At no level of Helm are any users denied the
privilege of outstanding control, functions and
features.
Customers are no exception. Within a customer
account, several packages can be held of which each
can have more than one domain. This means that a
customer will only ever have to log into a single
account at one location no matter how many packages or
domains they may have.
Below are some more of the functions and features
that customers have available within their Helm
account. The control panel allows these functions to
be available to admins and resellers without having to
log out of one account and into another.
Add/Remove Packages
Customers are not just associated to a single
package. Within Helm a customer can purchase as
many packages from their reseller as they like. |
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Add/Remove Domains
Since a customer can hold more than one domain
within the single account, the added ability to
just remove a domain from a package and replace
with a new one is a well sought after feature for
customers. |
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Add/Remove Domain Registrations
Domain registrations are kept separately from the
hosted domains. This allows a customer to register
domains through their reseller, or resellers to
register domains through their admin without
having to setup the domain on the system first. |
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Add/Remove Additional Features
At any time customers can add and cancel
additional features such as web statistics,
databases and much more. |
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Billing
As a customer you are capable of viewing
outstanding bills, settle bills online where
appropriate or view previous invoices. |
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Internal Messaging
Customers can view internal messages from their
reseller or the administrators. Messages are
marked as 'Read' as soon as they are viewed so
that a customer can see messages that they have
not read before. |
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Manage Email Accounts
Admin, resellers and customers can add, update and
remove email accounts (POP3 accounts). The number
of email accounts available for a domain is set at
the package level. This means if a customer's
package has more than one domain the number of
email accounts are distributed among all the
domains. |
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Manage Email Forwarding
Admin, resellers and customers can add, update and
remove email forwarders. Like email accounts,
email forwarders can be controlled from admins,
resellers or customers. |
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Manage MRAs
MRAs (Multi-Recipient Addresses) allow a customer
to setup an address that will forward to one or
more email addresses. An administrator and
reseller can restrict the maximum number of
recipents to ensure this feature is less likely to
be used as a mail list. This feature is dependant
on the email server software installed. |
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Manage FTP Accounts
Admin, resellers and customers can add, update and
remove FTP accounts. FTP accounts can be set to
have specific read and write permissions. This
means a read-only or write-only FTP account can be
created at any time. |
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Manage ODBC DSNs
Admin, resellers and customers can add, update and
remove ODBC DSNs for MS Access, MS Excel, MySQL
(where appropriate) and MS SQL (where
appropriate). Because all database management is
controlled by Helm, adding ODBC DSNs is very much
straightforward. In many cases adding a new DSN is
as simple as typing the name of the DSN and
selecting the database from a list available to
the customer. |
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Manage Sub-Domains
Sub-domains allow users to use full host names to
access subfolders within their accounts, such as
forums.mydomain.com. This is a great alternative
when the customer doesn't need email etc for the
sub-domain, but just needs it for a few webpages
or files. |
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Manage Domain Aliases
Domain aliases will allow a customer to have
additional domains that map their website and
email for another domain. This is also a great way
of arranging a way for a customer to test out a
set up before a domain is pointing to the servers. |
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Manage Shared SSL
You can set up shared SSL accounts for the
customers domains. This will allow your customers
to provide their own scripts and ensure that they
are communicated with securely, such as credit
card payment forms, or downloading confidential
information. |
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File Manager
Helm provides a file manager that allows a
customer to access all of his disk space. This
even includes a WYSIWYG editor at no extra cost. |
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Database Manager
This feature provides a quick overview of the
databases that are installed for a domain. This
feature is planned to be extended in the future to
encompass full database management online. |
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DNS Zone Manager
Admin, resellers and customers can add, update and
remove zone records. Helm allows customers to
specify personal MX and Host (A) records for their
domains. |
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Manage MIME Types
Admin, resellers and customers can add, update and
remove MIME types. This allows a customer to add
additional services such as WAP should this not be
provided by default. |
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