Incoming
server: mail.domain.com
Outgoing server: mail.domain.com
Username: user+domain.com
Some ISP's actively block port 25 to other servers other than their
own. The symptom of this would be a Time out when attempting to connect
to our smtp server via your ISP's connection.
What should you do? Contact your ISP first to establish this if you are
getting time out messages and the connection is not being made to our
servers.
If your ISP is blocking port 25, then we can enable exim to run on port
26, or you can simply change your outgoing mail [SMTP] to your ISP's
mail server [mail.yourISP.com] in order for you send mail through your
ISP.
To change to port 26, check your Outlook Express "Advanced" tab. You'll
see SMTP set to 25, so just change that to 26, and you're right to go!
We
get the occasional ticket from clients who have trouble getting
Dreamweaver to connect.
If you're having having trouble then the below information should help
resolve any problems you're having.
FTP Host: yourdomain.com
Host Directory: If you want to upload your files directly to your
web-viewable directory, set this as public_html
Login: If this is the main FTP account, it is simply your username.
However if this is a sub-FTP account then the format will be
ftpusername@yourdomain.com
The above information is only meant as a guide and different versions
of Dreamweaver may operate differently.
When
you login to a cpanel based hosting account for the first time, you'll
probably end up noticing that the public_html and www directories have
the same files in them and it will probably end up confusing you as to
which one to use. The answer? Whichever one you like. The www directory
is not a directory at all, but in reality a symbolic link. It works
somewhat like a scifi warp. You click on it and you're warped into the
public_html directory. Depending on what you're accessing the files
with, it may retain the www name as the directory you're in, or it may
show the actualy directory you're in (/public_html). Using either one
will work the same way and you can even use the www when using paths in
scripts if you like something that's shorter.
Servername:
If the domain has propagated then you can use your domain name for the
ftp server. ftp.domain.com
Username: This is the same as your cpanel username for the account if
you're attempting to log into the main ftp account. If you're trying to
access an sub-ftp account (an ftp account you created through cpanel),
then the username will resemble an e-mail address. For sub-ftp
accounts, you will need to use username@yourdomain.com .
Password: This is either the password for your cpanel account if
accessing your main account, or the password you set for the sub-ftp
account if accessing a sub-ftp account.
Port: The port should default to 21, however if it doesn't, that's the
port to use.
Be sure to upload to the public_html directory too.
Sendmail:
/usr/sbin/sendmail
Perl: /usr/bin/perl
Date: /bin/date
Whois: /usr/bin/whois
Web directory: /home/username/www
or /home/username/public_html
Cgi-bin: /home/username/www/cgi-bin
Replace username with the cpanel username for the account the script is
under. The previous 3 paths may be asked for in the script as an
absolute path or a system path. Please note that the paths only go as
far as the directories above and you may need to add on to them for the
specific file or directory your script is calling for.
How do I access my domains before domain propagation?
To
access your sites before the domain has propagated, simply access via
the server's IP address and the ~username of the account. So, that
would be http://iphere/~username/
Some SQL and php features will not work properly until your DNS has propagated.
