Administration Panel Options

Managing your website

WebsiteOS is a browser based application that allows you to manage many aspects of your website.

Using WebsiteOS, you can:       

• Administer your email accounts
• Generate usage statistics
• Promote your website
• Manage your files on the server
• Change passwords
• Setup your own ad server
• Add and remove FrontPage extensions
• Enable ASP, ColdFusion and Virus Scanning
• Send announcements about your site
• Analyze your website's structure and integrity
• Create and manage an effective single page website
• Check your disk usage
• Manage server logs
• Secure sections of your website
• Configure and install common CGI scripts
• Check the status of the web server
• Send feedback about WebsiteOS
• Build your e-commerce using ecBuilder
• Build your e-commerce using Miva Merchant
• Monitor your disk usage and bandwidth
• Manage your MySQL database
• Set up a private or generic SSL certificate on your domain
• Create a website using EasySiteWizard
• Point your domain

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Accessing your account

To access WebsiteOS, connect to the URL http://hosting.yourprovider'sdomain. Replace the text "yourprovider'sdomain" with your web hosting company's domain name. This URL will access the WebsiteOS login page.

Enter your domain as your username and your domain password in the login box. Click the "Login" button to enter WebsiteOS.  

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Using online help

In order for all of this information to be useful to you, you have to know how to find it.  The Table of Contents, Index and Search tabs on the left side of this window and the buttons within the help topic are the tools you need.  

Contents  

The Table of Contents shows you how the support information is organized, and you can quickly look at all of the support topics to find what you are looking for.  Click on a topic to view it.

Search  

Search allows you to quickly scan through every help topic for the word (or words) you are looking for.  Type what you are looking for in the field labeled "Type in the word(s) to search for:" and push Enter.  All topics that contain that text will be displayed.  Click on a topic to view it.

"Open Table of Contents" button  

If you click the "Open Table of Contents" button in a help topic, the Table of Contents will open up and highlight the help topic you are viewing.  This can help you find other related information.

"Show/Hide" button    

The "Show" or "Hide" button can be used to include or exclude the Table of Contents, Index and Search tabs.  Hiding these tools can be helpful if you would like to view the topic in a larger window.

"Related topics" button   

If you click on the "Related topics" button in a help topic, a pop-up menu will appear with a list of topics that are related to the one you are viewing.  Click on a topic to view it.

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Changing your WebsiteOS preferences

The WebsiteOS Preferences menu allows you to select a language and a background. Click on the "WebsiteOS Preferences" logo. A dialog box will appear.

Language: To change the language setting, select your preferred language in the "Language" field, and click "Apply."

Background: To change your background color, click the color wheel. Select a colored square from the pop-up chooser, and click "Apply." Be sure that your background image is set to "(none)." To change your background image, select the name of the image from the "Image" drop-down menu and click "Apply." If a background image is selected, your background color will not be visible.

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Logging off the system

When you are ready to leave your administration session, click the "Logout" option. This will log you out of your session.

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Using the History bar

The History bar contains links to the applications you accessed most recently. Click on a link for immediate access to the application.

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