Web programming TipsBy Sergey Skudaev
When you buy hosting plan, hosting company sends you welcome email with access to your hosting control panel. This email includes your login and password to your hosting control panel and FTP account. Also it provides name servers.
You cannot access your web site or your hosting root directory via your domain name before DNS propagates. What does it mean? It means that your domain that you registered somewhere else is not mapped to your hosting computer. First things you have to do is to change name servers for your domain in the company where you registered your domain.
For example, if you registered your domain with godaddy.com and bought your hosting space from hostgattor you have to copy name servers from hostgattor welcome letter and paste them to name servers fields in my domain tab on godaddy.com web site
To learn how to assign name servers to your domain read my tutorial Domain Name: http://www.learn-coding.today/name_servers.php
When you login to control panel, you will see screen with many icons like the one on my picture:
Hover mouse to enlarge image.
To manage your mail click Mail Icon. Mail Manager Menu is displayed To add mail account click Add/Remove/Manage Account option..
| Mail Manager Main Menu |
| Web Mail |
| Email Domain Forwarding |
| Add/Remove/Manage Accounts |
| Default Address |
| Auto-responders |
| Email Filtering |
| Forwarders |
| Mailing Lists |
| SpamAssassin |
| Trace an E-mail Address |
| Modify Mail Exchanger (MX Entry) |
Mail Account Maintenance tab is displayed
Click Add Account link at the bottom of the tab. Add Mail Account tab is displayed.
Enter mail user name, for example, webmaster, enter password and click create button to save changes. An account will be created. Click Go Back link at the bottom of the tab. Mail Account Maintenance tab is displayed with new mail account.
Click Go Back link at the bottom of the tab. Mail Manager Main Menu is displayed. Click Forwarders option. Forwarding Maintenance tab is displayed
| Forwarding Maintenance |
| Current Forwarders |
| If you wish to set your default address or "catch-all", please click here to be taken to the Default Address setup page. |
| [ Add Forwarder ] | [ Go Back ] |
Click Add Forwarder link. Add a new Forwarder tab is displayed. Enter your domain user name and your email address where you want to forward your email.
Click Add Forwarder button. The forwarder is added. Message is displayed.
Add a new Forwarder
All email sent to webmaster@poetry-anthology.com will now be redirected to serge@yandex.ru
[Go Back]
Click Go Back link. Forwarding Maintenance tab displays forwarding record.
Now you can send a test email to webmaster@youdomain.com and email will be forwarder to the email address that you entered in previous steps. That is it. You set your email account. Your web site visitor will sent email to webmaster@youdomain.com and you will receive it in your yahoo or hormail account. It is very convenient.
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Our dog needs urgent surgery, and the cost is overwhelming.
Any help, big or small, would mean the world to us. Thank you for supporting Oscar on his journey to recovery!
Oscar Story.
Oscar wasn’t just any puppy—he was a gift from a mother who trusted us with her smallest one.
For five years, my wife worked at the Indian Medical Center in Arizona, deep in Navajo Nation. Near her clinic, she often saw a homeless dog wandering the area. Over time, she began feeding her, and the dog grew fond of her. Then, one day, that same dog brought her newborn puppies to my wife—as if proudly showing them off.
Among them was the smallest, most delicate pup. My wife couldn’t resist. She brought him home, and we named him Oscar.
Oscar thrived in the house provided by the medical center, enjoying the big backyard where he lived. I built him a sturdy wooden doghouse, and we often took him on walks along the Window Rock Trail. He became our adventure companion, making the vast desert feel like home.
After my wife’s contract ended, we moved back to Florida, bringing Oscar with us. He adjusted to his new surroundings, but he never lost his adventurous spirit.
Now, Oscar faces a tough challenge—he needs urgent surgery, and the cost is overwhelming. We want to give him the best care possible, just as he’s given us years of joy and loyalty.
Any help, big or small, would mean the world to us. Thank you for supporting Oscar on his journey to recovery!
