WEBSITE CUSTOMERS PLEASE NOTE - We are moving most websites to a new hosting provider. This will allow us to provide better service, improved features and lower prices. Before your web hosting expires, we'll contact you and confirm how many years you want to renew for. We began this process in October 2011, and should finish in June of 2012. To minimize downtime, we change DNS servers in the evening. Worldwide propagation is usually finished by morning, but may take up to 48 hours. We will notify you about any changes to your email, Webmail, and FTP access. Help is also posted below.
NEW WEB HOSTING:
- Disk Storage - 300GB (Old host was only 10MB)
- Data Transfer - Unlimited (Old host was 400MB/month)
- Cost One-Year Small Hosting - $119.50 (US), plus a $35 one-time setup fee for new accounts (Old host was $164/year)
NEW WEBMAIL FEATURES - Click here to see an online demo
- 1GB storage per emailbox, maximum 20 MB email attachments
- Spam and virus protection included
- Works with Email Clients like Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird, Eudora, Netscape, etc.
- POP3 support also allows you to retrieve email using most common mobile devices
- Automatically import appointments and new events from your Google calendar
- Click here for more Features and Benefits
- Click here for more Details
The following names can not be assigned to emailboxes: anyone, administrator, admin, nobody, user, postmaster, anonymous.
NEW WEBMAIL ACCESS - PLEASE WRITE THIS INFORMATION DOWN AND KEEP IT IN A SAFE PLACE
- Direct Login Website - simply type "mail.mydomain.com" in your browser (replace "mydomain.com" with your real domain)
- Username - the 1st part of your email address before the "@" symbol
- Password - We will give it to you
SETTINGS FOR MOST POP3/IMAP EMAIL CLIENT PROGRAMS AND DEVICES:
- POP - choose POP and the incoming server port will defailt to 110
- IMAP - choose IMAP and the incoming server port will default to 143
- Username - your email address
- Password - the same password we gave you for your webmail
- Incoming Mail Server - mail.yourdomain.com
- Outgoing Mail Server - smtp.yourdomain.com
- Outgoing Server Requires Authentication (typically found in advanced options or settings)
- Do NOT check "Log on Using Secure Password Authentication"
- Use the same Username and Password as Incoming, or select "Use Same Settings as Incoming"
- Outgoing Server Port - 2525 or 587
This is subject to change based on the individual preferences of your ISP
For newly registered domain names, it may take up to 48 hours for your settings to activate.
If you have just configured the mailbox, it may take up to 4 hours for the mailbox to be fully functional.
Click here to see How to Begin Using POP
Click here to see POP3/IMAP Settings
Click here to see POP3/IMAP Setup Video Tutorials
NEW FTP ACCESS - PLEASE WRITE THIS INFORMATION DOWN AND KEEP IT IN A SAFE PLACE
If we host your website, this is the login information you'll need if you want to develop, publish, edit, upate, maintain and/or promote your own website. This gets entered into an FTP program. You need an FTP program to work on your website, or if you prefer, we can provide these services for you.
- FTP Server URL - We will give it to you
- Username - We will give it to you
- Password - We will give it to you
- Default Directory - httpdocs/
HOW TO USE AN FTP PROGRAM - WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU DOWNLOAD A COPY OF YOUR ENTIRE WEB SITE AND BACK IT UP BEFORE YOU START MAKING CHANGES.
Read This First - You need strong computer skills before you can work on a website. You must know how to comfortably navigate the Windows folder structure, and be able to easily download and install software. If you don't know how to Select, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Open, Close, Download, Search, Install, Uninstall, Update, Upgrade, Save, and Save As, then you should take some more basic computer cources. We don't mind answering a quick question, but we just don't have the time to walk you through every mouse click.
You should also know how to edit HTML code before you work on a website. If you don't know HTML, you should probably let us manage your site until you take some web design cources. We don't have time to teach you HTML, and if you mess up your site, you'll need us to fix it, and we charge for our time.
Preparation - Just download and install an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client program. An FTP client program is used to upload and download files to and from your website. You can download a free FTP client program called Leech FTP, or another good one is FileZilla. For demonstration purposes we have used Leech FTP here.
Directions :
1. Start the Leech FTP program, and if the login window shown below doesn't open, click on the lightning bolt icon.  (near the top left of your screen)
2. Enter the login information we gave you (URL, Username and Password), and click OK.
3. You should now be connected to the web server, and what you see should resemble the picture below (unless you used some other program).
Leech FTP shows 4 main areas :
- Top Area - Lists events as they happen
- Bottom Left Area - Lists files that are in queue to upload
- Bottom Center Area - Lists files and folders on your computer
- Bottom Right Area - Lists files and folders on the remote web server
The files and folders that make up your site are usually kept in the "httpdocs" folder on a Windows server, or in the "htdocs" folder on a Unix server. To upload and download web pages, just navigate to the appropriate folder and drag and drop if using Leech FTP (or right-click and select "upload" or "download" if using FileZilla FTP).
When your done, log out by clicking on the little man  near the top right. For FileZilla FTP, click on the "Disconnect" icon in the toolbar up top.
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