Pre-sales
questions
Q. Will you place ads on my
site? A. We will NOT place ads on your site.
Q. Do
you allow sites to advertise for money, on their web site? A.
Yes, we allow sites to have commercial advertisements.
Q.
What forms of payment do you accept? A. We accept Visa,
Master Card, Money Orders and cash.
Q. Are your
server's Unix, or NT? A. Our servers are Linux Red Hat 7.3.
and Red Hat 9.0
Q. Do you allow adult sites? A.
Yes, we allow adult sites.
Q. Is tax included with my
monthly or yearly plan? A. Yes, tax is included within the
price.
Q. What control panel do you use and do you have a
demo? A. The control panel we use is called Cpanel. A demo of
Cpanel can be found here Login with the username demo, and the
password demo.
Q. Can I pay monthly? A. Yes, you
may pay monthly
Q. Can
I host friends? A. Yes, you may host your
friends.
Q. How long does it take to setup my
account? A. Your account will be setup automatically within
15 minutes of ordering.
Q. Are
there any hidden costs, or setup fees? A. No
Q. Do
you offer telnet or shell access? A. No due to security
reason's we do not offer telnet or shell access.You are still able
to unzip files on the server using our file manager as well as the
ability to setup cron jobs.
Q. Can I password protect
directories? A. Yes you can password protect directory's
within CPanel.
DNS
Q. How long does it take to get my domain
working? A. It usually takes 24-48 hours for a domain to
fully propagate.
Q. What do I set my domains name server's
to? A. Please read your welcome e-mail if you have lost your
welcome email you can email us requesting your dns.
Control panel
Q. Do you have a manual for our
control panel? A. Go to http://www.cpanel.net/docs/cp/index.html
Q. Where do I go to login to my control
panel? A. You go to http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel
Q.
How do I make sub-domains? A. To make a sub-domain login to
your control panel and click "domain management" inside of domain
management you will see a place to manage and add
sub-domains.
FTP
Q. Where can I download a free
FTP? A. We recommend downloading WS FTP from here
Q.
It's not letting me upload my files what's wrong? A. Make
sure you are uploading to the right web directory which is the
public_html folder.
Q. Why doesn't my ftp password change when I change
my Cpanel password? A. Please allow 24 hours for your FTP
password to sync with your Cpanel password.
Paths
Q. What is the path to my users
files? A. The path is /home/username/public_html
Q.
What is the local path to perl? A. The path to perl is /usr/bin/perl
Q. What is the path to curl? A. The path to
curl is /usr/bin/curl
Q. What is the path to ImageMagick? A. The
path to ImageMagick is /usr/bin/
Q. What is the path to convert for
ImageMagick? A. The path to convert is /usr/bin/
Q.
What is the path to sendmail? A. The path to sendmail is
/usr/sbin/sendmail
E-mail
Q. How do I create email accounts? A. To
create an email account login to your control panel and click
add/remove email account's.
Q. What do I put for both incoming and outgoing
mail server? A. For both incoming and outgoing mail server
put mail.yourdomain.com
Q. Where do I go to check my emails using my
browser? A. yourdomain.com/webmail/
Q. How can I setup webmail to go directly to horde,
neomail or squirrel mail? A. Login to the one you prefer to
use after doing so copy the entire url from your address bar. You
will not login to your cpanel and create a subdomain to go to the
address you just copied.
CGI/ASP/PHP/MySql/JSP
Q. None of my cgi
scripts are working on the server. How do I get them to
work? A. Make sure that they are chmoded to 755
Q. How do I create databases and manage
them? A. Login to your cpanel and click MySQL Databases.
After your database is created you can manage it from phpmyadmin.
This can be found at the very bottom of the MySQL page.
Software
Versions
Q. What version of php are you
using? A. We are using version 4.3.3 and
4.3.4
Q. What version of perl are you
using? A. We are using version 5.6.1.
Q. What version of MySQL are you using? A.
We are using version 4.0.15
Q. What version of cpanel are you using? A.
Our servers automatically stay up to date with the most recent
stable Cpanel version.
Billing
Q. How
do I get the 30 day money back? A. Simply email us your
username, password, and why you wish to cancel within thirty days,
and we process your refund in less then 24 hours.
Q. How do I make a payment? A. All online
payments are recurring. Your payment will automatically be
deducted.
Q. How do I stop billing? A. If you wish to
close your account simply email us your username, password, and why
you wish to cancel. You must also include "I give you permission to
delete my website and all of it's content."
SSL
Q. What is the
difference between shared ssl and private ssl?
A. A shared ssl
displays as https//ip/~yourusername/ A private
ssl would display as https://www.yourdomain.com
in the address bar.
Q. How do I
purchase a private ssl from you and what type is it?
A. Please email to do
so.
Q. Whats the path
to the free shared ssl?
A. We need to
activate the shared ssl on each site manually that will require it.
Q. I'm going to
purchase my own ssl what do I need to know?
A. Our servers are
Apache + Mod SSL If you require assistance from us to install it
there will be a $30.00 installation fee.
Q. How do I
transfer a ssl?
A. Every place that
sells ssl's has a different transfer procedure. You will need to ask
the supplier you
purchased it from.
Subdomains
Q. READ THIS
BEFORE SETTING UP A SUBDOMAIN!
A.
To create a sub domain cpanel asks for the name you wish to use.
MAKE SURE the subdomain name you give it doesn't have a folder
already named that name. If it does the sub will not work.
Example... I want to create the subdomain test.hostgator.com so my
sub name is going to be test. If I already have a folder in my ftp
named test I need to delete it or rename it to something different
before I create the subdomain with the test name from
cpanel.
Q. What is a subdomain?
A. www.domain.com is
a domain name. A subdomain is anything that replaces the www in a
domain name.forum.aol.com is a subdomain.
www.forum.aol.com is not a subdomain.
Addon Domains
Q. What is an addon
domain?
A. An addon domain is
a fully functional domain that will work out of a folder in your
main sites ftp.
Q. READ THIS
BEFORE SETTING UP AN ADDON DOMAIN!
You cannot create an
addon domain if your dns hasn't proprograted to the server already.
So after you change the sites dns you are trying to add you will
need to wait 24-48 hours before attempting to create your addon
domain.
A. There are three
fields cpanel asks for when creating an addon domain.
1. "New Domain Name:" You will put in the
newdomain.com do not put www in the name!
2. "Username/directory/subdomain Name:" This will be the
folder cpanel creates in your main accounts ftp. MAKE SURE that the
name you give it doesn't already have a folder. Example... If you
want to give it the username chris. You cannot have a folder in your
account named chris already. If you do and still try creating the
username for the addon domain to be chris you will mess a lot of
things up!!!
3. "Password:" fill in any password you want here.
Q. Help I added an addon domain why did it say
subdomain added?!!?
A. It creates it as a
subdomain by creating the folder within your main sites ftp. Please
ignore this! It is a fully functional domain name. It is only called
a subdomain when in fact it is an addon domain.
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