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• 30Jun

  Enable/Disable directory listings using .htaccess

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  Disabling directory listings using .htaccess

  By default when accessing any directory which does not contain an index file (ex: http://yourdomain.com/images/) a directory listing will be shown displaying a list of the files in that folder. Simply adding a blank/0 byte text file named “index.html” will prevent this directory list from being displayed, however another way to disable directory listings by adding the following line to the .htaccess file in your public_html folder of your web hosting account :Options -IndexesThat’s it, with this line in place folders which do not contain index files will no longer show the default directory list.

  What’s especially nice about doing it this way is all sub-directories of that directory will also get their directory listings turned off. You could then turn on indexes for one of those sub-directories just by making a .htaccess file in that directory with:Options +indexes

  If you want the directory contents to be listed, but only if they were HTML pages and not images. Adding the following line to the .htaccess file. IndexIgnore *.gif *.jpg This would return a list of all files not ending in .jpg or .gif, but would still list .txt, .html, etc .
• 30Jun

  Awstats issues.

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  1) Awstats/webalizer/analog stats disappeared from cpanel >> web/ftp stats or you want to disable any type of stats then you can do it from WebHostManager.

  Ans: - whm >> server configuration >> tweak settings >> stats programs. Check or uncheck as per your requirement.

  2) If you want to enable statistics process time schedule then you can enable it from

  Whm >> server configuration >> Statistics Software Configuration >> Statistics Processing Configuration Summary. >> configure statistic process time schedule.

  3) If you are getting following error when you try to access Awstats from cpanel web hosting >> web/ftp stats.

  Awstats

  Error: Couldn’t open config file “awstats.domainname.com.conf” nor “awstats.conf” after searching in path “.,/home/username/tmp/awstats/,/etc/opt/awstats,/etc/awstats,/etc,/usr/local/etc/awstats”: No such file or directory

  - Did you use the correct URL ?
  Example: http://localhost/awstats/awstats.pl?config=mysite
  Example: http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=mysite
  - Did you create your config file ‘awstats.domainname.com.conf’ ?
  If not, you can run “./../../tools/awstats_configure.pl” from command line, or create it manually.

  Ans :- You get this error because awstats.domainname.com.conf file is not created under /home/username/tmp/awstats folder run the following script it will automatically create .conf file.

  /scripts/runweblogs username

  It solves issue most of the time but if you are still facing problem then copy a .conf file from another domain change the file name with proper domain name and also changes domain in conf file. Please check you replace new domain name properly.

  4) “Update Now” button is disappeared from awstats page.
  Ans :- Please check whm >> server configuration >> tweak settings >> Stats and Logs >> Allow users to update Awstats from cPanel is enable. Save the changes.

  On server open following file
  ]# vi /home/username/tmp/awstats/awstats.domainname.com.conf

  check following line

  AllowToUpdatefromBrowser=0

  Change value to from 0 to 1.

  It shows “Update Now” button on awstats page.

• 30Jun

  BOXTRAPPER

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  boxtrapper enables email hosting verification for those not on your white list.Any email address that is not present in the whitelist will be required to send back a verification mail to verify that they are not spammer.

  Boxtrapper protects your mail from spam.The boxtrapper enables to set mail addresses that are associated with the boxtrapper and how long the logs and messages are kept for that account.

  This function can be quite useful in preventing automatic mailings that you do not wish to receive from reaching your inbox.

  Inorder to configure boxtrapper use the following steps,

  To access the Mail Menu, click on the icon above the word Mail on the main screen of your cPanel hosting interface.

  Click on BoxTrapper Spam Trap.

  To enter the BoxTrapper menu, click on the word Manage.

  Click on the words Configure Settings.

  Change the settings to what you need

  Email addresses going to this account:

  Place all of the email addresses that you wish to have the BoxTrapper enabled on in the field next to this option.The mail addresses should be separated by commas.

  You need to also specify how many days the logs and the messages should be kept for the accounts.

  Enabling boxtrapper can be done through the cpanel reseller hosting control panel:

  mail>>boxtrapper spam trap>>manage>>enable

• 29Jun

  How to change cpanel language.

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  First make sure that your reseller web hosting server has rvskin hosting installed. To change the cpanel hosting language you must select any rvskin theme. For example select rvblue theme, login to your cpanel web hosting and there you will find the option to change the language.

• 29Jun

  Error in fantastico :

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  When you get this error “extension_dir does not exists
  /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429″
  error in Fantastico hosting account

  Then do the following —

  Steps

  1)cd /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/lib/php/

  2)mkdir extensions

  3)cd extensions

  4)mkdir no-debug-non-zts-20020429

  5)Disable sourceguardian option in WHM > tweak settings and re-enable it.
  Edit/Delete Message

  This will fixed the error.

• 29Jun

  Enable/Disable register_globals

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  The most common setting that clients will want to change are the “register_globals” settings. If you want to enable register_globals, you will need to create a .htaccess file in your site’s main directory (or the main directory of your site that contains PHP hosting scripts). Your .htaccess file should contain the following line:

  php_flag register_globals on

  If you want to disable register_globals then your .htaccess file should contain the following line:

  php_flag register_globals off

• 29Jun

  Search Engine Optimization.

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  In recent years the most important step for a Web Site owner to ensure large number of hits for his website is to design his it in such a way that it is listed in search engine results on the top. This is a fast growing business now days.

