1984 Hosting Knowledge Base
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<body> <h2>Frequently asked questions (FAQ)</h2>
<div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide1” class=“hide” id=“hide1”><b>Do I pay for one year in advance or one month at a time? </b></a> <a href=“#show1” class=“show” id=“show1”><b>Do I pay for one year in advance or one month at a time??</b></a> <div class=“list”> <p class=“excerpt”>You pay for one, two or three years in advance. If for some reason you want to quit before the end of the period you can cancel your hosting and ask us to refund the remaining months. </div> </div>
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<div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide2” class=“hide” id=“hide2”><b>How do I pay for the hosting and other service?</b></a> <a href=“#show2” class=“show” id=“show2”><b>How do I pay for the hosting and other service?</b></a> <div class=“list”> <p class=“excerpt”>All payments are made from within the users <a href=“https://www.1984hosting.com/“title=“Go to Control Panel now!”>Control Panel</a>. You can pay with Creditcard or Paypal. </div> </div>
<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=”#hide3” class=“hide” id=“hide3”><b>Where can I see my payment history? </b></a> <a href=“#show3” class=“show” id=“show3”><b>Where can I see my payment history? </b></a> <div class=“list”>
<p class="excerpt"> You go to <a href="https://www.1984hosting.com/" title="1984 now!">1984hosting.com</a><br>
→ <strong>Login</strong><br> → <strong>Control Panel</strong><br> → In the upper right corner you can see your username next to the flag<br> → Press your username to get a drop down menu<br> → press <strong>Bills</strong>. </div> </div>
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<div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide4” class=“hide” id=“hide4”><b>How much space is included with shared hosting?</b></a> <a href=“#show4” class=“show” id=“show4”><b>How much space is included with shared hosting?</b></a> <div class=“list”>
<p class="excerpt">1984 hosting offers unlimited hosting space for web sites, MySQL databases and e-mail.<br />
See 1984 ehf <a href=“https://www.1984hosting.com/tos/” title=“Go to TOS now!”>Terms Of Service</a> 1984 ehf. </div> </div>
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<div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide5” class=“hide” id=“hide5”><b>Can I migrate my website and e-mail over to 1984hosting?</b></a> <a href=“#show5” class=“show” id=“show5”><b>Can I migrate my website and e-mail over to 1984hosting?</b></a> <div class=“list”> <p class=“excerpt”>If your current hosting provider does allow it then in most cases we can migrate your website and e-mail to our hosting. Website that can't be migrated are for example sites made in proprietary programs. </div> </div>
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<div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide6” class=“hide” id=“hide6”><b>Can 1984hosting do the migration?</b></a> <a href=“#show6” class=“show” id=“show6”><b>Can 1984hosting do the migration?</b></a> <div class=“list”> <p class=“excerpt”>Staff at 1984 Hosting Company can migrate your web site for a modest fee. Please contact us for more information via 1984@1984.is </div> </div>
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<div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide7” class=“hide” id=“hide7”><b>How do I change my e-mail password?</b></a> <a href=“#show7” class=“show” id=“show7”><b>How do I change my e-mail password?</b></a> <div class=“list”> <p class=“excerpt”> → Log in at <a href=“https://www.1984hosting.com/” title=“Go to control panel now!”>Control Panel</a><br> → Click on the blue button to the right <strong>Goto Control Panel</strong><br> → Click on <strong>Email Accounts</strong> at the top<br> → Find the e-mail you want to change and click on <strong>Edit</strong> to the right<br> → Enter the new password twice and save<br> You can also change the password inside our web mail interface at <a href=“http://vefpostur.1948.is” title=“Go to 1984 Webmail now!”>vefpostur.1984.is</a>. Log in with your e-mail and password. You press the rack-wheel (settings) up to the right and there you should find <strong>Password</strong> on the left. </p>
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<div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide8” class=“hide” id=“hide8”><b>How do I get a backup of the Database?</b></a> <a href=“#show8” class=“show” id=“show8”><b>How do I get a backup of the Database?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> → You log in to your user account at management.1984hosting.com and press “Goto Control Panel”. <br> → Press “Manage SQL”.<br> → You find the Database user and to the right you can click PhpMyadmin<br> → You will be mysteriously transfered to the phpMyadmin panel and from there you can click on “export” at the top and safe the file on your computer.. </div> </div>
