To get started, you will probably want to upload your site and test it on a free subdomain. Please go to your control panel Subdomain Manager menu and create a subdomain on any of the domains you are allowed as options in the dropdown menu.
You will notice that a corresponding directory for that subdomain is automatically created for it at path: /home/www/sub.domain.com and such folder is created in the File Manager.
Please make sure you upload your web data (site) to this folder. You will then be able to address your site by typing in http://sub.domain.com (note "www." won't work for subdomains).
If you do not have an FTP client yet, we recommend you download and familiarize yourself with FileZilla. Very efficient and easy to use http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client
To establish FTP connection, please start your FTP client, type in the login details in their respective fields
FTP Hostname
: All FTP Hostnames are listed in your control panel, FTP Manager menu on the bottom of the page;
FTP Username
: FTP username is listed in your Control Panel, FTP Manager menu;
FTP Password
: The one you have assigned to your FTP account. For the default one FTP account if you haven't changed it, the password is the same as your initial hosting account password;
If you are using a particular FTP client that also has a field input for "Remote directory", please type in: /home/www
You may find the File Manager very useful to browse over your site's files and even edit these files.
At first it is important to understand if the browser response is "Server not found" or it forwards to the browser's embeded search engine and response is "No results found for...". If you get these type of responses and you use a domain make sure it uses the correct
NS settings
. The one you should point your domain to. NS settings are listed in your Domain Manager section under NS column, after you add the domain.
Next, check whether you uploaded the site to the exact folder location associated with the respective domain/subdomain. Visit your File Manager and browse in the resepective folder that corresponds to the subdomain/domain and make sure site's files have been uploaded correctly and files' permissions are 755.
Important
: If the subdomain/domain is loaded in the browser but then gets redirected to 404 error or to our utility domain/subdomain - the page you are trying to view most probably contains abusive word, which our filtering system prevents to be displayed as part of our security measures on the free type accounts.
Here are several things you need to set up in order to have these signs displayed correctly:
- Inside your control panel, phpMyAdmin should be set to the following unicode standard: 'utf-8';
- Meta tags on all pages should be: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
- All texts should be imported in the database using unicode standard: 'utf-8' as well;
# For Ioncube and php4:
zend_extension = /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_4.4.so
# For Ioncube and php5:
zend_extension = /usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so
# For Zend Optimizer and php4:
[Zend]
zend_extension_manager.optimizer=/usr/local/Zend_php4/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3
zend_optimizer.version=3.3.3
zend_extension=/usr/local/Zend_php4/lib/ZendExtensionManager.so
# For Zend Optimizer and php5
[Zend]
zend_extension_manager.optimizer=/usr/local/Zend_php5/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3
zend_optimizer.version=3.3.3
zend_extension=/usr/local/Zend_php5/lib/ZendExtensionManager.so
zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
There are two ways to extract .zip files directly on the server:
1.The first one is by using SSH
->Run the following command over SSH:
unzip theziparchive.zip
2.The second way is with PHP script.
-> Create file unzip.php in the current directory where your zip file is and add to the file the following script:
<?
'unzip theziparchive.zip';
?>
Run file unzip.php in a browser to execute the php script, that will trigger file to be unzipped.
There are several possible reasons for your site inactivity:
If you purchased your domain with us, your site should be visible 2-3 hours after your order has been approved. If your site is still not working, try cleaning your temporary internet files (check our FAQ for detailed explanation on how to do this).
If you purchased your domain with another domain service provider, you should contact and ask them to change your domain NS records to these listed in the "Name Servers" column in this section (Hosted Domains).
If you have not yet purchased your domain, then go to the Hosting Control Panel -> New Domains & Services section and register the desired domain before someone else registers it.
The outgoing connections are disabled by default on all accounts for security reasons, however they can be enabled for paid accounts from Hosting Settings section. So all you need to do is go to your panel Hosting Settings section look for "Firewall Options" and click on the "Enable" button.
