In this blog entry we will continue to explain how to work with plans in admin panel. In particular we will cover the save plan options.

Shared Plan Soft-Limits is straight-forward feature. Enter the amount of domains, email accounts, FTP accounts, MySQL databases and cron jobs that a plan should be set to. Or, check the unlimited field to set the value to unlimited. You also have the ability to enable PHP, CGI as well as Webalizer & AWStats statistics. We recommend leaving PHP & CGI enabled for all plans.

Save Plan Options. Add/Modify Plan: Use this option when you are adding a new plan or editing an existing plan. Save as New: Use this option when you want to duplicate an existing plan. keep in mind that all extras associated with an existing plan will be copied to the new plan you save. Save as New/Hide This One: this option is identical to the “Save as New” except it will set the existing plan to “Hidden” status.

In this blog entry we explained how to work with plans in admin panel. In particular we covered the save plan options.

In this blog entry we continue explain how to work with shared plan under the “Plans” tab. In particular we will cover how to work with dedicated plans etc.

Bandwidth: Enter the amount in GB.

Disk Space: (MB) Enter the ammount in MB.

Bandwidth Overage Cost: In the first field you would enter the ammount. In the second field, you would enter how that value should be displayed to your clients. An example would be: Field 1: .50, field 2: .50 /GB, or you could use: .50 Per GB.

Storage overage Cost: In the first field you would enter the amount. In the second field, you would enter how that value should be displayed to your clients. An example would be: Field 1: .05, Field 2: .05/GB, or you could use: .05 per GB.

DEDICATED PLANS.
Bandwidth: In the first field, enter the amount in either GB or MB. Simply enter the numeric value. In the second field, you would enter how that value should be displayed to your clients. An example would be: Field 1: 50, Field 2: 50 Mbps, or you could use: 50Mbit Burstable.

Server details: In this field you would enter the server specifications. This field supports HTML line breaks. An example would be:

Billing Type: Enter if this plan is being offered on a per GB or Mbit basis.

Bandwidth Overage Cost: In this field you would enter the amount. In the second field, you would enter how that value should be displayed to your clients. An example would be: Field 1: 10.00, Field 2: $10/Mbps, or you could use: $10.00/Mbit

In this blog entry we continued explaining how to work with shared plan under the “Plans” tab. We covered how to work with dedicated plans etc.

In this blog entry we will partially explain how to add shared plan under the “Plans” tab. In particular we will cover how to add different plans, setup fee, reseller plan feature and templates setup.

Setup Fee: Any setup fee associated with the plan. This will be a one time fee applied only during sign up.

Reseller Plan: If checked, this feature is enabled. It will give your existing clients the ability to create and control “Sub Accounts”.

Rank ( List Order ): The order in which the plans will appear on the front-end corresponding page as well as the order they appear in the administration area list.

Template: In order to use this feature, you must create a “Plan Template” from the “Plan Maintenance” page. “Plan Templates” serve 2 purposes, one being plan sorting on the front-end if you are using the dynamic pages and plan organization within your administration area.

For Example: You want to have 3 pages of shared hosting plans. “Shared Basic”, “Shared Platinum” and “Shared Super”. Each shared plan category has 3 individual plan packages. You would create the 9 shared plans accordingly and assign, them to the correct plan templates. On the front end, you would link to those 3 template pages accordingly instead of linking to the “shared.php” page and each page will contain 3 shared plans. Another example would be from an administrative stand point. You can sort plans by template from the “Plan Maintenance” page, so you can view plans in an organized view.

Status: Plans set to “Active” are just that and plans set to “Hidden” will not appear on the front end for purchase.

Disable Purchase: If checked, this feature is enabled. This will deny a user from purchasing the plan from the front-end.

We partially explained how to add shared plan. We taught how to add different plans, setup fee, reseller plan feature and templates setup.

  This blog entry explains how to manage SSL. This will include how to generate CSR, generate KEY and set up certificate. We assume that you familiar with SSL and certificates in general.

  Generate CSR & KEY: Please note that only one CSR can be generated per domain and only one CRT can be setup per domain.  Be sure you select the proper domain name under the “Common Name” field. If you do not select the www then you will not be able to use “http://www.domain.com, only “https://domain.com will work. The same applies with the www. If you select the www then “https://www.domain.com will work but “https:domain.com” will not work.  If you purchase an SSL certificate with the wildcard option, then all variations/subdomains of the domain will work via https.

  Pending Requests: In order to setup the SSL certificate you must create a CSR above. Once completed you must submit that CSR to the provider you are purchasing the SSL certificate from. You can download the csr using the link below, if provided, or contact customer support. Once downloaded, open the file and copy the entire contents of the file and submit that to your provider. Sometimes Notepad will format the file to docs and the contents will become corrupt. Please use Word Pad instead. Once all of that is completed they will send you a .zip file containing your certificate, which is a .crt file. In some cases a chain file will be sent with your certificate. Both files must be uploaded using the upload feature below. Once the necessary files are uploaded you will see a link to activate the SSL certificate. Simply click that link and your SSL will be activated.

