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You can modify the amount of disk space allocated to any of the available FTP accounts. Follow the instructions below.

NOTE: Your overall FTP disk quota is limited by the total disk space available for your hosting account. For example: If you have 5000 MB of disk space in your hosting account and set a FTP account’s disk quota to 9999 MB, the quota will still be 5000 MB.

Steps

1. Go to the “FTP Accounts” page in your cPanel control panel.
2. When the page loads, you will see an “Accounts Management” table consisting of the following information split into six columns:
   • User – This entry shows the login/username for the associated FTP account.
   • Type – This entry shows various icons depending on the type of FTP account. View the “Legend” table for further information.
   • Directory – This entry shows the location of the FTP account (the FTP user is restricted to the directory defined in this entry).
   • Disk Usage – This entry shows the amount of disk space used by the associated FTP account.
   • Quota – This entry shows the amount of disk space allocated to the associated FTP account.
   • Functions – This entry provides the following options:
     • Delete – Click on the Delete icon to delete the FTP account from the system.
     • Edit Quota – Click on the Edit Quota icon to change or modify the amount of disk space allocated to the associated FTP account.
     • Change Password – Click on the Change Password icon to change or modify the password of the associated FTP account.
3. Find the FTP account you want to modify in the “User” column.
4. Click on the Edit Quota icon in the “Functions” column for the associated FTP account.
5. Enter or change the current quota in the New Quota text box. Remember, the value you enter is in megabytes only.
6. Click on the Change button.
7. You will see the following statement:
   • “The ftp account LOGIN was successfully modified with a new quota of NEW_AMOUNT Megabytes.”

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Redirects are used when you want to point a specific url or web page to another location. For example, you want your visitors to be redirected to DomainB.com/Order.HTML when they visit DomainA.Com/Sales.HTML.

Steps

1. Select the type of redirect you want to create from the drop down menu. You have two choices:
   • Temporary – Temporary redirects will not update the visitor’s bookmarks.
   • Permanent – A permanent redirect will notify the visitor’s browser to update any bookmarks that are linked to the page that is being redirected.
2. There will be two empty text boxes on the page. The first text box is following the root path of your current domain. Enter the path to the file you want to redirect in the first empty text box.

EXAMPLE: http://DomainA.com/Sales.HTML (Just enter Sales.HTML or the directory and filename you are redirecting.)

Enter the domain name and path or url you want your visitor to be redirected to in the second empty text box.

NOTE: http://DomainB.Com/Order.HTML (Just enter the domain name and directory/filename of the new location.)

1. Click on the Add button.
2. A confirmation page will display the redirection you have created.
3. Click on the Go Back link.
4. When the page loads, you will see a table with your newly created redirects containing the following information, split into four columns:
   • Directory – This entry will be the location of the file you are redirecting.
   • Redirect URL – This entry will be the new location you are redirecting the visitor.
   • Type – This entry will be the type you chose in Step 1 above.
   • Remove – Click on the X icon to remove the Redirect. When the next page loads, click on the Yes button to remove the Redirect. A confirmation page will display “YOUR_REDIRECTED_PATH has been successfully removed.”

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MySQL databases allow you to store lots of information in an easy to access manner. The databases themselves are not easily read by humans. MySQL databases are required by many web applications including some bulletin boards, content management systems, and others. To use a database, you’ll need to create it. Only MySQL Users (different than mail or other users) that have privileges to access a database can read from or write to that database.

There are two ways to create a MySQL database The easiest way to create a MySQL database is to use the MySQL Database Wizard built directly into the cPanel interface. The second way involves a few more steps, but does not require you to go through the wizard.

Create A MySQL Database Using The Wizard

Steps

1. When the page loads, enter the name of your new database in the “New Database” text box.
2. Next, click on the Next Step button.
3. You should see the following statement:
   • “Added the database YOUR_DATABASE_NAME.”
4. Enter the username and password you want to use for this database in the “Username” and “Password” text boxes, respectively.
5. Next, click on the “Next Step” button.
6. You should see the following statement:
   • “Added USERNAME with the password PASSWORD.”
7. When the page loads you will see a two-column table. The top of the table provides a checkbox option “ALL PRIVILEGES” allowing you to create the database with all privileges, otherwise you can check each of the items in the two columns that you want to allow for your new database. The options include:
   • SELECT – Allows USERNAME to select data from a table in the database.
   • INSERT – Allows USERNAME to insert data into a table in the database.
   • UPDATE – Allows USERNAME to update data in a table in the database.
   • DELETE – Allows USERNAME to delete data from a table in the database.
   • INDEX – Allows USERNAME to create index on table column in the database. This can speed up a database.
   • CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES – Allows USERNAME to create temporary tables in the database.
   • CREATE – Allows USERNAME to create tables in the database.
   • ALTER – Allows USERNAME to alter tables in the database.
   • DROP – Allows USERNAME to drop tables in the database.
   • LOCK TABLES – Allows USERNAME to lock tables in the database.
   • REFERENCES – Allows USERNAME to create references to a table in the database.

NOTE: Typically you may want to check the “All Privileges” option unless you want specific control over the user you are creating for this database.

