domain names and internic registration

Icon	Option	Description
	Help	Provides a help page and a links to the Getting Started page that, much like this table, provides summary information about the Control Panel features.
	Miva	Installs Miva Empresa for the domain, a program that is necessary if the customer wants to operate the Miva Merchant Shopping Cart on their site.
	Account Management	Provides detailed information about your account. (More in-depth than the Account Glance feature of the Control Panel.)
	File manager	Similar to Microsoft Windows Explorer in function, the File Manager Option in the Control Panel allows you to perform file management tasks such as creating files and directories, setting the read, write or execute permissions on the files and directories in your site, renaming or deleting files or directories, and changing the password for directories that are password-protected.
	Change Password	Using the Change Password option, you can change the password for your account. This affects Control Panel, FTP and SSH access, but does not affect the passwords for any e-mail accounts you set up.
	Billing History	Shows the entire billing history and payment balance for your account.
	Resource Meter	The Resource Meter option provides a detailed view of disk space and transfer data statistics that are more detailed than those that show up in the Resources Available section of the Control Panel.
	Email Support	You can correspond via e-mail with us by using the E-mail Support option. This option allows you to submit a form-based e-mail directly to our support staff.
	Phone Support	The Phone Support option not only shows you the phone number and other information for us, it also shows you the information that your hosting company has about you. This information may be needed during the support call you place.
	Upgrade	The Upgrade Control Panel option allows you to add additional features to your account and upgrade your acount to another hosting plan.
	Add Domain	This feature is for resellers only! There are two different types of domains you can add: Added Domains and Parked Domains. An Added Domain is an entirely new and separate domain which is added under a different user name than the main (original) domain. It has its own unique Control Panel and Package but is billed to the owner of the main reseller domain. A Parked Domain is a domain name that serves as a "pointer" to another domain. When people visit this parked domain with their web browser, they are automatically sent or forwarded to the domain that the parked domain is pointing to. This concept is similar to the redirect URL option available in the Control Panel, where users who type in one URL are automatically sent to a different previously determined URL. Internic registration fees do apply for new domain names.
	Mail Manager	The Mail Manager option provides several ways of managing the mail accounts you set up on your account. Additionally, if Mailing Lists have been set up for your account, you can manage them using this tool. Mailboxes for individuals or groups can be set up using the Mail Manager option. The number of mailboxes allowable on your account depends on the package your purchased from your hosting company. E-mail accounts can be set up to forward to other mail accounts or to have automatic responses generated when mail is received by the original account. Additionally, Mail Manager allows you to delete e-mail accounts as well as change passwords for e-mail accounts. Our POP email accounts can also be accessed via our web based email. Please see the web based email manual here Of course you can use your email reader like MS Outlook or Eudora or other email reader also.
	Web Mail	Your email accounts can also be accessed via our web based email. Of course you can use your email reader like MS Outlook or Eudora or other email reader to retrieve mail from the server. (All accounts also include POP mail accounts) For features and tutorial click here.
	Site Statistics	Many statistics about the usage of your web site are available through the Site Statistics option in the Control Panel. The statistics are generated by the http-analyze program, by Rent-A-Guru.
	Mailing List	The Mailing List option, once installed, allows you to create and manage your own mailing lists, which is an efficient way of communicating with many people at one time.
	MS Frontpage	If you are planning on using Microsoft's FrontPage as the web-development tool for your site, you will first need to enable FrontPage Extensions. Installing FrontPage extensions for your site does not install Microsoft FrontPage on your computer. FrontPage is a separate software application which you will need to purchase and install on your computer. (Note: Some computers come equipped with Microsoft FrontPage pre-installed.)
	Site Creation Tool	The Site Creation Tool allows you to create your Web site quickly and easily. It is an alternative to using other applications, such as Microsoft FrontPage, Macromedia Dreamweaver or Netscape Composer. The tool is self-guided and self-explanatory, but some detailed instructions are provided in this section to help aid you in setting up your personalized site.
