How to order your new hosting plan
from PCAidhosting.com?
First decide what your particular hosting needs are and which plan
fits you better. The next step is to click on the order link
under the plan table on our PCAidhosting.com
Home page or go to our domain
hosting/registration shopping cart and view/compare your choices. The
order link will take you to the product details page where you can
then select the terms of you hosting plan and input your registered
domain(s) that you wish to host with us. If you want to host
multiple domains (ie. parked or addon domains) with us list the main domain
and you can input the rest in your control panel.
Why do prices increase when selecting
shorter hosting length?
We are providing hosting at very low prices
and we have to cover the billing and transaction
fees associated with the frequent billing
of the shorter hosting plan lengths.
Buying in bulk usually allows us to pass the savings back to
you.
What should we expect after an
order is submitted?
You will receive a copy of receipt page
through the email used for ordering.
Once the payment processing is completed
(usually within 24hrs) your account will
be created. At this point you will
receive an email containing:
Username
Password
Nameserver
IP Address
The customer would now change
the nameserver information for their domain at their current domain
registrar. (this will usually be ns1.pcaidhosting2.com and
ns2.pcaidhosting2.com).
Remember that domain propagation usually takes about 48-72 hours
to complete. During
this time you can access your web site by using your assigned IP address with your Username:
Example shown below
http://IPAddress/~username
FTP access is also now available
using the IP address given in initial email & the
remote directory set to public_html/ with the
username and password also provided in the email. At this
point files can be uploaded to your account.
After Domain propagation is complete you can visit you site using
your domain name and also connect to your ftp account through your
domain name: ftp.your-domain-name.com with your given
username and password.
Domain Registration:
How to order a domain registration?
Visit our domain
hosting/registration shopping cart and search for a domain that fits your needs. The
order link will take you to the product details page where you can
then select the terms of you domain(s) that you wish to register with us.
How to transfer a domain?
Visit our domain
hosting/registration shopping cart and click on the Transfer
icon. Follow the order process to begin transfer of domain(s)
that you wish to register with us.
How to manage domains you registered with us?
Visit domain management
(http://domains.pcaidhosting.com) login with your username and
password. Username is usually the email address used during
your initial order. Be sure to select the correct ROLE under
the password, most of you will be customers, but our resellers will
have to be sure to select "reseller".
Account Features:
What is Cpanel?
Cpanel is your individual control panel where you can manage almost every aspect of your hosted domain. From email account manager to website stats provided by
Urchin, Awstats and Analog. This is a very powerful feature of our hosting, who else gives you One-Click Backups (entire site or just the database)
and One-click restore.
Login to your cpanel by going to http://your-domain-name.com/cpanel
What is PHP?
There are two major scripting languages used for websites. One
is PHP and the other is ASP through Microsoft Windows Web Hosting. We
offer PHP since our servers are powered by Redhat Linux Operating
Systems. Our servers currently have PHP 4.3.8 and will only
be updated when new releases are deemed stable and have been tested.
What is MySQL and phpMyAdmin?
MySQL is the worlds most popular database server. It's popular due to performance and features. From your control panel you can open phpMyAdmin
which is a program to edit, update, manage or import data into your tables in your MySQL database.
