Q: How do I upload files to my account?
A: In your FTP client, specify the following settings:
Hostname: serveraddress.com (replace this with hostname of the server you are
on; this information is included with your welcome mail)
Username: username@domain.com (replace "username" with your actual
username, and "domain.com" with your domain name)
Password: your password (this should be replaced with your actual password).
Simply the following is all you need to use an FTP Client:
FTP URL, Username for your server,
Password for your server > This should open up your site.
Some good FTP Clients are AceFTP, CuteFTP or FlashFTP.
After you logged into your FTP area, you should see a folder called "httpdocs"
- upload files into that folder, and you should be able to view uploaded content
at http://domain.com (replace "domain.com" with your actual domain
name), or at http://serveraddress.com/~username/ (replacing those with real
values)
Q: How do I access my control panel?
A: You should be able to login into your control panel by typing "http://serveraddress.com/cpanel"
(replace with real server name) in your browser. Use your actual username and
password to login.
OR you can login to your account here: GROW HOST and enter your username and password for your hosting account.
Q: What email settings should I use for my pop3/smtp
mail accounts?
A: In your mail client settings, use the following values to access your pop3/smtp
account:
SMTP Mail Server: the server name of your account (included in welcome mail)
POP3 Mail server: the server name of your account (included in welcome mail)
POP3 Mail Account (Username): username@domain.com (your "username" at
"your domain")
POP3 Mail Password: the password you used to create email account from control
panel
Domain names
Q: What are GROW HOST's Domain Name Servers
(DNS) to point my domain to?
A: ns1.growhost.com and ns2.growhost.com
Q: I have transferred my domain on your name servers -
how long does it take for it to start working?
A: Usually it may take up to 24-48 hours, however with recent changes for most
domains it takes about 4 hours.
Q: My domain still does not work, but I want to view
my website already
A: You may view your website by pointing your browser to "http://serveraddress.com/~username/"
(replace "serveraddress.com" with the server's hostname you reside on,
and "username" with your actual username).
CGI Scripts
Q: My script does not work, how do I identify the
problem?
A: Login into your control panel, go to the "Logs/Stats" section, and
click on "Error log". There you will be able to see error log for your
domain.
Q: My Perl script instruction says I should set
"777" permissions on the file, but that does not work.
A: Scripts under your account run with privileges of your username. We highly
suggest that you avoid using "777" permissions on your perl scripts,
and use "755" instead.
Misc
Q: How do I login into webmail?
A: Visit "http://serveraddress.com/webmail" (replace this with real
server name you are on), and login with mail account's credentials.
Q: I want SSH access for my account, how do I get it?
A: By default, we disable SSH access to your account due to security reasons.
You may however request for such access by e-mailing us. |