


{"id":1559,"date":"2015-12-22T13:46:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T20:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2015-12-22T13:46:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T20:46:55","slug":"understanding-your-unlimited-web-hosting-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/22\/understanding-your-unlimited-web-hosting-account","title":{"rendered":"Understanding your Unlimited Web Hosting account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plesk-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"plesk\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plesk-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plesk-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plesk-1-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/plesk-1.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>So you setup an Unlimited Web Hosting account with XMission and\u00a0now your website is up but with a default template rather than your content. Yikes! You need to fix this but are completely confused as to where to log in to find anything and what credentials to use.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s make sense of it all.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4194\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/22\/understanding-your-unlimited-web-hosting-account\/unlimited_director_signin\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4194\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4194\" class=\"wp-image-4194 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/unlimited_director_signin-300x213.png\" alt=\"XMission Unlimited Hosting\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/unlimited_director_signin-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/unlimited_director_signin.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hosting control panel login.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Your XMission Unlimited Web Hosting account lets you host a lot of websites on a single account. It has a Control Panel where you set up your domains and sites, as well as\u00a0install applications.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4195\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/22\/understanding-your-unlimited-web-hosting-account\/unlimited_signin\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4195\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4195\" class=\"wp-image-4195 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/unlimited_signin-300x210.png\" alt=\"XMission Unlimited Hosting Login Screen\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/unlimited_signin-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/unlimited_signin.png 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unlimited Hosting Login Screen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To log in to the hosting control panel go to <a title=\"https:\/\/hosting.xmission.com\" href=\"https:\/\/hosting.xmission.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/hosting.xmission.com<\/a>. Here is where your confusion may start. What credentials do you use to login? With this account type it is commonly a variant of your primary domain as your &#8220;Username&#8221;. In this example we are using &#8220;xmlocal&#8221; for the domain &#8220;xmlocal.com&#8221;. Hit &#8220;Sign in&#8221; and the system will take you to the server your websites host\u00a0on and prompt you to enter both your username and password as created when you registered the account.<\/p>\n<p>That logged us into the control panel and the back-end system so we can manage things. When you need help understanding the control panel we have very useful wiki help pages at:\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/wiki.xmission.com\/Unlimited_Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.xmission.com\/Unlimited_Hosting\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/wiki.xmission.com\/Unlimited_Hosting.<\/a>\u00a0Note that in addition to the included documentation you will find information by clicking on the &#8220;?&#8221; in the top right of the control panel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1565\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/22\/understanding-your-unlimited-web-hosting-account\/hosting_xmission_helpbutton\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1565\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1565\" class=\" wp-image-1565 \" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/hosting_xmission_helpbutton-300x102.png\" alt=\"Control panel help.\" width=\"180\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/hosting_xmission_helpbutton-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/hosting_xmission_helpbutton.png 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Control panel help.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now that you have a basic understanding of the XMission hosting control panel let&#8217;s talk about managing your active sites on your hosting account as it is slightly different. Let&#8217;s say you have a WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal site. To work on the site, go to the login screen specific to the site and application.<\/p>\n<p>For example, most hosting customers prefer WordPress in which case your site login would be http:\/\/yourdomain.tld\/wp-login.php. If you used the one-click install or hired a consultant to setup your WordPress site, your login username most likely <span class=\"s1\">matches the hosting\u00a0panel login\u00a0<\/span>and utilizes\u00a0a <a href=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/password\" target=\"_blank\">secure password<\/a>. Inside WordPress it is possible to go in and update settings such as different admin names, associated accounts, templates, and themes. In other words, a default theme\u00a0is established to get the site running.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you are in the control panel with\u00a0the application running\u00a0for\u00a0your website, you can edit away! To add or migrate a WordPress site to your XMission control panel try this <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.xmission.com\/WordPress\" target=\"_blank\">handy tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once\u00a0your site becomes popular, or you need help with customer applications, you may\u00a0outgrow the shared hosting service. Don&#8217;t worry though as we have you covered. XMission <a href=\"http:\/\/xmission.com\/cloud_hosting\" target=\"_blank\">Managed Cloud<\/a>\u00a0is the perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p>XMission Hosting accounts provide basic, domain-based email services, but they are somewhat generic and count against measured resources on the account. Organizations with enhanced email and collaboration requirements benefit\u00a0from\u00a0our <a href=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/zimbra\" target=\"_blank\">business email<\/a> solution.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading and please feel free to ask any questions by posting in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Connect with me on LinkedIn, john801\" href=\"mailto:john@xmission.com\" target=\"_blank\">John Webster<\/a>, VP of Business Development and Zimbra Email Product Manager, has worked at <a title=\"Go, XMission!\" href=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">XMission<\/a> for 20 years doing his favorite thing: helping companies communicate with\u00a0customers\u00a0through\u00a0technology to grow their\u00a0business. When he\u2019s not uncovering <a title=\"More Zimbra tips from John\" href=\"http:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/?s=zimbra&amp;searchsubmit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">Zimbra\u2019s secrets<\/a>\u00a0you might find him in our beautiful Utah mountains. \u00a0<a title=\"Connect with me on LinkedIn, john801\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/john801\" target=\"_blank\">Connect with him on LinkedIn today!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you setup an Unlimited Web Hosting account with XMission and\u00a0now your website is up but with a default template rather than your content. Yikes! You need to fix this but are completely confused as to where to log in to find anything and what credentials to use. Let&#8217;s make sense of it all. 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