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Miscellaneous
Features
This
document provides information about 404
error pages, directory password protection, server information, cron
jobs, mime types, apache handlers, site redirection, domain pointers,
and hosting additional domains.
404
Error Pages 
Error
pages allow you to control what visitors see when they encounter these
types of errors:
401
Unauthorized (the visitor does not have permission to view the
file/directory)
403
Forbidden (access to the file/directory is not possible)
404
The file or directory is not found
500
An error occurred on the server
From
the main control panel menu, click the "Error Pages"
icon. You will see a screen that looks like this:
By
default, there are no error pages. That is, 401.shtml, 403.shtml
etc., do not exist. The "View" link next to each file
name allows you to see what a visitor sees when they encounter that type
of error.
Changing
the Error Pages
There
are two ways to change the error pages.
Method
1:
From
the Error Page menu, click the file name of the error page you want to
edit. A text box will appear, and you can paste your HTML code
into that text box.
Method
2:
Create
the files yourself in any HTML editor and upload them to your
public_html directory. The files must have the .shtml extension.
Directory
Password Protection 
From
the main control panel menu, click the "Directory Password
Protection" icon. If you have no password protected
directories, you will see a link called "Find a Directory to
Password Protect." Click on this link to continue.
You
will be taken to a listing of your public_html directory. To
password protect a directory, click the "Protect" link next to
the folder you want to protect. In this example, we will click on
"beta."
Next,
check the box at the top of the table. Fill in the Directory
Prompt (a description of the password protected directory), the username
for the directory, and the password for the directory. Click
"Save."
Now,
type the full address of the directory into your browser and see what
happens.
Modifying
Password Protected Directories
From
the main control panel menu, click the "Directory Password
Protection" icon. You will see a list of directories being
currently protected. For example:
Click
on the directory path to edit the directory. From here you may
un-protect the directory (by unchecking the box at the top of the
table), change the username (by entering a new one), changing the
password (by entering a new one), or create a new username and password
combination.
Mime
Types 
To
access mime types, click on the "Advanced Tools" icon from the
main control panel menu, then click the "Mime Types"
icon.
Mime
types allow you to set how browsers open web files.
To add a mime type, enter the mime type name and then the
extension, without a period. Mime
types (and Apache handlers – described next) should only be used by
advanced users.
At
the bottom of the mime types menu is a link to the list of all mime
types currently installed on the system.
In
the above example, web browsers would open *.fil files as plain
text documents.
Apache
Handlers 
To
access Apache handlers, click on the "Advanced Tools" icon
from the main control panel menu, then click the "Apache
Handlers" icon.
Handlers
tell Apache (the web server software) what to do with certain types of
files. For example, .cgi
and .pl extensions are processed with Perl.
You could make Apache process .scr files with Perl by using the
appropriate handlers. To
add a handler, simply type in the handler name and extension (without a
period) and click on “Add.”
In
the above example, Apache would handle all .ima files as IMAP types,
even though the default extension for image maps is .map.
Domain
Pointers 
To
access domain pointers, click on the "Advanced Tools" icon
from the main control panel menu, then click the "Domain
Pointers" icon.
Domain
pointers allow you to forward other domains to your main web site.
Make
sure to change the records of these domains to the same name servers as
your main web site (this is done through the domain registrar).
Let's
say we also own the domain hite-selper.com. In the above example,
we are creating a pointer that makes all visitors to hite-selper.com end
up at site-helper.com. Be sure to click "Add" when you
are finished entering the source domain.
Note:
It may take up to 72 hours for the pointer to become active.
Signing
in to the Control Panel
Sign
into the control panel as you always have. You will see a choice
of the domains hosted on your account:
Click
on the domain you want to work with.
Uploading
Files to Each Domain
Uploading
files to each domain is very simple. When you use FTP or the
control panel's built in file manager, go to the domains directory and
then choose the domain you want to upload to.
Need
more help?
Please
contact Technical Support
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