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"Mailbox Quota Exceeded" Bounces Mail is being refused because a mailbox is full.IF IT IS YOUR MAILBOXcPanel > Email Accounts... A and AAAA Records Pointing a name at an address.THE A RECORDMaps a name to an IPv4 address. The fundamental record... A Realistic Assessment of Self-Hosting When to install software and when not to.WHAT SELF-HOSTING GIVES YOUControl over your data No... Access denied for user The database refused the credentials.WHAT IT MEANSThe username or password is wrong, or the user... Access, Licences and Credentials What you should hold.WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVEDomain registrar access Hosting account access Site... Accessing Your Email Through Webmail Webmail lets you read and send email from any browser with no setup.THREE WAYS INDirect:... Addon Domains, Subdomains and Aliases Explained cPanel offers three ways to add a domain, and choosing the wrong one causes confusion.ADDON... Alternatives to Cron Jobs Other ways to schedule work.EXTERNAL CRON SERVICESServices that request a URL on a... Auditing Who Has Access The regular review.HOW OFTENQuarterly.WHAT TO REVIEWEvery user account on your site Every FTP... Authenticated Origin Pulls Ensuring only Cloudflare reaches your server.WHAT IT DOESCloudflare presents a certificate when... Backing Up Media and Large Files When the content is large.THE PROBLEMImage libraries, video and document archives make backups... Backing Up Your Business Online What you cannot afford to lose.WHAT MATTERS MOSTYour customer records and order history Your... Backup Storage and Disk Quota Backups that cause the problem they prevent.THE ISSUEBackups stored on the hosting account count... Building an API on Shared Hosting Practical considerations.WHAT WORKSA PHP API using any framework, or none. This is ordinary web... Building With SvelteKit The Svelte framework.WHAT IT PROVIDESFile-based routing Server rendering, static generation and... Buying as a Reseller for Your Clients Ordering on behalf of others.THE TWO APPROACHESReseller hosting, where you hold one account and... Caching Storing expensive results.WHAT TO CACHEExpensive queries Computed results External API responses... Caching Explained Caching stores the result of work already done so it does not have to be repeated. It is the... Caching Strategies for Developers Making an application fast.THE LAYERSOpcode caching: OPcache, which removes PHP recompilation.... Cancelling Your Hosting and What Happens to Your Data If you decide to leave, cancelling properly protects your data and prevents unwanted... Changing Hosting Without Changing Your Domain Your domain and your hosting are independent. You can move hosting while keeping the domain... Changing Your Domain's Nameservers Nameservers determine which servers answer for your domain. Changing them is how you point a... Checking Whether an Application Will Run on Your Plan Before you commit time to something.WHAT TO CHECKPHP version required, against what your plan... Choosing a Hosting Plan at Checkout Four things decide which plan fits.HOW MANY WEBSITESEntry plans typically allow one. If you run... Choosing a Language for a Project Making the decision.WHAT TO ASSESSWhat the project actually requires What your team knows What... Choosing a Stack for Your Project Matching the technology to the hosting.WHAT RUNS EASILY ON SHARED HOSTINGPHP applications of any... Choosing an Approach: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.A LARGE PROPORTION OF SITES BUILT WITH A FRAMEWORK DID NOT NEED ONEAsk what problem... Choosing and Storing Strong Passwords Most account compromises begin with a guessed, reused or stolen password rather than a clever... Choosing and Working Across Languages: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.WEIGH LIBRARIES AND MAINTENANCE ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSEWriting what a mature library... Choosing Between an Addon Domain and a Separate Account Where to host a second site.ADDON DOMAINSame account, shared resources, one login, one... Choosing Between Hosting Plans Which one suits.WHAT DISTINGUISHES THEMDisk space Bandwidth The number of websites you can host... Choosing Shop Software What to build on.WOOCOMMERCEA WordPress plugin. The most common