CPanel and WebHost Manager

» Cpanel Control Panel
» File Manager
» Mail Manager/menu
» Change Password
» Site Statistics
» Network Tools
» Ftp
» Ssh / Telnet
» Password Protect Directories
» Custom Error Pages
» Mysql
» Mime Types
» Crontabs
» Entropy Chat
» Shopping Carts
» Search Engine Submission
» Sub Domains
» Back Up Manager
» Cgi Scripts
» I Uploaded My Files But Still See Your Page. Why?
» How Can I Upload My Site?
» How Do I Use Cute Ftp To Upload Files?
» How Do I Use Ws_ftp To Upload Files?
» How Do I Create A New Email Account?
» I Can't Send Email Via Your Server. What's Wrong?
» How Do I Access Webmail With My Browser?
» What Is The Path To The Perl Interpreter?
» What Is The Path To Sendmail?
» Where Do I Put Cgi Scripts?
» How Do I Use Formmail?

Cpanel Control Panel

The Cpanel Control Panel makes setting up and managing your web site easy! The Control Panel is a user-friendly graphical/text interface that permits quick and easy access to all the features available to your hosting plan. The features inside the Control Panel automate processes that users must do manually with other hosting companies.

A full user manual is available online here You can review our http://www.cpanel.net/docs/cp/

File Manager

By clicking this option you can view all the directories and files in your account, as well as change permissions for directories and files, create directories, create and edit files, and upload files from your hard drive to your account. With this helpful feature you really don't need any other FTP client software.

Mail Manager/menu

This option is where you create, edit, and change passwords, forward email to other email accounts, and create auto responders for your Pop3 email accounts. (Quick Note: It is not necessary to create email aliases as your default email account acts as a "Catch All Account. In other words anything@yourdomain.com will be delivered to your default mail account.)

Change Password

Click this option to change the password for your Control Panel and FTP Client.

Site Statistics

This option will assist you in monitoring visitors to and from your site. This area features 3 different views of your traffic: Analog, which basically provides you with a quick summary.

Webalizer, which provides you with more detailed information, last 300 visitors, with detailed information on each, this area also contains a link to access your error log, which will assist you in trouble shooting your scripts.

Network Tools

This option provides you with DNS lookup capabilities and traceroute.

Ftp

This option is available in accounts with multiple ftp accounts and alsothose with anonymous ftp. From here you can setup how anonymous users are treated, change anonymous policies, view who is online, and boot anyone from a session.

Ssh / Telnet

We only allow telnet or SSH access on a limited and per reason basis with proper ID and credit card data on file.

Password Protect Directories

Password protecting your directories has never been easier. This option allows you to select the directory you wish to password protect from a drop down box and then enter usernames and passwords of those you want to allow access to that part of your web site. You can remove them just as easily...all at the click of a button.

Custom Error Pages

This option will assist you in customizing how your error pages look. It includes: 400, 401, 403, 404, 500 error pages.

Mysql

MySQL is a database engine that you can use with your web site. There are two separate features in the Control Panel. One allows you to create your databases and assign users while the other feature permits you to edit the database.

Mime Types

MIME = Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - This option allows you to add Mime Types to your account.

Note: FRONTPAGE USERS - You will have to use FrontPage to perform this function.

Crontabs

This option will assist you setting up automated processes.

Entropy Chat

This option will allow you to setup a web based chat on your site.

Shopping Carts

Users can setup a fully customized and completely functional storefront and shopping cart on their site with a host of administrative features. Shopping Carts are available with all our Hosting Plans. Presently we have Interchange cart, Agoria.cgi cart, and Os Commerce included with your control panel.

Search Engine Submission

This option will assist you in submitting your URL to many of the popular search engines in one click.

Sub Domains

This option will assist you setting up sub domains inside your hosting plan. Sub domains are anydomain.yourdomain.com. The sub domains that are setup through your control panel draw their resources from the parent plan and do not come with an independent IP address.

Back Up Manager

This feature allows you to compress and backup your directories and files at your convenience.

Cgi Scripts

This option provides you with easy use of the following pre-installed/configured scripts:

Random HTML Editor, Guest book, Counter, Clock, Countdown, Formmail clone, Entropy Search Engine, Chat.

Further information pertaining to these scripts can be found in the CGI Center in your Control Panel.

GalaxyVisions DOES NOT provide technical support for ANY third party CGI / Perl / Java scripts. However we have provided links to various FAQ's, Tutorials and documentation for each type.

I Uploaded My Files But Still See Your Page. Why?

If our Welcome page, index.shtml, has not been replaced by another index page, then anyone going to domainname.com will still see the welcome page instead of some other home page. This is the order in which the web server looks for a page to put up as the "home" page: default.htm -> index.phtml -> index.php -> index.cgi -> index.shtml -> index.shtml -> welcome.cgi -> welcome.html -> index.htm.

Just delete the index.shtml file and anything after it in this list will then come up automatically. Notice that "home.html" is NOT on the list and so will not show up as your home page. You would need to rename it.

