This guide will explain how to add domains to Plesk using either the Power-user or Service-provider interfaces. Power User interface Follow these steps to add a domain to Plesk for servers using the Power-user interface: Open the websites and domains menu from the left column of the Plesk panel. Select the add domain button On […]
This guide is designed to show LCN web hosting and WordPress hosting customers how to reset your admin user password for WordPress. Resetting WordPress Passwords via the WordPress Dashboard If you have access to the WordPress dashboard for your site, you can reset the password for your account from within the dashboard. Login to the […]
This guide will explain how to upgrade installed software versions for PHP/Mysql using cPanel, including how to update the cPanel version. We would recommend taking backups of any important data before applying any updates/upgrades. Updating PHP Version You can update the PHP version installed for Apache on your server using cPanel by following the steps […]
This guide will explain how to configure the specifications/resources allocated to domains added to cPanel by creating packages in the WHM control panel. Let’s get started… First, log in to your WHM control panel. Select ‘add a package’ from the packages menu in WHM: Enter a name for the package and then customise the resources […]
If you’re new to the whole process of running your own website, it might not be clear why you need to have a domain name and web hosting to get your site online. We’ll try to cover some of the questions about web hosting that you might have as a beginner in this guide: Why […]
This guide will show you how to update your email password for customers using LCN Web hosting, WordPress hosting, Email hosting or LiteMail. Creating a strong password is very important. This guide will help you pick a password that’s both secure and easy to remember. Let’s get started… Update your email password from your LCN Account Log in to your LCN account and head to your Control Panel. Click on the […]
Encountering PHP errors is fairly common when using content management systems (CMS) such as WordPress and Joomla, due to third-party plugins and themes being installed and frequently updated. To help diagnose these errors you can use PHP error logging. Whilst these plugins are usually tested locally, they can conflict with others once live. PHP errors can cause the […]
This guide explains how to troubleshoot 500 errors for customers using LCN web hosting and WordPress hosting. The 500 error is a generic error returned when the web-server encounters a problem and a more specific error message cannot be provided. The first step in troubleshooting this error should be to refresh the page to check if the error re-occurs. If […]
If you have built your website using Dreamweaver you will need to know how to upload it to your hosting with LCN. This guide will provide you with the basic steps on how to define your site and upload your files. Before you start you will need to make sure you have your FTP Username and FTP Password. You […]
This guide will explain how to optimise MySQL database tables in phpMyAdmin. For customers using LCN Web hosting or WordPress hosting. Optimising tables reorganises the physical storage of table data, to reduce storage space used on disk and improve I/O efficiency when accessing data within the table. Sometimes tables that are written to frequently can […]