Web Panel User Guide
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1. Page 18 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 5 2 Backup Manager The application allows you to backup your website and database by downloading to your workstation or through a FTP site It is available under the menu bar gt Tools Once the Backup icon is click a form such as below will ask for your options to backup which data If you choose to backup your website to your workstation click Start Backup to start the backup process Page 19 of 19 yourwebsite com2. new users 4 4 File Upload To upload files to the server click on the button File Upload The form File is loaded Select the file to be uploaded from your local hard disk as well as the folder where the file should be saved on the server and specify the permissions of the file Then click on Save 4 5 Create a Folder To create a folder click on the button New Folder The form Folder is loaded where you can specify its name path and permissions Page 16 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 4 6 Delete Files and Folders To delete a file or a folder please click on the X on the right side of its name Please note a directory has to be empty before it can be deleted Page 17 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 5 Additional Software The following additional software is available for the web administration system phpMyAdmin A browser interface for the administration of your MySQL databases Backup Manager A web based backup application for your website 5 1 phpMyAdmin Further information about phpMyAdmin can be found in the website http www phpmyadmin net The application can be accessed via the link under Tools or via the folder phpmyadmin which is located in the web of the web administration system thus https www domain tld 81 phpmyadmin where www domain tld has to be replaced appropriately Note that the login username is the the database username while password is as per assigned by the admin user
3. Web Panel User Guide User Manual Last modified 28 May 2007 1 General 1 1 Login and Password After you have received your user name and password and the URL of the web administration site from your reseller Please go to the URL of the web administration system https www domain com 81 with your browser and enter your user name and password in the form Login Confirm by clicking on Login 1 2 User Interface The web administration interface consists of the following sections Menubar Situated on top consist of menus Web Manager Web FTP Tools Help and Logout Structure Tree The structure tree is the storage system of the web administration system Your web sites are managed here By clicking on expand all folders are opened By clicking on collapse the tree is closed Information Field for Customers On the right panel contain the information about your site such as features activated as well as control tabs that enables you to perform administration to your website Page 1 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 1 3 Features The following are the things that each user can perform using the web administration platform View web s basic data and statistics usage website traffic Create and administrate users Administrate MySQL database Perform FTP transaction online using WebFTP Protect website directories using WebFTP In addition each website have the follow
4. efault if no file is specified in the URL Example the URL http www domain tld documents is accessed According to the example above the web server would search the file index html in the directory documents if it cannot find that file it would search index htm then index php etc Individual Error Pages If individual error pages are activated for the site you can enter the HTML code for your error pages in the appropriate fields If you leave the fields blank the standard error pages will be used Webalizer Statistics Uncheck this if you don t want the website statistics to take up your webspace Alternatively you can use FTP to delete the stats periodically Page 10 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 3 Usage Statistics 3 1 Site Usage Statistics On the tab Statistics you can find statistics covering the following areas Storage Space and Usage The storage space available for this site and the actual usage of this storage space If MySQL database has been created DB MySQL will show the disk usage of the database Traffic You can see the traffic of the current month web FTP as well as the traffic of the last four years if available Page 11 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 3 2 Webalizer Statistics Webalizer is a web server log analysis application It is activated daily at 4am to generate web statistics for the websites hosted in the web server You can see them in the folder stats of t
5. he respective site e g http www domain tld stats The statistics site is password protected To login these are the following possibilities 1 if no user has been created for the site you can login with the user name admin and the password stats 2 If users have been created for the site you can login with every valid user name password combination Please note If you have created a new site the Webalizer statistics are not yet available because webalizer is executed only once a night After 24 hours at the latest the first statistics should have been created Page 12 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 4 Web FTP Password Protection of Directories htaccess htpasswd If you do not have an FTP client or do not like to use it the web administration system offers you the possibility to use FTP functionality via your browser The following functionality is offered by Web FTP File Upload Edit file permissions Delete files Create folders Edit folder permissions Delete folders Password protection of directories htaccess htpasswd To use Web FTP please select the respective site under Web FTP After your selection the file system of the corresponding site is shown in the structure tree below Below the menubar on top you can find the three buttons File Upload New Folder and FTP Logout Page 13 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 4 1 Show Directory Con
6. ind the value 1 next to MySQL on the tab Basis then a MySQL database is available for the virtual site If you want to use it you should protect it with a password To create a new database go to the tab Options and click on New button Page 9 of 19 Web Panel User Guide In the field Password enter your MySQL password Please note that a database is only created after a password has been entered and saved for the first time If a database exists it looks like the previous picture shown above The password is not visible for security reasons But it can be changed at any time simply by overwriting a new password into the field Password Click Save to save this information Alternatively click Cancel to abort the process 2 4 Options Apart from the details referring to the MySQL database you can find the following fields on the tab Options Frontpage Password If Frontpage is activated for this site you can enter the password here which is necessary to connect to the server via Frontpage Once a password has been entered it is not visible in the web administration interface Logsize Please specify the max size of Apache log files Valid entries are in percent of the storage space available for the site or absolute numbers e g 5 for 5 MB The default value is 30 DirectoryIndex Please specify the files one per line that the web server will show by d
