notify you of new features and inform you of upgrades and planned server outages. It would be a good idea to check this option from time to time.

PGP
This option will allow you to set up your PGP key on the server. This allows you to use PGP in your scripts or with our PGPMail script.You must first have PGP installed on your local PC, and create a PGP key pair before uploading the key to the server. Please refer to Chapter 14 of the Online Manual for more detailed information.

PGPMail
PGPMail is simply the Formmail script, except that it encrypts the email via PGP before it is sent to the client. This option includes directions for using PGPMail. Note that you must upload your PGP key before you can use this script. See PGPMail for more detailed information.

Protect Directories
Using this option, you can password-protect any directory you own. This will prevent users from viewing the contents of a directory unless they have permission. You can set any number of users using this feature. Note that you cannot use this feature if you have Frontpage Extensions installed. You would need to use Frontpage itself to perform this function. See Password Protect Directories for more information.

Redirect URL
Redirect URL allows you to set up a redirection so that users who type in one URL will automatically be sent to another URL. Note that you cannot use this feature if you have Frontpage Extensions installed. You would need to use Frontpage itself to perform this function. Also, our Basic Plan does not allow this feature. See CGI-SSI for more detailed information.

Search Engine
This feature will allow you to install and manage the WebGlimpse Search Engine on your site. This Search Engine will allow your users to perform searches on your web site.

Shopping Cart
The Shopping Cart feature installs or removes the AlaCart Shopping Cart program on your site. After it is installed, you are given directions for managing the Cart.

Site Creation Tool
This is a graphical web-based program that gives you the ability to set up your web site from scratch, without any knowledge of HTML, or the use of a program like MS FrontPage. After the site is created, you can make it your main domain's page, or you can have it be a subdirectory under your main domain.

Secure Server
We provide you the use of our Secure Certificate free of charge, therefore there is no reason for you utilize this feature. However, in the event that you need to install your own secure certificate, simply follow the directions.

Site Statistics
The Site Statistics feature gives you access to your site's web statistics, such as hits, transfers, etc.

SSH
If you need telnet access to our servers, it can only be done using SSH. We have it set up to use RSA authentication. You will need to create a key using your PC's SSH software, then use this feature to upload the key to our servers. Once it is uploaded, you will be able to connect to our servers using SSH.

Submit Site To Search Engines
You can use this tool to submit your site to some of the Top Search Engines on the web, including AltaVista, Lycos, Excite, Hotbot, Infoseek and more.

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