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This article details the settings you need to be aware of to use various aspects of our web and e-mail hosting services. Generally this is intended for advanced users, however we always offer any help we can - please ask if you need it.

Useful Website Addresses

Client Centre Login http://clients.focuswebdesign.com.au/
Webmail Login http://webmail.focuswebdesign.com.au/

Access to CPanel, your web hosting control panel, is provided through the Client Centre.

Domain Nameservers

Primary ns1.focuswebdesign.com.au 150.101.195.20
Secondary ns2.focuswebdesign.com.au 204.10.37.69

If you require more nameservers, we also provide a backup DNS service. Please see the hosting pages or contact us for more details.
If you are running your own DNS, please notify us so we can make you aware of any changes.

Mail Settings

Incoming (POP3) Server mail.focuswebdesign.com.au or mail.yourdomain
Outgoing (SMTP) Server mail.focuswebdesign.com.au or mail.yourdomain
Login Name yourname@yourdomain
Password as set in your control panel

Please ensure you are using your full e-mail address as your login name. SMTP authentication will need to be switched on to use our SMTP servers. If you experience problems sending e-mail, you may need to try your ISP's SMTP server.

FTP Settings

FTP Server Address ftp.focuswebdesign.com.au or ftp.yourdomain
Username your client login username
Password your client login password

If you are using an additional FTP account as set up in your control panel, your username will be yourname@yourdomain.

MySQL Settings

MySQL Hostname localhost or mysql.focuswebdesign.com.au
Username client username_database username
Password as set in your control panel
Database client username_database name

To access your MySQL database remotely, you will need to add your IP address as an access host in the online control panel.

Server Paths

Document Root /home/yourusername/public_html/
Perl /usr/bin/perl

Software Versions

We always run the latest stable, production environment release of the software packages we use. Latest version numbers and other details can be found on our hosting pages.