- Introduction
- Getting Online
- Important Information
- Guide to your account directory -A complete description of your home directory
- How to access your pages (URL's for cgi, etc.)
- User Authentication Password protecting your pages.
- Console Utility
Introduction
Thanks!
We have spent a lot of time to create your account in a very organized, and flexible arrangement to give you the most control possible, in an easy to use environment. The following documents will explain how we've set everything up, and offer tips on how to best administrate your site.
If you run into any problems After you have read the online documentation and tried our possible solutions to common problems in the CGI and other FAQ's you may contact our technical support staff at: Technical Support or help@webstorage.com Please be sure to put your Domain Name in the Subject line for prompt service!
Good Luck, and Have Fun!
Getting Online
- An FTP account has been setup for you to access/update your site. A username and password should have been assigned to you when your account was established. You can logon with an FTP Client to:
- Virtual Accounts use your domain name or IP number
For Microsoft Windows we recommend WS Ftp.
And For Macintosh we recommend Fetch available at many Mac ftp sites including:
You can find basic FTP configuration instructions here.
Important Information
- Here are some important notes for uploading/maintaining your site.
- The ftp server will reject any files starting with a minus ("-") character.
- The ftp server will also reject any of the following characters:
- ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _
How to access your site through a web browser. Your site is being served by the Apache Server for non-secure, and Apache with mod_ssl for secure access. You may access your site via the following URLs:
Your Homepage:
- http://www.yourdomain.xxx/ for virtual accounts
CGI-BIN directory:
- http://www.yourdomain.xxx/cgi-bin/ for virtual accounts
Console directory:
- http://www.yourdomain.xxx/console for console access
Secure Server:
Please note: If you need secure server access, please send an e-mail to help@webstorage.com. Put your domain name in the Subject and specify that you need secure server access.
- Pages - https://secure.nameservers.com/yourdomain.xxx/path/to/page
- Scripts -https://secure.nameservers.com/yourdomain.xxx/cgi-bin/script
*You are responsible for any fees that Verisign or Thawte may charge.
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