openDNS

Open DNS is relatively simple to use, has a 99.99% success rate, and can even cause every single site you visit on the internet, whether it is yours or not, to load faster. In some cases, pages which normally take a few seconds to load up will take less than […]

Finding Missing Images, Correct Spelling, and Path for Your Files

Missing/Broken Files When you get a 404 error, check the URL in your browser. This tells you the path and file name that cannot be found. http://example.com/example/Example/help.html The file must be in public_html/example/Example/ and the names are case-sensitive. For addon domains, the file must be in public_html/addondomain.com/example/Example/ and the names […]

Change Include Path – Script or the Custom php.ini File

If you need to change the include_path, you can do so in the script itself or in the custom php.ini file. Script In a PHP script you would add this line: ini_set(‘include_path’, ‘/new/include/path’); with the path you want to use. php.ini Alternatively, you can place this directive in the php.ini […]

How to Disable Password Authentication for SSH

Once you have SSH Keys configured, you can add some extra security to your server by disabling password authentication for SSH. (Note that if you do lose your private key, this will make the server inaccessible and you will need to contact HostGator to have this re-enabled.) To disable this setting, […]

SSH Keying through PuTTY on Windows or Linux

Here we will go over how to setup SSH keys using PuTTY, a popular SSH client for Windows. There is also a Linux version as well. 1. Download PuTTY and PuTTYgen First you will need to download PuTTY and PuTTYgen. You can get the latest version for both at the […]

SSH Key through Terminal – Linux or MacOS X

  SSH keys are fairly simple to setup, especially when using the native terminal applications available in either Linux or Mac OSX. Here’s how! In terminal, type the following command: ssh-keygen This will ask you a few questions, the defaults for which are just fine. Do not enter a password […]

Generic Name Servers and A records

If you are not using private name servers, or your private name servers are set up correctly, then you may be missing the A record for your hostname. To check: Log into WHM. Click on the DNS Functions icon or navigate to the DNS Functions section in the sidebar. Click on Add an A Entry […]

Error: Hostname Not Resolved to an IP Address

If the DNS for your hostname is not set up correctly, you may receive an email saying something similar to this: Your hostname (srv.example.com) could not be resolved to an IP address. This means that /etc/hosts is not set up correctly, and/or there is no dns entry for srv.example.com. Please […]