XeonBD’s Softaculous
XeonBD’s Softaculous auto-installer offers you the ability to quickly and easily install over 140 different web applications. You can choose from an expansive selection of software for Blogging, Mailing lists, E-Commerce, Wikis, Image Galleries, Project Management, Music and Video Management, and much more.
Blogging Software:
Blogs and Micro Blogs are sites that are formatted similar to a journal. They may have a topic that they focus on, like cars or technology, and can be used by both businesses and people. The best blogs are active and have new content added often.
A sample of the available blog and micro blog software:
| WordPress WordPress MU (MultiUser) Dotclear |
Serendipity Open Blog StatusNet |
Portals/CMS:
Portals and Content Management Systems (CMSs) help you easily manage the content of your website without having to build the entire framework. You start with a base structure already, and build on top of that, allowing you to create and customize a beautiful website more quickly.
A sample of the available Portal/CMS software:
| Dolphin Drupal Zikula |
Geeklog Joomla Concrete5 |
Forums:
A forum is a communication and interaction based site built on visitor and user generated content where users can interact with you and each other.
A sample of the available forum software:
| Advanced Electron Forums MyBB |
Simple Machines Forum phpBB |
Image Galleries:
Image gallery software is designed as a simple way for you to share photos or images while maintaining complete control over the content and its legal rights.
A sample of the available gallery software:
| TinyWebGallery Piwigo |
Gallery ZenPhoto |
Wikis:
A wiki is traditionally thought of as a universally editable knowledge sharing website designed with the idea that many heads are better than one. Security settings within the software will allow you to set who can edit what data.
A sample of the available wiki software:
| MediaWiki DokuWiki |
TikiWiki |
Ad Management:
The ad management software in this list allow you to easily create and maintain a site for sharing classified ads. Use this software to allow your users to communicate their interest in a product, or sell their property or product.
A list of the available ad management software:
| NoahClassifieds Kamads |
OpenX PHPads |
eCommerce:
eCommerce software is meant to help you quickly and easily create and manage a site that allows you to sell products to people that visit your site. Hassle-free one click installations allow for you to start making money sooner.
A sample of the available eCommerce software:
| OpenCart Magento osCommerce |
PrestaShop WHMCS Zen Cart |
Calendars:
Calendars are a good way to share important information about your business, upcoming events within your company, and product update or launch dates. These calendars are simple to use and come with an easy to navigate administration interface.
A list of the available calendar software:
| WebCalendar phpScheduleIt |
phpicalendar |
Gaming:
Add entertainment to your site and keep visitors on your site for longer by installing and adding these one-click install games to your website.
A sample of the available games software:
| BlackNova Traders Shadows Rising |
Multiplayer Checkers |
Mail and Mailing lists:
Email is one of the most common and popular ways to mass communicate information. Using a mailing list software you can allow your customers to sign up for alerts about product changes, sales, and advancements for your company.
A sample of the available mail related software:
| phpList SquirrelMail |
poMMo ccMail |
Polls and Surveys:
Customer and visitor feedback can be absolutely essential to your website’s success. Engaging your visitors will make them remember your site, and come back for more. Use any of the software below to add polling and surveying to your site.
A sample of the available poll and survey software:
| LimeSurvey LittlePoll Piwik |
phpESP Advanced Poll |
Project Management:
No matter how big or small the project, or how many people involved, keeping track of the many moving parts will increase your productivity and keep your company delivering. The one-click installation of any of the software below means you start producing sooner.
A sample of the available project management software:
| SugarCRM Mantis Bug Tracker |
ProjectPier dotProject |
Guest Books:
Allow your visitors to let you know what they think about your site in their own words by installing a guestbook software. The feedback you get could mean a huge difference in growing your traffic.
A sample of the available guest book software:
| Lazarus Advanced Guestbook |
phpBook |
Customer Support:
If you offer any kind of service, offering support to your customers is a must. Using a help desk system like any of the ones below can offer a streamlined and logical alternative to simple email support.
A sample of the available customer support software:
| Help Center Live osTicket |
HESK Open Web Messenger |
Music/Video:
Keeping your content fresh and engaging is essential to attracting to clients. Include professional quality audio and video media on your site with ease using any of the software below.
A sample of the available music and video management software:
| kPlaylist ClipBucket |
Podcast Generator VidiScript |
JavaScript Libraries:
Softaculous also allows you to install many different JavaScript libraries with ease. Below are a few of the scripts that Softaculous offers.
script.aculo.us
script.aculo.us provides you with easy-to-use, cross-browser user interface JavaScript libraries to make your web sites and web applications fly. script.aculo.us is a set of JavaScript libraries to enhance the user interface of web sites. It provides an visual effects engine, a drag and drop library (including sortable lists), a couple of controls (Ajax-based autocompletion, in-place editing, sliders) and more.
jQuery
jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development.
