cPanel / WHM Reseller Support

We will post basic information related to your reseller account here. Please also note that we do have a special RESELLER UPDATES page, informing you about software upgrades, emergencies of any sort, fixes, and special announcements. Before you send us mail to ask what, for example, the path to "perl" is, please always check out this SUPPORT page to see if you find the answer/s here. Existing customers please use the SUPPORT REQUEST form whenever possible. Otherwise, email us at: support@123-web-host.com.   Guides: cPanel Support Manual: please always consult this manual first. The manual is especially helpful because it gives a graphical representation of exactly what you have to do to perform the most popular tasks in cPanel. WebHost Manager (WHM) Manual: the WHM interface is the reseller's tool to create and update cPanel domain accounts. Please note that our cPanel reseller plans can be enabled for sub-reseller account creation (for a one-time setup fee). More info here. The HOW-TO can be found within cPanel itself, after upgrading. DNS settings If you already own your domain name, you have to change its DNS (Domain Name Server) settings with your domain registrar to the settings we gave you in our welcome message. Once you make these changes, it will take 12-48 hours for them to propagate Internet-wide, at which time your domain name will start pointing to our servers. How to access my WHM Reseller control panel? To login to WebHost Manager (WHM) to set up new domain accounts or to adjust existing settings, please go to:       https://72.36.162.173:2087    (U.S. server-3)       https://67.19.20.82:2087        (U.S. server-9)       https://72.36.162.170:2087    (U.S. server-12)       https://212.72.165.66:2087   (German eu-server)       (NOTE: After the DNS of one of your domains hosted in this account has resolved       you can substitute the IP, e.g. 70.84.173.130, with your domain name, if you prefer.) How to access my domain control panel? You'll want to login to cPanel to do such things as view web stats, setup email addresses, MySQL databases, etc. To login to cPanel (after the DNS has resolved), go to:       http://yourdomain.com/cpanel/       (substitute your actual domain name for *yourdomain.com*) Then enter your username and password (given to you in our welcome email). This will not work until your domain name has fully propagated to our servers. But prior to this, you can login to cPanel using the Primary Nameserver IP number, like this: http://70.84.173.130/cpanel; be sure to check our welcome email to see what the shared IP for your account is. Shared SSL Certificate For signup pages, online billing gateways, and other eCommerce projects you might want to have an SSL (Secure Socket Layer) site to encrypt transmission of your customers' data. We have created a shared SSL certificate (GeoTrust) solution that is compatible with over 98% of all Web browsers - you don't need to purchase your own cert. Upload all the files that should be accessed as SSL secured pages to the public_html folder (where all other HTML files go as well), and access them at the following https://... address:       https://secure.server-3.com/~myusername/filename     (U.S. server)       https://secure.server-9.com/~myusername/filename      (U.S. server)       https://secure.server-12.com/~myusername/filename     (U.S. server)       https://secure.eu-server.net/~myusername/filename   (German server)       (myusername stands as placeholder for your actual cPanel domain username;       filename stands as placeholder for the actual HTML or ASP file) TIP: Your reseller WHM control panel allows you (in "Modify an Account") to change the usernames for your domain accounts. E.g., rather than "Carl" or "Erica" etc. you might want to assign a username such as "sales-k" or "acct3") to make the https URL look more professional. Outlook, Eudora, and Other POP E-Mail Programs: The basic settings for these should be: Mail Server:  MyDomain.com  or  mail.MyDomain.com SMTP:    MyDomain.com  or  mail.MyDomain.com                      ...whereby 'MyDomain.com' stands as a placeholder for your actual domain name Username:  <Your e-mail username for this e-mail account> Password:  <Your e-mail password for this e-mail account> Troubleshooting: If these settings do not work for you, then the ISP you use to connect to the Internet has most likely blocked Port 25, so you cannot use your own mail server for OUTGOING mail (SMTP) while connected via their network. Some of the ISPs who do this are Earthlink/Mindspring, AOL, USA-Starnet, and MSN. Microsoft, for example, gives an explanation (as regards to their own blocking) and solution: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q302339 The solution is to use your ISP's SMTP settings for outgoing mail (in the case of MSN this is 'smtp.email.msn.com'). BUT MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOUR DOMAIN AS THE MAIL SERVER FOR INCOMING MAIL! FTP Use the following information with your FTP program: Host name:  yourdomain.com   [your actual domain name!] Username: Same as control panel Password: Same as control panel Paths Your Perl path is:   /usr/bin/perl     The first line in cgi and perl scripts should therefore be:       #!