1. Assuming you have either checked the “All Privileges” option or a combination of the options in the two columns, continue the wizard by clicking on the Next Step button.
2. You should see the following statement:
   • “User USERNAME was added to the database DATABASE.”,
3. When the page loads you will have three available options to choose:
   • Add another database – Click this link if you want to add another MySQL database to your web hosting account.
   • Add another user using the MySQL Database Area – Click this link if you want to add another user to the database you created in the steps above.
   • Return to Home – Click this link if you want to return to the cPanel dashboard.

Create A MySQL Database Manually

Steps

1. When the page loads, enter the name of your new database in the “New Database” text box.
2. Next, click on the Create Database button.
3. You should see the following state

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Backups allow you to download (to your computer) a zipped copy of either you entire site (your home directory, databases, email forwarders configuration, email filters configuration) or one of the previously mentioned parts of your site. These are not automatically scheduled backups. Automatically scheduled backups need to be enabled by the server owner / administrator.

You can backup and download the following:

• Full backups
• Home directory backup
• MySQL database backup
• Email forwarders or filters backup

You can also restore the following:

• Home directory backup
• MySQL database
• Email forwarders or filters

Creating A Full Backup

A Full Backup will allow you to create an archive of all the files and configurations on your website. You can only use this to move your account to another server, or to keep a local copy of your files. You cannot restore Full Backups through your cPanel interface.

Steps

1. Click on the Download or Generate a Full Backup button.
2. Set the following:
   • Backup Destination – Select the location where you want to save the backup copy. Your choices include:
     • Home Directory
     • Remote FTP Server
     • Remote FTP Server (Passive mode transfer)
     • Secure Copy (scp) – NOTICE! If you choose the Secure Copy (scp) option, continue with the “FTP/SCP Settings,” otherwise, move on to Step 3 below.

FTP/SCP Settings

• Email Address – Enter the email address where cPanel can send a confirmation email to you when your full backup has been created.
• Remote Server (FTP/SCP only) – Enter the name of the remote server (host name, IP address) where you are sending your backup file.
• Remote User (FTP/SCP only) – Enter the username of the remote server login where you are sending your backup file.
• Remote Password (FTP/SCP only) – Enter the password of the remote server where you are sending your backup file.
• Port (FTP/SCP only) – Enter the port of the remote server where you are sending your backup file.
• Remote Dir (FTP/SCP only) – Enter the directory name of the remote server where you are sending your backup file.

1. Click on the Generate Backup button.
2. You will see the following statement:
   • “Once the full backup of your account has been completed you will receive an email message to the address you specified EMAIL_ADDRESS”
3. After you receive the confirmation email, click on the Go Back link. You will see an entry in the “Backups Available for Download.” You can download the backup file at any time.

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Go to MySQL databases in your cPanel.

You can check to see if your MySQL database is running properly using the “Check DB” feature in cPanel.

Steps
Select the database you want to check from the “Check DB” drop down menu.
Click on the Check DB button.

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To set up an e-mail account in cPanel log in to your cPanel via our website or via www.yourdomain.co.za/cpanel. In cPanel look for the Mail section. Underneath that click on Email Accounts. Type in the login(username) that you want for your account and then the password. You can even create a quota that will only allow that amount of data to be stored on that e-mail account for a certain user. When you’re done, click on Create.
To login to your e-mail account go to www.yourdomain.co.za/webmail in your browser. Please note that the username you use must be the e-mail address that your trying to access for example: example@domain.co.za and then your password. You may also use the login on the Definite Web Hosting website. Just type in yout e-mail address and password, select webmail and click on Login.

You can also use Outlook or any other third party mail client to send and receive mail. Your POP3 and SMTP settings are included in the welcome mail that you got when u signed up with us. You will need them when setting up your e-mail client.

Feel free to leave a comment.

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An FTP site can come in very handy if your business has data files that you want your clients to access easily. Unfortunately we do not allow any illegal movies, mp3 or simillar FTP sites. FTP transfers will be added to your diskspace and bandwidth monthly quota limit. So if you have many or large files we suggest you look at one of our bigger hosting packages.

To set up an FTP account in cPanel log in to your cPanel via our site or via yourdomain.co.za/cpanel. In cPanel look for the Files section. Underneath that click on FTP Accounts. Type in the login(username) that you want for your account and then the password. cPanel will automatically create a folder for you which is the same as the login name, though you can change the folder name. You can even create a quota that will only allow that amount of data on that FTP site. When you’re done, click on Create FTP Account.
To login to your FTP account type ftp.yourdomain.co.za in your browser. Please note the username you use must be the full name for example: example@domain.co.za and then your password. This is only for addon FTP accounts, your main FTP account for your website only needs to be the login(username) you created.

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This is one of the questions we get asked the most. It is actually very quick and simple. When you order a hosting package from Definite Web Hosting you will get a welcome e-mail(domain activation) which contains all the configuration settings that you will need to upload and maintain your website.

Now, if your domain has not been registered yet or hasn’t finished propogation, you will need to follow these steps. Look for the header Publishing Your Website. Then look for Temporary Host Name, next to it you will see something like this: ftp://75.102.28.5

The WWW folder is actualy only a shortcut to Public HTML. If your domain is not yet registered you can view your website at the Preview URL supplied under Genereal Information in the Welcome e-mail. Preview URL is your access to your account until your domain name is transferred and pointed to our servers.

If your domain is allready registered and you want to upload your website files, you just need to type in ftp.yourdomain.com in your web browser and log in with the same username and password. This information is also supplied under General Information in the Welcome email.

If you have any questions or comments, please leave a comment.

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