How
do I change my DNS details with Register.com
when you originally got your domain name from Register.com (your
registrar) you would have received a username and password from
the registrar to make any changes to the DNS details for the
domain name. If your aren't sure what details you need to change,
here is what you need to do.
Go to their home page Register.com, choose
MANAGE MY ACCOUNT
Enter your username, password and domain name.
If you don't have the details use the link, further down the
page. It looks like this.
Forgot your password or user name?
Want to change your password?
Once you have logged in click on your domain name which should
be listed on the left hand side, then click the Modify DNS link
on the main screen. You need to enter the
following details below on #2.: [Back
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1) Go
here: http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/makechanges/ 2)
Insert your domain name where it says:
Enter the domain name to manage, then click Go! 3) Then
under "Self-select what you want to do (recommended)" select
from the drop down menu: transfer
my domain name to another ISP. The
click GO! 4)
On the next screen enter the email address that is used for
the Admin. contact when the domain name was originally registered.
Then enter
the domain name then click go: 5)
On the next page under the heading: "Name
Server Information"
Enter the following information: Primary
Server Hostname:
NS.MERLINS1.COM Primary Server Netaddress: 209.123.49.237
Secondary Server Hostname:
NS1.MERLINS1.COM Secondary Server Netaddress:
209.123.49.238
Once
you have done that click on the button, Submit
this form for processing. [Back
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EMAIL FAQ's
How
do I setup Outlook Express to send and receive email?
How do I set up mail in Outlook Express to work with my new
Merlins server?
1.Open "Tools", then "Accounts" then go to the
"Mail" Tab
2.Now click "Add" You will see three options to choose
from, pick "Mail"
3.For "Your Name" type in whatever name you want, then
hit "Next"
4.For "E-mail Address" type you@YourDomain.com
then hit "Next" 5.For
both Incoming and Outgoing mail type mail.YOURDOMAIN.com
then hit "Next"
6.For
"POP Account Name" type your username, and for "Password"
type YOURPASSWORD, then hit "Next"
7.For
"Mail Internet Account Name" type yourdomainname.com,
then hit "Next"
8.Choose
"I will establish my network connection manually" and hit "Next"
9.Now
click "Finish"
10.You
should be back in the main "Internet Accounts" window.
To send mail using the new account, you will need to make it
the default account. To do this, just highlight the YourDomain.com
account by clicking on it once, then click "Set as Default"
and Close.
Please
note: "yourdomain" is your actual domain. "Username"
is your POP account username, "yourpassword" is the password
for your POP account. [Back
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How
do I create a
1) From your User Management Screen (default screen upon opening
your control panel), click on the pink EMAIL ICON next to a
User Name. (Next screen will appear)
2) In the Forward Email field enter the email address to which
you want all of your email to be forwarded/dumped to.
3) In the Email Address field enter "@www.yourdomain.com". (Example:
if your domain name is merlins1.com then you would enter "@www.yourdomain.com"
-- without the quotation marks.)
4) Click on the SAVE THIS button. You are done!
Now all of your email now matter whom it is addressed to will
be sent to the specified email address. Note that any users
will continue to receive email, however any email addressed
to a non-defined email address at your domain will be "dumped"
to the email address you specified in step 3. [Back
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FTP
FAQ's
What
is the easiest way to upload my site via FTP?
The easiest way to upload your pages via FTP, is to simply
use your browser.
If you are using Internet Explorer 5 or later you can
use it as an FTP program.
You
need to enter the URL of your domain name in the browsers
address window in the following form:
ftp://ftp.yourdomain.com where yourdomain is YOUR
actual domain name.
You
will then be prompted to enter your username and password,
as originally sent to you in your "welcome letter".
You will then be logged into your root web directory, where
you can either dragand drop your web pages,
or cut and paste them into the browser window.
Your default or home page, should be named index.html
or index.htm
There
are many other FTP programs available on the web and you may
use any of your choosing. If you'd like to see what else is
out there, here is a list of download sites for you to browse:
If you are publishing a web to the Web server you must have
Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions installed on it. If your
account does not contact support. Publish a web using HTTP
Publish
the files in the current web when you are ready to present
your web for public viewing, or when you want to update the
files in your web. You can publish using HTTP (HyperText Transfer
Protocol) if the the FrontPage Server Extensions are installed
on the Web server to which you are publishing.