  This post explained how to work with SSL. Entry explained how to generate CSR, generate KEY and set up certificate.

How to work with File Manager.

This blog post is dedicated to work and options of file manager. This entry will include such options as browsing, renaming directory, work with archives, file permissions and file upload.

Currently Browsing: Please note that “D” stands for a directory and the “F” stands for files. Any directory you click will take you into the directory to browse. Any file you click will prompt you to download the file.

Rename: Rename a directory or file accordingly.

Extract: This feature is only available for archived files such as .tar.gz files. Simply click Extract and the archive will be extracted in the current directory.

Refresh Directory Listing: This will refresh the currently directory listing.

Create New Folder: This will create a new folder within the directory you are currently browsing.

Delete:This will delete all selected files and folders.

Set Permissions: This will set file permission as on all selected files and folders.

Archive Selected Files & Folders(tar.gz): This will create an archive of all selected files and folders. The tar.gz file will be available in the directory you are currently browsing when creating the archive.

Upload File: This will upload a file to the current directory.

This entry explained how to work and options of file manager. This entry explained browsing, renaming directory, work with archives, file permissions and file upload.

In this post we will explain how to manage software, we will explain how to install and uninstall software package.

Install Software Package: If you would like to install the software package under your domains root directory, which would be /htdocs, then please do not enter a name for Directory to Install, simply leave this field blank.
Select software: select software package to being your installation. If you do not see a MySQL database available in the drop down menu, please create one under Database Management using the left navigation.

Installed Software Packages: You can delete a software installation, the directory it was installed under as well as the MySQL database by using the Delete feature.

Please note that the software files will not be removed for software installations under your domains root directory, which is /htdocs. Software installations under a domains root directory will require manual deletion of the files via FTP.

In this entry we explained how to manage software and how to install and uninstall software package.

This blog post explains the details of work with htaccess file.

Details: Please note that htaccess management will pick up your live/current .htaccess file within the directory you select. Your public directory (/htdocs)is selected by default.

Setting rules on this page will simply add to your existing .htaccess file. You also have the ability to add custom code. Please also not that any htaccess file above a set of directories will apply to that directory and all subdirectories. If you create an htaccess file under the root of your domain, which is /htdocs, then those rules will apply to every subdirectory under /htdocs.

This entry explained how to work with htaccess file.

In this post we will explain how to work with DNS. We will explain how to work with zone management.

Modify zone file: Using the dns management feature will allow you to modify a domains zone file, which contains all of the DNS records for the particular domain. Please note, once you add two records and save the zone file, two new fields will appear for you to add more records. This feature is useful if you want to point subdomainsto an alternate server or if you want subdomains to forward to your existing domain”s IP address without actually creating the diresctory. If you want to simply point sub.domain.com to domain.com then you would not have to add the subdomain via the Domain Management page as you would not need the public directories for the subdomain available via FTP, you would simply add the record using DNS Management.

Record: It si recommended leaving all existing records in tact unless you know exactly what you are doing. When adding a new record simply enter the record name you would like to create or use * as a wildcard.

Record type: Please select the record type. At this time, HMSPANEL only supports the creation of A records.

IP Address: Please add the IP address you want to point the record to. You can use IP addresses currently available on the server or you can point the records to IP addresses on another server under another network.

In this post we explained how to work with DNS. We explained how to work with zone management. Create A record.

In this blog entry we will explain how to work with directories.

Add Protected Directory
Directory to create or Protect: Enter the directory name you want to create and protect. You can create sub directories as well. For example: directory1/directory2/directory3 – no trailing slash is required. Username: Enter the username you would like to create. Password: Enter the password you would like to create.

If you would like to add multiple username & passwords combinations to one single directory, simply enter the same directory name with a new username & password. You can have any number of username & password combinations for any single directory.

In this blog entry we explained how to work with directories and how to to create protected directory.

This short blog entry is dedicated to Cron jobs. And it covers cron duration and path help.

Cron Duration: Select the duration to execute the cron job. You can select multiple values in each field by holding your CTL key and clicking the values with your mouse. If you had to set up your cron for every 5 minutes, you would not need to select 5, 10, 15, 20, etc. Simply select every and 5 and that will specify every 5 minutes.

Path: Enter the full path to the file you need to execute. The field is pre filled with the full path up to your domain names public directory, which is /htdocs. Simply fill in the rest of the path.

This blog entry we explained how to work with cron. It covered help for cron duration and path.