You can clean your temporary internet files (cache/sessions/cookies) by pressing CTRL + F5 simultaneously in your web browser.
If using the keyboard shortcut for temporary internet files removal doesn't resolve your problem, you can flush the DNS of your computer by executing the following commands depending on your OS:
For Windows 98/NT/2000/XP:
Go to "Start" -> "Run" -> type "cmd" -> press "Enter" -> type "ipconfig /flushdns".
The result should be:
Windows IP Configuration
Successfully Flushed DNS Resolver Cache.
For Windows 7/Vista:
Go to "Start" -> "All Programs" -> "Accessories" -> "Command Prompt" -> type "ipconfig /flushdns"
The result should be:
Windows IP Configuration
Successfully Flushed DNS Resolver Cache.
For Linux:
If the Name Service Cache Daemon is running then you will need to open "Terminal" and execute the following command:
/etc/init.d/nscd restart
For Mac OS:
Open "Terminal" and execute the following command:
lookupd –flushcache
If you are using Leopard then run this command:
dscacheutil -flushcache
The General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR) is a directive (rule) adopted by the European Parliament (in 2016) and aims to control the processing and collecting of personal data of individuals (data subjects) based in the EU.
GDPR applies to all organizations and entities that hold and process personal information data of EU individuals. In other words, any company (no matter its location/if it resides inside or outside of the EU) that collects and processes data of EU residents must be legally compliant with the GDPR.
Yes! The United Kingdom's exit date from the European Union is scheduled for March 29, 2019. Until that time comes, UK businesses must abide by the same GDPR rules as every other entity (company/organization) that offers goods and services to EU residents and collects their personal data.
The maximum fine/penalty for companies and organizations that do not comply with GDPR can be 4% of their annual turnover or up to €20 million, whichever amount is greater. The minimum fine for not abiding by the GDPR rules can be 2% of the annual turnover or €10 million.
If an EU individual wants to access, update, delete, restrict or transfer their personal data, they can make such requests verbally, electronically or in writing. Organizations must respond efficiently to such requests in a timely manner (within a period of 1 month after the official request/letter has been received).
Data controllers and processors are two different entities that have different obligations and responsibilities. A data controller is an entity that determines the purpose of the data processing; a data processor is an entity who processes and collects the data.
When you register a domain name your contact details are recorded in the so called WHOIS database - that maintains the contact info for all active domains. A domain's WHOIS info is publicly available as per
ICANN
regulations.
If you feel upset exposing your contact deatils publicly, you can legally hide it by ordering
Domain Privacy Protection
to your domain. The service Domain Privacy Protection is available only for domain that are registered/transferred with us. You can purchase and apply Domain Privacy Protection to your domains over your control panel, New Domains & Services menu.
Our system does not support "www" prefix for subdomains. You can visit your site by typing in the browser subdomain.domain.com or http://subdomain.domain.com.
Yes, you can point two different domain names to one directory. Just go to the Subdomain Manager section in your hosting control panel and edit the path of the "www" subdomain of one of your domains.
For example you have added two domains via the Domain Manager section:
domain1.com
domain2.com
In the Subdomain Manager section you will have respectively:
www.domain1.com
www.domain2.com
Both domains are pointed to the respective folders:
/home/www/domain1.com
/home/www/domain2.com
To have your two domains loading one and the same content, please observe the following steps:
1. Upload your website at /home/www/domain1.com.
2. Go to the Subdomain Manager section.
3. Change the subdomain path of www.domain2.com from /home/www/domain2.com to /home/www/domain1.com.
That's all. Your domains will open one and the same website.
FTP is the abbreviation for File Transfer Protocol.
FTP Client is a software that enables you to upload remotely and easily files to your hosting account by simply drag-and-drop files and folders, then they all are queued until successfully uploaded.
