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Our Control Panel Software, web://cp is available on all of our web hosting plans. Web://cp gives you complete control over your website. With it you can create sub-domains, emails, databases, backups, and more, all from an easy to use interface.

The web://cp interface is divided into two sections: A Personal Control Panel (Personal CP), and a Domain Control Panel (Domain CP). When you first login you are taken to the Personal CP. To switch between the two interfaces, use the links in the upper right corner.

Logging in to Web://cp

To get started with web://cp, point your browser to https://www.solidnetsys.com:2081. Enter you username and password, and then click "Login".

Logging Out of Web://cp

When you are done using web://cp you should make sure you log out by clicking the "Log Out" link in the upper right corner, before you close your browser.

Changing Your Password

From your Personal CP, select "User Settings". Enter your new password into the "Password" box, check the "confirm" box, and then click "Update User Information". Your new password will go into effect immediately.

Web://cp Themes

Web://cp comes with a couple of neat (and some not-so-neat) themes. You should try out a few to find out which one works best for you. To change themes:

• Login to your Personal CP
• Select "User Settings" from the menu
• Select a theme from the "Interface Look" drop-down
• Click "Update User Information"

For the rest of this article our images will be from the "Green Classic" theme.

Personal Email Settings

An important issue for you will probably be getting all your email addresses setup right away. To get started, login to your Personal CP and click "E-Mail Settings". Here you can setup Catch-alls, Aliases, Forwarders, and Auto-responders.

Catch-Alls

A catch-all will forward any email sent to an address ending in @yourdomain.com to your username. This is a convenient way to have all your domain email delivered to a central place. To enable a catch-all:

• Login to your Personal CP and select "E-Mail Settings"
• Set "Catch-All" to "on"
• Click "Update E-Mail Settings"

Aliases

An email alias allows you to setup an email address that forwards email to an existing username. This prevents you from having to setup a new login for each email address you want. To setup an email alias:

• Login to your Personal CP and select "E-Mail Settings"
• Fill in the "E-Mail Aliases" box with a comma-separated list of aliases for the username you are logged in as. For example, "webmaster, admin, administrator" for webmaster@yourdomain.com, admin@yourdomain.com, etc.
• Click "Update E-Mail Settings"

Forwarders

By using a forwarder you can have your email automatically forwarded to another email address. To setup a forwarder for your email address:

• Login to your Personal CP and select "E-Mail Settings"
• Enter the email address you want to have mail forwarded to as a comma separated list in the "Forward" box
• Click "Update E-Mail Settings"

Autoresponder

You can use the Autoresponder to send a predefined reply to any email sent to your username. To enable an autoresponder for your email address:

• Login to your Personal CP and select "E-Mail Settings"
• Enter your reply message in the "Autoresponder" box
• Click "Update E-Mail Settings"

Sub-Domains and Pointers

A sub-domain will let you host a separate website by using a different hostname in place of the 'www' in your URL (i.e. http://hostname.yourdomain.com).

To add a sub-domain:

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "Sub-Domains and Pointers" from the menu
• In the "hostname" field, enter the name you wish to use (e.g. hostname.yourdomain.com)
• Set any server side options you wish to use for this sub-domain
• Click "Apply"

After you create a new sub-domain you should have a new directory named 'hostname' next to your 'www' directory. Like the 'www' directory, this new directory will have its own 'web' directory where you will store all your public files for your new sub-domain.

Domain pointers allow you to have several domain names all refer to the same website or sub-directory of.

