Error – Hexadecimal value 0×13, is an invalid character

The error “hexadecimal value 0×13, is an invalid character” is known to happen in DotNetPanel with Windows Server 2008 when web.config file has been modified incorrectly or completely replaced. This is because IIS 7 uses the web.config to store it’s entire settings and any incorrect modifications or complete replacement to this file will cause the this error to happen

To resolve this please follow the below steps:

1. Make a note of all the virtual directories created for the website (virtual directory name and pointing path)
2. Remove the web.config file from the File Manager.
2. Delete the website from within DotNetPanel. (This will NOT delete any files of the website).
3. Re-add the website.
4. Setup all the virtual directories again.

After your Reseller Hosting account is created, your main account will have it’s own Control Panel CPanel/WHM/DNP/Helm, just like all the other web hosting accounts you’ll create for your customers. However, the difference between your main account and all the other accounts, is that your main account will be given Reseller Privileges. You will have your own reseller interface called Web Host Manager (WHM)/DNP (Dot Net Panel)/ Helm which are what you’ll use to manage your web hosting business: create hosting accounts, set storage space and bandwidth limits, suspend/unsuspend accounts, and much more.

Set-up Web Hosting Packages

While creating packages, you’ll want to decide exactly what you want to provide in the web hosting plans you want to sell. You’ll have to decide things like:

* How much storage space and bandwidth to allocate to each account.
* How many email accounts to allocate to each account.
* How many FTP accounts, Parked domains, Subdomains, Addon domains, and MySQL DBs to allocate to each account.
* How much are you going to sell your web hosting plans for.

Once you’ve decided all these factors, you may login to your WebHost Manager and setup packages. Packages make creating new web hosting accounts much quicker and convenient, because you’re essentially pre-defining all the above variables, so that you only have to choose a package name when creating an account.

How to change/update email id password in DNP

* Login into DNP Control Panel
* Click on User Spaces Name
* Click on Mail -> Accounts
* Click on Your Mail Account Name
* Enter password, Mailbox Size Limit and another details (optional)
* Click on Change Password Check Box
* Click on Save

1. Sign in to DotNetPanel.
2. Open Account Home page then In the right side pane, click on the Change Password link.

1. Change Password window will open.
2. Enter your new password for your account.(Password must be complex)
3. Click Change Password button.
4. Save

How to create Access Database in DNP

* Login into DNP Control Panel
* Click on User Spaces Name
* Click on File Manager
* Click on Create Access DB Tab
* A Box comes up to you, Enter the database name and click on create
* Click on Add Site Button

How to enable Stats for website in DNP

* Login into DNP Control Panel
* Click on User Spaces Name
* Click on Advanced Web Statistics
* Click on Add Statics Site Button
* Select Website Name
* Click on Add Site Button

How to set a default page for website in DNP

* Login into DNP Control Panel
* Click on User Spaces Name
* Click on Web sites
* Click on Web Site Name
* Enter your default web page name in the top of Default Documents List
* Click on Update

How to Install Front Page Extension in DNP

* Login into DNP Control Panel
* Click on User Spaces Name
* Click on website
* Click on website name
* Click on Front Page Tab
* Enter the Front page UserName and Password
* Click on Install
* Click on Update

How to create a ODBC DSN in DNP

* Login into DNP Control Panel
* Click on User Spaces Name
* Click on ODBC DSNs
* Click on Create ODBC DSN Button
* Enter the DNS name under Data Source Name
* Select your database Type under ODBC Driver
* Click on Save