option on shared hosting.Suits:... Choosing the Right Hosting Plan The right plan depends on four things: how many sites you run, how much traffic they get, how... Choosing the Right PHP Version PHP runs most websites on our servers, and the version matters for both speed and... Choosing What You Actually Need Avoiding buying the wrong thing.FOR A SIMPLE WEBSITEShared Hosting and a domain name. That is all... Choosing Where to Run Your Application Hosting decisions.WHAT THE OPTIONS AREShared hosting A virtual private server A dedicated server... Choosing Your Approach The structural options.SUBDIRECTORIESyourdomain.com/fr/ for French, or /ng/ for Nigeria.One site,... Cleaning Up Your Hosting Account Recovering space and reducing clutter.WHAT TO REMOVEBackup archives you have downloaded Old site... Cloudflare R2 and Object Storage Storing files at Cloudflare.WHAT IT ISObject storage for files, with no charge for data... Cloudflare Tunnel Connecting without exposing the server.WHAT IT DOESA connection established from your server... Cloudflare Zone Export as a DNS Backup Records nobody else backs up.WHY THIS MATTERSNo hosting backup includes DNS records held at... Common Developer Mistakes on Shared Hosting The ones that cause real problems.EDITING FILES DIRECTLY ON PRODUCTIONChanges exist nowhere else... Common Questions About ZillionKingHost AI Short answers.CAN IT SEARCH THE INTERNET?Depending on your configuration and plan. Where search... Common Questions from New Resellers Short answers.HOW MANY CLIENTS DO I NEED?Enough that recurring revenue covers your costs and... Common Types of Malware on Shared Hosting Knowing what you are looking at helps you judge the severity.SEO SPAMHidden links or entire pages... Comparing JVM and Managed Runtime Languages Choosing among them.WHAT THEY SHAREStatic typing Automatic memory management Mature tooling and... Creating an Email Account in cPanel A professional address on your own domain is included with every hosting plan.CREATING ITIn... Creating and Managing FTP Accounts FTP accounts let you or a developer transfer files without handing over your full cPanel... Creating Your First Hosting Package in WHM A package is a template of limits. Create packages before creating accounts.CREATING ONEWHM >... Cron Jobs and Resource Limits When scheduled work affects your site.THE PROBLEMCron jobs consume the same account resources as... Cron Jobs for Other Applications Beyond WordPress.WHAT APPLICATIONS TYPICALLY NEEDA single scheduled command run at a regular... Cron Jobs on Shared Hosting A cron job runs a command automatically on a schedule.CREATING ONEcPanel > Cron Jobs. Choose... Databases on Shared Hosting MySQL and MariaDB databases are available on every plan, managed through cPanel.CREATING... Deciding What Not to Offer Saying no to work.WHAT TO DECLINEApplications you cannot support Clients whose requirements... Dedicated IPs and Compliance Requirements Some contracts and regulatory frameworks reference network configuration.WHERE IT ARISESA partner... Dedicated IPs for Custom Applications Some applications need an address of their own.TYPICAL CASESAn application binding a service to a... Denial of Service Protection Absorbing attack traffic.WHAT AN ATTACK LOOKS LIKEA sudden very large volume of requests,... Deploying React Framework Applications Getting them live.WHAT TO ESTABLISH FIRSTWhat output the framework produces What your hosting can... Deploying to Shared Hosting Practical constraints.WHAT IS DIFFERENTLimited or no terminal access No control over system... DNS Costs and What You Pay For Where money is involved.WHAT COSTS MONEYDomain registration and renewal Premium DNS services,... DNS Documentation Worth Keeping The record that makes recovery possible.WHAT TO RECORDWhere the domain is registered, and the... DNS for Domains Used Only for Email Mail with no website.THE SITUATIONA business with professional email on their domain and no... Do You Actually Need a VPS? Most people asking do not, and some genuinely do.YOU PROBABLY DO IFYou need root access or custom... Documenting Your Own Processes Making the business repeatable.WHAT TO DOCUMENTCreating a new client account, step by step... Email Sending Limits and Our Spam Policy Shared hosting enforces hourly sending limits. They protect the server's