For users on shared accounts, and even some VPS and Dedicated customers, many of the DNS, webmail and other account settings will be similar.
Nameservers:
ns1.blackchickenhost.com
ns2.blackchickenhost.com
ns3.blackchickenhost.com
ns4.blackchickenhost.com
Email:
Until DNS propagates, you can access your email via webmail here if you are on the parsnip server (if not, substitute your server name for parsnip.blackchickenhost.com:)
http://parsnip.blackchickenhost.com:2096
After DNS propagation, you may also use:
http://yourdomain.com:2096
Of course, you'll need to put in your actual domain name before the :2096.
Use your full email address to log in, and the email password for that account.
Checking Your Website Before DNS Propagation Occurs:
To access your website on our servers before DNS is pointed to us, please read this tutorial on setting up a local hosts file:
Setting Up a Hosts File for your Local Computer
Uploading Content:
Prior to DNS propagation, you can SFTP to your server name, for example:
parsnip.blackchickenhost.com
port: 22 (this may differ per server)
Username: Your cPanel username, included in your Welcome Email
Password: Your cPanel password, also included in your Welcome Email
After DNS propgation, you can FTP to:
ftp.yourdomain.com
Accessing cPanel:
Prior to DNS propgation, you may access your cPanel control panel here:
https://parsnip.blackchickenhost.com:2083
Username: Your cPanel username, included in your Welcome Email
Password: Your cPanel password, also included in your Welcome Email
After DNS propagation, you may access it via:
https://yourdomain.com:2083
Note: When accessing https URLs that do not match the hostname (as in when using your domain name to access cPanel,) your web browser will alert you that the SSL does not match your domain - it is safe to proceed through these warnings.
