This guide will explain how to manage DNS settings for domains hosted in cPanel. Let’s get started… To manage DNS settings for domains hosted using cPanel, you will first need to register and set up nameservers. You can then manage DNS settings by logging in to the WHM control panel after adding a domain account: […]
A robots.txt file is a protocol used to prevent web crawlers and robots from accessing all or part of a website. This allows you to control which web crawlers and robots can access your site and how often they do so. It’s important to understand that robots.txt is not a way of blocking robots from scanning your site. […]
Perl is a general-purpose programming language used for a wide range of tasks including web development. If you want to find out more about Perl take a look this introduction to Perl and the online documentation. You can use any plain text editor to create a Perl script (e.g. Windows – notepad, Mac – textedit). […]
.htaccess files are configuration files that let you control how your website is accessed e.g. password protect access to content or rewriting long web addresses to shorter, easier to remember ones. A .htaccess file is a simple text file. Its name looks similar to a file extension like .txt or .html, however the entire filename […]
This guide will show you everything you need to do to create a subdomain on LCN Web hosting or WordPress hosting package. Subdomains allow you to create multiple sites using the same name but a different prefix to ‘www.’ For example, if your domain name was example.com you could create a subdomain for “blog”. Subdomains are often used to separate applications on a […]
If you’re here I’m sure your are wondering “what is DNS?” Well, all the computers connected to the internet are identified by a unique series of numbers called IP addresses (eg. 94.126.40.154). IP stands for Internet Protocol and these numbers are not easy to remember. Domains were invented because we find it easier to deal with […]
Here are some common problems and solutions you may find useful once you start scripting with Perl. Plain text Perl source code is displayed If your web browser simply displays the source code of your CGI script this indicates that the webserver didn’t know how to process it. The most common causes are incorrect file […]
We advise that you take regular backups of your database. Backup your MYSQL database to not only protect you from data loss, it can also protect you from accidental deletion and human error. You can take backups using your LCN backup tool as shown in our guide here, however, it is still beneficial to take […]
Redirecting web addresses is a common use for .htaccess when addresses become too long or complicated. For example, if you had a blog running on your website and you wanted to share a post you had made the address could look something like: http://www.mydomain.com/how-to-use-htaccess-to-redirect-long-urls/ Using .htaccess we could create a redirect that is easier to […]
Customers using our Apache hosting packages can backup and restore their websites using the LCN Apache Backup utility. Taking regular backups is super-important for any website owner and this tool (once activated) will ensure you have access to regular backups of your website and databases. Let’s get started… Activating your Backups Log in to your LCN account and move to your Control Panel. Find the […]