	Counter	The Counter option allows you to set up a hit counter on your site, which lets you determine how many times the page on which the counter resides has been visited. This counter is displayed on the page and can be viewed in various counter styles. Additionally, you can start the counter at any number you set, and it will count hits and add them to that number.
	Protect Directories	Using the Protect Directories option, you can limit the amount of access users have to your site. You can specify a username and password for the directory you are protecting. Each protected directory can have multiple users (each with different passwords if you prefer) who have access to it. Additionally, the Protect Directories option can be used to remove a user's access from a protected directory.
	Redirect URL	The Redirect URL option allows you to change the file that appears when a user enters a specific file's web address. Example: There are a number of old URLs for your site's home page that are no longer current, yet people still use them. You don't really want people going to those old URLs because either an outdated page will display or they'll get an error. Set up redirection for these old URLs, so that when users enter them into their web browsers, the file at your current URL displays instead. If set up to forward your domain to an existing website on the web, visitors will be transported instantly to the url of your choice.
	Search Engine	The Search Engine Options allows you to install the WebGlimpse Search Engine on your site. This tool allows users to perform searches for content on your site. This is a great tool if you have many pages and a lot of content.
	Form Mail	Formmail allows you to use a form to receive e-mail from your users. The Formmail option provides step-by-step instructions on how to set this up on your website.
	PGP	PGP, which stands for Pretty Good Privacy, is a method of encryption you can apply to scripts that run on your web site along with the e-mail you send through it. PGP is software that you buy over the counter or on the web. Using this software, you generate your own PGP encryption "key". You must do this before you can make use of the PGP option in the Control Panel.
	Mime Types	Mime Types represent file types as presented to your web browser. The Mime Type option in the Control Panel allows you to specify which types of files you can open with your web browser.
	Anonymous FTP	Anonymous FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a method by which your guests can upload content (files) to an incoming directory. To make use of Anonymous FTP, your users would need to know the FTP utility included in their operating system, or use one of several available FTP programs, such as WS-FTP or Cute FTP.
	Archive Manager	The Archive Manager option provides a method of backing up files on your site by compressing them. It is always good practice to back up files in case damage should occur to original files. Compressing files allows you to reduce the amount of storage space your files take up, thus freeing more space for you to work with on your site.
	PGP Mail	The PGP Mail option provides you with instructions for using PGP Mail in forms on your site. This option should be used in conjunction with the PGP and Formmail options.
	SSH	If you have SSH (Secure Shell) software on your PC, you can use this option to telnet securely into your site's server (uses RSA authentication).
	Secure Server	Allows you to install a secure certificate (Verisign or Thawte) on your site. This certificate must be purchased in advance from either Verisign or Thawte. This option helps you generate a request for this certificate.
	MySQL Database	The MySQL option in the Control Panel allows the setup of a MySQL database on your site. Once the database has been installed, there is documentation available within the MySQL Option for managing the database. This procedure shows you how to install MySQL and provides a basic overview of the screens you can expect to see within this option.
	Shopping Cart	The AlaCart Shopping Cart option is an easy-to-use e-commerce utility you can install on your site. It allows you to sell merchandise on your site and gives your customers a user-friendly way to quickly find and purchase merchandise. Additionally, new features for the AlaCart Shopping Cart are being developed which will further enhance the capabilities of this resourceful tool.
	Network Trouble Shooter	Allows you to use the Traceroute utility which shows the path on the web that information travels in order to get from one location to another.
	News Letter	Displays different issues of the our newsletter to you if it is in use.
	Submit Sites to Search Engines	The Submit Site to Search Engines option is a powerful tool that allows you to quickly list your web site on some of the most popular web search indexes. These web search indexes include: � Infoseek � Webcrawler � Alta Vista � Lycos � Excite � Hot Bot � Infoseek Ultra � Yahoo! � Netfind � Magellan � What You Seek � Infospace � New Riders Yellow Pages This is an effective way of ensuring that the site you create gets optimal audience and web traffic. While you can submit your site to search engines without the aid of this option, it can be a very time consuming process. The Submit Site to Search Engines option makes the process a quick and easy one. It is up to the search engines alone whether or not to list your site in their index.

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