7. ing development feature CGI BIN Perl PHP version 4 3 9 php safe mode Frontpage extensions up to 2002 is supported MySQL 1 4 Saving Data The web administration system offers you two possibilities to save data you enter into a form Save Button Click onto the Save button to save your entries The information will be submitted and the structure tree as well as the start page will be reloaded in your browser Change the tab If a form consists of more than one tab you can simply change the tab to save your data The data of the old tab will be saved and the new tab will be loaded whereas the structure tree will not be reloaded This technique of saving data allows you to process forms with more than one tab in one pass and is one of the main characteristics of the web administration system 1 5 Changing Password You can edit your web administration password under Tools gt Change Password Page 2 of 19 Web Panel User Guide Please enter your current and your new password 2 times into the form Change Password and click on Save 1 6 Language Settings You can set the language of your web administration system under Tools gt Change Language In the form Change Language select the language the system should use for you and click on Save 1 7 Display of Passwords Passwords that are entered in the system will not be displayed for security
8. p Provide a name user name and password Real Name Enter the first and last name of the user Email Address Enter the desired email address for the user Insert only the part which is in front of the symbol if none just leave blank Username Enter a unique user name After saving it the user name cannot be changed anymore Password Enter a password for the user After saving it the password becomes invisible i e you cannot see it anymore in the form If the user forgets his password you can assign him a new one here Page 7 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 3 Step Limit storage space of the user This is recommended if the overall webspace is low In the field WebSpace MB enter the amount in MBs you would want to assign to the new user 1 means Unlimited 4 Step Options for the user The options available for each user can be selected anytime Administrator Privileges Check Administrator if the user should have administrator privileges for the side If FTP access has been activated for this site only the administrator has access to all directories of the site via FTP A normal user has access only to his home directory in the directory user 5 Step Save settings Click on Save to save the new settings for the user Alternatively click on Cancel to abort the creation process Page 8 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 2 3 MySQL Database If you f
9. reasons after they were saved Thus an empty password field in the form does not mean that no password was entered before Page 3 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 1 8 Help There are several ways to request for help regarding your website Through the support ticket system you can post your questions by creating a new ticket and submit it to our helpdesk to assist Other forms of help include reading the user manual emailing or alternatively call our helpdesk directly for quicker respond Page 4 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 2 Sites All sites you manage with the web administration system appear in the structure tree By clicking on the title of a site you can see its details and edit some of its data 2 1 Basis Data of a Site The basis data visible on the tab Basis can only be edited by the hosting company The basic data contains the following information Basic Data Server Shows the name of the server which hosts your site Hostname The hostname of your site e g www Domain The domain of your site e g yourname com IP Address The IP address of your site Information about the limits Space MB Shows the amount of MB available for your site Max User The maximum number of users with email boxes that can be assigned to the site Max Domains The maximum number of co domains that can be assigned to the site To see the current usage of your site webspace number of u
10. sers and domains go to the section Page 5 of 19 Web Panel User Guide Statistics Information related to site features value 1 indicates that the feature is activated CGI Scripts If turned on your site can execute cgi scripts if located in the directory cgi bin of your site PHP Scripts If turned on your site can execute PHP scripts file extensions php php3 php4 FTP Access If turned on all users assigned to the site can access their user directories via FTP MySQL If active and if you provide a MySQL password in the tab Other a database will be set up for the site see chapter III 2 5 The database will not be created if you do not provide a password If the name of the database is shown on the tab Other the database exists which means that a password has been provided before Page 6 of 19 Web Panel User Guide 2 2 Users Administration The management of a site s users is done via the form Configure Web To add or edit a user click on the corresponding site in the structure tree and proceed to click on the tab User to activate the user administration page 2 2 1 Adding a user Adding a user is done in 5 steps 1 Step Open new form Configure Web In the structure tree click on the site to which you want to assign the new user Go to the tab User and click on the button New The user administration form will up as shown in the next page 2 Ste
11. tents To see the contents of a folder click on the corresponding folder in the structure tree You will then be shown the contents of the directory 4 2 File Properties To edit file properties please click on the name of the file You will then be shown the properties of the file You can now rename the file move it to another folder or change its permissions 4 3 Directory Properties To see the properties of the site s basic directories web user log cgi bin and ssl click on in the structure tree If you click on a folder in the structure tree its subfolders will be shown The form Folder is loaded Page 14 of 19 Web Panel User Guide To see the properties of a folder please click on its name A form such as below will be shown You can now edit the folder s properties 4 3 1 Password Protection of Directories You can protect a directory in a way that its contents is accessible in a browser only after a valid user name password combination has been entered To do so click on Protect Directory as shown in the following exhibit Page 15 of 19 Web Panel User Guide Enter a user name and a password and click on Save Please note If a directory is password protected the button Protect Directory is replaced by the button Edit in the form with the directory properties If you click on this button existing users will be listed and you can edit their passwords In addition to that you can add
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