RISC became its own independent Web Host in Sept 2004, having been Greennet customers for about 15 years. Whilst we still support the aims of Greennet and reccommend their services, the move allows us to manage our own account - saving money whilst affording a higher service level at the same time.

We are now in a position to share that experience and to offer similar discounted packages to businesses and organisations who wish to support our aims and take advantage of a great web hosting deal at the same time.

We also offer great value connection packages from our partner PC-Q

ISP services, easy flexible ways to connect to the internet

Details on how to use your RISC internet package.

RISC Internet resell internet accounts bought from www.hostroute.co.uk - a company that guarantees 99.9% uptime for your site and is providing hosting services in 50+ countries worldwide.

Six steps to make your website work for you!
Full instructions and support are available on line to manage your self service package. Users of RISC ISP share their skills and networks to both promote and support each other: making the best professional services available to community and voluntary sector organisations at rock bottom prices.

Full supporting information is available at http://www.hostroute.co.uk

We always aim to meet with a new service user to help you plan your site and to access the many features of this package like chat rooms, mailing lists, shopping cart facilities, sub domains, email boxes and much more.

The Internet is by far the cheapest and potentially the most effective and available communication tool ever - aim is to help anyone working for a global view on social change get thir message across. KEEP GOING! You are now only six steps away from making so much more from your own website.

1. Register your domain - or maybe you have done already, you can do this cheaply at (www.nameroute.co.uk) or any number of others, but this one is well priced and there are no restrictions or catches, their domian names come with a free 10 or 20 mb hosting package - so if this is all you need then stop there, and follow their set hosting arrangements.

2. Set the DNS Address. IF you decide to join RISC internet and get get our full discount package then all you need to do is inform us of your intentions then this bit is crucial to making your new site work; instruct the domain registrars to point your domain to the RISC DNS address (domain name servers) which are:
ns5.bulkdns.co.uk
ns6.bulkdns.co.uk

3. Cpanel - It will take a couple of days for your new DNS address to populate across the internet but once it has become active everything will be accessible via the control panel and for your package: www.yoursite.com/cpanel, you will be supplied with an account name and password to access the site via the control panel.

Manage all the site content and features via this easy to use control panel, click on logo for a demonstration

3. Email: You have up to 200 pop3 boxes available - these are the compatible with most email browsers. like outlook express etc and via webmail.

Create mail identities easily more using the cpanel

2 ways to access your mail:

Via webmail from anywhere in the world,
http://www.yoursite.com/webmail
email log in:
user = me@yoursite.com,
email pass for above account = mypass

or in your email package - like outlook express,
To create new account with these settings: (tools/accounts/add/mail)
user = me@yoursite.com,
pass = mypass
incoming mail pop3 = mail.yoursite.com
outgoing SMTP = mail.yoursite.com

4. FTP access
File transfer protocol or FTP is a bit of software that lets you see the files on your web server and to upload new ones. You can also do this via the control panel file manager application but FTP software is more versatile and user friendly. There are excellent free ones available like ws_ftp and others.

Set your FTP account settings to:

Host name and address: ftp.yoursite.com
Pass =uRSeCREtpaSs
Leave account blank.

5. Billing and Support
This SELF SERVICE service package is provided to you in goodwill and in the spirit of mutual support and solidarity, service guarantees are provided by Hostroute.co.uk and not RISC itself, and where possible RISC will assist you to develop your site, however ultimate responsibility for faults lies with yourselves and the support service provided by Hostroute. http://www.hostroute.com/supportcentral/index.html

The full 500 mb Internet Service Package that we are offering normally retails at £146 per annum for an account, however via RISC we are able to offer the same service from £50 per year, with our additional support service, to help you learn to manage and make the best from your own site.

6. Website design and content management
Your host supports microsoft frontpage extensions and is highly compatible with most other website design packages like dreamweaver etc.
It is of course your responsibility to design and update your site however a content management service is also available via RISC ISP from £25 p.h. and by joining us you are joining a forum for mutual support and promotion.

Mill Green Solutions, are our project partners and are IT and database specialists - they offer special rates for RISCisp members

Thanks for visiting us!

Best wishes

Steve
isp@risc.org.uk

500mb Hosting packages
from £50 per annum

Domain registration from £14 per annum
-including .co.uk & .org.uk

For more details please contact us:

internet@risc.org.uk

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