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Introduction:
 I.Accessing
the Control Point Control Panel
Ia:
Login Screen
II.
The Home Screen
IIa:
Typical Title Bar
IIb:
The Navigation Menu
IIc:
The Heads-Up Display (HUD)
IId:
Work Area
This document serves as an online assistant for all aspects of ControlPoint. You
may bring up this document at any time by selecting the (DOCUMENTATION) button
located at the top of your screen. You may also access areas of this document
relative to a specific topic by selecting the (?) buttons located throughout ControlPoint.
ControlPoint is provided to facilitate the configuration and management of
your hosted web site. You may use this facility to set various site options, check
your access logs, add email accounts, and even manage your databases. ControlPoint
is designed to be extremely easy to learn and use. However, it is also a very
powerful piece of software, and even if you have experience with other control
panels, it is highly recommended that you completely read through this document.
I. Accessing the ControlPoint Control Panel.
To access ControPoint, you must use the URL and login information provided
with your account. If you have entered the URL correctly, you should see a login
screen (IA).
IA: Login Screen
To authenticate yourself, enter
the Domain Name, Username, and Password provided with your account, then click
on the Enter button. If you incorrectly entered any information, the system will
display the appropriate error message in the space below the Title Bar. If you
have correctly entered all the information, you will log into the Home Screen.
II. The Home Screen
The Home Screen is representative
of most screens within the ControlPoint Control Panel. In addition to the Title
Bar (IIa), most screens within the ControlPoint Control Panel also contain a Navigation
Menu (IIb) and the Heads-Up Display (Iic). IIa:
Typical Title Bar
You will find a similar Title Bar on every ControlPoint
screen. From the Title Bar, you have access to critical functions, such as online
documentation, contact information, and a convenient link to the Home Screen.
Once you have logged in, you will also buttons for logging out and for registering
new domains..
IIb: The Navigation Menu
The Navigaion Menu
allows you to access all the functionality of ControlPoint. Simply select the
appropriate menu item to immediately take you to that particular function. Like
most web-based software, ControlPoint is stateless, meaning that you do not always
need to return to the Home Screen when you are finished with one task. Using the
Navigation Menu, you may jump to any task from anywhere. As the name implies,
think of the Navigation Menu as your roadmap to all the features of ControlPoint.
Each of the Navigation Menu items is further discussed in the following sections
of this document. Before we leave the Home Screen entirely, there are two other
areas of the Home Screen to examine. The first is located immediately below the
Navigation Menu and is known as the Heads-Up Display (IIc), or HUD for short.
IIc: The Heads-Up Display (HUD) You
will find the HUD on every screen there is a Navigation Menu. The HUD provides
you a quick synopsis of your main ControlPoint settings.
IId: Work Area
The remainder of the area on the Home Screen is known as the Work Area. Each of
the screens within ControlPoint will have a different Work Area relative to the
function being provided. As the name implies, the Work Area is where most user
interaction will occur. On the Home Screen, the Work Area provides information
and news relative to ControlPoint.
IMPORTANT:
This Work Area of the Home Screen periodically changse, so make sure you scan
it for important news each time you utilize ControlPoint.
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