/usr/bin/perl Sendmail:  /usr/lib/sendmail  or  /usr/sbin/sendmail Serverpath:  /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin Root path:   /home/username/   puts you in the root of your account Domain directory:  /home/username/public_html    puts you in your www directory cgi-bin path:  /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/filename    puts you in your cgi-bin Tips and Suggestions Pre-view New Domains: You may preview your uploaded but not yet resolved domain (DNS update with domain registrar is necessary) via your cPanel username at:       http://server-3.com/~myusername/   (U.S. server)       http://server-9.com/~myusername/   (U.S. server)       http://server-12.com/~myusername/  (U.S. server)       http://eu-server.net/~myusername/   (German server)       (myusername stands as placeholder for your actual cPanel domain username) Pre-installed cgiemail Script: There is just one pre-installed script. You will find it in the cgi-bin folder: this is "cgiemail" – a script written in C. The cgiemail script is an alternative solution to "FormMail.pl." It is pretty simple to use ... you should be able to use it by just looking at our example: please look at the source code of our own "Contact Us" page. The content of the form is send to a TEXT file, here called "request.txt," by the following line:     <form action="http://123-web-host.com/cgi-bin/cgiemail/request.txt" method=POST> The "request.txt" file, however, resides in the "httpdocs" folder! In the first line of this TEXT file you determine to which e-mail address it is send then. Further info and readme text can be found at MIT's site. Of course, you can also install an altered version of Matt Wright's popular FormMail script. Just access your domain's cPanel and click on "CGI Center" to find this and several other useful scripts. Spam Protection: Please note that you will have to install "Spam Assassin" from the cPanel control panel to activate Spam protection. Each domain owner can enable or disable SpamAssassin. Advertising Your Site: You'll find tons of info about this issue on the Web, and you may know more about this than we do. Here just the very basics: Yes, it makes a difference if you submit your site to search engines and directories like Yahoo! or if you don't. We strongly suggest to either buy a license for the program SubmitWolf PRO or WebPosition Gold - or to use a service that uses one of these - they are simply the best. But by now more and more search engines and directories, certainly all the big ones, are charging to list your site. According to our experiences it does pay out very well to invest a decent amount. The place to go is LookSmart as well as Overture and ah-ha.com, covering several search engines that together make up for 80% of all searches. Before you submit your site you want to make sure that all the HTML tags in the header are just right. Use mentioned WebPosition Gold or a free service offered by Scrubtheweb (go to the VERY bottom of these pages and enter your URL). Also try SelfPromotion.com which offers plenty of webmaster tools to promote your site, the last two for free. In addition to search engine and directory listings you should get listed in a couple of Web hosting directories ... ad banners, however, generate little income, although they are useful to create brand name recognition. Billing Your Customers: You may already have your own system set up ... if not, by far the best, easiest and fastest (immediate) solution is 2CheckOut.com which integrates a shopping cart with a credit card processing system in one package. Except for a one time $49 setup fee there are no further monthly fees (quite different from almost all other billing services). Those with much of their customer base in Europe may want to check out WorldPay.com and BIBIT.com. Also consider to add PayPal with low fees, but do not rely on PayPal alone - you might then loose prospective customers. QuickCommerce offers e-commerce solutions that make use of the popular Authorize.Net software to bill your customers and arranges a merchant account for you. You can use their shopping cart systems and easily integrate it into your Web site.