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SAFEGUARD YOUR REGISTRATION NUMBER AND PASSWORD:

The Web Control Panel controls all aspects of your Aplus.Net service – from domain registration to web hosting. As such, it is critical that you do not share your initial Registration Number and Password with anyone you don’t completely trust – including web developers or web development firms!

Your initial registration number and password gives you unrestricted access rights to the Control Panel. By giving this information out, you risk compromising the security and the integrity of your domain and Web site - now and in the future. For example, a malicious person could take over or give the domain to someone else.

HOW TO CREATE A LIMITED ACCOUNT FOR YOUR WEB DEVELOPER:

The additional FTP accounts have limited access, and can only access the directory you specify as a home directory and any directories contained within that one. They also cannot access the email and website management tools in the control panel or the account billing information. You can give one of the additional ftp accounts to a web design company, customers or employees who need to upload files.

Here is how to create an Additional FTP Account (Unix-Based plans only):

Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
Select Web Hosting from the top navigation bar.
Next, select FTP Accounts and click on Manage FTP Accounts.
Click on create additional for the particular main FTP username you wish to create an additional FTP account for.
Enter a username into the FTP Username field.
Enter a password into the Password field.
Re-enter your password into the Confirm Password field.
Specify the highest directory that you want to grant this user access to in the Home Directory field.
Click Create to add a new FTP user. Click Cancel to escape.

Important: For the Home directory field, leave this field as “/” to give your web developer publishing rights for your whole site, or specify a certain folder/section of your web space if you want to restrict access. Do not grant access to your main html folder as this will take the ownership from your main ftp account and may cause certain services not to work properly.

HOW TO REMOVE ADDITIONAL FTP ACCOUNTS THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED:

If you part ways with anyone you have created an FTP login for, it is important that you remove their FTP access.

Here is how to remove an Additional FTP Account (Unix-Based plans only):

Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Web Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
Select Web Hosting from the top navigation bar.
Next, select FTP Accounts and click on Manage FTP Accounts.
Click on the delete link associated with the FTP account that you’d like to remove. It is located in the Additional Options column.
Finally, click Remove to confirm or Cancel to escape.