> Resources

Below is a list of resources that you may find helpful. If you don't see what you are looking for here, email us at support@marketrends.net or call and our support team will be happy to assist.

> FTP and FrontPage Access

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Hostname: ftp.yourdomain.com
Username: your assigned username.
Password: your assigned password.


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Folder Name: http://www.yourdomain.com
Username: your assigned username
Password: your account password.

> Enviroment Variables

General files paths

Base directory path: /www/htdocs/yourdomain/  (note: omit the domain extension i.e. .com, .net, .org etc...)
Sendmail path: /usr/sbin/sendmail
Date path: /bin/date
Perl path: /usr/bin/perl
Python path: /usr/local/bin/python
MySql Hostname: mysql.marketrends.net

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HeidiSQL. You can download the demo here.

Web stats for your domain is located in the /stats/ folder and can be viewed from your
web browser by typing in the following address,

Location: http://www.yourdomain.com/stats/
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Email Control Panel for your domain is located at the /_admin/ and can be viewed from
your web browser by typing the following address,

Location: http://www.yourdomain.com/_admin/
Password: your user password

Webmail can be accessed by visiting the following web site address.
Location: http://mymail.marketrends.net/

Requires the settings as follows.
Username: usernameXXXX (xxxx meaning the 4 digit number assigned to your account)
Password: the password that you assigned
Web Site Address: yourdomain.com (do not include the www)

If this is the first time using webmail, you will want to visit the options section once logged
in and adjust your personal information and the account settings.

> Email Settings

General email settings,

The default configurations uses a wildcard,  this means that you can use anything you like as your email address, Example: john@yourdomain.com or debbie@yourdomain.com will be collected in your email catchall account, or forwarded to an alternate address elsewhere. This is of course based on your request when we setup the domain account.

POP incoming email: mailX.marketrends.net (x identified by the server your site is hosted on mail, mail3, mail4, etc...)
SMTP outgoing email: relay.marketrends.net (port 25 or 2525)
Account: your username
Password: your account password.