mail reputation for... Email Troubleshooting: Not Receiving Mail that never arrives has a small set of causes.1. IS THE MAILBOX FULL?cPanel > Email... Error 522: Connection Timed Out Cloudflare waited and got nothing.WHAT IT MEANSCloudflare opened a connection and our server did... Essential Commands for Working on Hosting The small set that covers most tasks.MOVING AND LOOKINGpwd shows where you are ls -la lists files... Exporting and Backing Up Your DNS Records nobody else backs up.WHY THIS MATTERSNo hosting backup includes DNS records held at an... Exporting and Owning Your List Your asset, not the platform's.WHY IT MATTERSPlatforms change pricing, change terms, suspend... Fair Use of Shared Hosting Resources Shared hosting works because typical websites use resources in short bursts. A few patterns break... File Sharing and Collaboration Tools Self-hosted alternatives to commercial services.NEXTCLOUDFile storage, sharing, calendars and... Fixing Mixed Content Warnings A broken padlock on an HTTPS site means some resources are still being requested over plain... Forcing HTTPS on Your Website Once a certificate is issued, all traffic should be forced to HTTPS so nobody lands on the... Forums and Community Software Running a discussion community.THE OPTIONSphpBB: free, mature, widely used, straightforward to... Free SSL Certificates on Your Hosting Every domain on your account is entitled to a free AutoSSL certificate, issued and renewed... Free Versus Paid SSL Certificates A common question, and the answer is less dramatic than certificate vendors suggest.WHAT IS... Free Website Migration to ZillionKingHost We will move your existing website to us at no charge. For anything business-critical, this is... Freeing Up Disk Space on Your Hosting Account A full account breaks uploads, email delivery and database writes. Here is where the space... Frontend Development: Everything That Matters, Briefly The whole category in one page.CHOOSE THE TOOL BY WHO WILL MAINTAIN ITNot benchmarks, novelty or... Getting Help Choosing an Application Asking before you commit.WHAT TO ASK USWill this run on my plan Does it need extensions you do... Getting SSH Access on Your Hosting Account Command line access to your hosting.AVAILABILITYSSH access is available on many plans. Check your... Getting Your First Website Online Four steps take a new account from empty to live.1. POINT YOUR DOMAINSet your domain's... Growing Beyond a Single Reseller Plan Scaling up.THE SIGNSYour allocation consistently near its limits Resource contention between... Handling Background Jobs and Queues Work that should not happen during a page load.WHY QUEUES EXISTSending email, processing images,... Handling File Uploads and Storage Files in a Laravel application.WHAT THE FRAMEWORK PROVIDESA storage abstraction with configurable... Handling High Traffic on Shared Hosting Getting the most from a constrained environment.THE PRINCIPLEServe as many requests as possible... High server load or Load average warnings Reports of load on the server.WHAT IT MEANSThe server is busier than usual. Brief spikes are... Hosting a Framework Application When you need more than shared hosting.WHEN SHARED HOSTING SUFFICESYour framework exports static... Hosting Account Security Checklist Work through this list once, and re-check it every few months. Most compromised accounts we deal... Hosting Course Video Where video should live.WHY NOT YOUR HOSTING ACCOUNTBandwidth consumption is enormous Playback... Hosting More Than One Website on a Single Account If your plan permits multiple domains, you can run several completely separate websites from one... Hosting Terms Explained Shared hosting, resellers, VPS and the rest.SHARED HOSTINGMany accounts on one server, sharing... How DNS Propagation Works When you change nameservers or DNS records, the change does not reach the whole internet... How Long Account Setup Takes Most hosting accounts are provisioned automatically within a few minutes of payment clearing.THE... How to Buy CodeGuard Website Backup Automated off-site backups.WHAT IT DOESTakes automatic backups of your website files and... How to Buy for a Client Without Owning Their Domain Correct arrangements.THE PRINCIPLEThe client's domain should be registered in the client's name,... How to Buy Hosting for Multiple