How Can I Upload My Site?

Unless you have or will be utilizing FrontPage Extensions on your site, you can use the File Manager located in Your Control Panel to view all the directories and files in your account, as well as change permissions for directories and files, create directories, create and edit files, and upload files from your hard drive to your account. If you would like to use another FTP client for uploading files to your site, we highly recommend using WS_FTP if you are not familiar with FTP clients. When the FTP client asks for a hostname or address, make sure to enter your IP ADDRESS until your domain name is indexed by the registry (which can take up to one week).

All of your files and sub-directories go into your public html directory. Now that we've distinguished where your files go, there are several ways depending on your computer system, that you can transfer files to your account directory. The process by which files are transferred to the web-server is called "FTP" (File Transfer Protocol). You have unlimited access via FTP 24 hours a day. As such, you can create and maintain your web pages on your own computer and upload files to your web site at your leisure. To upload your files to your account without using the File Manager in your Control Panel, you need an FTP program.

For the PC users, visit: http://www.wsftp.com to download the newest version of WS_FTP LE for the PC, one of the most popular FTP programs on the web. For the Macintosh, a program called "Fetch" is used. Visit: http://fetchsoftworks.com to download the newest version of Fetch.

After that point, you may use ftp.yourdomainname.com. The FTP client will also ask for a Username or Login Name and Password (make sure that Anonymous is not checked and Host Type selected is UNIX STANDARD), both of which are above. Once logged in, you will see several directories, cgi-bin, ftp, and public_html. If you have any scripts such as CGI's that need to be executable, place them in the cgi-bin directory. In your HTML, link to files in this directory by /cgi-bin/filename.cgi. For text and images files, place in the public_html directory.

REMEMBER: When uploading files:

ASCII / Binary

Text based files get sent in ascii mode (.txt, .doc, .html, .htm, .shtm, .cgi, etc.)

Non-text based files are binary mode (.jpg, .gif, .exe, .mdb, .zip, pdf, .doc, ect...)

How Do I Use Cute Ftp To Upload Files?

When CuteFTP is loaded the first time, a window will appear. If the window doesn't appear, press the F4 function key. Click on Personal FTP Sites and then click on "Add site. Add the following to the FTP Site Edit window.

-Virtual domain users should enter their domain name in Host Address

-All users must enter their username and password in the appropriate boxes

-Make sure Login type is Normal

-Do not add anything to the Initial Remote Directory Box

To download Cute FTP or for more information please visit: http://www.cuteftp.com

Or you can download a Cute Ftp User's Guide here: http://cuteftp.com/support/manuals.shtml

How Do I Use Ws_ftp To Upload Files?

When WS_FTP is loaded the first time, a window will appear listing stored FTP locations. If the window doesn't appear, click on Connect.

Click on New, Add the following to the Session Profile window, Virtual domain users should enter their IP Address, All users must enter their username and password in the appropriate boxes, Leave blank the Account and Remote Host boxes, Make sure the Anonymous Login box is not checked!, Click on Save and then OK.

How Do I Create A New Email Account?

Follow this instructions:

Go to http://yourdomain/cpanel -> Add / Remove accounts, Click "Add Account", Type the username and the password., Click "Create"

I Can't Send Email Via Your Server. What's Wrong?

Our SMTP servers are configured as secure relays. This means that you cannot simply reference "mail.yourdomain.com" as an Outgoing mailserver unless you successfully log in via one of your pop3 accounts at "mail.yourdomain.com' before you try to send. This is a mandatory setting to prevent spammers from using our mailservers as havens for unsolicited email. If you are getting a "relaying prohibited" or "disconnected by administrator" error, it means that you haven't logged into the pop3 server at your domain before you tried to send through the smtp server at your domain. To log in, you need to check for mail first.

How Do I Access Webmail With My Browser?

Go to http://yourdomain.com:2095/ (Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name) Log in with the pop account username (Username@domain.com) and password that you setup in your control panel (Mail Menu).

What Is The Path To The Perl Interpreter?

The path to the perl interpreter is: /usr/bin/perl.

What Is The Path To Sendmail?

The path to sendmail is: /usr/lib/sendmail.

Where Do I Put Cgi Scripts?

Put your cgi-bin scripts in the public_html subdirectory named "cgi-bin".

How Do I Use Formmail?

FormMail-clone is clone of Matt Wright's FormMail.cgi under a less restrictive license. It should behave almost exactly as FormMail.cgi, but it is completely written from scratch so there might be a few minor visual diffrences. The FormMail CGI script is already configured on our server for your account.

From your control panel click CGI Center and there you will find the location of FormMail. An example of the correct permission to use for setting up the 'action' of your form is: http://yourdomain.com/cgi-sys/FormMail.cgi (if your domain ends with .net, .org, or .other then substitute the correct extension when setting up your form 'action'). The 'method' to select for your form is POST. If you would like a handy tutorial on using FormMail go to http://www.scriptarchive.com/readme/formmail.html.