How
do I change my DNS details with
Register.com
when you originally got your domain
name from register.com (your registrar)
you would have recieved a username and
password from the registrar to make any
changes to the DNS details for the
domain name. If your aren't sure what
details you need to change, here is
what you need to do.
Go to their home page register.com,
choose
MANAGE MY ACCOUNT
Enter your username, password and
domain name.
If you don't have the details use the
link, further down the page. It looks
like this.
Forgot your password or user name?
Want to change your password?
Once you have logged in click on your
domain name which should be listed on
the left hand side, then click the
Modify DNS link on the main screen. You
need to enter the following
details:
How
do I change my DNS details with Network
Solutions
If you have a domain name that was
registered through Network
Solutions (Sometimes called
Internic). You need to follow
this procedure to effect changes.
How
do I setup Outlook Express to send and
receive email?
How do I set up mail in Outlook Express
to work with my new Mewebhost server?
1.Open
"Tools", then "Accounts"
then go to the "Mail" Tab
2.Now
click "Add" You will see three
options to choose from, pick
"Mail"
3.For "Your Name" type in
whatever name you want, then hit
"Next"
4.For
"E-mail Address" type
you@YOURDOMAIN.com then hit
"Next"
5.For
both Incoming and Outgoing mail type
mail.YOURDOMAIN.com then hit
"Next"
6.For
"POP Account Name" type your
username, and for "Password"
type YOURPASSWORD, then hit
"Next"
7.For
"Mail Internet Account Name"
type yourdomainname.com, then
hit "Next"
8.Choose
"I will establish my network connection
manually" and hit "Next"
9.Now
click "Finish"
10.You
should be back in the main "Internet
Accounts" window. To send mail
using the new account, you will need to
make it the default account. To do
this, just highlight the yourdomain.com
account by clicking on it once, then
click "Set as Default" and
Close.
Please
note: "yourdomain" is your
actual domain. "Username" is
your POP account username,
"yourpassword" is the password
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How
do I create a
1) From your User Management Screen
(default screen upon opening your
control panel), click on the pink EMAIL
ICON next to a User Name. (next screen
will appear) 2) In the Forward Email
field enter the email address to which
you want all of your email to be
forwarded/dumped to. 3) In the Email
Address field enter
"@www.yourdomain.com". (Example: if
your domain name is mewebhost.com then
you would enter "@www.yourdomain.com"
-- without the quotation marks.) 4)
Click on the SAVE THIS button. You are
done! Now all of your email now matter
whom it is addressed to will be sent to
the specified email address. Note that
any users will continue to receive
email, however any email addressed to a
non-defined email address at your
domain will be "dumped" to the email
address you specified in step 3. [Back
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FTP
FAQs
What
is the easiest way to upload my site
via FTP?
The easiest way to upload your pages
via FTP, is to simply use your
browser.
If you are using Internet Explorer 5
or later you can use it as an FTP
program.
You
need to enter the URL of your
domain name in the browsers address
window
in the following form:
ftp://ftp.yourdomain.com
where
yourdomain is YOUR actual
domain name.
You
will then be prompted to enter your
username and password, as
originally
sent to you in your "welcome
letter".
You
will then be logged into your root web
directory, where you can either
drag and drop your web pages, or
cut and paste them into the
browser window.
Your default or home page, should be
named index.html or
index.htmll
Where
can I download other FTP
programs?
FTP Explorer is an easy to use and
setup FTP client. FTP
Explorer.
There
are many other FTP programs available
on the web and you may use any of your
choosing. If you'd like to see what
else is out there, here is a list of
download sites for you to browse:
If you are publishing a web to the Web
server you must have Microsoft
FrontPage Server Extensions installed
on it. If your account does not contact
support. Publish a web using
HTTP
Publish
the files in the current web when you
are ready to present your web for
public viewing, or when you want to
update the files in your web. You can
publish using HTTP (HyperText Transfer
Protocol) if the the FrontPage Server
Extensions are installed on the Web
server to which you are
publishing.
Before
you publish your web, you can specify
which pages you want to publish. Then,
when you publish your web, you have the
following options:
Publish
only the files that have changed.
FrontPage compares the files on your
local web to the files on the Web
server, and only those files that
are newer than those on the Web
server are published. However, files
that have been marked Don't
Publish will not be
published.
Publish
all files, except those that have
been marked Don't Publish.
The files from the local web will
overwrite all files on the
destination Web server, even if the
files on the Web server are
newer.
On
the File menu,
click Publish
Web.
Click
Options to expand
the list of options.
Specify
whether you want to publish only
pages that have changed, or all
pages.
