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Antispam settings on the HSphere control panel
Issues regarding the spam filter and email control can be solved using the HSphere control panel. The HSphere control panel is a very powerful control panel and personally I find it more user friendly than other hosting control panels I have used. A client or end user can enable/disable and modify the incoming spam mails […]
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Website hacks and basic precautions
Hacks can occur due to multiple reasons. You need to bear in mind the following: 1. Please change your FTP and control panel passwords and keep strong passwords for your FTP, CP and DB. If possible, keep changing the passwords frequently.2. Hacks can occur due to code vulnerability.3. Also, hacks can occur due to the […]
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Password Protect any Directory
1. Login to the H-Sphere control panel. 2. Go to FTP/User account -> FTP User -> Login to the WebShell file manager. 3. Click the PROTECT button in the bottom menu. The Protect Wizard page will appear. 4. On the Protect Wizard page, click the name of the folder to be protected. 5. If the […]
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Some tips to secure your WordPress site from hacks
Follow the prevention steps below to secure your WordPress blog or any general CMS site :- 1) Make sure your WordPress site is up to date with the latest version.2) Keep a backup of your entire WordPress database.3) Change the default username (admin) to something else and use a strong password.4) Change the database table […]
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How to set the default page of your website in shared Linux Plesk hosting using the .htaccess file
1 – You can simply create a file named “.htaccess” in the domain folder. 2 – Copy and paste the following line in the .htaccess file : DirectoryIndex default.html index.html index.cgi index.php 3 – The Apache server will look for the list files, from left to right. ]]>
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How to create the special SQL view for a MSSQL database
Steps to create the special SQL view for the MSSQL database: 1) Login to the SQL Server for the database for which the SQL view is to be created. 2) Open the SQL Server Management Studio there. 3) Expand the Security tab and select the option Login and right click on it to create the […]
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CGI error
A CGI error doesn’t mean that there is an upload limit problem. A CGI error can happen due to multiple reasons like configuration settings, application requirements not met and other. If you have a debug option in your application, you can check what is causing it. ]]>
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SSDs in VPS hosting
SSDs (solid-state drives) help in boosting speeds when the hosted website has lots of graphics or just plain overall database usage. Even SSD caching really helps and caching in nodes can still be implemented without full use of an SSD drive for storage. SSD VPS hosting tends to be faster but also more expensive when […]
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Shared Hosting for businesses
A website or web application (with database backend) can run on Windows hosting or Linux hosting. When many websites and web applications run on the same web server, it is called shared hosting. Shared hosting can be single server-based or server cluster-based. When it is single server-based, all services necessary for running web applications are installed […]
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Which operating system is best for my business?
When hosting a website or web application (database-driven), a business often needs to decide which operating system platform to use. A simple website or web application can run on both the Windows and Linux platforms. So, the real decision lies in the cost of web hosting. Windows hosting generally costs more than Linux hosting as […]