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

• In the Membership section:
  • Change your password for your Bravenet account by selecting the Edit Password button.
  • Change your account information by selecting the Edit Info button. Note that this will not change the information associated with your domains.
  • View your transactions by selecting the Transactions button.

• In the Web Hosting section:
  • View your Bandwidth and your Disk Space.
  • 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.
  • Free users only: Upgrade your hosting service by clicking on the word "Free" at the top of this section
  • Pro users only: The account expiry date of your hosting package is shown at the top of this section.
  • Pro users only: Renew your hosting service by selecting the renew option next to your hosting expiry date.

• In the Web Tools section:
  • Customize Web tools by selecting the name of the tool you wish to customize, or selecting the icon to the right of the tool's name.
  • Add Web tools by clicking the icon to the right of its name.

Websites

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

Actions

• Build a website by selecting Build a new website option.
• If you are building a Frontpage site, use the New frontpage site 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 - ALL the files on your website will be deleted, and are NOT recoverable! Ensure you have a backup, just in case!

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 Register a domain option.
• If your domain is registered elsewhere, you can register it for use with Bravenet using the Add external domain option. Using this option does not transfer management of that domain to your Bravenet account - it just points at your Bravenet website.
• To Transfer a domain so that you can manage it through your Bravenet account, select the Transfer a domain option.
• To change the contact information attached to your domain, chose the Manage domain contacts option. This information has to be kept up-to-date.
• You can also redirect domains to point to another address, or manage existing redirections with Setup domain redirection.
• 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 New e-mail address.
• Create a e-mail forwarding account by selecting New e-mail forwarder.
• Create a group e-mail address by selecting New e-mail group.
• 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 - consider backing up your e-mail first!

FTP

To load files onto your website, or back up your data from your website, you'll want to use FTP. You can use a third-party FTP application, or you can use our FTP applet. Either way, you need to create a FTP account on this pane first.

Actions

• Create a new FTP account using the New FTP account option.
• Once you have created an FTP account, you can use our FTP applet, edit your FTP account, change your FTP password, or delete your FTP account using the appropriate icons in the "FTP Accounts" section.
• If you wish to use a 3rd party FTP program, you'll need information from this screen.

Databases

This tab is where you can create and manage databases. These options are only available for professional users.

Actions

• Create a new MySQL Database using the New MySQL Database button.
• Directly access official PHP and MySQL documentation by selecting the appropriate link.
• Manage your database with phpMyAdmin by selecting the icon to the right of the database to manage.
• Delete a database by selecting the icon next to the database to delete. WARNING: Deleting a database will result in ALL information in that database to be deleted! Ensure you have a backup, just in case!

Resources

We've collected a large number of useful articles, tutorials, and guides for our users. Check out this section for everything from html advice to photography tips, from site promotion ideas to free software.

Actions

• Browse through the categories that interest you.
• The resource menu on the left of the screen can be used to quickly navigate to a specific category.

Help

If you are having problems, this is the place to look!

Actions

• Access our various forums to share ideas, tips, and solutions with other Bravenet members.
• Contact our support staff by opening a support ticket.
• You can access this wiki from here as well.