Websites Several sites, one account.THE OPTIONSOne hosting plan with enough addon domains for all your... How to Buy Hosting Without a Domain Hosting first, domain later.WHEN THIS APPLIESYou have not decided on a name You are testing... How to Buy Professional Email Business email on your domain.WHAT IS INCLUDED WITH HOSTINGMailboxes on your own domain are... How to Buy When You Are Not Technical Ordering without technical knowledge.WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO DECIDEWhat the website is for... How to Download Your Website Files Using JetBackup in ZillionKingHost cPanel How to Download Your Website Files Using JetBackup in cPanel at ZillionKingHost At... How to Log In to cPanel There are two ways to reach cPanel for your ZillionKingHost account.METHOD 1 - VIA THE CLIENT... How to Order Shared Hosting The most common purchase.THE ROUTEVisit zillionkinghost.com and choose Hosting > Shared... How to place an order for hosting only Visit www.zillionkinghost.com and click on Navigation Menu, Click hosting (Select the Hosting... How to Speed Up WordPress on Shared Hosting Most slow WordPress sites are slow for the same handful of reasons. Work through these in order... How Your Website Connects to Its Database The configuration that makes it work.THE FOUR VALUESDatabase name Username Password HostAll four... How Your Website Is Reached From visitor to server.WHAT HAPPENSThe visitor's device resolves your domain to an address It... I Lost Access to My Hosting Account Locked out entirely.THE SITUATIONSForgotten password with an unreachable registered email The... I Ordered the Wrong Thing Correcting an order.CONTACT US QUICKLYOpen a ticket at... Image Delivery and Optimisation Serving pictures efficiently.WHAT CLOUDFLARE DOES BY DEFAULTCaches images at the edge, so repeat... Implementing Caching in Your Application What to cache and how.THE CANDIDATESExpensive query results Rendered template fragments External... Improving Your Site's Speed Practical steps in order.MEASURE FIRSTTest with a performance tool, on mobile. Look at what is... Increasing the Upload Size, Memory Limit and Execution Time "The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive", "Allowed memory size exhausted"... Installing SSL Certificates on a VPS Securing sites on a server you manage.WITH A CONTROL PANELAutoSSL or an equivalent handles issue... Interacting With the Operating System System tasks.WHAT PYTHON CAN DORead environment variables List and manipulate files Run other... Invoicing and Accounting Applications Self-hosted business finance tools.WHAT THEY DOCreate and send invoices Track payments and... Is a Hosting Business Worth Starting? An honest assessment before you commit.WHAT THE BUSINESS ACTUALLY ISYou buy capacity wholesale... Is a VPS Still Right for You? A question worth revisiting annually.THE HONEST QUESTIONSAre you applying updates promptly, or is... Java, .NET and Ruby: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.THESE FRAMEWORKS TRADE FLEXIBILITY FOR CONSISTENCYStrong conventions, dependency... JVM and Enterprise Languages: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.THESE LANGUAGES SUIT LARGE, LONG-LIVED SYSTEMSStatic typing, automatic memory... Keeping Records That Matter What to record and where.WHAT TO RECORDEvery sale: date, item, amount, customer, payment... Laravel and Framework Database Notes Application databases you or a developer built.MIGRATIONSLaravel and similar frameworks define... Learning Management Systems Running courses online.MOODLEThe established open source option. Capable, widely used in... Mailbox full or Quota exceeded A mailbox cannot accept more mail.IF IT IS YOUR MAILBOXcPanel > Email Accounts shows usage... Managed Versus Self-Managed The decision that matters most.SELF-MANAGEDYou handle everything: operating system updates,... Managed Versus Unmanaged VPS The most important decision you will make about a VPS.UNMANAGEDYou get the machine and root... Managing a Large Product Catalogue Hundreds or thousands of products bring their own problems.WHAT GETS DIFFICULTAdmin pages slow to... Managing Files Across Multiple Sites When you host several.KEEPING THEM SEPARATEEach site in its own directory Each with its own... Managing Frontend Assets Styles and scripts.WHAT LARAVEL PROVIDESA build