If you upload with File Manager all files/folders are uploaded/created by default with 755 permissions. Via File Manager you can change files/folders permissions by marking them on the left side check-box then choose permissions on the top and click on "Set" button.
Alternatively and recommended you can change the permissions of your files/folders using FTP client. On most well-known FTP clients with a right click on the file/folder choose "Properties" to find an option for changing file/folder's permissions.
Note: All php files need 755 permissions to work properly.
Please enable "Passive mode" to your FTP Client! On FileZilla choose "Edit", then "Settings" look for "Passive Mode", choose "Use the server's external IP address instead". Click "OK" button.
You can upload your website using your favorite FTP software or the File Manager inside your Hosting Control Panel.
If you use the Light File Manager, you would need to go inside your domain directory by clicking on it so the current folder is /home/www/yourdomain.ext. Then you should scroll down until you see a frame called "File Upload" and from there you can upload up to three files at once.
If you use the Advanced File Manager, you would need to double-click on your domain directory and then in the navigation bar (located on top) there is an "Upload" button. Click on it and a window will pop-up. Then go to "Browse" and select the files you want to upload. When you select all your website files click on the "Send" button.
If you have not created your website yet, we would recommend you to check out the Zacky Tools Installer (Hosting Control Panel -> Website Manager -> Zacky Tools Installer). With it you can install Joomla or WordPress on all shared hosting plans for less then a minute. On the paid shared hosting accounts there are more software packages available for installation
This error message normally occurs on free type accounts. In this case the error message is generated due to to the size of the file - it is bigger than 15MB which exceeds the file size limit on the free type account.
You will need to create a file ".htaccess" inside your domain directory (for example: /home/www/yourdomain.ext/.htaccess with the following contents:
RemoveHandler .htm .html
If you have a paid hosting account and you do not want to use or create .htaccess file to fix the error, go to your Hosting Control Panel -> Website Manager -> PHP Settings and click on the HERE link from "Click HERE to edit your php.ini file.". Then search for the php.ini directive "short_open_tag" and set it from "On" to "Off" and click "Save" to apply the changes.
There are many ways to check the availability of your website. Below are just some of them:
Use a proxy – for example try opening your website through http://proxy.org/ or http://sitesurf.net/
When browsing through proxy you are viewing a website using external IP address, meaning you can see your website using different computer from another network.
Use a website tool that checks for statuses of other websites – for example http://downforeveryone.com/
If this website shows that the website is UP, but you are unable to connect to your site, please contact your Internet Service Provider as soon as possible and explain the problem to them. They should be able to assist you.
This problem can be resolved in a very elegant way using a .htacess file. The content of the .htaccess file should be:
Redirect 302 /index.html http://your_asp_site.com/Default.aspx
If you want to change the directory index in the future so it loads "Test.aspx" for example, you should just replace the "Default.aspx" string with "Test.aspx" in the .htaccess file.
MySQL/PosgreSQL database connection can be established with script/software hosted
only
on your web hosting account (meaning no remote access is allowed due to security reasons). The following settings are needed:
DB Host
: See your MySQL/PostgreSQL Manager section under DB Host column.
DB Port
: 3306(for MySQL) / 5432(for PostgreSQL)
DB Name
: The database name you have assigned, listed inside MySQL/PostgreSQL Manager section of your control panel.
DB Username
: The database username you have assigned, listed inside MySQL/PostgreSQL Manager section of your control panel.
DB Password
: The database password you have assigned.
Please note that some of our hosting packages have a set limit for maximum database size. If you have reached the limit, the sql server will reject any inserts. You can easily monitor your databases usage following the steps:
1. Login to your control panel.
2. Go to Website Manager.
3. Depending on the type of database, click on MySQL Manager or PostgreSQL Manager.
You will be presented with a screen which contains a list of your current databases and a form through which you can create new databases. You can monitor the current database usage from the list and particularly the "Space Quota" and "Used Space" columns.
