Posts Tagged ‘godaddy’

Create FTP users on Godaddy free products

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

前文讲到 Godaddy 随域名附送的免费空间非常强大,不嫌广告烦的话,做个个人网站绝对没有问题。

既然可以建网站,就可以作文件服务器,支持 FTP,能自助创建多达50个 FTP user。

Create FTP user in Godaddy hosting account

Create FTP user in Godaddy hosting account

Godaddy hosting account username / password 本身也是 FTP account。如果是合作伙伴要求上传或下载文件,当然不可以把自己的 username / password 告诉别人,应该分别为他们创建单独的帐号。Godaddy 需要十几分钟完成帐号同步,所以要等帐号状态从 Pending Setup 到 Setup 才能用。

Godaddy PR girl

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
godaddy-girl

Godaddy PR girl

Godaddy 形象小姐笑得越来越吸引人了,Godaddy offer 也越来越吸引人了。$40 就可以省20%,可惜暂时不想买它什么服务。

Eu domain registrant details now free to change

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

男怕入错行,女怕嫁错郎。

我选域名注册商也曾选错,非常的麻烦。其中一个注册商是 lycos,它一关闭,我费了周折转到了 godaddy,但 eu 域名修改注册人要额外收费 19.99 美金(不知是不是 eu 域名的特殊性?其他注册商收不收这费?)。我主要想修改注册人邮箱,很久以前留的是 lycos.co.uk 的邮箱,再也无此服务了。想想这 19.99 美金被收得挺冤的,lycos 的关闭又不是我的错,所以我就拖着没改,快两年了。

最近因为要购买 SSL 证书,要用注册人邮箱激活。于是我只好去改了,进了 godaddy 一看,它竟然让我免费修改!地址、电话、邮箱都可以免费修改,但涉及公司名和注册人名更换仍收取 19.99 美金。

我赶紧把所有的 eu 域名中留有 lycos 邮箱的都修改成最新的联系方式。顺便还改了不正确的地址——原始数据被填入津巴布韦某某省,我可从来没有提交过这个地址,看看 eu 域名的管理系统也是 bug 多多。

Make best use of Godaddy Free Products

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

我不算一个好顾客——很挑剔,但可以算是 Google, Godaddy 和 Tesco 的忠实顾客,因为他们的产品或服务几乎无可挑剔——又扯远了。

我要讲的是如何把 Godaddy 购买域名后的免费赠品用足用好。Godaddy Free Products 有 Free Hosting, Free Blogcast 和 Free Photo Album。虽然我另租 1&1 的服务器,但 Godaddy 这么客气,我想不要浪费了人家的热忱。再说,在  Godaddy Free Products 上搞搞实验,物理上跟生产服务器隔绝,用得也心安。

只是 Godaddy Free Products 既然是免费的,同时广告也来了。拿它来建商业站点肯定是不合适的,就是自己人搞实验对着广告也烦。有没有办法去掉?我稍作搜索就有答案:可爱的 css 发挥一下

#conash3D0 {display:none; }

因为答案来得太容易,没有我发挥的空间总不心甘。于是我又想,我每装一个软件都要去改 css,太烦;有些 一键安装的产品(比如 Free Blogcast 和 Free Photo Album)也不允许我改 css,怎么办?答案是 user css。以 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 for Fedora 11 为例,具体做法是:

打开 /home/{myusername}/.mozilla/profile.ini,看里面说的 profile path 是什么,通常是跟 profile.ini 同级的一个目录,名字是 {randomchars}.default。

在 /home/{myusername}/.mozilla/{randomchars}.default/chrome 目录下新建一个 userContent.css,内容是:

#conash3D0 {display:none !important; }

使用 !important 只是保证这条规则的优先权,对付目前 Godaddy 的广告条,不用也可以。因为不在服务器端动手脚,恐怕 Godaddy 到死也不会意识到它的广告被屏蔽了。万一它改进 javascript 来探测广告条的 display 状况,那 user 再换一条规则:

#conash3D0 {position:absolute !important; left:-10000px !important}

也是一样效果(你的显示器不会大于 10,000 pixels 吧)。不过 Godaddy 不会有时间整天琢磨这些玩意,所以有两条规则备用足以。

以此类推,对付 Godaddy Blogcast 广告,可以使用:

iframe.adFrame, div.adBanner { display:none !important; }

对付 Godaddy Photo Album 广告,可以使用:

div#wrapper div iframe { display:none !important; }

至于其他浏览器怎么建 user css,我摘抄一段前人讲的

Internet Explorer for Windows

1. Create a .css file in a convenient location using Notepad.
2. Tools menu, Internet Options, General tab, Accessibility button.

Opera

1. Create a .css file in a convenient location using Notepad.
2. File menu, Preferences, Page Style.

Godaddy has entered Europe

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

这个月定了 Godaddy 的一台 vps,发现 Account Type 那一栏跟上个月不一样——Virtual Dedicated – EU,多出一个 EU。

我想可能 Godaddy 在欧洲某国建了一个 data centre,或者合作搞了一个。查了一下分配给我的 IP,是荷兰的。

我经常抱怨 Godaddy 的网络慢,或许 Godaddy 也意识到了,或许 Godaddy 的网络在美国不慢,而在欧洲慢,Godaddy 想改善一下?

