A file already exists in the www directory of your server. It's called missing.html. You can edit it to your liking, or create your own. As long as it's called missing.html and it's in your root www directory, the server will display it whenever someone tries to access a page on your domain that does not exist.
Congrats!! Your new web host account has just been activated and you received our welcome message with all sorts of technical information ... now you are really confused.
Relax ... it's not that complicated to start building your site. Now we will assume that you have the basics of HTML down, but are not quite sure on how to get those pages uploaded to your site.
1. You will need to obtain an FTP program to make the uploads. Information on FTP programs is available from our FTP tutorial.
2. If you have just registered a new domain name (or transfered), you will need to enter the numeric IP address that was sent in our welcome letter for the field labeled Host Name. Just enter the numbers exactly as they appear. NOTE: After your name has been fully registered, you would use "yourdomain.com, yourdomain.net, yourdomain.org, etc." in this field.
3. Enter your User ID and password.
4. Press OK.
5. The program should log into your site. Follow your program's instructions for uploading. NOTE: Your web pages should go in the directory of "www." Your home page should be called index.html, index.htm, etc.
We said this was "down and dirty." More detailed instructions are available in the Online Manual Section New Version, under the topic "Accessing Your Account." If you're still a bit confused ... email us and we'll walk you through it.
Just create a simple HTML page to welcome visitors and upload it to your /www directory. It should replace the "index" page that currently says your site is under construction. It is called index.htm
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. Like the name implies, it’s main purpose is to make transferring files from one computer to another as fast and easy as possible. And it is very good at it’s job! Unlike Telnet, FTP is not a program. It is instead a "protocol" just like http is a protocol. Your browser program uses the http (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) for viewing, reading, and translating HTML into the bright and colorful interactive web pages you see on your computer screen. In order to use FTP you will need a program such as WS-FTP for Windows, or Fetch for Macintosh users.
Visually, you will not see either the imagery of a browser, or the blank white screen and black text of Telnet. Instead, if you are using WS_FTP, you will see two panels, each with folders (also called directories) and files displayed. One panel will contain the folders and files on your computer. The other panel will contain the folders and files on the site you are logged into. If you are using Fetch, you will see something a bit different.
1. Go to your web control panel at: http://yoursite/cgi-bin/plusmail
2. Select "Add Features" (it's on the upper left side of the panel).
3. You'll need to set the screen to Add on requested POP (it should default to this setting when the page displays)
4. Right below it, enter the user name you would like (i.e. myname for the pop account of myname@mysite.com)
and then the password in the box below it.
(Ignore the directory portion)
5. Click on setup
Repeat this for the other accounts you would like to set up.
To use the pop boxes you will most likely want to set up an email client program such as endora ... . You can find information about setting up email programs in our online manual
Telnet is a program that emulates a computer terminal, allowing you to view information on site rather than downloading it to your personal computer for viewing. This is extremely useful if you need to view large amounts of information, such as all the files and folders on a web site, or a library catalog for example. Imagine how long it would take for you to download a web page containing the entire catalog of book titles from just a city library! With Telnet, you are able to actually view the information on the library site, eliminating the download time.
Telnet is not graphics capable, does not play sound files and is not one tiny bit entertaining. But it is the best tool to use for certain tasks. You will have a white screen with black text, much like the old DOS screen only in reverse. And, again like DOS, you will need to type in your commands. If you use Windows you will have a Telnet program already on your system. Go to Start, Programs, Run, and type the word "telnet" (no quotes) into the window.
An OS, or "operating system" is the program you use to operate and run your computer. By far the three most universally used and recognized by the average lay surfer are Windows in any version from 3.x to Win 98, NT, and Macintosh. Linux, and Unix are both operating systems as well. They don’t have, or support, all of the bells and whistles of the more popular operating systems, but that’s not what they are meant for. These two operating systems are for serious stuff…for fast and dynamic data transfer…for allowing one computer to talk to others quickly and smoothly. Not for personal entertainment. This is why server computers and many other types of businesses use Unix and/or Linux operating systems. They aren’t pretty, but they are smart, they are stable, and they are fast. - Updated: February 27, 2000
Real Audio is available for a small extra charge (email sales for more info)
RealAudio is a real time audio transmission/player system. A digital audio stream is transmitted from the server over the internet to the destination and played immediately, rather than being stored to disk first and then played.
Each audio clip requires two files: a metafile with extension .ram, and the digital audio clip itself, with extension .ra. The .ram file holds one or more lines of ASCII text, each of which references the .ra file to be played when the .ram file is accessed by the browser.
Entries in .ram files have the form:
pnm://your-domain.com/your-domain/name-of-clip.ra
Place your .ram and .ra files in the realaudio subdirectory under your web directory.
.ram files must be uploaded in ASCII mode while .ra files must be uploaded in BINARY mode.
You may then access these files at realaudio/file.ram under your www directory.