In
the Specify the location to
publish your web to box,
type the location of a Web server,
click the arrow to select a location
to which you have published before,
or click Browse to
find the publishing
location.
Click
Publish.
FrontPage
publishes your web. If you want to
verify that your web was
successfully published, click the
hyperlink that is displayed after
the web has been published —
your Web browser will open to the
site you just published.
If
you cancel publishing in the middle
of the operation, files that have
already been published remain on the
destination Web
server.
Tip
To publish only pages that have changed
to the same location you previously
published to, click
Publish
Do
I publish to my IP addres or my website
name?
For best results with Frontpage 98/2000
use your website name when publishing.
For example: "myname.com" would be
CORRECT while the IP address
123.456.789.012 would be INCORRECT.
Publish directly to your DOMAIN name --
not your IP address. [Back
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Can
I use Frontpage and an FTP
program?
It is not recommended that you use
Frontpage AND an FTP program. You can
destroy the Frontpage extensions if you
use Frontpage and FTP at the same
time. [Back
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CGI
FAQs
What
is the
path to Perl?
The path to Perl tells your script
where to find the Perl processing
program on your server. This line
should read:
What
is a 400 Internal Server Error and
how do I fix it?
This is a common error found in a Web
browser when you are attempting to run
a Perl or CGI script that has problems.
The three most common reasons for this
error are the following:
Your
script permissions are set wrong.
Try setting them to 777 temporarily
while troubleshooting the error.
Your
script was uploaded in binary file
format instead of ASCII. You must
upload Perl and CGI scripts in ASCII
format only.
Your
path to Perl line is wrong. The very
first line in your Perl program must
be "#!/usr/bin/perl". You cannot
have any spaces between your
characters, and you cannot have any
hard returns or text lines before
this line.
If
none of these three reasons correct
your errors, then you may want to take
a look at your Error Log files. If the
script is coded to print the errors it
encounters, these will be displayed in
your Error Log file of your server.
If
all else fails, you can usually find
the script errors by logging in to your
server via Telnet and running the
script from the command line. Once you
are logged into the server, you must
change directories until you are in the
one in which your script resides. At
that point, type the following at the
command line:
perl
filename.cgi -w
Note:
There should be one space after the
word "perl". "filename.cgi" should be
the actual filename of the script you
are having problems with. "-w" is a
warning switch, this will prompt Perl
to give you any errors it sees in the
script and it will give the line number
that the error is on or near. [Back
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When adding new files such as CGI,
Perl, etc. it is necessary to set
specific permissions for the script to
work.
The UNIX directory and file structure
has a system of permissions. You have
permission to read a file, you
have permission to write to a
file, and finally, you have permission
to execute a file. However,
you are not always you.
Unix splits identities into three
categories. The first is you, the
owner of the file. The second is
the group you belong to. And
third, others is the world,
basically anyone who comes to your
website.
To
change permissions you must issue a
"change mode command", or more commonly
referred to as the UNIX command
"chmod". The documentation for
your file or script will usually come
with the proper permissions you need to
set for your program to work. To set
permissions, there are basically 2
methods UNIX recognizes.
With FTP (and Telnet) your file
properties are shown as
-rwxr-xr-x.
The first space designates if this is a
directory by the letter "d".
The next three characters designate the
permissions for the "owner", r = read,
w = write, and x = execute if the
permission is set to "on" and "-" is
the permission is set to off.
Permissions for the "group" and "world"
(other) are designated by characters
5-7 and 8-10 respectively.
The second method we are calling the
alpha method because permissions are
set, by way of a telnet session, using
alpha characters. You simply specify
with the group or groups whose settings
you want to change ("u" represents
"user" or you, "g" represents "group",
"o" represents other or world and "a"
represents "all") and all the settings
you want to change ("r" for read
access, "w" for write access, and "x"
for execute access). To set your file
world-writable, you would type
"chmod o+w ". To set
it executable to everyone, you would
use "chmod a+x
<filename>". The plus sign
indicates you're adding permissions.
You can use a minus sign to remove
permissions.
Which
portions of my hosting costs are
refundable?
The hosting fee itself is refundable.
Any setup fees, as well as additional
services such as search engine
promotion and webdesign are
non-refundable. [Back
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Are
domains refundable?
No. Domains are not refundable. [Back
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How
do I qualify for the 30 Day
Guarantee
Be default, all clients receive a full
thirty (30) day money-back guarantee.
In order to qualify for the full 30 day
guarantee, clients must sign and return
their hosting contractsto us within 30
days of purchase. Failure to provide us
with your hosting contact results in
fortiture of the 30 Day guarantee and
any further hosting privileges. However
all websites will remain online
indefinitely or until further
notice. [Back
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