Dashboard

The Bravenet account manager is our custom tool for managing all aspects of your account - everything from changing your password, to creating a new website, to managing your domains, along with many more tasks, can be accomplished from the account manager.

To access the account manager, you need to log in to your Bravenet account. If you do not have an account, it's easy to get one!

All the articles related to the account manager can be found in the account manager category page - check there for more detailed information about any of the options.

Sections

You can easily access any section using the navigation tabs on the top of the page. Make sure you're logged in, otherwise these options will not be available! More detailed information on each section is available - just click on the appropriate header below.

Account

This page provides an overview of your account - what websites you have, which tools you have registered, and your personal information is all listed here.

Actions

• Change your password for your Bravenet account by selecting the button.
• Change your account information by selecting the button. Note that this will not change the information associated with your domains.
• View your transactions by selecting
• Access the Website manager for a registered website by either clicking its name or using the icon next to the website you wish to edit.
• Customize Web tools by selecting the name of the tool you wish to customize.
• Add Web tools through the button.

Free Users Only

• Upgrade your hosting service with the button.

Pro Users Only

• Renew your hosting service by selecting the button.
• The account expiry date of your hosting package is shown directly above the button.

Websites

This tab contains all the options you need to build and manage a website.

Actions

• Build a website by selecting .
• If you are building a Frontpage site, use the option instead!
• Access the Website manager for an already registered website by either clicking its name or using the icon next to its name.
• View a website you have created by clicking the icon to the right of the website that you wish to view.
• Delete a website by selecting the icon. WARNING - READ THIS before deleting your website!

Web Tools

We have dozens of web tools available for use on your websites. Most of these tools have both a free and a pro version. This tab is where you can manage your webtools - you can register any combination of web tools you wish here.

In addition, once you've registered a web tool, you can find more information on it and customize it to suit your website and your needs by selecting it out of the list.

Actions

• Register a web tool by selecting it from the "Unregistered Services" list.
• Manage a registered web tool by selecting it from the "Registered Web Tools" list. Find more information about each webtool at the web tools category page.
• Upgrade a free web tool by selecting the "upgrade" option in the service level column next to the tool name.
• Renew a pro web tool by select the "renew" option in the service level column.

Domains

This tab is where you register, transfer, and manage domains.

Actions

• Register a new domain by selecting the option.
• If your domain is registered elsewhere, you can register it for use with Bravenet using the option. Using this option does not transfer management of that domain to your Bravenet account.
• To Transfer a domain so that you can manage it through your Bravenet account, select the option.
• To change the contact information attached to your domain, chose the option. This information has to be up-to-date.
• You can also redirect domains to point to another address, or manage existing redirections with
• To manage DNS settings, manage nameservers, or view and change your domain secret code, click on the name of your domain in the "Manage Domains" list.
• You can also renew a domain, lock/unlock a domain, or enable/disable domain privacy by selecting the appropriate option on the right of the domain you wish to edit.

E-Mail

You can create e-mail accounts attached to your Bravenet account. These e-mail accounts can be accessed using our webmail utility, or through your favorite e-mail client (such as Outlook or Mail.app).

Only professional users can use the Bravenet e-mail services.

Actions

• Create a new e-mail account by selecting .
• Create a e-mail forwarding account by selecting .
• Create a group e-mail address by selecting .
• Check your e-mail in your web browser by clicking the icon next to the e-mail account you wish to check.
• Change your e-mail group or e-mail forwarder options by selectin the next to the name of the account you wish to adjust.
• Change the password of an e-mail account by selecting the icon next to the appropriate account.
• Delete an email account, forwarder, or group by selecting the icon next to the name of the account. You WILL lose all the e-mail stored on Bravenet servers that is associated with that account.