tool configuration for compiling styles and... Managing Language and Runtime Versions Keeping current.WHY IT MATTERSUnsupported versions receive no security fixes, and falling behind... Managing Multiple Services on One Account Several hosting packages, domains and add-ons can sit under one Client Area login.SEEING WHAT YOU... Matomo and Self-Hosted Analytics Analytics you control.WHY SELF-HOSTData stays on your own hosting rather than with a third party,... Measuring Your Site Speed Properly Speed testing is easy to misread, and people frequently optimise the wrong thing as a result.THE... Migrating a Website Yourself If you would rather do it yourself, the process is straightforward.1. TAKE A COMPLETE COPYFrom... Migrating Away from ZillionKingHost If you decide to move elsewhere, we will not obstruct you. Here is how to leave cleanly.TAKE YOUR... Migrating Without Downtime Downtime during a move is avoidable with sequencing rather than luck.THE PRINCIPLENever take... Money-Back Guarantee: What It Covers Where a money-back period applies to the product you bought, the details are in our terms. This... Monitoring on Shared Hosting What is possible.WHAT YOU CAN MONITORThat the site responds, from an external service That... Moodle: Setup and Requirements The established learning platform.BEFORE INSTALLINGCheck requirements carefully. Moodle needs... Moving From a VPS Back to Shared Hosting Sometimes the right decision.WHEN IT MAKES SENSEThe maintenance burden exceeds the benefit You... Moving From Shared Hosting to a VPS Making the transition.BEFORE YOU MOVEConfirm you actually need it Decide managed or self-managed... My Developer Disappeared The person who built and held everything is gone.WHAT YOU MAY NOT HAVEHosting account credentials... My Domain Expired and the Site Is Gone The site is fine and unreachable.WHAT HAPPENEDThe domain expired, so it no longer resolves. The... My Order Is Pending or Not Set Up Waiting for activation.CHECK THE STATUSClient Area > Services. The status shows Pending,... Newsletter and Mailing List Scripts Self-hosted email sending.THE TEMPTATIONA self-hosted newsletter script appears to avoid the cost... NS and SOA Records The administrative records.NS RECORDSList the authoritative nameservers for the zone.They appear... Object Caching and Database Caching Advanced caching.WHAT IT DOESStores the results of database queries so they are not repeated.WHEN... Offering Email-Only Hosting A smaller product with real demand.THE SITUATIONBusinesses with a domain and no website, or with... Optimising Images and Assets Images are usually the largest part of a page. Fixing them often halves load time with no other... Ordering a Dedicated Server Full control of a machine.WHO IT SUITSApplications requiring software we cannot install on shared... Ordering a VPS A VPS gives dedicated resources and root access. It also transfers server management to you... Ordering Additional Services Adding a second hosting package, a domain or an add-on works the same way as your first... Ordering and Provisioning a VPS What happens between paying and having a server.BEFORE ORDERINGDecide managed or unmanaged Decide... Ordering Hosting for a Domain You Already Own Using an existing domain.WHEN THIS APPLIESYou registered the domain elsewhere and want hosting... Ordering Hosting With a New Domain Buying both together.THE ROUTEStart from the hosting product. At the domain step, choose to... Ordering Hosting Without a Domain You do not need to buy a domain from us to host with us.AT CHECKOUTChoose "Use a domain I already... Ordering Reseller Hosting Reseller hosting gives you WHM and the ability to create cPanel accounts for clients.BEFORE... Ordering Ultimate Hosting For larger or busier sites.WHO IT SUITSSites that have outgrown an entry shared plan Shops with... Ordering With a Deadline If something must be live by a date, plan backwards.WHAT IS FASTShared hosting provisioning after... Our Acceptable Use Policy in Plain English The full policy is on our website. This article explains what it means in practice.NOT PERMITTED... Our Backup Policy and What It Covers We take server-side backups of hosting accounts, and you should also take your own. Both matter,... Passwords That Actually Protect You Getting this right.WHAT MAKES A PASSWORD STRONGLength, more