How to set up Web Forwarding

This guide will show you how to set up Web Forwarding on an LCN domain name with or without hosting attached to it.  Let’s get started…  Setting up Web Forwarding on a Domain without Web hosting  Setting up Web Forwarding on a Domain with Web hosting  Setting up Web Forwarding on a Domain without Web hosting  Sign in […]

How to install WordPress

At LCN we offer the ability to install WordPress directly to your Start-Up, Business or Multisite hosting by using our one-click install. We have a guide for this here. But if you would prefer to install WordPress manually the below guide will provide you with the steps you need to do so.   Let’s get started…  Download a […]

How to add domains in Plesk

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 […]

Resetting WordPress Admin Passwords

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 […]

How to manage software versions on Cloud hosting using CPANEL

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 […]

How to configure a hosting package on Cloud hosting using WHM/cPanel

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 […]

Why do you need web hosting?

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 […]

How to update your email password

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 […]

How to turn on PHP error logging

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 […]

How to troubleshoot 500 errors

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 […]