This tutorial is designed for
beginners and those who would like to know in advance how the
account set up process works. Here you will be able to find
information on all the steps that are taken to get your web site
up and running. We are going to cover a few topics in the
process. This includes ordering the hosting account, setting up
the email users and changing the Domain Name Server information
with your registrar, the company that you registered the domain
at. We are also going to give you a few helpful hints on how to
make the best of your site and get it found in the search
engines.
Below you will find our Table of Contents. You can see the main
topics and a small description of each one. Just click on the
link on the left of the table and it will take you to that
section on the page. It's best to go ahead and bookmark this
page in case you want to come back to it later. Well, let's get
started!
Download our complete
guide to using your control panel
here.
After you submit the domain on the next page choose your payment
method, Credit Card, or Check. When you select your payment
type, you will be taken to a new form that you will enter all
the account information on. Please make sure that you spell
everything correctly. If you pay with Credit Card, be sure all
the card information is correct and you use the same exact
billing address that your bank has on record. This will help us
get your account set up as quickly as possible.
After you submit the form, or mail in your check or money order,
our sales and billing department will process the order and we
will then setup the account. If the domain must be registered
first, it will be about 24 - 36 hours before the account can be
setup. If you already have your domain name registered then the
set up process will be within 24 hours or less.
After Ordering
After you have ordered the hosting account, these are the steps
that we take to get your account setup. Our sales and billing
department processes the form and logs into the systems and sets
up the account under your information. After the account has
been setup, they will email you the "Welcome Letter" that
contains all the server information that you will need to
connect to the server and upload files, create email users, and
also check your site statistics. There will also be a few links
to some tutorials that may help you with setting all that up.
Uploading Files
Now your account is all setup and you have received the email
for the server information. Now you need to upload your files to
the servers. Below you will find the two most common ways that
people upload their files, FrontPage
and FTP. Just take a look at either one of
these to see the steps you need to take to upload your files. If
you have created your site with FrontPage, you will need to use
the FrontPage instruction. If you do
not use FrontPage, you can use the FTP
instructions.
Please note: If you do not
use FrontPage to create the site, you
can use FrontPage to upload the files. However, if
you do use FrontPage to
build and maintain your site, do not
use FTP to upload your files. FTP can corrupt the FrontPage
server extensions and when that happens, we must reinstall the
extensions. This can sometimes cause the navigation that you
have created in FrontPage to disappear and it can also corrupt
FrontPage themes.
To see your site on our servers, you will need to go to the
temporary address that we provided for you in your welcome
letter. This will allow you to get everything looking right and
working before you change the domain name servers at your
registrar.
Email
To setup the email accounts, you will login to the
control panel and once
you are logged in, click the "Domains" link. Next, click on the
domain that you want to add email accounts to. Then click on the
"Email Accounts (POP3)" link. After this screen loads, click the
"Add New (+)" link to add your email accounts. The user must be
at least 3 characters and the password must be at least 4
characters.
Changing Domain Name
Servers
Now that you have all your files uploaded and your email
accounts created, you will want to change the domain name
servers (DNS) so that your domain starts pointing to your
account on the BizKomm servers. This step will vary from
registrar to registrar so we cannot provide a tutorial for every
one of them. your new DNS server names are: ns1.winsdns.com &
ns2.winsdns.com
Help Desk
If you should run into any problems, or need certain permissions
set for your web site, you will need to create a support ticket
on our Helpdesk. The
Helpdesk is a
separate system so you must
logon with your user account. that information is the same user
name and password you use to logon to your control panel. You
can login and create a Helpdesk ticket. Please try to be as
specific as possible in your tickets and provide links to any
pages you are having a problem with. This will help us to
provide faster support to you and help resolve any problems.
Promoting Your Site
There are many things that you can do to promote your site. From
submitting your site directly to search engines to optimizing
your site with meta tags, image naming, and content. You can
either do it yourself, or you can hire someone to do it for you.
Normally if you hire someone, they can sometimes get better
results than you doing it yourself because they may know all the
"tricks of the trade".
We also offer search engine optimization and submission services
for various fees. Contact our
sales department if interested.
Using Front Page
There are many things that you can do to promote your site. From
submitting your site directly to search engines to optimizing
your site with meta tags, image naming, and content. You can
either do it yourself, or you can hire someone to do it for you.
Normally if you hire someone, they can sometimes get better
results than you doing it yourself because they may know all the
"tricks of the trade".
We also offer search engine optimization and submission services
for various fees. Contact our
sales department if interested.
