Adding Sites

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You add sites when you want to set up an account and sell services to a user or a group of users.

To add a site:

1. Start the add site wizard .

Site Information

1. Provide the following general site information, then click Next.
   • Site Name. Required. The name of the site. Names have to be at least one character in length and they can include spaces. They cannot include HTML tags, however. Up to 128 characters are allowed.
   • Site Domain Name. Required. The domain name of the site. Enter the domain name in the following format: example.net. In addition to the top-level domain characters, such as .com, the domain name can be up to 63 characters in length.
   • Site login suffix. Required. A name that uniquely identifies the site. Up to 14 characters are allowed. This name is used in the site's login information, and is appended to the username of all users belonging to this site. For example, <username>@<loginsuffix>. Since the combined length of <username>@<loginsuffix> should not exceed 20 characters, ensure that the site login suffix is not too long.
   • Template. Optional. The template you want to use when adding the site. If you have added a template, you can select it from the drop-down list to pre-fill information on the add site wizard. Only enabled templates appear on the list; disabled templates are not available for selection.
   • Name. Optional. The name of the contact person at the site. Any input in this text box is valid. There is no character limit for the name.
   • Email. Required. An email address of the contact person at the site. This address is used when the system sends automated email messages about new accounts and resources. The address should use standard email format, such as username@example.com.
   • Phone. Optional. A telephone number at which you can reach the contact person. This number is for your information only; any input in this text box is valid.

Create control panel account

1. Create the administrator account by providing the following information, then click Next:
   • Administrator Name. Required. The name of the person who will use the site control panel administrator account. Names have to be at least one character in length and they can include spaces.
   • Username. Required. The username the administrator will type when logging in to the site control panel. The site's domain name is appended to this username. Usernames can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters in length, and they cannot contain spaces.
   • Password. The password the administrator will type when logging in to the site control panel. Password requirements
     

     The minimum length and complexity of passwords depend upon the system password policy set on the server. Please contact your service provider for these details. If specified, passwords are case sensitive, cannot contain spaces, and can be up to 47 characters in length. To increase security, passwords should contain both alphabetical and numerical characters. Allowed characters include: a-z A-Z 0-9 , . - _ / + $ : % @ \ = ? !

   • Confirm Password. Required if password is specified. The password retyped.
   • External Email. Optional. An email address at which you can reach the administrator.

Choose service options

1. Select the service options you want to enable for the site, then click Next.

   For more information about service options, click the links below to open the service-specific Help.

   

   Service-specific Help provides information about Windows Web Hosting or DNS service components.

   The General Help system, which you are viewing now, provides links to service-specific Help where appropriate. If there are no service-related links in a General Help topic, it might be that no services are available, or Help on the topic is unavailable for installed services.

   To access service-specific Help any time, click the links on the Help navigation panel in the lower left of the control panel.

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Verify site information

1. Verify the information about the site. To make changes, click Previous. To add the site, click Finish. The site is available for use as soon as it is added.

After you add a site, you can log in automatically to the site's control panel. If you supplied an email address for the site, an email message is automatically sent notifying the contact person that the site is enabled. See the Email templates page for more information about automated messages.

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