AWStats: View Statistics About Your Website Traffic

AWSTATS is a tool in your cPanel that produces visual statistics about visitors to your website. What Information Can I View in AWSTATS? How to Access AWSTATS Troubleshooting View our reviewing website stats with AWStats guide for screenshots of what you can view with AWStats. NOTE: AWSTATS analyzes Apache logs to generate your website statistics. Read More >

Q&A: West Coast Datacenter Move – February 2010

During the fourth week of February 2010, InMotion Hosting will be moving data center operations to a new facility in Downtown Los Angeles. The physical move will take place between the hours of 11pm PST and 3am PST from Sunday, February 21st, through Thursday, February 25th. This migration will only involve customers currently housed in Read More >

How to Set Up Mac Mail

If you are using a newer version of Mac OSX then please see the updated version of this article. The updated article applies to Mac OSX “Mavericks” to Mac OSX “El Capitan” (versions 10.92 – 10.11.3) and Apple Mail client versions 7.2 – 9.2. Please note that the following tutorial graphics are pre-Mavericks (version 10.9). Read More >

How to Optimize Drupal 7

Enable Caching Caching allows the server to store copies of webpages on the server. This allows the pages to load faster and reduce the overall load on the server. If you do not make frequent changes to your website caching can be a great option to speed up your page load times of your Drupal Read More >

More help with Google’s Safe Browsing Diagnostic Page

While surfing the web, some websites that you visit will display a warning similar to the following: If the website you’re visiting is not yours, then it would be a good idea to click the button labeled, “Get me out of here!“, as the page you are visiting may attempt to infect your computer. If Read More >

MySQL – 1044 Access Denied Error Message

This page will assist you with troubleshooting a MySQL – 1044 “Access Denied” Error Message. Troubleshooting the MySQL 1044 “Access Denied” Error When you import a database using phpMyAdmin, generally you are importing a text file with a .sql extension. Here is a section of code that may be in a .sql database backup. In Read More >

How to Add Another Domain in cPanel

It’s easy to add another domain in cPanel, but the process can seem overwhelming the first time. Broadly speaking, you’ll need to register the new domain, point the domain to the right nameservers, and then add the domain in cPanel so that cPanel recognizes it. Before You Add Another Domain in cPanel Before you configure Read More >

eCommerce – Testing your Online Store

eCommerce Getting Started Guide After you’ve selected your eCommerce web host, setup your online store, added your products, and configured your SSL Certificate, your last step is to test your site and ensure it is working as it should. You’ll want to buy a few products and test your available payment modules (such as paypal). Read More >

eCommerce – Setup your Merchant Account Gateway

eCommerce Getting Started Guide Once you have successfully configured your online store and uploaded your products, the next crucial step is setting up your Merchant Account / Gateway. This pivotal component of ecommerce hosting enables you to seamlessly process payments from your customers. To assist you in this essential task, we have curated a comprehensive Read More >

eCommerce- Install your Shopping Cart Software

eCommerce Getting Started Guide After you have decided which ecommerce application you’d like to use on your website, the next step is to actually install the software. If you have opted for ecommerce hosting solution like OS Commerce, Zen Cart, or CubeCart, you can easily set them up using the convenient Softaculous platform. For more Read More >

eCommerce – Choose which Shopping Cart Software to use

eCommerce Getting Started Guide Build your online store with ease. In this guide we will explore the top eCommerce website hosting solutions and popular shopping cart applications. If you are looking to sell products online, the first thing you’ll need to do is choose which cart software you would like to use. Three widely used online Read More >

How to migrate your website FROM another host TO InMotion Hosting

This article will assist you with migrating a website from another web hosting company to InMotion Hosting. Please see our other article if your previous hosting provider uses cPanel. Also, if you are moving a WordPress website to us, we have a guide in our WordPress Education channel titled “Easily Move WordPress Site to New Read More >

Getting Started Guide Online Forum Bulletin Board

This article will assist you with getting started adding an online forum / bulletin board to your website. What is a Forum? A forum is an online discussion board / bulletin board. It allows your users to post topics, and then for the rest of the forum community to read and respond to those topics. Read More >

Testing your website using your Temporary URL

All accounts include a temporary url that you can use to test your website. You’ll want to use the temporary url in the following cases: Your domain was just registered, and is not fully activated You are migrating your website from another host, and have not yet updated your DNS What is my Temporary URL? Read More >

How to install Moodle using Fantastico

Fantastico, a feature in cPanel that helps you easily install programs to your account, is no longer available. As of September 17th, 2012, Fantastico has been replaced by Softaculous. This article is being kept in our Support Center for our VPS and Dedicated Customers who may still be using Fantastico. For all other users, please Read More >

Getting Started Guide: Joomla

About Joomla From Joomla.org: Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone. Read More >

Getting Started Guide Dreamweaver

About Dreamweaver From adobe.com: Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5 software empowers designers and developers to build standards-based websites with confidence. Design visually or directly in code, develop pages with content management systems, and accurately test browser compatibility Downloading Dreamweaver To begin using Dreamweaver, you will first need to obtain a copy of the software. If you don’t Read More >

Getting Started Guide OsCommerce

About OsCommerce From oscommerce.com: osCommerce Online Merchant is an Open Source online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free with a feature rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain online stores with minimum effort and with no costs, fees, or limitations involved. Installing OsCommerce Read More >

Getting Started Guide: CubeCart

About Cube Cart From cubecart.com: CubeCart is an “out of the box” ecommerce shopping cart software solution which has been written to run on servers that have PHP & MySQL support. With CubeCart you can quickly setup a powerful online store which can be used to sell digital or tangible products to new and existing Read More >

Dreamweaver CS5 – How to publish your website

This tutorial will assist you with publishing your website using Dreamweaver CS5. After you have opened your site within Dreamweaver, click “Site” – “Put“ It is a good idea to save your work after making changes, so if you’re prompted to save modified files, we recommend that you do. If the pages that you’re publishing Read More >