Do’s and
Don’ts
- Do upload your web site files into the public_html/ (Web Root)
folder.
- Do upload your CGI scripts into the public_html/cgi-bin/ folder.
- Do name your homepage file index.html, index.shtml, index.php,
index.jsp, or index.cgi.
- Do not use the Squirrelmail webmail interface if you are
managing your e-mails using the IMAP protocol (use Horde instead).
- Do mask e-mail addresses on your web site from spambots (refer
to the OnyxServers SPAM
Protection Guide for help with this).
- Do set your ‘Default Address’ (e-mail “catch-all”) behavior to
‘Discard with error to sender’ in order to block incoming junk mail
(done through the ‘Default Address’ icon in your webcontrol).
- Do not use FTP if you have published your web site using
FrontPage.
- Do not use the ‘Password Protect Directories’ tool in the
webcontrol if you are using FrontPage to publish your web site
(instead use FrontPage to password protect folders).
- Do not configure your e-mail application to leave a copy of
downloaded e-mails on the server indefinitely (instead instruct your
e-mail application to remove downloaded mail after 5 days or so).
- Do keep your web hosting account contact and billing details up
to date via the account manager at
https://secure.onyxservers.com.
- If your domain name was registered through OnyxServers, do keep
your domain name contact details up to date via
http://www.onyxservers.com/domains/.
- Do periodically check and flush the contents of your SPAM folder
if you have turned on the Spam Box feature.
- Do optimize your web site graphics so your web pages load faster
(here’s a guide:
http://www.webmonkey.com/99/15/index0a.html)
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