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<div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide9” class=“hide” id=“hide9”><b>How to add a subdomain or Domain Alias?</b></a> <a href=“#show9” class=“show” id=“show9”><b>How to add a subdomain or Domain Alias?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> → You log into the<strong> <a href=“https://www.1984hosting.com/signin/”>Control Panel</a></strong><br> → Click on the blue button <strong>Goto Control Panel</strong><br> → Click <strong>Domains</strong><br> → Below you have the options <strong>Add Subdomain</strong> and <strong>Add domain Alias</strong></p> </div> </div>
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<div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide10” class=“hide” id=“hide10”><b>How to set domain forwarding?</b></a> <a href=“#show10” class=“show” id=“show10”><b>How to set domain forwarding?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> You log in to your user account at <a href=“https://management.1984hosting.com”>management.1984hosting.com</a> and click on the blue button <strong>Goto Control Panel</strong>. Next you press <strong>Manage domains</strong> at the top. Find the domain alias and click on <strong>Change</strong> to the right. From there you can enable forwarding and type in domain in the box. If you want to forward the main domain in (not domain alias) then you need to create a .htaccess document with the following code:<br>
RedirectMatch ^/$ http://newdomainsomething.xxx
<br> And then upload the document to the htdocs folder via ftp program of your choice.
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<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide11” class=“hide” id=“hide11”><b>Sending mail from my website does not work?</b></a> <a href=“#show11” class=“show” id=“show11”><b>Sending mail from my website does not work</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> Sending mail through php mail() from the website has certain limits. We recommend usin SMTP mail function and have it sent through mail.1984.is with username and password. Using an existing e-mail you have with 1984.</p> </div> </div>
<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide12” class=“hide” id=“hide12”><b>How many MySQL databases can I have?</b></a> <a href=“#show12” class=“show” id=“show12”><b>How many MySQL databases can I have?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> As many as you need. There is no limit.</p> </div> </div>
<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide13” class=“hide” id=“hide13”><b>How do I change the name servers for a domain purchased through 1984hosting.com?</b></a> <a href=“#show13” class=“show” id=“show13”><b>How do I change the name servers for a domain purchased through 1984hosting.com?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> Only employees at 1984 can change the name servers. Please send an email to 1984@1984.is with information about the name servers you want the domain to be pointed to.</p> </div> </div>
<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide14” class=“hide” id=“hide14”><b>How do I buy a new domain?</b></a> <a href=“#show14” class=“show” id=“show14”><b>How do I buy a new domain?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> You go to <a href=“https://www.1984hosting.com/“title=“Go to1984hosting.com now!”>1984hosting.com</a> → Click <strong>Login</strong><br> → Choose <strong>Control Panel</strong><br> → Click <strong>Products</strong><br> → Choose <strong>Register domains</strong><br> → Follow the instructions to buy the domain.</p> </div> </div>
<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=”#hide15” class=“hide” id=“hide15”><b>Can I check my e-mail online?</b></a> <a href=“#show15” class=“show” id=“show15”><b>Can I check my e-mail online?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> Yes you can: You go to <a href=“https://www.1984hosting.com/“title=“Go to 1984hosting.com now!”>1984hosting.com</a><br> → Click <strong>Login</strong><br> → Choose <strong>Webmail</strong><br> → Log in with your email and password.<br>
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<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=”#hide16” class=“hide” id=“hide16”><b>Can I have an online shopping site?</b></a> <a href=“#show16” class=“show” id=“show16”><b>Can I have an online shopping site?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> Yes and you have many options as long the eCommerce system can run on Linux/Apache web servers. You can also use SSL if needed.</p> </div> </div>