than complexity.A long passphrase... PHP as a Backend Language Today The current state.WHAT HAS CHANGEDSubstantially improved performanceModern language features:... PHP as a Language Characteristics and use.WHAT IT ISA dynamically typed, interpreted language designed for the... PHP Frameworks: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.PHP RUNS ON ESSENTIALLY ALL SHARED HOSTING, WHICH MATTERS WHERE THAT IS THE... PHP Settings for Other Applications Beyond WordPress.THE GENERAL APPROACHCheck the application's requirements page.It states the PHP... phpBB: Setup and Running a Forum The established free forum platform.INSTALLINGAvailable in Softaculous, or manually from the... Planning Email for a Growing Team Decisions made at five people determine how painful things are at twenty.DECIDE THE ADDRESS... Playbook: My Domain Is Not Working DNS and domain issues.ESTABLISH FIRSTWas it working before? What changed? Where is the domain... Pointing Your Domain at Your Hosting A domain and hosting are two separate products. The domain must be told which server holds the... Pointing Your Domain at Your ZillionKingHost WordPress Site Your site will not load until your domain's nameservers point at the server your hosting account... Post-Migration Checklist Work through this after every migration. Problems found now are cheap; problems found in three... Pre-Sales Questions: What to Ask Ask before ordering. It is much easier than unpicking a wrong order.WORTH ASKINGWhether a plan... Preparing a Laravel Application for Shared Hosting What to establish first.WHAT TO CHECKThe PHP version available, against the framework's... Preparing a Recovery Kit What to have ready before an incident.WHAT TO ASSEMBLEA recent full backup, downloaded and... PrestaShop and Other Shop Platforms Alternatives to WooCommerce.PRESTASHOPA dedicated ecommerce platform rather than a plugin on a... Preventing Image Theft with Hotlink Protection Hotlinking is when another website embeds your images using your URL, so your hosting account... Previewing Your Site Before the Domain Points Here You do not have to wait for DNS to start building. There are two ways to reach the site... Project Management and Team Tools Self-hosted collaboration.THE OPTIONSSelf-hosted project management applications Hosted services... Promoting Through Email Email converts well when the list is yours and consented.WHAT IS ACCEPTABLERecommending us to... Protecting Admin Areas The page attacked most on any site.WHY IT MATTERSLogin pages are attacked continuously by... Protecting Configuration and Credentials Secrets.WHAT COUNTSDatabase credentials API keys Encryption keys Mail credentials Anything... Protecting Online Stores and Payment Pages If you take payments, the security expectations are higher and the consequences of a compromise... Protecting Your Domain and Online Identity Your most valuable digital asset.WHY IT MATTERS MOSTThe domain carries your website, your email... Protecting Your Origin Server Address Preventing Cloudflare being bypassed.THE PROBLEMIf an attacker learns the address of our server,... PTR and Reverse DNS Address to name.WHAT IT ISThe reverse of an A record: given an address, what name does it... Python for Backend Work The language on the server.WHY IT IS USEDReadable and quick to write An enormous ecosystem Strong... Python Tooling and Environments Working with the language.WHAT VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS DOIsolate a project's dependencies from the... Queues and Background Work Deferring slow operations.WHAT A QUEUE DOESAccepts work now, performs it later, outside the... Ransomware or Destructive Attack When data is deliberately destroyed or encrypted.WHAT IT LOOKS LIKEFiles encrypted or replaced A... React Frameworks: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.META-FRAMEWORKS REMOVE DECISIONS EVERY APPLICATION OTHERWISE MAKES... Redeeming Rewards Towards a New Service Credit applies to invoices, including those for new orders.HOW IT WORKSRedeem your balance, which... Redirect and URL Shortener Scripts Small tools with specific risks.LEGITIMATE USESTracking campaign links Shortening long URLs for... Reducing Bandwidth Use Sending less data.THE LARGEST SAVINGImage optimisation.Resizing and compressing images reduces... Redundancy for