  (SEO) Search Engine Optimization uses a combination of techniques, tools, and technical know-how to get results. SEO is a set of methodologies aimed at improving the visibility of a Web Site in search engine listing. SEO involves the careful designing of corporate Web Site to increase their chances of visibility in the major search engines for e.g. Google, Yahoo, Alta-Vista etc. The higher a ranks in the results of a search, the greater the chance that that site will be visited by a user.

  • Meta Tags

  Meta Tags are very important for your Web Site’s visibility. Many search engines read them from your site when you submit it to them .Major Meta tags that you can use:

  Meta Title the only resource type that is currently in use is “documenting” This is the only tag that you need to put in for indexing purposes.

  Meta Description Depending on the search engine, this will be displayed along with the title of your page in an index. “Content” could be a word, sentence or even paragraph to describe your page. Keep this reasonably short, concise and to the point.

  Meta Keywords Choose whatever keywords you think are appropriate, separated by commas.

  Navigational links:

  At the right or at the bottom but not on the left of the page. When the search engines “read” your site, they read from the top left to the bottom right. Search engines place an emphasis on the first 100 words or text on the site. You do not want these words to be navigational links or JavaScript. Ideally, you want to have your heading tags with your keywords in the beginning of your page. This being said, placing your links/JavaScript on the right or bottom of your page ensures the search engine spiders get to the text first, giving more weight to what’s important on your page.

  Rich Content:

  Keep your site very content rich. The more content you have on your site the more likely someone is to find what they’re looking. Have a lot of pages. Update the site as many times as possible in a day if you have the time. Updating your site does not mean that you copy paste content from other web hosting sites. That will only push your rankings further down. Don’t have any duplicate content. At the same time, dont spam multiple content across the same website. A search engine constantly views or reviews a website or at least every few months, it looks for specific characteristics found in the content of website pages.
  On More tips on Search Engine Optimization please visit.
  http://www.googleseostar.org

• 29Jun

  What is MySQL?

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  First let us understand what a database is, A database is a structured collection of data.

  MySQL is the most popular and most widely used Open Source SQL database system.

  MySQL allows you to quickly access edit and add to the database.

  Once you have set up a MySQL database via your cpanel reseller hosting control panel, you can start adding information to it via your web-based MySQL manager (PHPMyAdmin) through the control panel. Then you’ll need to integrate it into your website. PHP, an easy-to-use, powerful scripting language, is often utilized to interact with your MySQL hosting database. There are many great tutorials on combining PHP5 hosting and MySQL hosting for a great database-driven website.

• 29Jun

  My IP address is blacklisted. How can it be unlisted?

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  If your web site hosting server’s IP address is blacklisted in anti-spam database, any e-mail you send will be bounced back. You will receive a mail in the following format:

  This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

  A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address (es) failed:

  sales@micfo.com
  SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:
  host micfo.com [205.234.198.2]: 550-Message rejected because manou.micfo.com [205.234.198.2] is blacklisted at
  550 bl.spamcop.net see Blocked - see http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml? 205.234.198.2

  In this case please send a support ticket to support/technical department

  Or else you can follow the steps below:

  1. Got to www.spamcop.net.
  2. Input your server IP address (ex. 205.234.198.2) and click on “Lookup Another”.
  3. If the IP address is not listed, that means the IP address has already been removed from the database. You need to allow 24 hours for this to reflect globally.
  4. If the IP address is listed, in order to get the IP removed please follow these steps:

  a) Go to ORDB.org
  b) From the left hand side menu click on “Test an open relay”
  c) Input server’s IP address as “Hosts/IPs”
  d) input emails@micfo.com as e-mail.
  e) Click on “Submit Hosts for testing”

  Allow up to 48 hours and the IP will be removed automatically.

• 29Jun

  Why do I get an error when I try to send emails?

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  This problem is usually due to the mail client — e.g. Outlook or Outlook Express. So please check these following issues and make sure it is correctly set up.

  1. Check the incoming mail server setup.
  Remedy: Go to Tools > Accounts > Mail > Properties > Servers. Change the incoming server (POP3) to: ‘mail.yourdomain.com’

  2. The POP3 account name should be typed correctly and The POP3 password typed correctly.
  Go to Tools > Accounts> Mail> Properties> Servers. Type in both the account name and the password. The username for the POP3 mail server will be username@yourdomain.com

  3. It may be that POP3 is using the wrong port number:
  Go to Tools > Accounts> Mail> Properties> Advanced. The incoming server (POP3) port should be 110.

  4. Check whether Outlook Express is trying to use SSL:
  Go to Tools > Accounts > Mail > Properties > Advanced. Uncheck the option to use Secure (SSL).

  5. Outlook Express may be set up to use Secure Password Authentication.
  Go to Tools > Accounts… > Mail (tab at the top of the new window) > Double click on the e-mail account you set up > Click on Servers (tab at the top of the new window) > Put a check in the box that says “My server requires authentication”.

  6. Check whether email hosting servers are set correctly.
  Your mail servers should be set as follows:

  SMTP: mail.yourdomain.com
  POP3: mail.yourdomain.com

  7. Remove and recreate the e-mail account through your Cpanel web hosting control panel and see if it works.

  If none of the above solutions work it is possible that your Internet service Provider is blocking outside e-mail servers so that you must use their outgoing e-mail servers. This is done by the ISP in an effort to block SPAM. If your ISP does block outgoing e-mail servers you can use the Web Mail feature in your Cpanel hosting control panel to send and receive e-mail.

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