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With your Servage webhosting account, you have access to the server via SSH. SSH stands for Secure Shell and is a way to log in to the server to be able to work directly on the server via text commands. Handled the right way, SSH can be very useful and can help you work very efficiently. Before you can start, you need: SSH client the SSH login details for your account   You can download free SSH clients via the internet. Plenty of user are using Putty. However, there are plenty of other tools which you can use as well. Click on THIS ...

Working with PHP requires you to consider how to handle errors. The errors can be various kinds and have different consequences for the code execution, and have to be handled accordingly. Errors are generally speaking scenarios where the code encounters a problem because of a given scenario that does not meet the criteria and expectations given by the code. There is no way you can expect to develop a script that never encounters errors, and therefore you should put proper care into your error handling process. If not, then users may experience odd and unexpected behaviour which frustrates and leads to lower satisfaction. More severely it may even lead to broken ...

Custom error pages enable you to customize the pages that are displayed when an error occurs. Not only do they make your website more professional, they can also save you from losing visits to your site. If a visitor sees a generic error page, they are  likely to leave your site. However, if they see a helpful error page, they may continue to stay because they can simply click a link to go to another page within your site. An error page is often returned when a visitor attempts to access a page that doesn’t exist on your site. The two most common reasons a visitor ...

Cloudflare is a CDN (content delivery network) - A system that acts as a proxy between your website visitors and our server. It helps people around the world to view your website information faster by placing multiple copies of your website's data in  proxy servers worldwide. This helps the user to load site faster as the browser will fetch the files from the closest physical located Cloudflare proxy server. Cloudflare CDN also offers features like DDOS protection for the sites linked with them. Apart from this, you can also use Cloudflare free SSL on your site for more security. Utilizing Cloudflare is the process of moving your domain's ...

In this blog, we like to give you some information about the FileManager which is embedded in the cutomers control panel. This tool gives you options to adminstrate the files in your Servage account: The FileManager can be found in your Servage account under “Files” -> “FileManager”. When you enter this section of your control panel, you can see an elaborated Tool which shows you: A) The Directory Tree of the files in your Servage  on the left side. B) On Top of the FileManager, you find a fancy tool bar which allows you to  adminstrate files (upload, download, alter, rename, change etc.) via the FileManager.  ...

You installed your WordPress in a subfolder (e.g. http://domain.com/sub-folder) and you want to move it to the main folder (e.g. http://domain.com )? That is no problem! With few steps, you can do it. Here is a step by step guideline  for you: First move/copy the contents of “sub-folder” to the root document i.e under public_html folder of your domain, you can use the FTP, SSH or ‘move’ option within the Servage file manager to serve this purpose. Check the database details you are using for the blog. You can find the database details in the file wp-config.php. Make a backup copy of the database before making the ...

Plenty of our customers running WordPress. It is easy to install and handle via the Servage application installer. It is a very popular tool since it has tons of features, and can even be extended with plugins – adding custom functionality. There are very many plugins available already, by individual developers and other web services, to integrate with and extend WordPress. You can find a directory of most existing plugins here: WordPress Plugin Directory Creating your own plugin Sometimes it’s hard to find a plugin that exactly fits your needs. Maybe because you want to integrate with a very specific service, or because existing plugins just don’t ...

Via  Servage control panel, you can implement paid SSL and/or Let’s Encrypt  to run your hosts via https. Here are some more details about Let’s Encrypt and some pros and cons of both methods: What is Let’s encrypt SSL? How do I benefit from it? Let’s Encrypt is a security service supported by several major IT companies such as Google or Facebook. The service offers SSL certificates for a very low price. Using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) provides a secure connection when you visit a particular website. It ensures that while surfing, the connection between the website and the user is encrypted and hence secured.  You find very detailed information ...

Do you plan to change your webhoster since you look for better or more suitable plans which fit your purposes which include the process of transferring/moving your files, database, emails to another host?  Great! If you decide to migrate to Servage, we can offer plenty of help related to the migration - all of that support is included in your webhosting fee and comes without additional costs. Usually your account has these 3 components: Files Databases Emails While we perform free help for your files and database, moving emails can be subjective.  We will look into that later. There are various ways we can transfer files over. Servage recommends these steps: Files Create a zip or ...

Mails can bounce back with the message " Your message is blocked for low reputation", or similar. If you wonder: it is likely that your e-mail landed on an e-mail server blacklist! This happens when your domain/mail server IP is blacklisted by any 3rd party anti-spam agency. Eg: Spamhaus, RBL, CBL, etc. Also, many mail servers reject such emails outright if the mails look suspicious and have a probability of being spam mail. Your mail can be flagged for spam and get rejected. This can even happen if your are not a spammer and if your e-mails have no bad intention. If your e-mails are blocked due to blacklisting there ...