Overview of Control Panel

This section gives a brief description of the different options available in your Control Panel. Note that not all of the features may be available to you. Feature availability is dependent upon which hosting plan you have.

Please refer to our Compare Plans Page where you can see which options are available for your specific hosting plan.

	Account Management The Account Management Option will give you a detailed description of your Account Information. It includes your username, your package option, your activation date, contract length, server number your domain is on, etc. Set alarms to warn you when you are reaching your transfer and disk space limits.
	AnonFTP This Option sets up anonymous FTP to allow users to upload and download files to and from your site without having to have a password. They will only have access to one directory that is setup automatically when you choose this option in your Control Panel.
	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.
	Billing History Check on your account balance and see all charges made to your account. Also supplies access to formatted printable invoices that can be printed right in your browser.
	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 e-mail password and not your password in Microsoft FrontPage. To change the e-mail password, use the Mail Manager. To change your Microsoft FrontPage password go to Tools/Security/Change Password.

	Counters From this option, you can verify that the counter program is installed for your account. Also, you can find directions for setting up a counter on one of your pages.
	File Manager The File Manager is a very 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 in File Manager. Plus, you can edit the HTML in any of your files from this option. Everything you need to manage your site can be found in this feature.
	Formmail Formmail allows you to use a form to receive e-mail from your users. Directions for using Formmail can be found under this option.
	Mail Manager The Mail Manager is where you can manage all aspects of your e-mail accounts. You can add, edit, and delete e-mail accounts. You can also change the password on any of your e-mail accounts. Plus, if you have Mailing Lists installed, you would go here to set them up. Finally, this is where you go if you wish to set up e-mail aliases.
	Mailing List 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.

	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 Microsoft. FrontPage. extensions - which are necessary in order to use Microsoft. FrontPage. with your site. You can also verify that they are installed, or remove them if you do not wish to use them anymore.
	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 in using MySQL 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 Trouble Shooter 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 Go here to see the latest Hosting news and updates.

	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 our servers. PGPMail is simply the Formmail script, except that it encrypts the e-mail 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.
	PGP Mail This option shows all the features you have with PGP Mail and how to setup PGP Mail.
	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 Microsoft. FrontPage. Extensions installed. You would need to use Microsoft. FrontPage. itself to perform this function.
	Resource Meter This feature tells you the daily, & monthly transfer usage as well as disk space, e-mail, and mailing lists used versus available.
	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.

	Secure Server We provide you the use of our Secure Certificate free of charge. But if you decide you would like to setup your own Secure Server you can go here and follow the steps.
	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.
	Site Statistics The Site Statistics feature gives you access to your site's web statistics, such as hits, transfers, etc. It even tracks which keywords and search engines people used to find your web site!
	Submit Site to Search Engines Using this tool you can submit your site to the top 12 Search Engines. Studies show that 90% of all searches go through the top 12 Search Engines. All you have to do to use this tool is to fill in some information and click the buttons associated with the Search Engines and you site will be submitted.
	Upgrade CP You can upgrade your hosting plan at any time by accessing your Control Panel. Just click on 'upgrade cp'.
	Virtual Nameserver Using this feature, you can set up your own Virtual Name Servers. You can have ns.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com. Available on reseller's Control Panel only.