So i installed DA, now what?

[Toontje]

Hi all!

I'm new to control panels so forgive me my ignorance.
I have installed DA and i like it a lot. I understand what it does, i understand the concepts or admin/reseller/client and the packages involved. Where i get lost is what the end-user has to do.

1. There is DNS on those boxes. Does that mean that the domains hosted on the DA server have to have their NS records pointing to the DA server? I assume so, but since i have only one DA box and i don't want to have the primary AND the secondary DNS pointing to the same box, what do i do?
I want to have the primary DNS for the domain to point to the DA box and the secundary DNS to point to a server in another location.
How to set this up and what will happen if my resellers add domains, will the secundary be automagically be updated? I assume not.

2. Suppose that my resellers want the control panel to be branded with their own logos. Do i have to create a separate skin for every reseller? Just for the logo? Or can the image name of the logo be configured to be the company name of the reseller (for example)?

3. I am translating the default interface. Everything that shows up in the HTML and JS pages is easy to translate. Where do i translate the texts that show up in e.g. CMD_ADMIN_SHOW?

4. If i want to add ASP (any suggestions for a good and cheap ASP platform for Linux?) to the box, will that affect DA? Is it possible to add an ASP checkbox in the Package Manager?


That's it for now. If this message belongs in another forum, please feel free to move it to the appropriate forum.

Thanks for the attention,

Ton.

[nobaloney]

Originally posted by Toontje
1. There is DNS on those boxes. Does that mean that the domains hosted on the DA server have to have their NS records pointing to the DA server?
That's the default, but if you know what you're doing with DNS, that's not a limitation.

I assume so, but since i have only one DA box and i don't want to have the primary AND the secondary DNS pointing to the same box, what do i do?
You set up DNS any way you want.

If you don't know how to set up DNS, that's the safest way to go at the beginning, though I do NOT recommend it.

There have been lots of threads here on how to set up slave DNS on another server and I'm not going to repeat myself, or others, here; do some searching. If you're going to be doing your own DNS, read a good book on the subject; incorrect DNS can make it impossible for anyone to reach you.

I want to have the primary DNS for the domain to point to the DA box and the secundary DNS to point to a server in another location.
How to set this up
Search the forum. The informatin is here.

and what will happen if my resellers add domains, will the secundary be automagically be updated? I assume not.
Your assumption is correct. You'll need to figure out a way to get the slave information into the foreign DNS server's /etc/named.conf file, and how to reload DNS on the remote machine. There's information on that here as well.

2. Suppose that my resellers want the control panel to be branded with their own logos. Do i have to create a separate skin for every reseller? Just for the logo? Or can the image name of the logo be configured to be the company name of the reseller (for example)?
Right now you'd need a new skin for each user, though all you'd have to change in the skin would be the logo.

This should change soon, as DA has committed to allowing logo changes.

3. I am translating the default interface. Everything that shows up in the HTML and JS pages is easy to translate. Where do i translate the texts that show up in e.g. CMD_ADMIN_SHOW?
I don't have any idea; hopefully someone else will respond. I do know it's been discussed before as well.

4. If i want to add ASP (any suggestions for a good and cheap ASP platform for Linux?)
Good: Sun makes one; it's called "Sun Active Server Pages; see:

http://wwws.sun.com/software/chilisoft/.

Cheap: apache::asp; see:

http://www.apache-asp.org/

to the box, will that affect DA?
apache::asp doesn't; I haven't tested with Sun Active Server Pages.

Is it possible to add an ASP checkbox in the Package Manager? no special facility to turn it on or off exists now; you could write your own add-on software and control it through your own skin, or ask for a new feature :) .

Jeff