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Dear Customer,
We have now activated your web hosting account.
Please remember that it can take two or three days for your domain name to be fully activated, it takes this long as all the other internet servers in the world have to recognise your domain name.
So that you can start using your new virtual server straight away we have included details below on how to use your Starter Hosting account.
Good luck with you new web site,
.co.uk domain names cost as little as £19.98 for two years and .com domain names are available from £16.99 per year.
These prices also apply when you take out a new domain name with your Three Spires web hosting account.
Why not register a domain name today, visit our site:-
Connecting to your account
Connecting to your new virtual server account is easy. To upload files to your virtual server you would usually use an FTP programme, FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It is a way of uploading your web site to your virtual server.
If you don't already have any FTP client (software) then you may download a shareware copy of WS-FTP from Ipswitch Software.
Once downloaded you should install WS-FTP on your machine following the instructions from Ipswitch.
Once installed select the option to create a new FTP account. You should then enter the details outlined below:-
Create a FTP Site With Name: ftp.threespires.com
User ID: Enter the User ID that you received in your account activation e-mail
Password: Enter the password that you received in your account activation e-mail
Click "Save Password" and then "Finish"
If you now click "OK" you will be connected to your Virtual Web Server.
You will now be able to see a number of files and directories, you will only be interested in the "public_html" directory. This is the directory where you will store all your html files and images.
The main page of your web site should be called index.html or index.htm (all lower case). Your index file is the first page people will see when they visit your domain name.
Connecting to your account - For FrontPage
Users
Connecting to your new virtual server account is easy using Microsoft FrontPage software. To use Microsoft FrontPage to publish your site you will have chosen to install FrontPage Extensions on your virtual server.
Here is how to publish your new virtual server using Microsoft FrontPage:-
• Open FrontPage from your start menu
• • Open you FrontPage web
• Click the FILE menu button, and choose "Publish FrontPage Web"
• Enter
your web address as http://www.yourdomain.com and click OK
• FrontPage will
now contact the server
• Enter your username and password (provided in your
welcome e-mail)
• FrontPage will now publish your site to the web
Your Virtual Control Panel
The Virtual Control Panel is a unique tool that is included with your virtual web server, it allows you to control your account with Three Spires.
Using the Virtual Control Panel you edit and manage your files, install scripts to make your web site more interactive, monitor your bandwidth and disk usage and change your e-mail settings.
You may access your Virtual Control Panel at:-
You will be required to enter your username and the password you received in your welcome e-mail.
Your Web Statistics
Your web statistics are available from your Virtual Control Panel, simply login to your VCP and select "Web Stats" from the top menu.
Our Support Site
Our support site is located at:-
General Information
All usernames, passwords and filenames on our server are CasE SeNsItIvE to upper and lower case.
When you upload any perl, html, CGI or txt files then you should do so in ASCII Mode, zip files and images files should be uploaded in binary mode.
Files that include Server Side Includes (SSI) must end in the .shtml extension.
Please keep your password safe so that other people may not access your
files.