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This article is intended for those who operate a VPS or dedicated server with a purchased cPanel/WHM license. For more information about cPanel and WHM, please review our article cPanel and WHM Overview. What Is Apache Mod_userdir? Apache Mod_userdir is a way to access a...
The Apache Configuration dashboard in WHM is a collection of features that allow you to configure Apache properly. Apache handles the HTTP requests as your web server software. You can locate the Apache Configuration section by navigating to Service Configuration> Apache...
You can create a Wildcard DNS record through cPanel by simply creating a subdomain and using an asterisk symbol. Follow the steps below to set this up. Note: This will cause all subdomains to link directly to your main site. If you want subdomains to host other files, you...
How Do I Add a Parked Domain in ZPanel? Follow these instructions to add a parked domain in ZPanel. Go to your Admin page in ZPanel. Click the "parked" car icon in the Domain Management section for Parked Domains. Input the new parked domain you want to be added Click Create...
How Do I Add a Domain in ZPanel? Follow these instructions to add a domain in ZPanel. Login to ZPanel as your user Click the globe icon for Domains in the Domain Management. Add your domain in the Create a new domain section as shown below Note: Create a new Home Directory...
How Do I Add Additional MySQL Access Hosts? You can assign additional MySQL access hosts in WHM by doing the following: Step 1: Log in to WHM (These login details were emailed to you upon purchasing the license) Step 2: Go to Home>> SQL Services This can be located quickly...
How Do I View Webalizer Stats in ZPanel? Follow these instructions to access Webalizer Stats in ZPanel: Login in to your ZPanel Admin page Click Webalizer Stats which can be found under Advanced Select your domain Then click "Display"...
The Problem: 500 Internal Server Error Help This error usually will look something like this: Internal Server Error What you may see: "The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server...
A brief explanation of 404 errors The most concise description of a 404 error is that your browser cannot find the page URL you have entered. 404 error causes The most common cause for a 404 error is the page has been taken down or moved to a new URL – it is simply a dead...
Softaculous is software that is included with Hostwinds Shared and Business Hosting packages. Softaculous licenses can also be purchased for any Cloud or VPS servers that Hostwinds offers, along with cPanel installed. This allows our client's easy installation of hundreds of...
A Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate, when installed, encrypts information and transactions to transfer it from browser to web server safely securely. They work by using a cryptographic system where two keys bind to the data, padlocking it. The first key is a private key...
In cPanel, you're able to set up any necessary redirects through a sample submission form. Head to your cPanel account, Home> Domains section, and locate Redirects . If you are not familiar with locating or logging in to your cPanel, please review: How To Access cPanel....
A Brief Explanation of Pings When accessing anything on the internet, a device communicates with a separate device that contains the requested data. The device requesting data is called the client, and the device the client is requesting the data from is called a server. The...
The cPanel analytics and metrics section contains several different statistical tools to help administrators monitor their hosting accounts. Here is the list of tools the Metric section displays: Visitors: Shows details of the most recent visitors Errors: Collects, counts,...
Out-of-memory errors in WordPress are one of the most common errors that can occur with sites running on WordPress. WordPress themes and plugins are notorious for hogging up site resources and bogging down your site, especially if you have many of them. Un-optimized code can...
Softaculous can help you keep most applications up to date with the latest versions. Keeping software up to date is considered best practice and critical for a web-based application, such as WordPress. The following guide will show you how to enable automatic...