Hi I'm new ..

[MsCrocodile]

Hi everyone

Ok I'm new at this so please forgive me for asking maybe some silly questions.

I'm about to sign up with hostgater and was wondering..

I will be getting a forum up and running (phpbb 3) and was wondering once i upload the file will i be able to edit to change color schemes and some mods after i upload it ?

Also, After i upload i don't want the site active just yet as i said above i need to make some mods before going public. So will it be active ?

I have domain name which i registered with whois ( Very nice outfit whois) which i have to point to HG .

Thanks and sorry if silly questions but I'm brand new at this .

Ms C

[MsCrocodile]

Originally Posted by Serra

As far as those questions go, what hosting company you use will not effect those issues. The answer is yes, you will be able to edit.

The site will be active when you upload it, but as no one will know about, I wouldn't expect traffic right off the bat.

WOW That was fast ..Thnaks !

If it's going to be active can up put up a message something along the lines like " Forum to be open on such and such date "

Yes some people will know about it and i don't want to put up a unfinished forum (Well the way i want it) and have people surfing it until done.

Thanks

Ms C

[gwyneth]

Most fora have a variety of administrative settings, which may include options for "under construction", or the effective equivalent, not visible at all to non-members.

[MsCrocodile]

Originally Posted by gwyneth

Most fora have a variety of administrative settings, which may include options for "under construction", or the effective equivalent, not visible at all to non-members.

Great and Thanks !



Ms C

[MsCrocodile]

Ok I signed up for a baby account for one year (%20 discount kool) and used paypal.

Everything went fine but it never took me to paypal to ok it.

I clicked on link for billing (Modernbill) and checked my account and it said

Invoice Stats:
My Invoices: [1]
Total Paid: [0] $0.00
Total Now Due: [1] $95.52

It shows i still owe the money. Is there another step I'm missing ?

thanks !

Ms C

[gtgeorge]

Originally Posted by MsCrocodile

Ok I signed up for a baby account for one year (%20 discount kool) and used paypal.

Everything went fine but it never took me to paypal to ok it.

I clicked on link for billing (Modernbill) and checked my account and it said

Invoice Stats:
My Invoices: [1]
Total Paid: [0] $0.00
Total Now Due: [1] $95.52

It shows i still owe the money. Is there another step I'm missing ?

thanks !

Ms C

Click the PayPal link on your invoice....

[MsCrocodile]

Originally Posted by gtgeorge

Click the PayPal link on your invoice....

My invoice ..well it's too late now and it never gave me that option.

When signing up i clicked on paypal but nothing came up and the order just went thru.
. So now what do i do ?

No email with a invoice and can't sign in with the name i chose.

[Keith W]

I had a similar situation when I signed up, in the invoice the pay by paypal button didn't work.

However there is another button on the invoice for paying by paypal, the subscription one, I clicked on that and it all went through OK.

Check your invoice and see if you have two paypal buttons, if you do click on the one that says subscription.

[MsCrocodile]

Originally Posted by Keith W

I had a similar situation when I signed up, in the invoice the pay by paypal button didn't work.

However there is another button on the invoice for paying by paypal, the subscription one, I clicked on that and it all went through OK.

Check your invoice and see if you have two paypal buttons, if you do click on the one that says subscription.

Yes I went back to modernbill and signed in and figured it out. Hostgater should make this clearer as there is no instructions on this.

Here's the email they sent after placing order.The instructions aren't very clear at all. It should say go here and click this and that like you just explained. Almost 2 hours wasted trying to figure this out.

Thnaks

MS

Thank you for choosing Hostgator.com as your web hosting provider. This email confirms that we have received your order.

If you have already submitted payment, your account will be setup within 20 minutes. If you have yet to make payment you may do so by going to https://secure.hostgator.com/billing and logging in with primary email address / password specified at time of signup.

Once setup you will receive an email notification with your account information. If you fail to receive this email please check your spam / junk email folder. If you still don't have it please contact sales@hostgator.com with another email address we can send to.

Please note that setup for semi dedicated accounts may take from 2-8 hours setup time.

Thank you,
HostGator.com Sales Team

[Keith W]

Glad you managed to get it sorted out

[MsCrocodile]

Originally Posted by Keith W

Glad you managed to get it sorted out

Thanks Keith for your time

I Still don't have access to ther other threads/forums. I emailed wesley (Sticky) and he said it was ok now that i was whitelisted now.(Not so)

So I emailed him again so lets see .

Thanks again

MsC

[MsCrocodile]

I forgot to mention that everything went thru(Payment) and received emails from HG saying so.

So just waiting on access to full forum.

MsC

[MsCrocodile]

Well i already forwarded dns from my register to HG and i understand that can take 12-48 hrs (No big deal thats normal)

Still no access to the other forums ..Oh well.

MsC