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How to Change Softaculous Settings and Email Settings

This tutorial will show you how to change the Settings and Email Settings in Softaculous. 1. Click the Tools icon.2. Under User Settings you can set your preferred Language, Collapse (or Expand) all the menus at the left, and set your Timezone. 3. When you are done, click Edit Settings. 4. Let’s see how to change email settings – click the Mail icon. 5. Under Email Settings, you can change the Email Address where mail will be sent to. 6. Installation Emails – leave this box checked to send an email containing setup details when a script is installed. 7. Remove Installations – leave this box checked to send an email when a software is removed. 8. Click Edit Email Settings. That’s it! You now know how to edit settings and email […]

How to Install Piwigo from Softaculous

1. Scroll down until you find Piwigo in the menu on the left. 2. Click Piwigo – This Overview page shows you information about the software before installing. 3. Click Install. The default settings here should work for most purposes. If you have multiple domains on one account, you can select where to install. 4. The next two boxes let you set the directory and database name which will be created upon installation. 5. You can set the Site Name and Description here. These can be changed later from the Admin Panel of the software. 6. Enter the Admin Username, Password and Email. 7. Click Install. After a moment, the software will be installed. 8. To view your new site, click the Installation link. Here is our new image gallery […]

How to Park a Domain in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel Now let’s learn how to park a domain 1. Click the Parked Domains icon under the Domains section. Domain parking is useful when you have additional domain names that you want people to be able to use to get to your website. 2. Enter the new domain you want to park here, then click Add Domain That’s it! Now when someone browses to mybiz123.info, they’ll automatically be redirected to mybiz123.net Be sure to set your parked domain name’s DNS settings to the same as your main domain or the redirection will not work From here you can see a list of parked domains and you can manage or delete these parked domains from here. This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to pa […]

Uploading Files using SmartFTP

This tutorial assumes you already have SmartFTP running on your computer and are connected to a remote server. Now let’s learn how to upload or transfer a file to a remote server. 1. Select a few files you would like to upload from your Local Drive. To select multiple files, press CTRL on your keyboard. 2. Now click the Upload button. That’s it! The files have been uploaded to the Remote Server and can be seen here. Now let’s learn how to download a file. First let’s delete one of the files from our local computer that we previously uploaded. 3. Select changelog.txtand click the Delete button. The file has now been deleted. Let’s go ahead and download it. 5. Select changelog.txt and click this Download icon. That’s it! The f […]

Exporting Databases and Tables with phpMyAdmin

This tutorial assumes you’ve already logged in to phpMyAdmin: 1. Now let’s learn how to export a database – click the Database you wish to export 2. Then click the Export button 3. In this case, we want to export the entire database in SQL format, so we can easily import it later. This is a good way to backup your database4. Be sure to check any Options you want before proceeding 5. Check the Save as File checkbox, then click GoThat’s it! The demo1234_members database has been exported to our local computer If you only wanted to export a table, and not the entire database, follow these steps Remember that exporting tables only exports the selected tables within a database, whereas exporting a database will export all table […]

How to Install Serendipity from Softaculous

This demonstration will show you how to install Serendipity from Softaculous. 1. Click Serendipity from the list on the left – You will be taken to the Overview page where you can view more information about this particular software. 2. Click the Install tab. If you have multiple domains associated with this account, you can select where to install it. 3. The next two boxes require a directory and database name, neither of which should exist on the server. 4. Under Site Settings, enter a Site Name and Description. These can be changed later on from the application’s admin panel. 5. Type the desired admin username and password that should be used. Also, enter a Real Name that will be displayed and the admin’s email. In most […]

How to Install DokuWiki from Softaculous

1. Scroll down to the Wiki group. 2. Find DokuWiki in the menu – You will be taken to the software’s Overview page where you can view information about it before installing.3. Go to Install. All the defaults for these options should be fine for most purposes, but we’ll take a look at them anyway. If you have multiple domains on your account, you can choose where to install DokuWiki. The next two box allows you to set the directory name which should not exist on the server yet. 4. Set the Wiki Name and ACL Policy, whether the wiki should be Open, Public or Closed. These can be changed later from the software’s Admin Panel.5. Enter a username, password, real name and admin email for the admin account. 6. Click Install. After […]

How to Setup Domain Redirects in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel Now let’s learn how to setup domain redirects 1. Click the Redirects icon under the Domains section 2. Choose Type – whether you want this redirect to be Temporary or Permanent 3. Enter the Redirect URL 4. Then enter the Destination URL… where you want visitors to be redirected to 5. Click Add That’s it! The redirect has been created. Now when someone visits the contact.html page, they’ll automatically be redirected to the contactus.html page 6. Click Go Back From here you can see a list of domain redirects, and you can delete them too The domain redirect has been removed This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup domain redirects in cPanel […]

Managing Files in SmartFTP

This tutorial assumes you already have SmartFTP running on your computer and are connected to a remote server. Now let’s learn how to manage files and folders in SmartFTP. 1. Click New Folder. 2. Enter a Name for the new folder here. That’s it! The new folder has been created and can be seen here. 3. Now let’s Rename the folder, keep the folder selected, then click the Rename icon. 4. Then enter the New Name for the folder. The folder has been renamed. 5. Now let’s Delete the folder – select the folder name and click the Delete icon. That’s it! The folder has been deleted. Now let’s learn how to change file permissions. 6. Select the file changelog.txt 7. Click the Properties icon. 9. Select the Permissions tab. 10. Now let […]

Becoming familiar with Databases in phpMyAdmin

This tutorial assumes you’ve already logged in to phpMyAdmin, now let’s familiarize ourselves with databases and phpmyadmin. A database consists of one or more tables, and it is in the tables that database information is recorded. From this phpMyAdmin screen, we have access directly to the database demo1234_members, listed here. – This particular database has two tables called details and information, and they are listed under the Database Name 1. Click the Database Name on the left hand side 2. From here we can see more information about the tables contained in the database, where several Actions can be performed: – Browse a table to see the individual records- View the Structure of a table and perform certain actions- […]

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