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For free accounts your URL is http://yourusername.robinshosting.com. If you have a paid account your URL is http://www.yourdomainname.com
Your email address is yourusername@yourusername.robinshosting.com
If you have your own domain name your default email address is yourusername@yourdomain.com
You can read your email in CPanel. Open CPanel @ http://yourusername.robinshosting.com/cpanel and click Web Mail. There are three different programs you can use to access email - NeoMail, Horde, or Squirrel Mail.
You can setup additional email addresses in CPanel. To learn more about your account's email capabilities watch the email movies.
You can use any FTP program to upload your files to your account. The welcome mail you received when your account was setup includes all of your account settings including your FTP information.
FTP Settings:
FTP Instructions:
If you signed up for paid hosting and you have your own domain name you must update the name servers at your domain name registrar (GoDaddy, Namecheap, Network Solutions, etc.). You should use the following name servers:
Name server 1: NS1.ROBINSHOSTING.COM
Name server 2: NS2.ROBINSHOSTING.COM
If you use GoDaddy to purchase and manage your domains, review Updating Name Servers @ GoDaddy (Flash SWF 1094kb)
If you purchased a domain name after setting up your account, please notify the support department.
Domain Names and Nameservers will help you to learn about purchasing your own domain and setting up nameservers.
If you would like to use multiple domain names with your account review How to Setup and Addon Domain with CPanel.
topAll free accounts include CPanel. CPanel is an interface that allows users to control their domains. Through CPanel you can configure and check email (using multiple web interfaces), check site statistical information (visitors, referrals, etc.), manage MySQL databases, set directory & file permissions, edit .htaccess files, add hotlink protection, create and manage FTP accounts, create folders, upload and manage files, perform site backups, submit sites to search engines, and perform one click installation of CGI and other scripts. Be sure to review the flash demo, Navigating CPanel to learn more about how to manage your account.
You can access CPanel via http://yourusername.robinshosting.com/cpanel
If you own a domain you can access CPanel via http://www.yourdomainname.com/cpanel
To learn more about CPanel please read the Unofficial Guide to Cpanel, review the interactive CPanel guide, or watch the Flash movies below.
| CPanel Tutorials | Flash SWF Files |
|---|---|
| Basic Account Functions | |
| Navigating around cPanel | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to change your password | Watch the Tutorial |
| Change your account password | Watch the Tutorial |
| Keeping your contact information up to date | Watch the Tutorial |
| Email Management | |
| How to use webmail | Watch the Tutorial |
| Creating a default (catchall) email account | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setup a default email address | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to redirect e-mail | Watch the Tutorial |
| Add email forwarder | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to create a POP email account | Watch the Tutorial |
| Creating an autoresponder | Watch the Tutorial |
| Email autoresponders | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to setup an email filter | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setup email filtering | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setup a POP3 email account | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setting up an e-mail account in Outlook Express | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to trace an email address | Watch the Tutorial |
| Modify mail exchange | Watch the Tutorial |
| Domain Functions and Management | |
| Using file manager | Watch the Tutorial |
| Password protecting a directory | Watch the Tutorial |
| Password protect a directory | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to redirect URL | Watch the Tutorial |
| Add a URL redirect | Watch the Tutorial |
| Remove URL redirects | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to backup your site | Watch the Tutorial |
| Make a backup of your site | Watch the Tutorial |
| Enabling hotlink protection | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setup hotlink (image) protection | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to addon a domain | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to add subdomain | Watch the Tutorial |
| Add a subdomain | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setup subdomin redirects | Watch the Tutorial |
| Remove domain redirects | Watch the Tutorial |
| How create custom error pages | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to install and uninstall Frontpage extensions | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setup FrontPage extensions | Watch the Tutorial |
| Using index manager | Watch the Tutorial |
| Disk usage viewer | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setting up the IP deny manager | Watch the Tutorial |
| Deny an IP address | Watch the Tutorial |
| Raw log manager | Watch the Tutorial |
| Raw log manager | Watch the Tutorial |
| Apache handlers | Watch the Tutorial |
| FTP Functions | |
| Add an FTP account | Watch the Tutorial |
| Anonymous FTP controls | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setup an FTP greeting | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to add a FTP account | Watch the Tutorial |
| PHPMyAdmin and MySQL | |
| How to create a MySQL database | Watch the Tutorial |
| Managing a MySQL database in PHPMyAdmin | Watch the Tutorial |
| Repair MySQL database | Watch the Tutorial |
| Installing Scripts | |
| Advanced guest book | Watch the Tutorial |
| Agora shopping cart | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setup a bulletin board | Watch the Tutorial |
| Install PHPMyChat | Watch the Tutorial |
| Generate random HTML | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setup cron jobs (basic) | Watch the Tutorial |
| How to set up a cronjob | Watch the Tutorial |
| Setup cron jobs (advanced) | Watch the Tutorial |
| Search Engine Submission | |
| Search engine submission | Watch the Tutorial |
| Submitting to search engines | Watch the Tutorial |
Fantastico is an auto installer; it installs web applications with a few clicks. Some of the popular web applications include: content management systems, WordPress, Xoops, Mambo, pMachine, shopping carts, help desk systems, and wikis. To learn more about Fantastico please review the Fantastico tutorial, the Unofficial Guide to Cpanel, and the movies below.
To access Fantastico open CPanel @ http://yourusername.robinshosting.com/cpanel and click the Fantastico icon towards the bottom of the page.
| Fantastico Tutorials | Flash SWF Files |
|---|---|
| Basic Account Functions | |
| About Fantastico | Watch the Tutorial |
| Basic Functions | Watch the Tutorial |
| Installing Scripts | Watch the Tutorial |
| Removing Scripts | Watch the Tutorial |
| Installing WordPress | Watch the Tutorial |
Before you install any Fantastico scripts you should setup your email notifications. In Fantastico click Email Notifications at the bottom of the Fantastico installer page in the Extras section. Watch the tutorial Basic Functions to see how to set your email notifications. Whenever you install a script you should make a note of the folder that you installed the software in, the administration URL, and the admin username and password. If you setup Email Notifications this important information will be emailed to you.
Your instructor is providing you with free hosting for the duration of your course. You are expected to review all of the tutorials, guides, movies, and resources provided by your instructor. Support by your instructor will only be available during classroom hours. Please visit the forum for additional support.
If you are unable to find the solution to your hosting question via the support documents and the forum, please submit a Help Ticket.
If you have a paid account you can view current invoices and make payments by visiting http://www.robinshosting.com/host/customer.php. Login with the email address you used at signup and your password.