Ext JS
Ext JS is a JavaScript platform that helps you build sustainable applications, and is best for rapid development of cross-browser web apps.
IMAP vs POP3 E-Mail
If you contact support regarding an e-mail problem one of the questions we will ask you is how you are accessing your e-mail. If you are using a client such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Mac OS X Mail, or any other modern e-mail application we will ask if you are using POP3 or IMAP for your incoming e-mail.
There are pros and cons to both methods, but with some careful consideration of what is most important to the user(s) you can make a (well) informed decision.
IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol
IMAP has seen a huge increase in everyday use within the past few years for several reasons.
- Pros:
- All mail is stored on the server.
- Messages will appear the same way every time you set up a new e-mail client, no need to move messages.
- You can switch between an e-mail client and webmail at any time and still have the same messages.
- If your computer crashes and you lose the data stored on your hard drive your e-mail is still safe, because it is stored on the server.
- Makes it easier to access your e-mail using a smartphone because the messages are not removed from the server.
- Cons:
- Your mail is only available on the server, so you may not be able to interact with old messages if you are unable to connect to the internet. Some mail clients have optional settings that can help with this problem, but not all of them.
- In the event of catastrophic server hardware failure you could potentially lose some e-mail (but you also have this same risk when using POP3 to download messages to your local computer).
- Folders may appear slightly different in your e-mail client using IMAP instead of POP3. This is because the folders are stored on the server instead of locally on your computer.
Most modern webmail interfaces use IMAP to display your account’s e-mail.
POP3: Post Office Protocol, version 3
POP3 is the third version of the Post Office Protocol, and is more commonly used by dial-up Internet Service Providers (ISPs) because POP3 tends to work better on slower internet connections. Instead of having the server do most of the work managing messages (IMAP) the POP3 protocol downloads the messages to the local computer and then manages them
on your computer’s hard drive. Some dial-up ISPs only provide POP3 e-mail access and do not allow IMAP connections.
- Pros:
- If you want to manage your e-mail through one main interface POP3 can put all of your messages in one place.
- Messages are stored locally so you can always access your e-mail, even when you can’t get online.
- Opening attachments is generally easier with most clients because the attachments are downloaded with the message simultaneously.
- Because your messages are downloaded to your computer your disk space limits are only defined by the size of your computer’s hard drive.
- Cons:
- Malicious javascript, viruses, and other malware has a better chance of infecting your computer because each message is 100% local.
- If your local computer has the only copy of your e-mail then you risk data loss if your hard drive fails and you don’t have proper backups. Servers usually tend to have better backups available.
- E-mail clients using POP3 can be set to leave messages on the server, but as your mailbox on the server grows in size it will take longer and longer for the client application to check for new e-mail (because it will have to check what it has download against what is on the server and then download the new messages).
POP3 is still the most commonly used e-mail protocol because of its simplicity when run in its most basic configuration and its age/reliability. The more complicated a protocol or service is the more likely it is to create more complex support situations.
Making Your Choice
Deciding which e-mail protocol is right for you is entirely dependent upon your needs and what you are doing with that particular e-mail account.
Strong cases for IMAP:
Strong cases for POP3:
These are just a few examples of when to choose each protocol. If you have any questions or would like our opinion regarding the best option for your particular situation please contact the XeonBD support department using the information below.
For a more technical overview of IMAP and POP3 please see the following recommended links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POP3
Logging In To cPanel Services
One of the most common questions new users ask is “How do I log in to my cPanel now that I have this fancy new hosting account?” In this article we will talk about logging in to cPanel and also how to log in to the various services provided by the cPanel software such as webmail.
Some basic terminology: The word cPanel can mean a couple different things. cPanel is the name of the company and the name of the software itself that can be installed to manage a web server. cPanel is also used to refer to a domain’s cPanel, meaning the cPanel interface for a specific domain.
Basic Domain cPanel Login
Domain-level functions such as creating e-mail addresses, ftp accounts, and many other domain related services can be found in the domain-level cPanel interface.
The login page for your domain’s cPanel interface can be reached using one of two browser addresses:
http://domain.com/cpanel
or
http://cpanel.domain.com
(be sure to substitute your domain name for domain.com)
Web Host Manager (WHM) Login
If you have a VPS or Dedicated Linux server running cPanel then you will need to access your server’s WHM from time to time. The WHM is used for server-wide configuration changes and controls all of the server’s functions that work with each domain on the server.
