Web Hosting

With Runbox Web Hosting you can host your web site on Runbox' servers on a domain name you already own. Runbox Web Hosting includes a wide range of applications such as blogs, wikis, content management systems, and more. Please see Web Hosting features for details.

Setting up your account

1. Click Web Hosting in the Account sub-menu to open the Web Hosting administration panel.
2. Enter the name of a domain you own or administer in the domain input field, and continue to step 3.
   If you don't own a domain you can still host your web pages by using a sub-domain of our domain web.runbox.net. Simply enter a name of your choosing in the "Create a Runbox subdomain" box to set up yoursubdomain.web.runbox.net, and skip to step 6.
3. Runbox will set up the Web Hosting account for you automatically. This can take a few minutes, after which we will email you the details of your account. The email will look something like this: Web Hosting Setup Email
4. You will need to update the DNS settings for your domain to point to the name servers for the Runbox Webhosting servers.
5. When the DNS update for your domain has propagated through the internet (usually within a few hours) you will be able to log into your Runbox Web Hosting account from your own domain name (see below for how to log in right away).
6. To manage your Web Hosting account you will log in at www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/ (or yoursubdomain.web.runbox.net/cpanel/) with your Web Hosting username and password (which might differ from your Runbox login details).

You can access your account before the DNS changes have updated by addressing the cPanel application directly. Use the IP address specified in the email you received and add ":2082" to the end (e.g. http://174.133.205.219:2082). You will get a cPanel login. Entering your Web Hosting username and password will get you logged in.

You can preview your web site before changing the DNS settings by entering this URL in your browser's address bar: http://www.runbox.net/~yourusername -- replacing "yourusername" with the Web Hosting username provided in the email that was sent to you.

Once in your cPanel Web Hosting control panel you have a great number of options on what to do. The hosting package includes support for a wide range of web applications (check under Fantastico from the main cPanel screen), several web programming languages (e.g. Perl, PHP), and a MySQL database.

You can find out more about all the features and functions in the cPanel documentation.

Uploading web pages

If you have some simple web pages that you just want to quickly get uploaded to your site to see what it looks like then here are a few simple steps:

1. In your browser enter: yourdomain.com/cpanel (or yoursubdomain.web.runbox.net/cpanel if you set up a subdomain)
2. Enter your Web Hosting username and password at the prompt.
3. Select File Manager from the cPanel screen.
4. Find public_html in the left side panel and click on the little folder icon to the left of public_html. The top folder icon in the left panel should now say /public_html/(Current Folder). This is the public folder that is accessed when people enter your domain name in a web browser.
5. To upload files to this folder click Upload file(s) in the left side panel. The file uploaded allows you to pick files from your computer (using the Browse buttons) then upload them to the folder (using the Upload button).
6. Make sure one file has the name index.html or index.htm. This will be the HTML file that is displayed when someone types your domain name without specifying a specific file name (e.g. http://yourdomain.com).

Now you should have a functioning web site!

Advanced: Adding SPF records

To improve the legitimacy of messages you send from your domain at Runbox, you can add SPF (Sender Policy Framework) records to your DNS settings. This will decrease the likelihood of email you send being caught as spam by the receiving service. Please see our SPF? help page for more information.