According to a recent article, hosting companies charge $25 or more to set up a new email account.

Well, that's just rubbish. You can easily create a new email account yourself; it takes all of 2 minutes. In fact, you can do all sorts of things yourself - and we'll show you how.

Please bear in mind, that this only applies to you if your web hosting account is with GAWD Productions. You always access your control panel by typing "yourdomain.com/menu" in your browser address bar. You will then be prompted to enter your user name and password, which you received when your account was set up.

Below are a few video tutorials to help you find your way around your Hosting Control Panel (CPanel). The videos will open in a new browser window and you can use the movie contols on the video to back up, rewind, stop, etc.

And, if you can't get it to work on your own - give us a call! That's what we're here for. And no - it won't cost you anything extra.

Shortcuts

• Accessing your Control Panel from your desktop
  Create shortcuts to frequently used areas in your CPanel

Email

• Email Accounts
  Create, delete, change quota, etc.
• Forwarding Your Email
  Send a copy of all mail from one email address to another.
• Auto-Responders
  Set up an Out-of office Reply

Account Management

• File Manager
  Easily upload, edit, or delete files from your web server
• Redirecting Your Domain
  Redirect (forward) your entire domain or just certain files to a different address
  
• Changing Your Password
  Change the main password on your hosting account

Note: All of these videos (and more) are available right in your control panel - look for
Preferences » Video Tutorials at the top.