This page will
allow you to familiarise yourself with important areas on the Sea-Ex web
site such as Member and Merchant Services, Support, Forms, etc.
Member Services
The Member Services is the
central area where all of your account configurations take place such as
email forwarding, mailbox setup, admin and billing details. This is a secure
area which requires your User ID and password to gain entry.
Merchant Services
For customers who have an account with ecommerce functionality, the
Merchant Services is
the management area for an online store. This area is user friendly with a
wizard facility to assist customers in setting-up and designing their store,
maintaining products and processing orders. Your User ID and password is
also required to access this area.
Further information is available
here.
DNS
DNS (Domain Name Service) is the means by which you are able to type an
easily remembered name to go to an internet address (URL), instead of trying
to remember an IP (Internet Protocol) address, which is a number. The DNS
"resolves" the URL to an IP address then homes in on the site.
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Setting up an existing Domain
You will need to amend the Name Server records with your Registrar to have
the domain function with your hosting account. This process is called a
delegation and can take approximately 24-48 hours to update around the
world. It is recommended that an existing hosting account remain activated
during this transition period, to avoid downtime in services. The domain
will also need to be
mapped to
your account within the Member Services section.
Primary Server Hostname....:
ns1.giga-sj-001.net
Primary Server Netaddress..: 216.218.210.201
Secondary Server Hostname..: ns2.giga-sj-001.net
Secondary Server Netaddress: 216.218.210.202
- Registering a new Domain
Mail Configuration
Once your domain has been delegated and mapped to your account, you can set
up your mail options within the Member Services section.
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Pop Mailboxes
Setting up a POP email account creates an actual mailbox, where your mail
is stored on the server. To read and download your mail you either use an
email client such as Outlook Express (where email is downloaded to your
PC) or you can use the Webmail facility through your web browser. An Email
Helper feature is also available. If you wish to use a client-side program
to retrieve and send your mail, (such as Microsoft Outlook Express or
Netscape) follow these links to more detailed instructions on each
program. Microsoft
Outlook Express
Netscape 4.7x General
Mail FAQ
. Email Aliasing
Email forwarding/aliases simply forward email to an existing email
account. So you could have me@mysite.com being forwarded to your_mailbox@yourISP.com
for example.
Please note - You cannot have an Alias and POP mail account of the same
name, as the POP will take priority and the email will not be forwarded.
Enter the Alias
account name in the first field then the target email address in the
second.
Microsoft FrontPage
If you are using Microsoft FrontPage, you will need to enable the FrontPage
extensions within the Member Services section before publishing your site.
The FrontPage server extensions support the Microsoft FrontPage HTML editor
allowing page upload and server-side functions such as feedback forms.
Sea-Ex offers the Microsoft FrontPage server extensions to all users. Please
review our FrontPage instructions to learn how to use FrontPage with your
Sea-Ex account.
Creating your Website
Whether you hand code your web site or use a WYSIWYG editor such as
FrontPage (remember to enable the extensions) this part is up to you. You
can use a variety of languages such as PHP, Perl, JAVA/script, Flash,
D/HTML, and many others. If your new to web site design
Builder.com has a fairly thorough list
of articles about all aspects of website design and concepts. To upload your
site use ftp.seaex.com and your username and password. However, if your
using FrontPage please remember to use the
publish function
from within FrontPage or else your site will not be uploaded properly. If
you have any problems please don't refrain from sending an email about the
issue and we'll return you a speedy response. Good Luck with your new web
site!! :) |
