Login ID +
Password -
Your primary login ID will be assigned to
you as soon as your account is activated - make note of it as this login ID will be the
same used to access all your primary account services - control panel, e-mail, FTP ,
Frontpage - so it's important to take note now. Since your login ID is case sensitive -
"jack" is not the same ID as "Jack" - likewise your password [chosen
when you sign up for an account] is also case sensitive.
IP Address - Your IP address is the true address of
your web site; it indicates the physical location of a site on the internet. Your site's
IP address is synonymous with your acquired domain name - and indeed in the first days
after your account is activated, you must use your IP address in place of the domain name
to access it. This becomes optional once your domain's DNS has stabilized.
[your domain name is merely a pointer
to this IP address; this is accomplished through the DNS system - discussed here]
Domain
Registration - Should you be obtaining a domain for
the first time, or a new domain for your site, then the domain will be automatically
registered in your name, unless you indicate otherwise on the sign-up form. This is only
done for you for top level domains [.com .net .org]. If your domain is not among these
three, contact the representative domain registry and LSYF/YOA to coordinate setup
information. Until your domain is activated, your web site will be reachable only by IP
address. Note that all domain registration is a third party contract between you and the
network registrar in question, and in most cases absolutely outside of our control.
Domain Charges
- Your domain registrar body
[InterNIC, RIPE, et al] will bill you separately for domain charges. Keep in mind if you
choose to get your domain from us there is a fee of $16.95 for the first year, and a
renewal of 16.95 per year after. Once again, this is an entirely third party element to
LSYF/YOA service, and exept in unique cases we refuse all intermediary roles in such
matters.
Domain
Changes - If you're domain has previously resided on a
different [physical] location on the internet then, as explained in the following section
on domains and the DNS system, your domain record [held by your domain registrar - e.g.
InterNic] must be updated to take the authority of a LSYF/YOA DNS server for domain name
to IP address resolution.
Making these changes is the
responsibility of the domain owner.
In many cases, the listed owner of
the domain is the only party with sufficient access to make such changes - please do not
assume LSYF/YOA can make these changes for you, we have no special status with the
registrars of the world to arbitrarily interfere with other people's property. i.e. domain
names.
Unless you have special
requirements, it is recommended that you adjust your domain to use LSYF/YOA DNS servers as
the authoritative name servers for your domain. Please contact LSYF/YOA on account sign-up
for specific details if you are migrating a domain to LSYF/YOA.
Control Panel - The
web-based control panel is available upon the activation of your account, through your
browser, in a URL of the form:
http://ip address/cpanel/login
ip address being the IP address given to you upon account
activation.
The control panel is covered in
greater deal in the following
chapter. If you have prior familiarity with site development, most of the cpanel will
be immediately self evident, covering account management and providing example code for
shared site resources.
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