| Q.What is a website?go
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| A.A website is simply a directory
of webpages that are accessible on the Internet for the world
to see. Most companies today need a website for exposure and
to be competitive. Besides, for those doing local business,
the website gives them a special opportunity not available previously
to become international and let the world have access to their
goods and services |
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| Q. How do I go about creating
a website for my company?go
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| A. You need some programming
knowledge and familiarization with the various web-design and
graphics software to create a standard webpage. Besides, you
also need to be familiar with database for e-commerce website.
For best results in creating websites, you should consult a
professional person to help you create the website. Take advantage
of our limited time webpackage offer for only S$450.00 or US$250
which includes 5 webpages, your own domain email, hosting and
domain name registration. |
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| .Q.After creating the webpages,
what should I do?go to top |
| A. You should register and
purchase a domain name first. This is similar to your registering
company name with ROC. After that, you should host your website
with a hosting company that has servers on the Internet. |
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| Q.What is a domain name?go
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| A. A domain name is your unique
address on the Internet. The domain name functions as an alias
for the numerical IP (Internet Protocol) address assigned by
your host provider. Since people remember names better than
numbers, the domain name helps visitors find your web site easily
by entering the web name (e.g. yourname.web.com) instead of
the hard-to-remember IP address. |
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| Q. Why should I buy a domain
name?go to top |
A. Whether you are a business
or an individual, there are several important reasons for buying
a domain name. These reasons include:
Exposure: Your domain name means that anyone in the world can
find information about you, your products or your services 24
hours a day.
Protection: Securing a domain name protects your name, your
company name or your product name(s) on the Internet
Profitability: Domain names help to establish the Internet's
"points of contact". This is where the online buyers,
suppliers and partners conduct electronic commerce. If you have
anything to communicate or sell, or if you just want to be more
accessible, then securing your unique domain name is a smart
move. |
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| Q. How do I host my website?go
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| A. Normally, a hosting company
will host for you your website on their servers and it is a
simple matter of transferring you webpages to a directory on
the server through a protocol called FTP. For overseas hosting
company, you need to have some knowledge on how to do the transfer.
Local hosting companies like Adomainet Enterprise will be able
to help you with this transfer. |
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| Q.How much do I need to pay
for hosting?go to top |
| A. Different companies charge
differently for hosting ranging from US$10 per month or more
depending on the contents of the website and whether you have
a database. E-commerce hosting will cost much more. |
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| Q.What is e-commerce?go
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| E-commerce as the word implies
means electronic commerce on the Internet. Most webpage are
static webpage where you only read information and view pictures
or graphics on the page. E-commerce websites are more interactive
and you can do online trading or purchase and order goods on
the Internet. E-commerce requires database program like Oracle
or SQL server.. |
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| Q.Will
you place ads on my site?go
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| A. We will NOT place ads on your site. |
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| Q. Do you allow my sites to advertise for
money, on their web site?go
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| A. Yes, we allow your sites to have commercial
advertisements. |
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| Q. What forms of payment do you accept?go
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| A. We accept most major credit cards and paypal online and
also mail-in cheques.For online payment, we only accept US$.
However, for Singapore clients, we are able to accept telegraphic
transfer(TT) to our account in S$ or cheques in Singapore Dollars. |
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| Q. Why doesn't my ftp password change when I change my
Cpanel password?go
to top |
| A. Please allow 24 hours for your FTP password to sync with
your Cpanel password. |
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| Paths |
| Q. What is the path to my users files?go
to top |
| A. The path is /home/username/public_html |
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| Q. What is the local path to perl?go
to top |
| A. The path to perl is
/usr/bin/perl |
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| Q. What is the path to curl?go
to top |
| A. The path to curl is /usr/bin/curl |
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| Q. What is the path to ImageMagick?go
to top |
| A. The path to ImageMagick is
/usr/bin/ |
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| E-mail |
| Q. How do I
create email accounts?go
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| A. To create an email account login to your
control panel and click add/remove email account's. |
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| Q. What do I put for both incoming and outgoing
mail server?go
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| A. For both incoming and outgoing mail server
put mail.yourdomain.com |
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| Q. Where do I go to check my emails using
my browser?go
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| A. yourdomain.com/webmail/ |
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| Q. How can I setup webmail to go directly
to horde, neomail or squirrel mail?go
to top |
| A. Login to the one you prefer to use after
doing so copy the entire url from your address bar. You will
not login to your cpanel and create a subdomain to go to the
address you just copied. |
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| CGI/ASP/PHP/MySql/JSP |
| Q. None of my cgi scripts are working on
the server. How do I get them to work?go
to top |
| A. Make sure that they are chmoded to 755 |
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| Q. How do I create databases and manage
them?go
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| A. Login to your cpanel and click MySQL Databases.
After your database is created you can manage it from phpmyadmin.
This can be found at the very bottom of the MySQL page. |
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| Q. How do I make a payment?go
to top |
| A. All online payments are recurring. Your
payment will automatically be deducted. |
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| Q. How do I stop billing?go
to top |
| A. If you wish to close your account simply
email us your username, password, and why you wish to cancel.
You must also include "I give you permission to delete
my website and all of it's content." . |
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| Subdomains |
| Q.
READ THIS
BEFORE SETTING UP A SUBDOMAIN!go
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| A. To create a sub domain cpanel
asks for the name you wish to use. MAKE SURE the subdomain name
you give it doesn't have a folder already named that name. If
it does the sub will not work. Example... I want to create the
subdomain test.hostgator.com so my sub name is going to be test.
If I already have a folder in my ftp named test I need to delete
it or rename it to something different before I create the subdomain
with the test name from cpanel. |
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| Q. What is a subdomain?go
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| A. www.domain.com is a domain
name. A subdomain is anything that replaces the www in a domain
name.forum.aol.com is a subdomain.
www.forum.aol.com is not a subdomain. |
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| Addon
Domains |
| Q. What
is an addon domain?go
to top |
| A. An addon domain
is a fully functional domain that will work out of a folder
in your main sites ftp |
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| Q.
READ THIS BEFORE SETTING UP
AN ADDON DOMAIN!go
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| You cannot create
an addon domain if your dns hasn't proprograted to the server
already. So after you change the sites dns you are trying to
add you will need to wait 24-48 hours before attempting to create
your addon domain.A. There
are three fields cpanel asks for when creating an addon domain. |
| 1. "New
Domain Name:" You will put in the newdomain.com
do not put www in the name! |
| 2. "Username/directory/subdomain
Name:" This will be the folder cpanel creates in your main
accounts ftp. MAKE SURE that the name you give it doesn't already
have a folder. Example... If you want to give it the username
chris. You cannot have a folder in your account named chris
already. If you do and still try creating the username for the
addon domain to be chris you will mess a lot of things up!!! |
| 3. "Password:"
fill in any password you want here. |
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| Q. Help
I added an addon domain why did it say subdomain added?!!?go
to top |
| A.
It creates it as a subdomain by creating the folder within your
main sites ftp. Please ignore this! It is a fully functional
domain name. It is only called a subdomain when in fact it is
an addon domain. |