Connection speed of sourceforge

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Connection speed of the Godaddy server is generally slower than the 1&1 server. It was test proven from Europe and China. However, when connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net, Godaddy is faster.

The Godaddy server automatically chooses the mirror site softlayer.dl.sourceforge.net, and the average speed is 8.55M/s. The 1&1 server chooses dfn.dl.sourceforge.net, and the speed is 70K/s. When I force the 1&1 server to download from softlayer.dl.sourceforge.net, the speed does not improve. It is slower even than I download from my PC via ADSL.

I do not know why there is such a big difference in connection speed from different locations.

Preinstalled package groups of a hosting server

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Godaddy CentOS:

Installed Groups:
MySQL Database
Editors
System Tools
Text-based Internet
Legacy Network Server
DNS Name Server
FTP Server
Network Servers
Web Server
Windows File Server
Mail Server
PostgreSQL Database
Yum Utilities

1&1 CentOS:

Installed Groups:
DNS Name Server
Editors
Legacy Network Server
Legacy Software Development
Legacy Software Support
Mail Server
MySQL Database
PostgreSQL Database
System Tools
Text-based Internet
Web Server
Yum Utilities

I switched Godaddy dedicated server to VPS

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

原来在 Godaddy 的独立服务器到期没有续费,昨天我重新订了一台 VPS。其实,这台 VPS 也是并没有大用,只不过预算只能花给 Godaddy,权当是测试 Godaddy VPS 的性能吧。

使用 Godaddy 的服务两年多,总体感觉满意,尤其满意 Godaddy support 响应比较及时。然而,如今我的资源不一样了,看问题的角度也不一样了,如果重新选择 server 或 VPS service provider 的话,Godaddy 这类名气大的不会是我的首选。一些规模相对较小,或者只是 reseller 级别的 ISP 成了我的首选。只是 reseller 良莠不齐,需要仔细甄别(以前不会甄别,所以只好找 Godaddy 求个省心)。

Godaddy VPS 可以定制,但挑选余地不大,而且没有 64 位 OS(如果我可以把钱花在别的地方的话,这可以是淘汰 Godaddy 的一个因素)。

VPS 到手以后,我先装了 vnc server(纯属研究,恐怕没人会拿 VPS 当 remote desktop用吧)。从 VPS 到 vnc server,除了正常的 vnc server 安装步骤,还需要 yum groupinstall "X Window System",否则登录后是灰屏。GNOME 可以不装,使用 Twm,较 light weight。如果不喜欢,那就 yum groupinstall “GNOME Desktop Environment”

1and1 support is not professional

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

I am quite happy with Godaddy’s product and service. However, virutalisation time is coming and my current dedicated server is not fast enough. Instead of going back to Godaddy for a VPS, I choose 1&1 as my new supplier.

1&1 offer a slightly better price than Godaddy, but the cost saving is not the incentive of my switching supplier. I trust Godaddy better than 1&1. I think many people feel the same, which makes Godaddy has too many customers. It in turn overloads Godaddy’s servers. (Not efficient and responsive Godaddy’s servers forced me to learn a lot about CLI, which is good for me.)

My reason of being a 1&1 sounds odd. Anyway, I am now a 1&1 customer. But they disappointed me on the first day after purchase.

Before my purchase, I called 1&1 support asking how to order additional IPs because their standard checkout does not have this option. I was told I could order additional IPs after logging into my 1&1 account management (of course I have to purchase and get account open first).

When I got account open, I could not find a link to order additional IPs. So the first support ticket to 1&1 support is “how can I order additional IPs”. Then the reply is “no, 1 VPS can only have 1 IP”!

I have to write to them again to get IPs.

The good thing is the IP coming with 1&1 VPS is UK based. I prefer UK IP to US IP for GEO SEO reasons. Before my purchase, I asked 1&1 support “will I get a UK IP” and was told “no, because all VPS are located in America”. So, why I get a UK IP eventually?

eu domain transfer

Monday, March 16th, 2009

最近被 Lycos.co.uk 搞得够呛。它突然洗手不干了,估计是因为经济危机的关系。一个不想继续经营的公司服务质量是无法保证的,而且连个 complain 的地方都没有!

我用到 lycos 的地方并不多,但还是在域名转移上有点麻烦。有几个 eu 域名委托 lycos 注册时,lycos 把联系人邮箱填为我的 lycos id,这个 id 已经无效了。而我一直认为 eu 域名转出需要原注册商的配合,所以反复请求 lycos 支持,而 lycos 爱理不理。事实上并不需要 lycos 配合。现在无暇去研究这个转移模式是否合理,能转成功已经谢天谢地了。

以转到 godaddy 为例,godaddy 称之为四部曲:

  1. Initiate
  2. Authorize
  3. Accept/Decline
  4. Completion

前两步几乎是同时完成的,只要在 godaddy 账户里点点鼠标就可以,第三步比较关键,但 godaddy 说

The transfer is waiting for the customer to accept it at the losing registrar. If the customer does not accept the transfer at the losing registrar within 5 days, the transfer will be accepted automatically.

这么说默认是 Accept 。如此很好,只要等上 5 天,域名就到 godaddy 账户项下了。