The login page for your server’s WHM interface can be reached using one of two browser addresses:
https://host.domain.com:2087/
or
https://host.domain.com/whm
(be sure to substitute your domain name for domain.com or just the main hostname of the server)
Webmail Login
The login page for your domain’s webmail interface can be reached using one of two browser addresses:
http://domain.com/webmail
or
http://webmail.domain.com
(be sure to substitute your domain name for domain.com)
Logging In By Port Number
Each one of the shortcuts above redirects to a port number on the server. Each port number is responsible for a different service on the server.
To use a port number, simply add a colon followed by the port number to the end of the domain name or hostname.
Webmail – 2096
WHM – 2087
cPanel – 2083
Login Options
Using any of the above shortcuts will take you to a browser based pop-up that will ask for a username and password. If you press the cancel button you will be taken to a login prompt that is in a page, not a browser pop-up. Once you are at this page you can bookmark it for future use.
An example of the web page based cPanel login screen:
(The orange text “WHM” in the example above will change depending on what specific login you are trying to reach (cPanel, webmail, etc))
Payment Method Updated
Important: Please note that the Bank Account details on our website have now been updated with our Dutch-Bangla Bank Account Details.
Now you can deposit the fees/funds for XeonBD/Xeon Software Limited’s service to any of the following bank account:
(1) Our Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited Account Details:
Account Name: Xeon Software Limited
Account Number: 148-110-4956
Bank Name: Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited
Swift Code: DBBL BDDH
(2) Our Brac Bank Account Limited Account Details:
Account Name: XeonBD
Account Number: 1514-2009-7487-1001
Bank Name: Brac Bank Limited
Swift Code: BRAK BD DH
(3) Our Standard Chartered Bank Limited Account Details:
Account Name: XeonBD
Account Number: 01-962-7480-01
Bank Name: Standard Chartered Bank Limited
Swift Code: SCBL BD DX
Note: For your convenience, we still accept payments from various payment methods so feel free to pay via any of our payment methods. Also those who are using our “Direct Bank-in To our Banking account” method please don’t forget to write your domain name/service id/customer id on the bank-in slip, then scan it and email to :: sales@xeonbd.com for immediate processing, please remember to email us the transaction transcript.
In case of renewal if we don't get it in time we'll not be able to renew your account on time, that may cause losing your domain & XeonBD/Xeon Software Limited will not responsible for it. So always renew your service at least 10 days prior to your expiry date.
For more details about this change, please visit our website
Setup google apps for your domain by yourself!
As we have been asking for by our users about how to setup google application on linux server (cPanel) for several times, that’s why this post is to let you know about google application. However you can say it as a do it yourself guide or tutorial for helping you to setup google application to work on your domain. What will be covered is only how to setup email.
Google application in a short: Google Apps is a service from Google for using custom domain names with several Google products. With Google Apps, you are able to setup your business email e.g. yourname@yourdomain.com to work with Gmail. Email Messaging and services have not been easier than this for business owners. For advanced configurations and setup, you may need an expert or have to be an expert on this service.
What is the benefit of moving email to Google?
Most small businesses are using the free email service for AOL, Comcast, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc… and this does not portray a professional image.
Well, come to the point:
Step 1:
Go to www.google.com/a and sign up for an account
If you already have a Gmail email you can use this account as the primary account to setup all the settings, or you can sign up for a new Gmail account
Step 2:
Setup Domain Details.
Your Name, Your Organization, how many users, etc…
Step 3:
Setup the Primary Master account
Step 4:
Setup What applications you want
For most of you your just going to want to setup Email and Calendar
Step 5:
The most difficult part is the Changes to DNS you will have to make.
These next steps below are copied directly from Google. They maybe a little different depending on various domain hosts.
- Sign in to your domain hosting company’s website using the username and password associated with your domain.
- Navigate to an MX record maintenance page. MX records are special DNS (Domain Name Service) records, and are often located under sections titled “DNS Management,” “Mail Server Configuration,” or “Name Server Management.” You may need to turn on advanced settings to allow editing of these MX records.
- Delete any existing MX records before entering new MX records.
- For each MX record, enter information according to the entries in the following table. You may not be allowed to enter the priority values exactly as they appear in the table below; in that case, simply ensure that the server addresses are prioritized in the same order as they appear in the table. (I.e. The priority ranking [1, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5] should work just as well as [1, 5, 5, 10, 10, 10, 10] so long as you keep the addresses in the right order.) If you’re asked to specify the type of each record you’re adding, enter “MX”.
- MX records often require the specific format of DNS records, including a trailing dot (”.”) at the end of any full-qualified domain names (e.g. “server.example.com.”)
Set any TTL values to the maximum allowed.
MX Server address |
Priority |
| ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. | 1 |
| ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. | 5 |
| ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. | 10 |
| ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. | 10 |
Hope this article will help you on this matter efficiently and we are pleased to announce that XeonBD's server supports google apps.
For more details please visit Google Apps admin help @ http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=22229&ctx=go#