Getting Started Guide Back to site
Congratulations on choosing one of the most premium hosting providers on the Internet. If you are like most webmasters, it probably was not an easy decision. However, no other hosting company can match our speed, reliability, and performance. Our quality of service is truly second to none and our prices are among the most competitive on the web. With us, you can assure your website is always up and running at lightning fast speeds. This guide will assist in quickly getting your website up and running. Please read the entire guide, from top to bottom and follow all instructions. Everything is clearly explained and all your questions should be answered within this guide. Information is constantly updated, to address troubles and questions previous clients encountered. Over time and after thousands of new account signups, this guide has become highly effective. If you have any suggestions (after setting up your account) on how to improve this guide, we would be happy to hear from you.

DNS & Name Servers

Before your website can be visible on the Internet, you must register a domain name and configure the DNS (Domain Name Server) registry. In order to signup for a hosting account, you already had to choose a domain name. If you paid for domain registration when you signed up for your hosting account, you don't need to do a thing. Our system is highly automated and already configured your DNS and names servers for you. You can expect your domain to resolve (take effect) within the next 24-48 hours.

If you have your domain registered elsewhere, you will have to change your name servers with your current registrar. You can find the name servers assigned to your account within your account activation email. Each registrar has a different process, so we cannot provide specific instructions on how to change your name servers. For assistance, you will need to contact your registrar (the place where you registered your domain name).


Building Your Web Pages

If you do not already have web development software, we suggest using HTML Kit. This is an excellent program and available free of charge. You can download, read documentation and get support for this program HERE. However, eBookMe is only providing you with information on where to acquire free software, we do not support it in any way. You can also use other software to develop your web pages, such as Microsoft FrontPage and Macomedia Dreamweaver.


Uploading Your Files

First, you must obtain FTP software to upload your files to the server. We hgihly recommend the use of WS-FTP LE, which can be acquired HERE free of charge. You can use the FTP client that you prefer, but this is the software that we recommend using.

Here is the information you will need to connect using WSFTP:

Host Name: This would be your domain IP address
Username: This would be your CPanel username
Password: This would be your CPanel password
Anonymous Login: Make sure this box is NOT checked
Initial Directories: Leave this blank
Host Type: Set to Auto-detect

* You must place your files in the public_html folder and name your main page index.html

You can learn how to use WSFTP by watching our online move demo [Watch Movie]


Setting Up Email Accounts

To setup an email account, login to Cpanel and follow these simple steps:

- Click [Mail]
- Click [Add/Remove Accounts]
- Click [Add Account]

The next page is self-explanatory. For the email option you would enter a username. Then select a password and set a quota. The quota is the maximum amount of disk space the account can use. The quota field is optional, so you can leave blank.

You can learn how to create an email account by watching our online move demo [Watch Movie]

Now, you will want to access your email account to send/receive emails. To do this you can either use web-mail or an email client. We recommend using Outlook Express, which is included with Microsoft Windows. To learn how to setup Outlook Express, you will need these settings:

Mail Server: POP3
POP3 Server: mail.yourdomain.com (replace with your actual domain name)
SMTP Server: mail.yourdomain.com (replace with your actual domain name)
Account Name: user@yourdomain.com (Use your full email address)
Password: This is the password for the above email account

You can see screen shots on how to setup Outlook Express [Here]

You can access web-mail at http://yourdomain.com/webmail. It will ask for a username and password to login. The username would be a full email address and the password would be the password for that email account.

Notice: Email will not work until your domain has resolved!


Additional Resources

CPanel Manual (Go)
To learn how to use all the features available within CPanel, read the CPanel Manual. This is a complete manual that outlines and explains every feature available within CPanel.

Online Movie Demos (Go)
To see how to do many things in CPanel, watch our online movie demos. These are complete, ste-by-step demos, that will assist in using many features available in CPanel.

Cpanel Forum (Go)
Search through thousands of threads and hundreds of thousands of posts. You are sure to find information on anything you are looking for in the CPanel forum. This is a great source of information and we highly suggest taking advantage of CPanel's excellent user forum.

Through the use of the above resources, you will be able to acquire the knowledge you need!