WCP (Windows based Control Panel)

How To Login To My WCP Control Panel

1. To manage your domain, login to the WCP Control Panel, using the details below
2. URL: https://wcp.hostek.com/
3. Username:
4. Password: ** same as your cp.hostek.com password **

• You can also login to the control panel through your billing control panel https://cp.hostek.com/clientarea.php

1. Click on 'My Services' 'Click the small Green arrow on the the notepad to the right'
2. Now click the Login to Control Panel Icon

Adding Additional Control Panel Logins

• This will allow you to set up additional control panel logins for you or for others involved in editing or managing your account. You can limit the Permissions or options available for them to manage.

1. Login to the WCP Control Panel, using the details below
2. URL: https://wcp.hostek.com/
3. Username:
4. Password: ** same as your cp.hostek.com password **
5. Click on the Control panel Logins tab, then click on the Add icon.
6. Put the "Username, Password and if you want them to have Limited Permission.
7. If you want them to have Limited Permission then check the Limited Permission box. This will load a dropdown where you can select what privlages they have to manage.
8. Once you are done click the Save icon at the bottom of the screen.
9. Once it has bee added you or they can login by going to https://wcp.hostek.com/Login.aspx and using the username and password that you set for it.

FTP Accounts

• Adding or editing FTP accounts.

1. click on the FTP Accounts tab.
2. To edit one click on the little Pencil Icon to the left, to add one click on the Add FTP User tab.
3. If you are adding one you will set the Username:, Password: and folder then click the #Click on the Save Icon.

File Manager

• Basic File Operations, file uploading and editing now supported- Zip, GZip, and Tar Archive support.

1. Click on the File Manager icon, then the Login icon on the next screen.
2. To create files or Directory's outside the WWW root folder right click and click on the Create File or Create Directory option.
3. Click the Continue Icon to add this.
4. To add/edit files in the WWWroot click on the wwwroot file.
5. once you are in you can add, edit or delete by right clicking and clicking on the options given.

DNS Editor

• To create a new DNS record

1. Click Add DNS Record button
2. Enter Name for record (If DNS record name is your domain name please leave this Name - text box blank as the control panel will automatically add your domain name)
3. Choose the Record type (A, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, SPF, SRV)
4. Enter Data Type
5. Generally leave the TTL (Time To Live) as the default 86400
6. Click on the Save Icon.

• The DNS editor will also allow you to update the DNS for your domain.

1. To update an existing DNS record click the Pencil icon next to the record you would like to update.
2. You will then be able to change the Name of the record, the Type of record, Data of the record, and Time to Live.
3. Once updated Click on the Save Icon.

Sub Domains

1. Click on the Sub Domains icon
2. Click "Add" sub Domain button
3. Enter sub domain name in Name text box. This will automatically populate the Folder text box to a folder with the same name as the subdomain.
4. If you wish this Subdomain to point to a different folder you can click on the folder icon and choose the directory you would like your Sub Domain to point to.
5. Click on the "Save" Icon.
6. This will create the sub domain record within your domains DNS zone,

• If the domains name servers are not pointed to us you will need to manually create this record where your domains DNS is hosted.

Domain Alias

• This will allow you to point 2 domains to the same website. How to create a Domain

1. To create a domain alias you will click on the Domain Aliases icon
2. Click Add Domain Alias button
3. Enter your Alias Name
4. Click on the "Save" Icon.

• You will need to be sure that your Domain Alias has been registered and has the name servers pointed to the name servers found beneath the Site Details icon.

Email

• Below is information on how to manage your email account within the WCP.

Email Users

• Allows you to create Email users as well as log directly into users Webmail account

1. Click Users icon
2. Click Add Email User button
3. Enter email user name (Example: if you need the email address "admin@domain.com" enter the user "admin")
4. Enter password for Email user (**See note below regarding password requirements)
5. Enter Display name (Usually set to the name of the person using the specific email account)
6. Choose if you would like this user to have administrator rights
7. Choose mail box size limit for this specific user
8. Click on the Save
9. NOTE Password requirements

• Minimum Length 6 Characters
• Must include Uppercase
• Must include Lowercase
• Must include Number
• Must include Special character
• Password cannot match username

Edit existing Email user

1. Click Users icon
2. Click pencil icon next to user to update
3. Update information
4. Click Save

Web mail

1. Click Login button next to user you would like access the mail for

• Web Mail Provides links to access the Webmail program as well as to access mail before domain propagation to our mail server

1. Click Web Mail icon
2. If domain is propagated and pointed to our mail server you can click the webmail link to access the SmarterMail webmail log in screen.
3. If you domain has not yet propagated to our mail server click the "Pr-Propagation Web Mail" link to access the SmarterMail webmail log in screen.

Mail Forwarding

• Allows you to set up an email alias.

1. Click on the Forwarding button
2. Enter Alias name
3. Enter address for email to this Alias to be forwarded to
4. Click on the Save Icon