If you have many users on your account using WordPress as their website solution, then you may want to consider using the cPanel WordPress Manager. You can learn how to use the WordPress Manager for installations, uninstalling, and automatic updates. This tool will make it easier to track and setup your WordPress installations. NOTE: The Read More >
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How to Enable the WordPress Manager in cPanel
WordPress is a popular software application that is very often used to build websites on the internet. cPanel has provided a separate administrator tool that allows you to manage WordPress sites from a cPanel account. It allows you to install and reset passwords for the administrator account of the WordPress installation. The following article will Read More >
How to Change Passwords using the cPanel WordPress Manager
One of the more important features of the cPanel WordPress Manager is the option to change passwords. You can change the administrator user password and the database user password. This can help with the frequent requests for people who have lost or forgotten their admin password or for situations when there is a change in Read More >
How to Migrate a WordPress site from WP Engine
If you need to move a website from WP Engine, you will need to familiar with the interface that they provide. Once you are able to use their user portal to create a backup of your WordPress site, the rest of the process is fairly similar to moving a WordPress site from any other host. Read More >
How to Migrate from WordPress.com
Preparing Exporting Finishing Migrating a WordPress.com site to a standalone WordPress installation hosted at InMotion Hosting is a relatively simple process. The main steps are preparing for the migration, exporting the files, and then importing the files to your new location. WordPress offers a paid option that will guide you through the process, or you Read More >
How to Migrate a WordPress site from BlueHost
Things to consider before migrating your WordPress site Before you can move your site using the backup plugin, you need to make a backup of your installation. However, there are few things to consider that would make transferring your site much easier for you. Before you migrate your WordPress site, please do the following: Turn Read More >
How to View MariaDB Databases On Command Line
When you are working with MariaDB to manage databases in cPanel, you will be working with the same interfaces as you did when working with MySQL. MariaDB is made to be a drop-in replacement for MySQL. In this tutorial, we will be showing a few commands using SSH to view databases with MariaDB. For those Read More >
MariaDB – How to Change Database in SSH
Working with MariaDB is in many ways the same as working with MySQL. You will be using a lot of the same commands and operations. As you may already know from working in MySQL, you must select a database to work with in order to perform various functions. Of course, you cannot work on multiple Read More >
How to offer Hosting Plans on your Reseller Advantage Site
In this tutorial, we will show you how to add the Hosting section to your Reseller Advantage site. This is done by removing two lines of code using the BoldGrid editor, which allows the Hosting section to display. How to Offer Hosting in BoldGrid NOTE: Depending on your theme, you may need to remove additional Read More >
West Coast Network Testing and Maintenance
Status: Scheduled- West Coast Data Center Network Testing & Maintenance June 28 after 11:00 PM PST Who is impacted? Customers using the West Coast Data Center network Estimated Maintenance Window: Wednesday June 28, 2017 at 11:00 PM PST through 2:00 AM PST Estimated time until resolution: Up to 3 hours In order to take proactive Read More >
MySQL versus MariaDB
MySQL versus MariaDB Versioning Feature comparison New Features Performance Improvements Compatibility Issues The Back Story of MySQL and MariaDB MySQL and MariaDB share some common history, both are named after developer Michael Widenius’ daughters, My and Maria. MySQL was created in 1995 by a Swedish software company, MySQL AB. It grew in popularity over the Read More >
How to Install MariaDB
In this tutorial we will show you how to install/upgrade MariaDB on your VPS or Dedicated Server. It is recommended that you move from MySQL to MariaDB using the software interface within WHM. This tool allows you to manage updates for your version of MariaDB automatically. As the vendor releases updates or patches for your Read More >
What is MariaDB?
MariaDB is an open source relational database management system based on MySQL. It is a fork or developmental derivative of MySQL and provides a replacement for MySQL as well. The database was developed after MySQL was acquired by the Oracle Corporation. One of MariaDB’s strengths is that it focuses on security for the database with Read More >
AMP for VPS Users
The Account Management Panel (AMP) is the main interface for your account with InMotion Hosting. AMP includes your billing, contact, and hosting services information for your Managed VPS Hosting package. You can also use AMP to view, change, or remove services. Below are brief descriptions of each section in AMP and its most common uses. Read More >
How to Create the Parallax Effect with BoldGrid
The parallax effect is an effect used within websites to create the illusion of depth. It is created when a foreground image moves a little faster than a background image. It can involve a few images or several. The following tutorial will show you how to create the parallax effect using the BoldGrid plug-in within Read More >
How to Setup Outlook 2016 for Windows
A common task when first getting into Outlook 2016 is setting up an account. Once the account is created and added you will be able to manage your emails using the Outlook 2016 email client. Note: We have a separate article for Mac users. Setup Outlook using the Automatic Setup Launch the Outlook 2016 client Read More >
Critical Security Update – Joomla! 3.7.1
Security Update for Joomla Joomla! 3.7.1 Release Scheduled for Wednesday (May 17, 2017) Who will be effected? All customers using Joomla for their websites The Joomla! Security Strike Team (JSST) has confirmed and identified a security flaw in Joomla! 3.7. The 3.7.1 version addresses this flaw, so it is critical that you update your Joomla! Read More >
How to Set up the Apple Mail Client (MacOS Sierra)
The following directions are for Apple users who are running MacOS Sierra version 10.12.4. The Mail application is version 10.3 (3273). The process of setting an email account is slightly different from previous versions, but still follows the basic steps found in earlier Apple Mail versions. We will show how to set up an email Read More >
Enable cPanel Disk Usage Notifications for your VPS
Your Managed VPS Hosting plan provides you several cPanel disk usage notifications that provide warnings when resources are being exhausted. Three of these notifications are System disk space usage warning, Disk quota usage warning, and Out of memory warning. You can easily find these settings in WebHost Manager (WHM) using Tweak Settings. The following tutorial Read More >
How to Setup cpHulk on your VPS
How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication for the Web Host Manager If you wish to help secure your Web Host Manager login then using two-factor authentication is one of the options that you have. In order to user two-factor authentication for your Web Host Manager (WHM) on your VPS Hosting account, you will need to be Read More >
