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 […]
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 […]