Using your webspace

Basic information overview

The email you get will look something like:

The following virtual server has been set up successfully :

Domain name:             [domain name]
Hosting server:          [hostname]
Primary DNS Server:      80.68.90.151
Secondary DNS Server:    82.152.6.254
Administration login:    [username]
Administration password: [password]
Administration URL:      https://www.[domain name]:10000/

To read email, add email addresses or aliases, log into the Administration
URL with the above username and password. Also under this interface you 
can change the administration password, which is recommended done on a 
regular basis. You should also change this before you do anything else.

Website:                 http://www.[domain name]/
Web page directory:      /home/[username]/public_html
CGI Script directory:    /home/[username]/cgi-bin
Webalizer log reporting: Enabled
Webalizer URL:           http://www.[domain name]/stats

These stats are updated nightly, so you can see visitors to your website.

Your web site is PHP enabled to allow for dynamic web pages. For more 
information visit www.php.net


Email domain:            [domain name]
POP3 server:             mail.[domain name]
SMTP server:             Use your ISP's server

MySQL database:          [username]
MySQL login:             [username]
MySQL password:          [password]

MySQL is a free database system. With this and PHP you can offer truely 
dynamic web pages, or use pre-written software such as phpNuke, 
PostNuke or phpBB. Administration of the database can be done through 
either the main Administration URL, or through phpMyAdmin at:

        http://www.tinynetworks.co.uk/phpMyAdmin/

Log in with your Administration username and password.

The main details are [domain name] which is the domain name you have registered and have asked us to host the web space for. [username] is the username for accessing your web space, admin console, database, etc. and will be assigned to you automatically, as will your [password]. Do not lose these! Here is some information on the rest of the details:

Hosting Server This is the name of the server your web site is hosted on. You can access it either with this name, or the address of your web pages. You can use it for either ftp access to put your pages on the server, or you can even ssh onto the server if you prefer that.
Primary and Secondary DNS To access the correct web pages using your domain name, you must either set up your DNS settings for the domain you have bought to point to the hosting server, or set your domain up to use our DNS servers.
Administration details Using the Administration URL, you can log into the main control panel to administrate your web space. From here you can change your passwords, protect web pages, upload and manage files and manage your email and email aliases.
Web site and directories This is confirming the address that people will use to access your site, and supplies the directories you must upload your web pages to. For most people, putting files into the public_html folder will be all you want to do. For more advanced users who want a more dynamic page, you can upload cgi scripts into the cgi-bin directory.
Webalizer Webalizer is a web server log viewer. Going to the URL specified will show you hits on your web pages, peak times, and locations of access
Email settings You can collect email for your domain using the pop3 address and logging in with your username and password. Using the Administration panel you can create and edit email addresses and aliases. Due to restrictions on the email server to prevent spam, you must use the email server of whatever ISP you use to connect to the internet to send mail. Instructions for configuring Outlook.
MySQL Database These are the login details of your MySQL database that is pre-configured for your domain. This can be used to create dynamic web pages and forums. To administrate the database, go to: http://www.tinynetworks.co.uk:10000/

Uploading pages

There are many ways to upload files to the server, depending on what system you are working on, what software you are using, and how technical you are! You can either use the Administration panel file manager or file uploaded, ftp the files to the server, or even secure shell in and write the pages on the server itself.

Make sure to place all the web files into the public_html folder in your home directory, and any CGI scripts into the cgi-bin directory. There is also another directory that you may notice called logs. This is where all your web access logs are kept. Please do not delete this directory.

For more information see Uploading Files

Web Technologies

As mentioned in the email, your web site is PHP and MySQL enabled. This, together with Linux (the hosting OS) and Apache (The web server software) goes together to create the LAMP environment. This is basically one of the most common web platforms. A tutorial on this can be found at: http://www.warpedlogic.co.uk/LAMP/