Hosting Services Removing single points of failure.WHAT TO IDENTIFYEvery component whose failure affects... Referring Businesses Rather Than Individuals Business referrals are usually worth more and stay longer.WHYA business buying hosting for its... Refund Policy Explained Our full refund terms are on our website. This explains how they generally work.WHAT IS USUALLY... Renewals, Expiry and Grace Periods Hosting and domains renew on their own cycles. Missing either has consequences, and they... Reseller Hosting Versus Buying Individual Accounts Two ways to host clients.INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTSYou buy a separate hosting account for each client,... Resource Limits and 508 Errors A 508 Resource Limit Reached message means your account hit a plan allowance at that moment. The... Restoring from a Backup The method depends on where the backup came from.JETBACKUPcPanel > JetBackup. Choose File... Reverse DNS and Why It Matters Addresses back to names.WHAT IT ISA record mapping an address back to a hostname.WHERE IT IS... Reviewing Your Business Annually An afternoon once a year.THE NUMBERSClients gained and lost Recurring revenue, compared to last... Rewards for Businesses With Multiple Services Customers with several services accumulate fastest, and have most to organise.THE... Running a Hosting Platform: Everything That Matters, Briefly The summary.PER-ACCOUNT LIMITS ARE WHAT MAKE SHARED HOSTING WORKWithout them one site under load... Running a Mailing List on Hosting cPanel includes a mailing list feature. It has real limits.WHAT IT DOESCreates a list address... Running Exim An alternative transfer agent.WHAT IT ISA transfer agent with a single configuration file and a... Running Laravel on Shared Hosting The framework works well here with correct setup.THE DOCUMENT ROOTPoint the domain's document... Running Long Tasks Without Losing Them Preventing a dropped connection killing a running job.THE PROBLEMA large database import, a long... Running Node in Production Operating the runtime.WHAT TO USEA process manager, restarting on failure and on server... Running Node.js Applications Where Node is available on hosting.CHECKING AVAILABILITYLook for Setup Node.js App in cPanel... Running Node.js, Python and Other Applications Shared hosting is designed around PHP, but other runtimes may be available depending on the... Running Python Applications on Shared Hosting What is possible.WHAT IS AVAILABLEcPanel provides a Python application feature, which sets up and... Scaling a Laravel Application Handling growth.WHAT TO DO FIRSTMeasure.Establish which pages are slow and why.WHAT USUALLY HELPS... Scaling Your Store as It Grows What breaks first, and in what order.WHAT BREAKS AS TRAFFIC GROWSResource limits at peak times,... Scheduled Maintenance and How We Notify You Servers need occasional maintenance: security patches, kernel updates, control panel upgrades and... Scheduled Tasks Versus Real-Time Processing Deciding what happens when.DO IN THE REQUESTAnything the visitor needs the result of immediately:... Securing Your Web Applications on a VPS The server is only as secure as what runs on it.WHY THIS MATTERS MORE ON A VPSOn shared hosting,... Securing Your Website and Hosting Accounts The business presence.WHAT TO PROTECTYour hosting account Your domain registrar account Your site... Security for Sites You Manage for Others Client site responsibility.WHAT TO ESTABLISHWho is responsible for updates Who holds the... Selecting a Backend Stack Making the decision.WHAT TO ASSESSWhat the application actually requires What the team knows What... Sending limit exceeded Outgoing mail refused after a threshold.WHAT IT MEANSShared hosting enforces an hourly sending... Server Migrations: What to Expect Occasionally we move accounts between servers, for hardware replacement, load balancing or... Server Ports and Firewall Rules What is open on a server.WHAT IS TYPICALLY OPENWeb ports Mail ports Control panel ports Secure... Servers and VPS: Everything That Matters, Briefly The whole category in one page.BEFORE BUYING ONEName the specific thing you cannot do on shared... Serving Media from Object Storage Separating files from your hosting.WHAT IT MEANSUploaded images, documents and video stored with... Setting File Permissions What must be