May 04
The CGI Center is similar to Fantastico in that it lets you install a number of scripts to your site, including:
Simple CGI Wrapper
This is a CGI Wrapper that will allow you to run CGI Scripts with your User ID.
Random HTML
This is a Random HTML generator. It picks a string of HTML code from a list and inserts it in an SSI (Server Side Includes) enabled web page.
Simple GuestBook
This is a just a simple guestbook for your visitors to view and sign.
Advanced GuestBook
This is a more advanced guestbook written in PHP and MySQL.
Counter
You can create a counter to count and show how many visitors have been to your site.
Clock
This utility will create a real time java clock for your site.
Countdown
You can create a countdown box to countdown to a specified date.
CGI EMail
CGI Email takes the input of an HTML form and converts it to an email format defined by the author of the form.
FormMail Clone
FormMail-clone is a clone of Matt Wright’s FormMail.
Entropy Search
Setup Search Engine
Rebuild Search Index
Entropy Banner
This feature allows you to create rotating banner ads for your site.
May 03
The Disk Space Usage icon can be extremely useful if you’re running a little low on space and don’t know why! It will give you a list of all files and directories using an abnormally high amount of disk space so you can do something about it before you reach your limit.
If it’s the ‘mail’ directory that’s quite full then it might be worth considering checking your username@domain.ext account for spam. If this is the case simply delete all e-mails and turn on some anti-spam software like Boxtrapper or Spamassassin (see ‘Mail’ post in Control Panel Features).
If it’s the ’stats’ folder consider changing your stats settings - you can set it to archive just one month’s stats and delete the rest.
May 03
The Parked Domains allows you to “point” or “park” additional domain names to your existing hosting account. This will allow users to also reach your website when entering the “parked” or “pointed” domain into their browsers.
For example, the domain www.yourdomain.com could point to www.yourdomain.ext
May 03
An easy way to access your webmail is by simply clicking on the webmail icon from your control panel, alternatively visit
www.yourdomain.ext/webmail
You can use either Horde or Squirrelmail - two fantastic ad-free webmail programs. Squirrelmail is simpler and cleaner than Horde however Horde has many more features. Your username is your e-mail address and your password is your e-mail password
May 03
The Mail Feature is an extremely useful feature. Use it for:
You have the option of using either Horde or Squirrelmail, two extremely good ad-free webmail programs. Your username is your e-mail address.
Forward mail to any address @yourdomain.ext to another e-mail address (for example if you owned the domain domain.com and mail sent to info@yourdomain.com, sales@yourdomain.com, billing@yourdomain.com, etc., could be sent to an address of your choice)
- Add/Remove/Manage Accounts
Pretty self explanatory!
Set the default address for any unroutable mail to be sent to - this is set by default to username@yourdomain.ext
Set up autoresponders - for example to inform people you’re out of the office or on holiday
Crude way of filtering out spam e-mail
Forward e-mail to another account - for example any e-mail sent to sales@yourdomain.ext could be sent to info@yourdomain.ext
Basic mailing list software for managing your mailing lists
A fantastic tool for filtering out spam e-mail - very very accurate! Works by using central spam databases
Simple yet effective way of filtering out spam e-mail - the sender if first required to confirm their e-mail address before their original message is forwarded to you
Trace an e-mail address by delivery path
Best left well alone unless you’re advised otherwise by our tech support!
