How to setup a Cron Job in Direct Admin This demo assumes you've already logged in to Direct Admin Now let's learn about Cron Jobs and how to set them up in Direct Admin Scroll down... Click the Cronjobs link A Cron Job is a system command that you schedule to occur at a later date/time For example, if you wanted to run a CGI script every Monday morning, you would set this up as a Cron Job Scroll down... This is the main Cron Job page where you can setup new Cron Jobs, or delete existing ones Let's setup a Cron Job..... Enter the path of the script you wish to run When finished, click Add In this case, we're setting up a Cron Job to run the test_script.cgi every morning at 9:00am To delete the Cron Job, simpy select it here, then click Delete The Cron Job has been setup, and can be seen here Scroll up to the top of the page The Cron Job has been deleted Click the Home icon here This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup Cron Jobs in Direct Admin, as well as delete them. For more information on using Cron Jobs, please consult www.site-helper.com/misc.html#cron
How to create custom error pages in Direct Admin This demo assumes you've already logged in to Direct Admin Now let's learn how to create custom error pages in our hosting account Scroll down... Click the Custom Error Pages link Click the 404.shtml link here This page lists all the error pages you can edit from Direct Admin. Let's go ahead and edit the 404 Not Found error page, which displays automatically if someone attempts to visit a page in your website that doesn't exist Paste the HTML code of the page you want displayed, here in this text area Scroll down... Before saving the file, let's take a look to see if it looks ok... click Preview Html Let's return to the edit page.... close this window This shows what the 404 Error Page will look like Now let's save this page by clicking here The 404.shtml page is now listed in the File Manager, here Click the Home icon here This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup and modify your custom error pages from within Direct Admin
How to create additional FTP accounts in Direct Admin Click the FTP Management link This demo assumes you've already logged in to Direct Admin Now let's learn how to create a new FTP account As you can see here, there is already one FTP account, and it is the main (default) FTP account of this hosting account; this default FTP account cannot be deleted Let's go ahead and create a new FTP account.... click here Enter a new FTP username Then enter and confirm a password for this new FTP account Scroll down..... Then click Create Choose the extent of access you wish to grant this new FTP user Success! The new FTP account has been setup, and can be seen here You can change FTP passwords for your FTP accounts from here Now let's delete the FTP account we just created The FTP account has been deleted Click the Home icon here This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup additional FTP accounts, change their passwords, and delete them altogether
How to setup email forwarding in Direct Admin This demo assumes you've already logged in to Direct Admin Now let's learn how to setup an email forwarder (or redirect) Scroll down... Click the Forwarders link Click the Create new E-Mail Forwarder link An email forwarder is a way to forward emails that are sent to one address, automatically to another address Enter the email prefix in this box Then enter the email address where you want these emails to be forwarded to Click Create when finished Let's return to the email forwarders list That's it! The email forwarder has been setup, and now whenever email is sent to john@demo1234.com, that email will automatically be forwarded to john@yahoo.com Let's delete the forwarder we just created..... click here From this screen you can add new email forwarders, modify existing ones, or delete them altogether Then click Delete Selected The email forwarder has been deleted Click the Home icon here This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to create new email forwarders in Direct Admin, as well as delete them
How to install FrontPage extensions in Direct Admin Click the Frontpage Extensions link This demo assumes you've already logged in to Direct Admin Now let's learn how to install FrontPage extensions in our hosting account Remember that FrontPage extensions should only be installed if you are using Microsoft's FrontPage to build your website If you're not using FrontPage, then do not install the FrontPage extensions Let's assume we're using FrontPage, and need the extensions installed..... you can see here that FrontPage extensions are not currently installed in this account Let's go ahead and install them..... you first need to enter your account password..... a step for added security Then click the Enable button To uninstall FrontPage extensions, simply click Disable here That's all there is to it! The FrontPage extensions have been installed in the hosting account, as you can see here Uninstalling FrontPage extensions is just as easy, and doesn't require you to enter your password The FrontPage extensions have been removed from the account Click the Home icon here This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to install and/or uninstall FrontPage extensions from your hosting account
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