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  Part 1 - Introduction In this guide you will find out about the .htaccess file and the power it has to improve your website. Although .htaccess is only a file, it can change settings on the servers and allow you to do many different...

It is easy to add new domains to your DirectAdmin hosting or reseller hosting account. The video below guides you through the setup of a new domain.     If you are unsure how to setup your new domain, you can also contact our...

  Creating FTP Accounts To create an FTP account, first click on the "FTP Menu" icon in the main control panel screen. You will see a list of current FTP accounts that looks something like this:     Default FTP Account The...

  PHP 7 accelerates many dynamic websites by over 100% compared to PHP 5.6 through OpCode caching and an optimized Zend engine. For your visitors, this means a better user experience due to faster page set-up, for your website an...

  This tutorial includes the following sections: Part 1 - Your First Page Part 2 - Adding Text Part 3 - Positioning Text Part 4 - Hyperlinks and Bookmarks Part 5 - Images & Backgrounds   Part 1 Introduction HTML is the...

As concerns about privacy and confidentiality increase, implementing a reliable method for the secure transfer of data has become a critical business process.SFTP is the secure, encrypted implementation of FTP. It provides completely...

This section covers choosing what to save, creating backups, storing backups, and restoring your site from a backup.  We suggest that larger sites backup their data at least once weekly, while smaller sites should back up every 2-4...

Your websites need to be protected from all types of bad people. From spammers to hackers, they all seem interested in your website. This is why our servers have security measures in place preventing, hopefully, any problem. It is a...

  All our servers currently support (i.e. are capable of running) PHP 5.6, PHP 7.0, PHP 7.1 and PHP 7.2. The default version is 7.2.x but you can follow the directions below to use a different PHP version instead. Please note that PHP...

  Resolving problems with a blocked FTP port As explained in related knowledgebase articles, the default command port for FTP connections is port 21, so, it's important to check if your ISP is not blocking access to that port. To...

  Apache Server Side Includes (SSI) can be used add dynamic content to web pages, add JavaScript, reuse HTML code, and more.   Enabling Server Side Includes For our shared and reseller web hosting accounts, Server-Side Includes are...

You can begin uploading files to your hosting account now by using one of two methods: an FTP Client DirectAdmin integrated File Manager More information regarding FTP (File Transfer Protocol) can be found on this page. FTP...

  Note: Information about how to upload files to your website using FTP can be found on this page What is an FTP port? The FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, makes it possible for users to exchange files between their personal computers...

Short for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, an open source, server-side, HTML embedded scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. In an HTML document, PHP script (similar syntax to that of Perl or C ) is enclosed within special PHP...

When you need the path to perl for your scripts, use the following: /usr/bin/perl

When you need the path to sendmail for your scripts, use the following: /usr/sbin/sendmail