writable.WHAT NEEDS TO BE WRITABLEThe storage directory and its contents The... Setting Mailbox Quotas Sensibly Every mailbox draws from your account's total disk space, so quotas matter.SETTING ONEcPanel >... Setting Up a Course Site The components.WHAT YOU NEEDCourse software Payment Content hosting Student accounts A way to... Setting Up a Dedicated Sending Service For higher volume.WHEN TO CONSIDER ONEYou send newsletters or marketing mail You send substantial... Setting Up a Staging or Development Site Test changes somewhere other than the live site. This is the cheapest insurance available.THE... Setting Up as a Reseller The practical steps.WHAT YOU NEEDA reseller hosting plan A domain for your own business... Setting Up Email in eM Client or Other Desktop Clients The settings are the same whatever the program.WHAT ANY CLIENT NEEDSAccount type: IMAPIncoming... Setting Up the Scheduler and Queues Background work on cPanel.WHAT THE SCHEDULER NEEDSA single cron entry, running every minute,... Shared Hosting and Network Resources What you share.WHAT IS SHAREDThe server's processing, memory and connection Its address, usually... Shared Hosting Architecture How shared hosting is built.WHAT IT ISMany customers' sites served from one machine, isolated... Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting and VPS Compared SHARED HOSTINGYour account sits on a server alongside other customers, each with allocated... Shared Hosting, VPS or Dedicated Server? Choosing honestly.SHARED HOSTINGYour site runs alongside others on one server, with your own... Shop Plugins and Conflicts Extensions and their cost.WHY SHOPS ACCUMULATE PLUGINSEach feature needs one: shipping, payment,... Should You Move to a VPS? The next step, honestly assessed.WHAT A VPS GIVES YOUFull control over the server Software you... SSH connection refused or permission denied Command line access failing.CONNECTION REFUSEDNothing is listening on that port.Check the port.... SSL Configuration Grades and What They Mean Online testing tools award a grade. Interpreting it sensibly.WHAT IS GRADEDSupported protocol... Static Sites and Frameworks: Everything That Matters, Briefly The whole category in one page.WHAT STATIC MEANSThe server sends an existing file. Fast, secure,... Subdomains Versus Separate Domains A common decision when adding a new section or a new project.USE A SUBDOMAIN WHENThe content... Subscriber Data and Privacy Handling the list responsibly.WHAT YOU HOLDEmail addresses, names, and whatever else you... Supported PHP Versions and Extensions We run multiple PHP versions side by side, selectable per domain.CHOOSING A VERSIONcPanel >... Taking Your Own Backups Take one before every update, migration or significant change. It takes two minutes and has saved... Telling the Difference Between a Site Problem and a Server Problem Most outages are site-level. Knowing which you are facing saves a great deal of time.SIGNS IT IS... The Backup Questions to Answer Honestly A short self-assessment.DO BACKUPS EXISTNot "is a plugin installed", but: is there a file, dated... The True Cost of Running Your Own Server What it actually takes.THE MONEYThe server itself Backups, if not included Monitoring, if not... Three Ways to Install a WordPress Plugin Plugins add features to WordPress. There are three installation methods, and the right one... Transferring Ownership of an Account Selling a business, handing a site to a client, or moving an account to a new owner requires a... Troubleshooting Laravel on Shared Hosting Common failures.BLANK PAGE OR SERVER ERRORRead the log first, then the server error log.Debug... Two-Factor Authentication The measure that stops most attacks.WHAT IT ISA second step beyond your password: a code from an... Understanding Database Privileges What a user is permitted to do.THE COMMON ONESSELECT: read dataINSERT: add rowsUPDATE: change... Understanding Email Sending Limits Shared hosting enforces an hourly limit on outgoing mail.WHY IT EXISTSEvery account on a server... Understanding Hosting Costs What you pay for.WHAT DRIVES COST IN A FACILITYPower, primarily Cooling, which follows power... Understanding Meta-Frameworks Frameworks built on frameworks.WHAT THEY AREFrameworks adding structure and capability on top of... 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