<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide17” class=“hide” id=“hide17”><b>I don't want to renew a domain or hosting. What do I do?</b></a> <a href=“#show17” class=“show” id=“show17”><b>I don't want to renew a domain or hosting. What do I do?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> You go to <a href=“https://www.1984hosting.com/“title=“Go to1984hosting.com now!”>1984hosting.com</a><br> → There you will see a list of all your 1984 services<br> → Under <strong>Autorenew</strong> you untick the services you don't want to renew.<br> → If you cancel all your 1984 services you migt also want to delete your <strong>Payment methods</strong>:<br> → Click <strong>Payment methods</strong><br> → Click the red <strong>Delete</strong> button to remove a payment method.<br></p> </p> </div> </div>
<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=”#hide18” class=“hide” id=“hide18”><b>How do I delete my hosting or domain?</b></a> <a href=“#show18” class=“show” id=“show18”><b>How do I delete my hosting or domain?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”>
You can delete all extra hostings, subdomains and email adresses in the Control panel.<br> Your main webhosting is deleted aproximately three month after the service is cancelled.<br> If you want to close and delete your services instantly you need to send an email from your contact email address to 1984@1984.is.</p>
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<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide19” class=“hide” id=“hide19”><b>What the do you mean by “e-mail associated with hosting”?</b></a> <a href=“#show19” class=“show” id=“show19”><b>What the do you mean by “e-mail associated with hosting”?</b></a></b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> 1984 takes the privacy of it's customers very seriously. Therefore we only answer questions and queries if they originate from the contact email of the user registered in our systems.<br> If you need assistance or support, please make sure you send your request from the correct email address. The email registered when the user account was created is that e-mail.</p> </div> </div>
<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide20” class=“hide” id=“hide20”><b>How do I create new e-mails?</b></a> <a href=“#show20” class=“show” id=“show20”><b>How do I create new e-mails?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> → Go to 1984hosting.com<br> → Click<strong>Login</strong><br> → Select <strong>Control Panel</strong><br> → Click <strong>Goto Control Panel</strong><br> → Select <strong>Mail</strong><br> → Click <strong>Add emai</strong> account<br> → Fyll in <strong>Usernam</strong>e the part you want to be in front of @<br> → <strong>Domai</strong>n name select the domain if you have more than one<br> → <strong>Passwor</strong>d if the measurement bar becomes green you have a good password<br> → Click <strong>ADD</strong><br> → Then go to <a href=“https://vefpostur.1984hosting.com/“title=“Go to1984hosting.com webmail now!”>1984hosting.com</a> to see if everything is working<br> → <strong>Usernam</strong>e is the email address you created<br> → <strong>Passwor</strong>d your powerful password<br> If everything is OK, you can set up an e-mail client, such as Thunderbird for example. </p> </div> </div>
<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=”#hide21” class=“hide” id=“hide21”><b>How do I create an Out of Office Reply? (auto-reply)</b></a> <a href=“#show21” class=“show” id=“show21”><b>How do I create an Out of Office Reply? (auto-reply)</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> → Go to 1984hosting.com<br> → Click<strong>Login</strong><br> → Select <strong>Control Panel</strong><br> → Click <strong>Goto Control Panel</strong><br> → Select <strong>Mail</strong><br> → Click <strong>Enable</strong> below the email address you want to create an auto-reply for<br> → Fill in your message and click <strong>Activate</strong> <br>
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<p> <div class=“row”> <a href=“#hide22” class=“hide” id=“hide22”><b>How do I set e-mail forwarding?</b></a> <a href=“#show22” class=“show” id=“show22”><b>How do I set e-mail forwarding?</b></a> <div class=“list”><p class=“excerpt”> → Go to 1984hosting.com<br> → Click<strong>Login</strong><br> → Select <strong>Control Panel</strong><br> → Click <strong>Goto Control Panel</strong><br> → Select <strong>Mail</strong><br> → Click <strong>Edit</strong> far to the right of the email address you want to forward<br> → Fill in the email to forward to (use comma or new line for more than one address)<br> → Click <strong>Update</strong>.
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