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1. How do I change my main web site password?
2. How do I access my SiteAdmin Control Panel?
3. How do I set up a members only pop-up password box?
4. How do I create a backup of my web site, directory or hosting account?
5. How do I set up Subdomains on my site?
6. How do I create custom MIME Types?
7. How do I create custom error pages?
8. How do I navigate and manage the directories and files on my web hosting account?
9. How do I setup a cronjob?
10. How do I setup customised Apache Handlers?

1. How do I change my main web site password?

1. Login to your control panel(http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel)
2. Click on the "Password & Security" icon in Preferences
3. Type in your existing password, next to "Old Password".
4. Type in your new desired password, next to "New Password".
5. Re-type in your new desired password, next to "New Password (Again):".
6. If you need help with creating a password use the Password Generator tool.
7. Click on the "Change your password now!" button

NOTE: mickwood.com generally uses passwords with a minimum of 16 characters and includes, numbers, letters (both lower and uppercase) and symbols.

The video below is a useful resource.

2. How do I access my SiteAdmin Control Panel?

To access your SiteAdmin control panel, visit http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel in a web browser. You will be required to supply your web site login information. Make sure to replace "yourdomain.com" with your domain name.

Format: http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel

Example: http://www.mickwood.com/cpanel

3. How do I setup a members only pop-up password box?

Go to your web site cPanel. Navigate to Directory Privacy in the Files section of cPanel and select the folder you would like to protect. Simply fill in the details / settings and click 'Save'.

4. How do I create a backup of my web site, directory or hosting account?

Overview

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 and it is your responsibility to backup your files..

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 / Generating A Full Backup

A Full Backup will allow you to create an archive of all the files and configurations on your website. You can use this to move your account to another server or to keep a local copy of your files. You can also restore backups using the Backup or Backup Wizard tools in the File section of cPanel.

Steps

1. Click on the Download a Full Backup button or select one of the Partial Backups options.
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.
   • If you do NOT wish to recive an email notification when the backup is completed select the radio button.

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.

3. Click on the Generate Backup button.
4. You will see the following statement: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.
   • "Once the full backup of your account has been completed you will receive an email message to the address you specified EMAIL_ADDRESS"

5. How do I set up Subdomains on my site?

A Subdomain is a subsection of your website that can exist as a new website without a new domain name. Use Subdomains to create memorable URLs for different content areas of your site. For example, you can create a Subdomain for your blog that is accessible through blog.example.com and www.example.com/blog

Go to your web site cPanel. Navigate to Subdomains in the Domains section of cPanel and fill in the details and click 'Create'.

How do I create custom MIME Types?6.

Overview

MIME Types tell browsers how to handle specific file extensions. For example, the text/html MIME Types equates to .htm, .html, and .shtml extensions on most servers, telling your browser to interpret all files with those extensions as HTML files.

You can alter or add new MIME Types specifically for your site (Note: You cannot alter the system defined MIME Types values). MIME Types are often used to handle new technologies as they appear. When WAP technology first appeared, no one had these extensions set up on their server. With MIME Types, however, you could have set it up yourself and began serving WAP pages immediately.

To learn more about MIME Types, view the WikiPedia web page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME.

Creating A MIME Type

1. Select MIME Types in the ADVANCED section of cPanel.
2. Enter the MIME Type you want to create in the "Mime Type" text box.
3. Enter the Extension(s) of the MIME Type you entered in Step 2 above in the "Extension(s)" text box.
4. Click on the Add button.

7. How do I create custom error pages?

Step 1: Open up a text editor (Notepad is fine) and create a file called .htaccess. Type in the following code:

ErrorDocument 400 http://www.yoursite.com/errors/400.html
ErrorDocument 401 http://www.yoursite.com/errors/401.html
ErrorDocument 403 http://www.yoursite.com/errors/403.html
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.yoursite.com/errors/404.html
ErrorDocument 500 http://www.yoursite.com/errors/500.html

Remember to replace www.yoursite.com with the name of your site.

Step 2: Upload your .htaccess file into your main web directory where your index.html file is located. It is a hidden file so it will disappear.

Step 3: Create a directory named "errors" in your web directory.

Step 4: Upload the custom error pages that you have made into your errors folder. Name them according to their error:

400.html - Bad Request
401.html - Authorisation Required
403.html - Forbidden Error
404.html - File Not Found Error
500.html - Internal Server Error

You do not need to use or create all of the error documents if you don't want to - alter your .htaccess file accordingly.

As an example check out my 404 File Not Found error page.

8. How do I navigate and manage the directories and files on my web hosting account?

Overview

The File Manager is a tool you can use to navigate your way through your web hosting account and view directories, create directories (folders), uploade/delete/view/edit files, view the size of your directories/files, rename files/directories, and see the permissions of your files/directories.

The best way to learn about the File Manager is to watch the video below.

9. How do I setup a cronjob?

Overview

Cron jobs allow you to automate certain commands or scripts on your server to complete repetitive tasks automatically. A cron job allows you to run a certain command at times set by the job. For example, you could set a cron job to delete temporary files every week so that your disk space is not being used up by those files.

It is important that you familiarize yourself with how cron jobs work. You need to have a good knowledge of Linux commands before you can use cron jobs effectively, especially when using the "Advanced (Unix Style)." Check your script with mickwood.com before adding a cron job.

Using The Standard GUI

1. Click on the Cron Jobs icon in the Advanced section of cPanel.Standard button.
2. The first option request that you enter the email address where you want the output of your cron job files to be sent. Enter the email address in the text box provided.
3. There are a number of Common Settings you can select from a drop-down list.
4. Each of the five options for setting the time and frequency also have a number of Common Settings you can select from a drop-down list.
   • Minute(s)
   • Hours(s)
   • Days(s)
   • Month(s)
   • Weekday(s)

Select from each of the categories accordingly.

5. Next add your command
6. Next, click on the Add New Cron job to create the cron job entry.

A useful webpage with examples of Crontab in Linux can be found at https://tecadmin.net/crontab-in-linux-with-20-examples-of-cron-schedule/

The video below is a useful help.

10. How do I setup customised Apache Handlers?

What are Apache Handlers?

Apache handlers allow you to control what Apache will do with certain file types. When Apache sees a file, it has an action built in for that file type, and will perform that action. If you wish Apache to do a different action, you will need to make a handler to tell Apache to perform that action.

For example, if you use a file type that requires a special service to run it, such as a file with server side includes that is not named with a .shtml extension, you need to tell Apache to treat these files differently. More information on Apache's Handlers can be found at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/handler.html.

Creating An Apache Handler

1. Click on the Apache Handlers icon in the Advanced section of cPanel.
2. Enter the handler you want to create in the Handler text box.
3. In the Extension(s) text box, enter the extension the handler will use when being called.
4. Multiple extension types must be seperated with a space.
5. Click on the Add button.