New Websites Downunder
accounts receive a Getting Started email that contains your username
and password. This page is a summary of the information that we send
out in case you lost the email.
Your new website will be accessable through http://www.yourname.com
and http://yourname.com.
Control Panel
To access your control panel goto http://YourName.com/cpanel
Web Mail
To access web mail for your domain goto http://YourName.com/webmail
DNS Propogation
It could take up to 5 days for the dns server changes you made to
your domain to reach the whole internet. Until this time, you can
view your website at: http://www.websitesdownunder.com.au/~UserName
(where UserName is the one we assigned to you and sent out in your
welcome email)
You can get to your control panel by following this link:
http://www.websitesdownunder.com.au and using the logon area on
this page. Just use the username and password supplied in your
welcome email.
To access your account
via FTP we recommend you use a program like WS_FTP, But you can also
use Internet Explorer's built in FTP functionality by going to
ftp://yourdomain.com
FTP
Users
If you add additional FTP users to your account through the (Account
Settings -> Ftp Manager) their login information will be as follows:
Host: ftp.YourDomain.com
Username: User@YourDomain.com
Password: UsersPassword
Port: 21
It is important to note the @YourDomain.com on the end of the
UserName
Web Mail is accessable
from http://YourDomain.com/webmail from any place that has internet
access.
Outlook Express Configuration
CPanel comes with a nice outlook express auto-configuration utility.
Log into your control panel and click mail menu -> add/remove Email
Accounts to use this functionality.
Manual Configuration:
1. Goto Tools -> Accounts
2. Click Add -> Mail
3. Enter your name and click Next
4. Enter your new email address, (ex: wade@mydomain.com)
5. Select whether you would like to use POP3
or IMAP. If you are not sure, choose POP3
6. Enter mail.YourDomain.com for your
incoming and smtp.YourDomain.com for your outgoing mail server. (YourDomain needs to be your
real domain name)
7. For the username, enter your full email
address and then the password that you
were assigned.
8. Check the "Remember Password" box if you
don't want to enter your password every time you check your email.
9. Cick Next then click Finish. Close All
Windows
10. To finish, go back to Tools -> Accounts
11. Click the mail account you just added and
click Properties.
12. Click the Servers Tab.
At the bottom, check "My server
requires authentication"
The following Name
Servers must be used when you host your site with Websites Downunder.
If we do not control your domain name you MUST supply the following
Name Servers to your Domain Name Registrar.
