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 Hosting User Manual

Here you will find our easy to read and understand manual. This was composed with the end-user in mind, and has been very helpful for many of our clients. If you find that your issue is not addressed here, please browse our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Accessing the Control Panel
  1. How to access
  2. Billing system


Control Panel Basics
  1. Your temporary index page
  2. Uploading your site
  3. Contents of your web space


Domains
  1. Adding domains
    1. Registering new domains
    2. Adding domains to your control panel
    3. How to turn on/off web and mail services
    4. Configuring domains
  2. Removing domains
  3. Creating sub domains
  4. Domain aliasing
    1. Creating a domain alias
  5. Shared vs. Dedicated IP addresses


DNS
  1. What is DNS?
  2. How to change domain name servers?
    1. Registered with IX Web Hosting
    2. Other registrar
  3. How do I create custom DNS records?
    1. Removing the default DNS records
    2. Adding custom A records
    3. Adding custom MX records
    4. Adding custom CNAME records


Creating, promoting and managing your site
  1. SiteStudio site builder
  2. Search engine submit
  3. WebShell file manager
    1. What is WebShell?
    2. How to use
    3. How to backup your site
  4. Webalizer, Modlogan and Awstats
    1. Webalizer and Modlogan
    2. Awstats and others
  5. Reverse trace route


FTP
  1. What is FTP?
  2. Changing your FTP password
  3. Connecting to a FTP client
  4. How to navigate files
  5. How to transfer files
  6. FTP sub-accounts (Linux)
    1. What is it?
    2. Setting up an FTP sub-account
  7. Virtual FTP
    1. Enabling Virtual FTP
    2. Add a FTP user
  8. Anonymous FTP
    1. Configure anonymous FTP
  9. Anonymous FTP Upload Facilities


Adding features to your website
  1. Site settings
    1. Redirect URL
    2. Directory index
    3. Directory indexes
    4. Error pages
    5. Htprotect / Htaccess
    6. Server side imagemap
    7. Paths
    8. Ports
    9. MIME types
    10. Error logs
  2. Adding support for dynamic web content
    1. CGI scripts
    2. PHP scripts
    3. ASP
    4. ASP.NET
    5. ColdFusion
    6. Server Side Includes
  3. One click install scripts (Linux)
    1. Counter
    2. Guestbook
    3. Formmail
    4. Chat
    5. PhpBB (Linux and Windows)
    6. mnoGoSearch
    7. Fixing problem scripts
    8. Adding custom CGI scripts (Linux and Windows)
  4. FrontPage extensions
    1. Installation
    2. Configuration
    3. Fixing problems
    4. How to resolve common errors


Managing traffic
  1. How do I change the traffic limit?
  2. Throttle policies


E-mail
  1. Mailboxes
    1. Creating a Mailbox
    2. Configuring a mailbox
    3. Changing mailbox password
  2. Configuring email clients
    1. Configuring Thunderbird
    2. Configuring Outlook Express
    3. Configuring Outlook 2003
  3. Forwards
    1. Creating a Forward
    2. Configuring a Forward
    3. Forwarding to multiple addresses
  4. Mailing lists
    1. Adding a mailing list
    2. Configuring a mailing list
    3. Adding subscribers to your mail list
    4. Removing subscribers
    5. Adding moderators to your mail list
    6. Removing moderators from your mail list
    7. Securing your list
    8. Requesting white listing
  5. Mailbox alias
    1. Adding/Removing a mailbox alias
  6. Mail auto responders
    1. Adding an auto responder
    2. Editing an auto responder message
    3. Removing an auto responders
  7. Webmail
    1. How to use
    2. Other webmail clients
  8. Troubleshooting
    1. Port 25 Block
    2. POP before SMTP
    3. Postmaster block
  9. SPAM
    1. What is Spam?
    2. Eliminate ALL Spam
    3. How we fight it
    4. How to reduce


Databases
  1. MySQL
    1. Hosting MySQL databases
    2. Creating MySQL databases
    3. Changing MySQL disk quota
    4. Adding/Removing MySQL users
    5. Changing user passwords
    6. Changing user permissions
  2. phpMyAdmin
    1. Editing MySQL databases
    2. Creating backups
    3. Restoring backups
  3. PostgreSQL
    1. Hosting PostgreSQL databases
    2. Creating PostgreSQL database
    3. Changing PgSQL disk quota
    4. Adding/Removing PostgreSQL users
    5. Changing passwords
  4. phpPgAdmin
    1. Editing PgSQL databases
  5. MSSQL (Windows plans only)
    1. Hosting Microsoft SQL databases
    2. Creating MSSQL databases
    3. Adding MSSQL database users
    4. Changing MSSQL disk quota
  6. ODBC
    1. What is ODBC?
    2. Creating a new DSN record
    3. Editing DSN records
    4. Deleting DSN records


SSL
  1. What is SSL?
    1. Providers
    2. Shared vs. Dedicated SSL
  2. Installing an SSL certificate
    1. Using our shared SSL certificate
    2. Creating a temporary certificate
    3. Acquiring a permanent certificate


Creating an online store
  1. Preinstalled osCommerce
    1. Setting up osCommerce
    2. osCommerce controls
    3. More information
  2. Shopping cart options
    1. Setting up other shopping carts
    2. How to setup


Getting technical support
  1. Ticket center
  2. Live chat
  3. Phone support
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