Dear Reseller
As mentioned earlier, LB’s Mail Forwarding Service will be added to their suite of FREE Services on the 6th of September. We have listed below some more updates that you need to make a note of:
Launch Details and Downtime Window
SuperSite Changes
PartnerSite Changes
API Changes – Updates
| Launch Details and Downtime Window |
LAUNCH DETAILS
Date: 6th September, 2009
Time: 6:00 UTC
Estimated Duration: 3 hours
Affected Systems: API, SuperSite, PartnerSite, Control Panels
Note:
- The Control Panels will not be accessible during the downtime
- The functioning of existing Mail Forwarding Packages will not be affected
- The maintenance will not affect the resolution of websites hosted on our servers
| SuperSite Changes |
If you or your Resellers have customized any of the below mentioned SuperSite pages, please ensure that you take a backup or save a copy of the current customizations across the following files:
Homepage:
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Homepage » Includes » Domainblurb.html
Sidebar:
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Sidebars » Sidebar_domain.html
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Sidebars » Includes » Sidebar_domain_section.html
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Sidebars » Includes » Sidebar_free_services.html
Product Pages:
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Products » Features » Free_services » Free_services.html
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Products » Common » Free_services_blurb.html
SuperSite Main Menu:
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit Main Menu » Menu_data.js
Note: In case you or your Resellers have translated the SuperSite content, the updated/modified pages listed above will need to be translated as well.
Once the changes are made at our end on the 6th of September, you will need to update your customizations to the above pages through the SuperSite Admin Area.
| PartnerSite Changes |
Common:
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Common » Footer » Footer.html
Homepage:
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Homepage » Index.html
Miscellaneous:
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Misc » Signup » Signupnow.html
Products:
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Products » Features » Free_services » Free_services.html
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Products » Pricing » Pricing.html
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Products » Product_catalog » Product_catalog.html
Sidebars:
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Sidebars » Includes » Sidebar_free_services.html
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit/Translate Content Pages » Sidebars » Includes » Sidebar_products_partnersite.html
PartnerSite Main Menu:
- Dashboard » Manage Site » Edit Menu » Menu_data.js
Note: In case you or your Resellers have translated the PartnerSite content, the updated/modified pages listed above will need to be translated as well.
Once the changes are made at our end on the 6th of September, you will need to update your customizations to the above pages through the PartnerSite Admin Area.
| API Changes – Updates |
Changes to the Existing API:
- All existing methods pertaining to Mail forwarding under the Domains Kit will be deprecated
- A new method activateMailForwardService will be introduced
- To manage Mail Forwarding packages you will need to use the Manage Services Servlet
Activating Free Mail Forwarding on a Domain:
You will need to call the “activateMailForwardService” method in the Domains Kit in order to activate Free Mail Forwarding. You will need to include the OrderID of the Product associated with the Mail Forwarding Service when making this call.
For example: If the Mail Forwarding Service is associated with a Domain Name Registration Order, you will have to pass the OrderID of that Domain Name as the parameter while calling the “activateMailForwardService” method to activate the Mail Forwarding Service.
Managing Packages through the API:
To manage the Free Mail Forwarding Service through the API, you will need to use the ‘Manage Services Servlet’ as detailed here for the Free DNS Service: http://manage.netearthone.com/kb/servlet/KBServlet/faq1236.html
The URL for the ‘Manage Services Servlet’ will be:
http://<Your_Control_Panel_Branded_URL>/servlet/ManageServiceServletForAPI
Once the Free Mail Forwarding Service is live, we will accept the following parameters (i.e. orderid, loginid, product) hence the final URL will be:
http://<Your_Control_Panel_Branded_URL>/servlet/ManageServiceServletForAPI?loginid=<loginid> &orderid=<orderid>&product=mailfwd
The following changes will be made to the required parameters:
1) As mentioned before, the OrderID of the Product associated with the Mail Forwarding Service needs to be used as the parameter for the API call. For existing orders that are not associated with any other Product, the OrderID of the existing Mail Forwarding Order will have to be used.
2) You will need to pass an additional parameter product with the value as mailfwd