Subdomains:
For accounts that have this feature, users can log
into this area in the Control Panel and setup
subdomains under their account plan. When you create a
subdomain, a directory with the name of the subdomain
is created inside the public_html directory. This
directory is mapped to the subdomain. For example, if
you create a subdomain called sub1.yourdomain.com, a
directory called sub1 will be created inside your
public_html directory, files that you place inside the
sub1 directory can be accessed by directing your
browser to one of the following URLs:
http://sub1.yourdomain.com
http://yourdomain.com/sub1
All subdomains setup through the control panel draw
their resources from the parent account plan.
Network Tools:
There are currently two tools available inside the
Network Tools feature of the Control Panel:
DNS Lookup:
Allows you to search DNS entries for a particular
domain.
Traceroute:
Allows you to trace the "connection hops"
between your local computer and the server. (This
feature is disabled)
Backup:
This option in your Control Panel allows you download
a compressed file that contains the directories and/or
files located in your account. This is an excellent
way to backup your own files.
As stated in our policies, we cannot guarantee the
quality of our backups as these are geared more toward
restoring an entire server. We HIGHLY recommend that
you make it common practice to backup your own web
pages.
Once you've downloaded the compressed file, you can
keep it in your local computer.
If you ever need to restore the compressed file, just
return to this part of your Control Panel, click Browse,
look for the file in your local computer and click Upload.
Mime Types:
This feature does not work with FrontPage. FrontPage
users will need to add Mime Types from the FrontPage
program itself.
The MIME Types option in your Control Panel allows you
to set certain programs to be used for specific
extensions.
In easier-to-understand terms, MIME Types helps your
web server to identify what type of file is being
requested by the browsers. For instance, when the web
server gets a request from a browser such as Internet
Explorer or Netscape for a file that ends in .html,
the web server knows that it is an HTML document
because that extension is stored as a Mime Type. If
the web server gets a request from a browser for a
file that ends in .gif, the web server knows that it
is an image because that too is stored as a Mime Type.
This applies to every file, image, application, etc.
that may be requested by a web browser. If the
extension is not stored as a Mime Type, the web server
will not recognize it and will not be able to assist
the browser and that particular file type will not be
viewable by the user.
Mime types are identified by the server by the
following format:
subtype/type extension
For example adding the following two Mime Types will
allow users to view ipx images on your web pages:
application/x-ipscript .ips
application/x-ipix .ipx
application identifies the subtype, x-ipscript
identifies the application, and .ips identifies the
extension used for that application.
Cron Jobs:
THIS FEATURE IS FOR ADVANCED USERS ONLY!
DO NOT TO ABUSE this feature. In the event that
Hosting Host determines that you are abusing the
system from your use of this feature, it will be
disabled permanently for your account.
If you know how to use Crontab, then you are quite
aware of the drain that this feature can cause on
server resources.
Precautions that you should take are:
Limit the number of processes that you run.
Do not run processes every minute.
Schedule your processes to run between midnight and
5:00 A.M. US Central Time.
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