Before you
publish your web, you can specify which pages you want to
publish. Then, when you publish your web, you have the following
options:
Publish
only the files that have changed. FrontPage compares the
files on your local web to the files on the Web server,
and only those files that are newer than those on the Web
server are published. However, files that have been marked
Don't Publish will not be published.
Publish
all files, except those that have been marked Don't
Publish. The files from the local web will overwrite
all files on the destination Web server, even if the files
on the Web server are newer.
On the
File menu, click Publish Web.
Click
Options to expand the list of options.
Specify
whether you want to publish only pages that have changed,
or all pages.
In the
Specify the location to publish your web to
box, type the location of a Web server, click the arrow
to select a location to which you have published before,
or click Browse to find the publishing
location.
Click
Publish.
FrontPage
publishes your web. If you want to verify that your web
was successfully published, click the hyperlink that is
displayed after the web has been published - your Web browser
will open to the site you just published.
If you
cancel publishing in the middle of the operation, files
that have already been published remain on the destination
Web server.
Tip
To publish only pages that have changed to the same location
you previously published to, click Publish [Back
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Do
I publish to my IP address or my Website name?
For best results with FrontPage 98/2000 use your Website name
when publishing. For example: "myname.com" would be CORRECT
while the IP address 123.456.789.012 would be INCORRECT. Publish
directly to your DOMAIN name -- not an IP address. [Back
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What
is the path to Perl?
The path to Perl tells your script where to find the Perl processing
program on your server. This line should read: #!/usr/bin/perl [Back
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This is a common error found in a Web browser when you are attempting
to run a Perl or CGI script that has problems. The three most
common reasons for this error are the following:
Your
script permissions are set wrong. Try setting them to 777
temporarily while troubleshooting the error.
Your
script was uploaded in binary file format instead of ASCII.
You must upload Perl and CGI scripts in ASCII format only.
Your
path to Perl line is wrong. The very first line in your
Perl program must be "#!/usr/bin/perl". You cannot have
any spaces between your characters, and you cannot have
any hard returns or text lines before this line.
If none of
these three reasons correct your errors, then you may want to
take a look at your Error Log files. If the script is coded
to print the errors it encounters, these will be displayed in
your Error Log file of your server.
If all
else fails, you can usually find the script errors by logging
in to your server via Telnet and running the script from the
command line. Once you are logged into the server, you must
change directories until you are in the one in which your
script resides. At that point, type the following at the command
line:
perl filename.cgi -w Note:
There should be one space after the word "perl". "filename.cgi"
should be the actual filename of the script you are having
problems with. "-w" is a warning switch, this will prompt
Perl to give you any errors it sees in the script and it will
give the line number that the error is on or near. [Back
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What
does CHMOD mean?
When adding new files such as CGI, Perl, etc. it is necessary
to set specific permissions for the script to work.
The UNIX directory and file structure has a system of permissions.
You have permission to read a file, you have permission
to write to a file, and finally, you have permission
to execute a file. However, you are not always
you. Unix splits identities into three categories. The
first is you, the owner of the file. The second is the
group you belong to. And third, others is the
world, basically anyone who comes to your Website.
To
change permissions you must issue a "change mode command", or
more commonly referred to as the UNIX command "chmod".
The documentation for your file or script will usually come
with the proper permissions you need to set for your program
to work. To set permissions, there are basically 2 methods UNIX
recognizes.
With FTP (and Telnet) your file properties are shown as -rwxr-xr-x.
The first space designates if this is a directory by the letter
"d".
The next three characters designate the permissions for the
"owner", r = read, w = write, and x = execute if the permission
is set to "on" and "-" is the permission is set to off.
Permissions for the "group" and "world" (other) are designated
by characters 5-7 and 8-10 respectively.
The second method we are calling the alpha method because permissions
are set, by way of a telnet session, using alpha characters.
You simply specify with the group or groups whose settings you
want to change ("u" represents "user" or you, "g" represents
"group", "o" represents other or world and "a" represents "all")
and all the settings you want to change ("r" for read access,
"w" for write access, and "x" for execute access). To set your
file world-writable, you would type "chmod o+w ".
To set it executable to everyone, you would use "chmod a+x
<filename>". The plus sign indicates you're adding
permissions. You can use a minus sign to remove permissions. [Back
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