As WordPress brute force attacks are on the rise and without any signs of slowing down, preventing brute force attacks on your WordPress site is critical to your site’s security and stability. In this article, we will show you how to use iThemes Security to easily block brute force attacks using their cloud-based database. First, Read More >
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Installing the Solid Security (iThemes Security) WordPress Plugin
Solid Security, formerly known as iThemes Security, is an excellent WordPress plugin that will assist you in doing things such as protecting from brute force attacks, automatically backing up your WordPress database, and much more. In this article, we will show you how to easily install the Solid Security plugin. Now that you have successfully Read More >
Creating and scheduling WordPress database backups with iThemes Security
Backing up your website is necessary to ensure the operation of your website continues in the event of hacks, accidental changes, and other data loss. In this article, we will show you how to fully backup your WordPress database using iThemes Security. Upon completion of this article, you will not only be able to back Read More >
Drupal 7 Critical Update
Issue: Drupal has released a critical update (Drupal 7.32) for Drupal 7. They are urging everyone to update to this latest vesion. Status: Drupal update 7.32 has been released. Who is impacted? Websites running on Drupal 7, that have not updated to Drupal 7.32. Why was this update released? Drupal released a security advisory on Read More >
Creating a Child Theme in WordPress
If you want to modify a WordPress theme, you should create what’s called a child theme. A child theme allows you to make updates that would not be overwritten by updates to the theme. Theme updates occur on a regular basis, usually in response to updates to WordPress. If the modifications were made to the Read More >
How to Enable Logging in FileZilla
If you are having problems using FileZilla, the logs may provide clues into what is causing the issue. By default logging is disabled, so it has to be turned on. In this tutorial, we will show you how to enable logging in FileZilla. You can then review the log file to help troubleshoot your FTP Read More >
Planned Maintenance 10-29-2014
We have a planned maintenance window scheduled for the evening of October 19, 2014. We make every effort to minimize downtime as a result of maintenance. However, maintenance is sometimes necessary to ensure the stability and security of our hosting environment. Find out what server your account is on. cPanel Upgrades The following servers will Read More >
How to Import a Table using phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin is a useful database tool that can be used for a variety of MySQL database operations. The following tutorial covers the import feature. Before you make any changes, be sure that you make a current backup of your database before making any changes. Importing a table means that you will be bringing data and/or Read More >
How to Export a Table in phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin is a powerful MySQL database client that has many capabilities. We will be showing one of its features – the export table option. Exporting a table means that you will make a copy of the table structures and its data. Caution should be taken whenever working with your database. Make sure that you make Read More >
Emergency Power Maintenance Affecting Dedicated Servers
This maintenance will not be affecting VPS servers, Shared plans , or Reseller servers. Issue: Emergency Power Maintenance Status: The Systems Architecture team will be replacing a power supply controller tonight at 11PM PDT. Who is impacted? Around 20 dedicated servers. Estimated time until resolution: The issue will be resolved within 15 minutes but downtime Read More >
Emergency Maintenance on biz49
We are currently performing emergency maintenance on server biz49 due to a hard drive failure. Backups from most of the accounts on the server are dated from yesterday (October 26) and are being restored. We do apologize as there is currently no estimated time of completion for this issue. Our systems team is working as Read More >
Phone Server Emergency Maintenance
Issue: Phone Server Emergency Maintenance Status: Our Systems Architecture team performed emergency maintenenace on our phone servers. Who is impacted? Customers trying to contact our Technical Support team over the telephone . Estimated time until resolution: At this time, our Telephone Support services have been restored. **Update 2:15p.m. Our Live Tech Support team is once Read More >
How to Import & Export Role Definitions in Moodle
In this tutorial: Exporting Role Definitions Importing Role Definitions Beginning with Moodle 2.6 is the ability to Import and Export Role definitions. This allows you to share your role definitions, or use them on other Moodle sites. In this tutorial we will show you how to Import and Export Role Definitions in Moodle. Exporting Role Read More >
Displaying Additional Name Fields in Moodle
Starting with Moodle 2.6, you have the ability to display additional name fields. This is helpful when you have users with foreign characters in their names (such as Japan), and you also want to display a name in Roman Characters, or with phonetic spelling. In this tutorial, I will show you how to display additional Read More >
cp command
In this tutorial: Command structure Examples At first, the cp command seems like a very straightforward command. While it is certainly a simple concept to copy a file or directory from one location to another, it has many different options involved to tailor the process. The cp command is also one of the most used Read More >
The add_action WordPress function
The add_action function is arguably the most used function in WordPress. Simply put, it allows you to run a function when a particular hook occurs. In this article, we will introduce you to the add_action function and teach you how to use it in your first WordPress plugin. For example, if you wanted to add Read More >
The has_action() WordPress function
When writing a WordPress plugin or theme, you may need to check if an action hook exists before running additional code. In this article, we will show you the has_action WordPress function as well as how to use it. Usage <?php has_action( $tag, $function_to_check ) ?> Parameters The has_action function includes 2 parameters, on of Read More >
Ways to easily manage your site with SSH
SSH (Secure Shell) Access is now available for all shared hosting, reseller hosting, VPS, and Dedicated server accounts. Those that use SSH frequently find that managing their website can be faster than trudging through a GUI (Graphical User Interface). GUIs are often aesthetically pleasing and organized into many different sections or pages. This is good Read More >
LD118 Failure and recovery
UPDATE: We are in the process of moving accounts to a new server, this will occur during a maintenance window on 10/22. We are very sorry to inform you that at 3am on Thursday October 16, 2014, LD118 suffered a major hardware failure associated with the hard drives on the server. In spite of system Read More >
Planned Maintenance on 10/15/14
We have a planned maintenance window scheduled for the evening of October 19, 2014. We make every effort to minimize downtime as a result of maintenance. However, maintenance is sometimes necessary to ensure the stability and security of our hosting environment. Find out what server your account is on. MySQL 5.6 Upgrades The following servers Read More >
