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22 Apr 2006, 03:11 AM | #1 |
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Webhosting Testing Feedback
I'm creating a new thread for feedback on the webhosting testing so far.
I'm pretty impressed with the Runbox Webhosting account so far. 1) Initially, I found when creating subdomains (htttp://subdomain.domain.tld) that they were only accessible as sub folders (http://www.domain.tld/subfolder). It may be a preference issue, but I personally prefer the subdomain format. This is now fixed and they now work as both. 2) I know that Runbox is still testing, but there was no documentation about how to log into the Control Panel to access the account features. I was however familiar with it because my other web host where I have a lifetime account for a one-time fee has a very similar system. Runbox will have to have user friendly documentation for newbies. I'm sure that this will be done before they go alive. |
22 Apr 2006, 03:57 AM | #2 |
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The Runbox web hosting seems to be a standard Linux/cPanel package:
Operating system: Linux Kernel version: 2.4.32-grsec Machine Type: i686 Apache version: 1.3.34 (Unix) PERL version: 5.8.7 PHP version: 4.4.2 MySQL version: 4.0.25-standard cPanel Build: 10.8.1-RELEASE 113 Theme: cPanel X v2.5.0 cPanel Pro: 1.0 (RC36) The test setup for my domain has these limits: Subdomains: 5 Parked Domains: 0 Addon Domains: 0 MySQL Databases: 5 Postgresql Databases: 5 Email Accounts: 5 Mailing Lists: 5 Ftp Accounts: 5 I'm not sure if this represents a standard package or just a beta test package. Regards, Rich |
22 Apr 2006, 04:38 AM | #3 | |
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Re: Webhosting Testing Feedback
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"You will want to update your dns settings and then log on to the control panel at: MyDomainNameWasHere/cpanel/" The email included the names of two DNS servers for setting the DNS at my domain registrar and it included my username and password for the cPanel login. Documentation for using cPanel is in a link on your cPanel. Regards, Rich |
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22 Apr 2006, 10:42 AM | #4 | |
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Re: Re: Webhosting Testing Feedback
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I actually learned something new from the above post. Previously I used "MyDomainName:2082/". "MyDomainName/cpanel/" is much more user friendly and easier to remember. It works for my other web host account too. I wonder why they never mentioned it. |
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22 Apr 2006, 10:54 AM | #5 | |
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22 Apr 2006, 11:02 AM | #6 | |
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Eg: photos.mydomain.tld, calendar.mydomain.tld etc. It may be a limitation for the test accounts only. |
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22 Apr 2006, 05:01 PM | #7 |
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Good to see testing doing ok.
It will be good to get the major issues raised here so we can make support pages on www.runbox.net. I will set up a separate area on the Runbox Wiki for Runbox Webhosting. Yes, you log on using yourdomain.com/cpanel/ You can also log on before your domain is transfered using the IP number. The hosting pack is a "regular" Cpanel hosting account with Fantastico (very easy to install scripts). Cpanel is by far the best control panel I have seen. We want the package to be competitive so please let me know if the current setup is good. |
22 Apr 2006, 05:04 PM | #8 |
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Email on Webhosting
The Webhosting pack also includes plain email. It is a very simple plain straightforward email server with Horde or Squirrelmail as webmail on it.
We do not want to use this naturally, we want to use Runbox Email Hosting with the webhosting. The way to do that is to enter the Webhosting control panel for email and then set your MX records to mx.runbox.com. For new users we can either help with doing that or write a good instruction for how to do it. |
22 Apr 2006, 08:09 PM | #9 | |
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22 Apr 2006, 10:18 PM | #10 | |
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Log into your cPanel, then select: Mail -> Modify Mail Exchanger (MX Entry) -> Change an MX Entry Select your domain and set the MX destination as: mx.runbox.com Regards, Rich |
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24 Apr 2006, 03:28 AM | #11 | |
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Re: Re: Re: Email on Webhosting
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I bought my own domain and started my own hosting only recently, so I'm learning while testing. |
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25 Apr 2006, 02:31 AM | #12 |
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We have now started building the Runbox Web Hosting wiki pages.
We will asemble material from several sources to build these wiki pages. Please feel free to join in or suggest material for the wiki. http://doc.runbox.com/twiki/bin/view...nfo/WebHosting |
30 Apr 2006, 03:52 PM | #13 |
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one of the reasons I started my webhosting business was because I got tired of people nickle and diming people to death over stuff like subdomains and SQL Databases.
It doesn't cost a provider --anything-- to let you have subdomains or databases, yet they seem justified in charging you for them. *rolls eyes* |
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