Now that we’ve covered the basics of how email works and you have set up an email account, you need to learn how to check your email. Before you can check your email you need to make a few important decisions such as choosing which email client to use and deciding which protocol to choose Read More >
Brad Markle
Email: a Basic Introduction
Email is a very efficient means to contact visitors of your website or stay in contact with your customers. Your InMotion Hosting account allows you create unlimited email accounts. All the accounts you’ll need for whatever purpose you desire. What Is Email? In the most basic sense, email is electronic mail. You simply type a Read More >
Testing your WordPress website after Migration
At this point, you have done the work to migrate your website to Inmotion Hosting. The last step before taking the website live on our servers is to test your website. To do this, you will need to modify your hosts file on your computer. How does a hosts file modification work? When you visit Read More >
Migrating WordPress Files
During the migration process to migrate your existing WordPress site from a previous host to InMotion Hosting, the next step is to copy or migrate all of the WordPress application files. To do this we will be using FTP. If you do not have your FTP credentials from your previous host, please be sure to Read More >
Migrating your WordPress Database
In this lesson, we will show you how to migrate our WordPress website. In this fictional tutorial we will migrate a your-wordpress-site.com from HostABC to InMotion Hosting. As to provide no downtime during the migration process , we will not update the nameservers for your-wordpress-site.com, so the hosting will remain pointed to the previous host, Read More >
Intro to Migrating your WordPress Site Data
When migrating a WordPress site from a previous hosting provider to InMotion Hosting, there are some introductory topics that may benefit you if you understand them. In subsequent article we will discuss in detail the process further. However, we do want to cover some basics here. Access to Files and Databases In order to successfully Read More >
Finding and Installing Widgets in WordPress
Widgets add functionality to the sidebar of your WordPress website. Follow the steps below for installing widgets in WordPress. First, login to your WordPress dashboard. After you have logged in, click “Widgets” under “Appearance“ This screen contains three areas of interest: How to activate Widgets Widgets that are listed in the Primary Widget Area Read More >
Installing a WordPress Theme from the Internet
If you find a theme via the internet you can easily install it using your WordPress dashboard. You will need to download the theme to your local computer and then proceed to upload it. Installing a Theme Manually in WordPress Search for and download a theme from the WordPress.org. Typically, it will be a compressed Read More >
Finding a new theme online
While WordPress comes with hundreds of themes available to be automatically installed through the Dashboard, you may not be able to find one that meets your needs perfectly. With thousands of themes available online, to help you get started below we have outlined how to find more WordPress themes online. What types of themes are Read More >
Setting Up Permalinks on your WordPress Site
Permalinks are permanent URLs to your individual posts and pages. Creating permanent links to your content can make it easier to share links and help Search Engine Optimization (SEO). There are multiple options on how to create the structure of permalinks such as date, article number, or another customized format. If you are troubleshooting a Read More >
Installing WordPress Using Your Temporary URL
WordPress is dynamically driven using your domain name. This means that WordPress Hosting site will not work correctly using your temporary URL if it was configured to be installed using your domain name. Take, for instance, if you are migrating an existing WordPress site from another host to InMotion Hosting, you will want to migrate Read More >
Configuring your WordPress Home Page
WordPress allows you to control what appears on the front page of your website. The most common settings changed on the home page is typically how many posts display, and whether your website shows recent posts of static content such as a page you have created. To make changes click “Settings” in the left menu Read More >
Email Client Configuration – Email Over SSL
When setting up your email client to send and receive email over SSL the following ports will need to be used: POP: 995IMAP: 993SMTP: 465 If you have any trouble you will want to set them back to the default ports: POP: 110IMAP: 143SMTP: 587 You may receive a domain mismatch error in your mail Read More >
How to Add Password Protection for a Directory Using cPanel
At times, you may find it best practice to password protect a folder on your account. This can add an extra layer of protection to files you do not want the general public to have access to. Password protecting a directory can be easily accomplished using the option within cPanel. In this guide, you can Read More >
Domain Names – Registrar Transfer versus NameServer Change
There is often confusion with the term “transfer” when it applies to domain names. Most people are actually looking to perform a nameserver change to point the domain correctly, usually after changing hosts, and this is an entirely different process from performing a registrar transfer. Changing Nameservers You can change nameservers by merely logging into Read More >
Common Website Issues
Common Issues With Your Website – Basic Troubleshooting I can’t see my website! I made changes, but my website still looks the same. When I go to my website I just see an index listing. I still see your “Website Coming Soon” page. All of a sudden everything stopped working…My site, email, FTP… After uploading, Read More >
How to Manually Install PHP Software
Step-by-Step Guide: Manual installation of PHP application on your website for host PHP Environments This tutorial will explain how to manually install a PHP application on your website. Please note that InMotion Hosting does not provide technical support for manual installations or use of third-party software. For support, please visit the third party vendor’s website. Read More >
Streaming Audio/Video on Your Site
InMotion Hosting’s servers fully support the implementation of streaming media on your website. This can be done manually or through a script, which are both explained here. The best way to utilize this feature without eating your bandwidth or inconveniencing your visitors is to upload it to a third party MP3/video service and embed it Read More >
Inserting Flash into HTML
For more information on streaming audio and video, please visit our other article: Streaming Audio/Video on your Site How to insert your Flash movies into your website After creating a Flash movie you normally go to File ~>Save As from the top menu to save your movie. Save the file as “yourmovie.fla“. We will show Read More >
Creating, Importing, and Exporting MySQL Databases
The article you are viewing used to contain all of the information needed to create, import, and export databases. We thought this was a bit much for one article, and we’ve made some adjustments to make it easier for you to find what you’re looking for. Please see the links below for further details: How Read More >
