September 10, 2012 – 5:30 PM GoDaddy Outage Information There is an outage involving millions of GoDaddy accounts. InMotion Hosting is not affiliated with GoDaddy in anyway, but we do understand that many of our own customers utilize GoDaddy for registrations of their domains, email, or website hosting. We understand the difficulties and Read More >
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WordPress Security – Preventing Brute Force Attacks on Admin Login
There has been an increasing trend of brute force attacks on WordPress websites, and we recommend following the steps in our WordPress wp-login.php brute force attack news update for steps to take to lock down and secure your WordPress installation. Why is WordPress targeted? WordPress is one of the one most widely used website solutions Read More >
How to Set the Timezone in PHP
If you notice the incorrect time in your PHP scripts, the likely culprit is that the hosting server is in a different timezone. For example, when you’re an InMotion PHP web hosting customer, you can select from data centers in Washington, D.C., or California, which means the server’s timezone will be either Eastern Standard Time Read More >
How to Manually Install WordPress
The easiest way to install WordPress is to use Softaculous. Softaculous is an installation application that is free with select InMotion Hosting subscriptions. You can also manually install WordPress using the steps below. The installation process includes downloading the WordPress files, creating a database, and configuring the installation. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through Read More >
How to Disable the WP-Cron (wp-cron.php) in WordPress
WordPress uses a file called wp-cron.php as a virtual cron job in order to automate tasks like publishing scheduled posts, checking for plugin or theme updates, sending email notifications, and more. Why would you disable the WP-cron (wp-cron.php)? For many WordPress users, you can improve website performance when you disable the WP-cron in the WordPress Read More >
How to Log in to WebHost Manager (WHM)
WebHost Manager (WHM) allows server administrators to manage cPanel accounts. When you want to modify settings for multiple cPanel accounts, Below we cover: WHM is only available with Managed VPS Hosting, Managed Dedicated Hosting, and Reseller Hosting. What is my WHM Username and Password? Since cPanel is tied into WHM, you use the same cPanel Read More >
How to Change your root Password in WHM
It’s best practice to rotate all your passwords on a regular basis. It’s important to maintain security for your root password due to the access root provides to your server. Having root access on a Linux server is similar to having administrator access on a Windows computer. You must have root access to your server Read More >
Making DNS changes at NetworkSolutions.com
If you have registered a domain through Network Solutions, then you will need to make DNS changes in order to use it at a different hosting server. Primarily, you will need to change your nameservers in order to use your domain name at InMotion Hosting. This does not transfer the domain name to InMotion Hosting. Read More >
Default / Catch-All Address
By design, the catch-all is set to :fail: to prevent spammers from sending large amounts of unwanted mail to you. Our shared servers no longer allow you to set your own default address to prevent spam overflow, so we recommend using forwarders or filters to route your mail instead. You can also learn about how Read More >
How to Modify Your hosts File Using Windows
NOTE: The following information is intended for Windows users. If you are using a Mac, please see our article on How to Modify Your hosts File Using Mac OS X What is a hosts File Modification? A hosts file modification is a simple tweak that is used to “trick” your computer into resolving to a Read More >
How to Edit your Hosts File on a Mac
Your computer uses the HOSTS file to look up/resolve domain names to an IP address. This file can force your computer to resolve your website to a specific IP address rather than using the DNS entries indicated by the domain’s name servers. Manually configuring your domain with the IP address of your InMotion Hosting server Read More >
How to Create a Backup Using FTP
Backing up your website is a necessary step for all users. When you use an FTP client to backup your files to a local folder on your computer, you can summarize the process in three basic steps: access and select your files with FTP, create or find a directory for your backup, download your website Read More >
How to View & Print Invoices in AMP
Within your Account Management Panel (AMP), you can see and print invoices or receipts for your account. In this guide we will show you how to View and Print your payment history in AMP. Tax ID/VAT Payment History Print Invoices Add Tax ID or VAT Before Payment Log into AMP. Select Billing from the top. Read More >
