What is Server Side Includes? Server side includes (SSI) are a method for manipulating web pages at the server level before they are sent to the visitor’s web browser. SSI uses tags so when the information is parsed, it cuts and pastes the information from another source into the webpage. Here’s what happens: The server Read More >
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Updating your Publishing Password in the Builder
If you are using Premium Website Builder and you have changed your cPanel password, you will not be able to publish the site. You will need to update your publishing settings in Premium Web Builder. Premium website builder uses your cpanel username and password as the login credentials to publish your website. Changing your Password Read More >
Installing Zend Framework
An Introduction to Zend Framework Zend Framework is a free open-source object oriented web application framework for PHP 5. The Zend Framework provides an advanced Model-View-Controller (MVC) implementation that is designed to help you establish a basic structure for your Zend Framework applications. Zend Framework is often referred to as a “component library” since it Read More >
Outlook: Leaving a copy of the message on the server using POP3
Most email clients, including Outlook, allow you to leave a copy of the emails in your inbox on the server. This, at times, can be important, since by default POP3 email protocol downloads the email message from your inbox and removes it from the server. For more information about the differences between POP3 and IMAP Read More >
Introduction to Memcached: server side data caching
Memcached is a server side caching system that is free and open source, and can be installed on any VPS or dedicated server. A caching system can dramatically improve the performance of your website. How does Memcached work? Memcached stores the data in the memory and when the data is needed the application checks for Read More >
Installing GIMP to edit Images
GIMP is a free open source image editing software that has many different features to help you edit images on your website. GIMP has a very close feel to Photoshop, but is absolutely free. If you need to make make advanced modifications to your images a more powerful image editor may be needed, but for Read More >
Setting the IMAP Path Prefix on your iPhone
When you first set up your iPhone to check your email hosted with InMotion Hosting, it’s possible you will not see the Sent, Trash, Drafts, and Junk folders. Typically, these folders are in your INBOX and you’ll need to set the prefix path for it to work correctly. How to set the prefix path If Read More >
Installing WordPress Jetpack Plugin
The Jetpack plugin from Automattic brings WordPress.com premium features to your self-hosted WordPress site. If you’re not sure what the differences are between WordPress.com sites and self-hosted WordPress sites, don’t worry, we’ll explain more about that below. In this article, we’ll also cover the basic installation of the Jetpack plugin and the basic configuration. Jetpack Read More >
Learn How to Use the .htaccess File
.htaccess files are hidden plain text files that are on the server to help control how your visitors interact with your website. The .htaccess file is also used to block specific traffic from being able to view your website. If you look for your .htaccess file you’ll see that there’s no filename. The extension is Read More >
What is Graylisting?
Graylisting is a method implemented by some email servers to protect against spam. When you send an email to a person that uses a gray listing spam filter, that mail will be checked against an approved list. If the address is not on the approved list then the message will be sent back with a “try Read More >
Using a META tag to block bots from indexing a webpage
You can use a specific <META> tag to tell search engine robots to not index the content of a specific webpage. If you would like to find out how to stop bots from accessing your entire website please read our article on creating a Robots.txt file. You can also use the same tag to direct Read More >
What is Captcha?
Most users are familiar with captcha, as it is in use all over the web. Captcha is a way to prevent “bots” from posing as a real human and posting content to your websites, such as posting spam comments. Captcha requires users to look at a picture and type in the words that appear. This Read More >
Email Error- Mailbox Quota Exceeded
If you get an error in webmail that says “Mailbox Quota Exceeded” you can correct this error in cPanel. This error is due to having too much mail in your account or the quota size was set too low when the address was created in cPanel. One option is to simply delete emails to lower Read More >
Deleting a Website created in Fantastico de Luxe
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 hosting Customers who may still be using Fantastico. For all other users, please Read More >
Renewing your Domain with InMotion Hosting
Any domain name that is managed with your InMotion Hosting account is set to renew automatically. Automatic domain renewal is set up to help ensure the domain name renews without first expiring. This includes any domain you have purchased or have transferred the management rights for to InMotion Hosting. Why Automatic Renewals Fail At times Read More >
Do you support Mod_Rewrite?
The quick answer is yes! Mod_rewrite is a rule based rewrite engine that handles rewriting URL’s on the fly. If you have set up a re-direct within cPanel, you have unwittingly used mod_rewrite to create a rule in your .htaccess file. If you need further assistance with mod_rewrite please feel free to contact our support department.
Installing OpenCart 1.5 Manually
OpenCart is a free, open-source shopping cart. In this tutorial, we will show you how to manually install OpenCart. Please note: If you are an InMotion Hosting customer, you can install OpenCart using Softaculous, which will be much easier than manually installing it. In the first step, you will need to download OpenCart from the Read More >
Learning About Mod_security and Disabling Mod_security
Mod_security is an apache module that helps to protect your website from various attacks. It is used to block commonly known exploits by use of regular expressions and rule sets and is enabled on all InMotion web hosting plans. Mod_Security can potentially block common code injection attacks which strengthens the security of the server. If Read More >
How to use your Public_FTP folder
On your account you may see in folder in file manager or FTP called the “public_ftp” folder. The public_ftp folder is only used for Anonymous Logins via FTP and is placed there by default. For security reasons, InMotion Hosting servers logins by FTP that are anonymus are blocked. Even though the folder is placed there Read More >
Understanding Software Versions
You may find you have installed various third party software on your website such as Joomla, Moodle, and WordPress. Periodically, you may be trying to determine if you have an older version of the software. This can be confusing to some, so we’re going to explain it to you. Each new release of the software Read More >
