Web Hosting - How To
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- Change Your FTP Password
It is a good idea to regularly change your password. You should always change your password if you think someone else has access to your FTP account.
1. Log into your Domain Manager
2. Click on the FTP Accounts button
3. Click the Change Password button which is next to each FTP User
4. Type in the new password in the New Password field
5. Click Change button
6. Please allow 10 minutes for any changes to take effect
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- Password Protecting a Directory
This allows you to store sensitive material online and restrict the material to authorised users only. You can protect directories within your site from browsers by using a password to protect them. This has the same appearance and effect as the password protection on the Hosting control panel.
1. Login to your Hosting control panel
2. Click Password Protect Directories under the Security tab
3. Find the directory that you want to protect. Select a folder by clicking on the folder name link, or open a folder by clicking on the folder icon
4. Type the name that you want to appear in the Protected Resource Name field. This is optional and purely for the user's benefit
Adding An Authorised User
You can control who can access protected directories by adding Authorised users. Generally, at least one Authorised user needs to be added, otherwise no-one will not be able to view the directory.
1. Type the user's name in the Username field, and password in the Password field
2. Click Add New User
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- Creating MySQL Database
Before you can use a MySQL database you need to create it and a user to access it. You can do this from your Hosting control panel. When you create a database and username your Hosting control panel automatically prefixes them with your Hosting control panel username. Follow the steps below, replacing "user" with your Hosting control panel username.
1. Login to your Hosting control panel
2. Click MySQL Databases under the Databases tab
3. Enter the database name in the New Database field
4. Click Create Database
5. Under Add New User type the username and a password and click Create User
6. Under Add User To Database select the username and database and click Submit
7. Select the permissions you would like to give to that user and click Make Changes
Now use the following details to connect to the database:
Server: localhost
User: user_me
Database: user_db
Password: The password you entered when you created user_me
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- Creating a Subdomain
Subdomains are a way of creating separate accounts within your master account, which are accessed as separate URLs. For example, you could set up a "timber" subdomain on your master account "hardware.com", which would be accessed as "timber.hardware.com". A lot of larger businesses use subdomains to establish branding and focus on separate product lines, because a subdomain creates a separate URL and web presence.
In practice, a subdomain is a sub folder within the public_html level of your account that has its own cgi-bin directory. The "timber" example above creates a new top-level folder called timber, with a cgi-bin sub-folder. Upload your files for the subdomain to this location, including a separate home file (such as index.htm).
You can create email accounts with the subdomain extension. So you can create an email account called "sales@timber.hardware.com"
1. Login to your Hosting control panel
2. Click Subdomains under the Domains tab
3. Type the text for the new subdomain in the Subdomain field - make sure the addition to the name conforms with domain name conventions
4. Click Create. A folder with the same name as the subdomain has now been added to your public_html folder, with a cgi-bin sub-folder (if CGI scripts are enabled on your account)
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- Creating a Parked Domain Name
You can set up a domain name that you own to point to another domain name. This is known as "parking" a domain.
Example: You own the business.com and innovation.com.au domain names. You already have a web site for business.com, and you want innovation.com.au to come up with the same web site. By parking innovation.com.au on top of business.com, all URL requests for innovation.com.au will automatically go to business.com instead.
1. Login to your Hosting control panel
2. Click Parked Domains under the Domains tab
3. Type the name of the domain you want to park in the New Domain Name field
4. Click Add Domain