To add a Domain Pointer

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "Sub-Domains and Pointers" from the menu
• In the "Domain Name" field, enter the name of your new Domain Name. Please note that your Domain Name must be configured to use our name servers by your registrar.
• Select a target directory for this domain. This is the directory where the web server should look for your public HTML. In most cases you will want to set this to "www/web".
• Set any server side options you wish to use for this domain pointer
• Click "Submit"

Adding New Users

To create a new user:

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "User Creation" from the menu
• Enter the user's full name, username, and password
• Set access level to either "Regular User" or "Domain Administrator"
• Set a hard disk space limit for this user's files
• Enter an email aliases to create for this user
• Select a default interface look (theme)
• Click "Submit"

Managing Users

To remove a user:

• Login to Web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "User Management" from the menu
• Find the user you wish to remove and check the box next to the username.
• If you wish to remove more than one user, select them as well
• Select "Remove Users" from the action drop-down menu
• Click "Apply"
• Confirm by clicking "Yes"

To suspend a user:

• Login to Web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "User Management" from the menu
• Find the user you wish to suspend and check the box next to the username.
• If you wish to suspend more than one user, select them as well
• Select "Suspend Users" from the action drop-down menu
• Click "Apply"
• Confirm by clicking "Yes"

To reactivate a suspended user:

• Login to Web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "User Management" from the menu
• Find the user you wish to reactivate and check the box next to the username.
• If you wish to reactivate more than one user, select them as well
• Select "Activate Users" from the action drop-down menu
• Click "Apply"
• Confirm by clicking "Yes"

Managing Domain E-Mail

From your Domain CP you are able to manage email aliases and forwarders for your entire domain.

To set a domain catch-all address:

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "Email Management" from the menu
• The catch-all is the first alias on the "E-Mail Aliases" list. Select the user that you would like the catch-all to forward email to from the drop-down menu.
• Click "Submit"

To manage email aliases:

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "Email Management" from the menu
• To add a new alias, enter the name you wish to add into the "E-Mail Aliases" list. From the drop-down menu, select the user you wish to receive email for the alias. Click "Submit".
• To remove an alias, click the "X" next to the alias you wish to remove
• To edit an alias, find the alias on the list and edit it. When you are done, click "Submit".

To manage email forwarders:

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "Email Management" from the menu and scroll down to the "Forwarders" list
• To add a new forwarder, under the "Username" column, select the user you want to forward email for from the drop-down. Then, enter the email address to forward to under the "Email Address" column. Click "Submit".
• To remove a forwarder, click the "X" next to the forwarder you wish to remove
• To edit a forward, find the forward on the list and edit it. When yo uare done, click "Submit".

Managing MySQL Databases

To add a database:

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "Database Management" from the menu
• Enter the new of your new database under the "Database Name" column.
• Select a username to own this database from the drop-down menu.
• Enter a password for this database user. This will password will be valid on the MySQL server only and does not have to be the same as your web://cp username.
• Click "Create Database"
• Click "Yes" to confirm

To remove a database:

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "Database Management" from the menu
• Click the "X" next to the database you wish to delete
• Click "Yes" to confirm

Backing Up Your Website

To schedule a backup:

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "Backups" from the menu
• Select "Create Backups"
• Select either "Scheduled" or "Immediate" Backup
• If you select "Scheduled", select "Daily", "Weekly", or "Monthly" from the drop-down
• If you wish to backup your domain data, check the box next to your domain name, and then the box next to "Domain Files"
• If you want the backup to include email, check the box next to "Domain Email"
• If you have a remote FTP server you would like web://cp to send the backup to, check the box next to "Remote" and fill in your FTP server details.
• Otherwise, check the box next to "Local". When the backup is complete, it will be stored in your ~/_backup directory. You should use an FTP client to fetch it after the backup has finished.
• Click "Create Backup"

To remove a backup from the schedule:

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "Backups" from the menu
• Select "Delete Backup"
• Check the box next to the backup you wish to delete
• Click "Delete Backup(s)"
• Click "Yes" to confirm

To restore a local backup:

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "Backups" from the menu
• Select "Restore Backup"
• Check the box next to the local backup to be restored
• Click "Restore Backup(s)"
• Click "Yes" to confirm

To restore a backup stored on your PC:

• Login to web://cp and switch to your Domain CP
• Select "Backups" from the menu
• Click "Browse" and locate the backup file on your PC
• Click "Upload Backup"
• Click "Yes" to confirm