A merchant account is provided by a company that allows you to process payment from credit cards and other forms of payment directly from your website. Working in conjunction with a payment gateway and frequently requiring an SSL for your domain to allow the secure transfer of credit card information, […]
Enable Monitor to Auto Restart Services
It is possible to activate monitor for enabled services, allowing your server to auto restart services that become disabled. To enable monitor: Log into WHM as root. Navigate to the Service Configuration section and select Service Manager: Scroll to the service you wish to enable monitor for. Ensure that both Enabled and Monitor are checked for the […]
Manually Restart a Service
To manually restart a service from WHM: Log into WHM as root. Scroll the left navigation bar down to the Restart Services section: Click on the name of the service you wish to restart. WHM will ask if you are sure you wish to restart the service, please click Yes:
Changing Google’s Crawl Rate
Google allows you to adjust the crawl rate, but you cannot specify different crawl rates for your site’s section, such as specific folders or subdirectories. For example, you can specify a custom crawl rate for www.yoursitesdomain.com and subdomain.yoursitesdomain.com, but you cannot specify a custom crawl rate for www.yoursitesdomain.com/subfolder. Changing Google’s […]
Setting up Composer
Composer is typically used by advanced users who are familiar with the particulars of Composer and are comfortable running commands in SSH. As always, it is best to generate a backup of your website before making any changes or running any commands as HostGator is not responsible for the aftereffects […]
Compressed Files rar zip tar.gz
Our servers can compress to and extract .zip, .bz2, .gz, .tar, .tar.bz2 and .tar.gz files. Our servers will allow you to upload .rar files, but note that RAR is a closed-source software that is NOT distributed with Linux and cannot normally be extracted via shell or the File Manager in […]
What is a 503 error?
What is a 503 error? A 503 error message indicates an issue preventing access to the site and lets visitors know that the target site still exists. However, the service or data is temporarily unavailable. Note: Search engine rankings temporarily remain in place while a 503 error page is displayed. This […]
How to manually move an addon domain
It is recommended to create a backup of your website before making any changes. CodeGuard creates an automatic backup that you can count on! To move an addon domain from one cPanel to another: Download the content of your addon domain to your local computer. Back up any associated database(s). Create a […]
URL Redirect Methods, Forwarders
301 Redirect Search engines like Google prefer 301 (permanent) redirects. These redirects can be changed and erased as desired. The 302 (temporary) redirects behave similarly to 301 redirects; however, they are less favored since they redirect visitors and search engines without updating the bookmark. For help creating a 301 redirect, […]
Linux Application Paths – What is the path to …?
All of the paths in this article use an example home directory of /home/username. For the correct home directory path to replace this with, you may check the Home Directory path listed in your cPanel under GENERAL INFORMATION in the left-hand sidebar. Once you have identified your correct home directory, simply replace /home/username with the […]