注意:在导入前您需要对database.sql文件做一些小的更改。您需要在开始几行移除CREATE DATABASE和USE命令。这些行显示如下:
−− CREATE DATABASE ‘username_db’ DEFAULT CHARACTER SET XXXX COLATE XXXX;
−− USE username_db;
To create a working email account you need to have a domain and/or corresponding subdomain. Once you have that, go inside your Email Manager menu and enter the email account name and password and click on the "Create E-mail" button.
Note: Please note that due to security limitations free accounts can only send up to 30 emails per month! With free accounts you can create email accounts only if you have a domain name!
Please make sure in the account properties of the Outlook Express / MS Outlook you have checked the box "My server requires authentication". Please note that if you are using different email client the settings might be different (please refer to the questions further below).
First make sure you have checked in the account properties of the Outlook Express / MS Outlook the option "My server requires authentication". Please note that if you are using different e-mail client the settings might be different.
If not, proceed to the following test. Open
Command Prompt
(Windows -> Start menu -> Run -> type "cmd") and type:
For paid clients:
telnet mboxhosting.com 25
For free clients:
telnet free.mboxhosting.com 25
Next press "Enter"
If you do not get response
220 mboxhosting.com mail server
or
220 free.mboxhosting.com mail server
this means your PC (Firewall or Antivirus Program) blocks port 25 and thus filters your outgoing emails.
Solution: Disable the option of your/your network firewall to block port 25, contact system administrator, ISP or Antivirus Program producer for help on how to disable port 25 filtering. Alternatively you may use port 587.
To set up forwarding for all emails coming to any@yourdomaindomain.com to be forwarded any@anydomain.com, do the following:
Go to your Control Panel -> E-mail Manager section -> E-mail Filters menu;
If you want all emails sent to any@yourdomaindomain.com to be forwarded to any@anydomain.com, these are the correct settings in the E-mail Filters menu:
E-mail
: any@yourdomaindomain.com (choose from the drop down menu)
Rule description
: any@anydomain.com type any explanation for this rule
Filter priority
: any not already taken from 1 to 500, start from 1
Set filter criteria:
'Addressed To' ,type any@yourdomaindomain.com
Action to be taken
: 'Forward message to e-mail' any@anydomain.com
If you want the emails sent to any@yourdomaindomain.com, to be forwarded to any@anydomain.com, and in the same time kept in any@anydomaindomain.com as well, just specify the email where you need emails to be forwarded (any@anydomain.com) and check option 'after that continue filtering.'
Our servers require SMTP authentication, which in plain English means you will have to use any of your e-mail accounts, created within the E-mail Manager -> E-mail Accounts section from your control panel.
You can see the code of an example contact form below(contact.html):
NOTE: The Reply-To header could be set with different variable than $email, depending on the contact form itself.
If you wish the messages from the contact form to be received in e-mail box which is not on our servers just replace the $mymail in the mail() function with the e-mail where the e-mails should be sent to.
In order to have the autoreply working you should go to the E-mail Filters section and then add the following filter:
Email:youremail@yourdomain.ext
Rule description: type any explanation for this rule
Priority: any not already taken from 1 to 500, e-mail filters start from 1
Set filter criteria: Select the Addressed to youremail@yourdomain.com
Action to be taken: Select the "Reply using the following autoreply:" then click on the "Show Autoreplies" button and select any of the displayed auto-replies.
Press the "Add New E-mail Filter" and your auto-reply is now enabled.
Click on the Tools from the toolbar and select the Accounts... from the drop down menu.
Click on the Add button and then press Mail...
Write the name you want to be displayed when your email is received (your first and last names or your company name), press the Next button.
Write down your email address (anything@yourdomain.ext), press the Next button.
Fill the following information in the forms:
My incoming mail server is a IMAP server.
For paid clients:
Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP) server: mboxhosting.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: mboxhosting.com
For free clients:
Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP) server: free.mboxhosting.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: free.mboxhosting.com
Press the Next button.
