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The File Manager is similar to Windows Explorer in function and allows you to
view the contents of your account folder and perform file management tasks
such as the creating, editing, copying, moving, renaming and deleting of
files and folders. You may use it to make small changes to your site by
editing web pages live on the server.
It also acts as a simple FTP program and
allows you to upload files from your local computer to your account.
It may also be used to view and change the read, write and execute
Permissions of files and folders.
Click the folder icons to navigate around your account and click the name of a
file or folder in order to perform some action on it such as editing a file or
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One of the best ways of publicising your site is to submit it to the major Search
Engines and Web Directories, many of which still accept submissions for free.
We offer a submission tool within your Control Panel which makes it quick and
easy to submit your site to over 30 of the major search engines.
We should point out that this utility is provided as a convenience
only and comes with no guarantees. Whilst we make every effort to
keep this utility up to date, the various search engine companies frequently
change the format for submissions and some have even been known to stop
accepting "automated" submissions altogether.
If you would like to learn more about submitting to search engines, and
optimising your web pages to rank well
once accepted, the Search Engine Watch
web site is a good place to start. An extensive list of specifically
UK based and/or targeted search engines is available at the
Search Engine Colossus
web site.
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This option makes it easy to create your own customised error pages to replace
the standard, and not very helpful, "404 - File not found" style error pages. With
this feature you can ensure that when a user types in the wrong address, or follows
an out of date link to a page that no longer exists, they will be presented with
an attractive and helpful page explaining what has gone wrong and giving them
a link back to the home page of your site. If you wish, you can include various
facts about your visitor in the error page such as the name of the page they requested,
the site they have just come from, etc.
You can even automatically redirect a "lost" visitor back to your home page by
including a META tag similar to the following in your error page:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0; URL=http://www.yourdomain.co.uk">
File not found (404) errors tend to be the most common, making a custom 404 page
the most useful, but you may also use this option to set up custom pages for any
of the following error types:
400 - Bad Request (The request wasn't understood by the server - often due to incorrect syntax in a mistyped address)
401 - Authorization Required (The request requires authorization which has not been correctly supplied)
403 - Forbidden (The visitor was not permitted to view this page for some unspecified reason)
404 - File Not Found (The requested page doesn't exist - often due to a mistyped page name or a page having been moved)
500 - Internal Server Error (This is usually due to an error on the server side such as a mistake in a CGI script)
In order to create or modify a custom error page, enter your Control Panel and
select the Custom Error Pages option. Choose the error message you wish
to customise by selecting it from the list provided. After clicking on one
of the error types, you will see a text window where you can enter (or
modify) the HTML for your error page.
The buttons at the top may be used to add dynamic information to the page.
Examples include the web address (or "URL") requested by the visitor, the
referring URL (which directed the visitor to the requested URL) and even
the type of web browser they are using.
When you have finished entering/updating HTML for a custom error page,
click the Save button to save your changes.
Simply repeat the process for any other error messages you wish to
customise.
As an alternative to creating your custom error pages using your
Control Panel, you may instead prefer to create your error pages off-line
(as ordinary HTML web pages) and manually upload them to your public_html
directory. For this to work you simply need to give your error file(s) the
appropriate name. The supported error filenames are 400.shtml,
401.shtml, 403.shtml, 404.shtml and 500.shtml,
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This feature allows you to restrict access to specific folders within your
account by password protecting them.
Once you have set up a folder to be password protected you can easily add or
remove authorised users at any time. Each authorised user (or group of users)
can be allocated their own username and password for accessing the protected area
of your site. All passwords can be easily changed at a later date if required.
In order to password protect a folder you will need to follow the steps
listed below:
- Select the Web Protect option in your Control Panel.
- If the folder you wish to protect is a sub-folder and is not already
listed, you will need to navigate down into the folder which contains
it. To do this, click on the folder icons (rather than the folder names)
to move down the hierarchy of folders in your account until you reach
the folder which contains the sub-folder you wish to protect.
For example, if you wanted to protect the sub-folder
public_html/updates/members/protected, you would need to click on the
folder icons for first updates and then members. You would then see the
protected folder listed amongst the rest of the contents of the
members folder and would be ready to proceed to the next step.
- Click on the name (rather than the icon) of the folder you wish to
protect and you will be taken to the Protect Directory page.
At this point, and before proceeding to set up or modify any password
protection, it is always worth double checking that you are working
with the correct folder. The folder name (and its location relative
to your public_html folder) will be displayed near the top of the
page, making it easy to check that you are in the correct place.
- Tick the box for Folder requires a password to access via http
and enter a name in the Protected Resource Name box. Then click
the Save button.
The Protected Resource Name is the name which will appear in the
pop-up box when visitors are asked for their username and password,
and so it should ideally describe your protected area.
- Return to the Protect Directory page by clicking the Go Back link.
Enter a username and password at the bottom of the screen and click the
Add New User button. The folder concerned (and any sub-folders)
will now only be accessible over the web by keying in this username and
password.
Repeat this step as many times as necessary to add all users who are to
be granted access to the protected area.
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In order to modify a user's password, enter their existing user name
along with the new password (in the same boxes used to create new users)
and click the Change Password button.
A user may be removed at any time by selecting their username from the
Active Users list and clicking the Delete User button.
To remove all protection from a folder, simply clear the tick box
for Folder requires a password to access via http and click
the Save button.
More advanced users might like to know that we also support the use
of .htaccess files for password protecting directories. In fact,
the Web Protect option described above is really a user friendly
way of creating and modifying these very same hidden
.htaccess files. You can read all about using .htaccess files for password
protection here.
The Web Protect feature should not be used in combination with
Microsoft FrontPage as doing so may cause
the FrontPage Extensions to become corrupted. The same goes for password
protection using .htaccess files, as FrontPage uses its own .htaccess files.
If you are using FrontPage to publish your site then you should instead
use FrontPage itself if you wish to password protect any folders.
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Customer Support Centre : Manual : Control Panel : Site Management Tools