Fill the following information in the forms:
Account name: anything@yourdomain.ext
Password: the password for this email account anything@yourdomain.ext
Remember password: Checked
Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): Unchecked
Click the Next button.
Click on the Tools button from the toolbar and select the E-mail Accounts... from the drop down menu.
Click on the Add a new e-mail account radio button and press Next.
Click on the IMAP radio button and press Next.
Fill the following information in the forms:
User Information:
Your Name: Write the name you want to be displayed when your email is received (your first and last names or your company name)
E-mail Address: anything@yourdomain.ext
Server Information:
For paid clients:
Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP) server: mboxhosting.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: mboxhosting.com
For free clients:
Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP) server: free.mboxhosting.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: free.mboxhosting.com
Logon Information:
Username: anything@yourdomain.ext
Password: the password for your anything@yourdomain.ext e-mail account
Logon using Secure Password Authentication: Unchecked
Click the Next button
Now click on the More Settings... button which is in the bottom right corner.
A new window will prompt.
Click on the second Tab (Outgoing Server) and enable the "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication"
Then click on the "Log on using" radio button and fill the following information in the forms:
Username: anything@yourdomain.ext
Password: the password for your anything@yourdomain.ext e-mail account
Logon using Secure Password Authentication: Unchecked
Fill the following information in the forms:
Account Information:
E-mail Address: anything@yourdomain.ext
Password: the password for your anything@yourdomain.ext e-mail account
Remember password: Checked
Display Name: Write the name you want to be displayed when your email is received (your first and last names or your company name).
Manually configure server settings for e-mail account: Checked
Press the Next button.
Fill the following information in the forms:
Incoming Server Information
My incoming mail server is a IMAP server.
For paid clients:
Incoming mail (IMAP) server: mboxhosting.com Port: 995
For free clients:
Incoming mail (IMAP) server: free.mboxhosting.com Port: 995
This server requires a secure connection (SSL): Yes
Log on using Clear text authentication
Login ID (if different from e-mail address): anything@yourdomain.ext
Outgoing Server Information
For paid clients:
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: mboxhosting.com Port: 465
For free clients:
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: free.mboxhosting.com Port: 465
This server requires a secure connection (SSL): Yes
My outgoing server requires authentication: Checked
Click Next
Click on Tools from the top bar and select the Account Settings… from the drop down menu.
Click on the Account Actions button on the bottom left corner of the Account Settings window and press Add Mail Account
Fill the following information in the forms:
Your name: (Your first and last names or your company name)
E-mail address: anything@yourdomain.ext
Password: Your e-mail password
Click Continue.
Fill the following information in the forms:
Username: anything@yourdomain.ext
For paid clients:
Incoming mail (IMAP) server: IMAP 995 mboxhosting.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: SMTP 465 mboxhosting.com
For free clients:
Incoming mail (IMAP) server: IMAP 995 free.mboxhosting.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: SMTP 465 free.mboxhosting.com
Click Re-test Configuration and then click on the Create Account button.
When the e-mail account is added you would need to change the SMTP settings for your e-mail account.
Go to Account Settings… as described in 2), but this time click on the Outgoing Server (SMTP) from the left-hand side of the Account Settings window and then press the Edit button for your outgoing mail server – mboxhosting.com or free.mboxhosting.com
Fill the following information in the forms:
Description: anything@yourdomain.ext
Server name and Port should be correct according to 5)
Connection security: SSL
Authentication method: Password, transmitted securely
User Name: anything@yourdomain.ext
Click the OK button
The configured in 7) SMTP details should be updated by going to the Account Settings of the e-mail account anything@yourdomain.ext by simply clicking on it from the left-hand side of the window.
On the bottom of the main frame you should select anything@yourdomain.ext – mboxhosting.com (for paid clients) or free.mboxhosting.com (for free clients) as your Outgoing Server (SMTP) and start using your e-mail account.