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Configuring a POP email account with SSL in Outlook 2010
This tutorial assumes you’ve already launched Outlook 2010. 1) To configure a POP email account [...]
How to setup a POP email account in cPanel
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Configuring a POP email account with SSL in Outlook 2010
This tutorial assumes you’ve already launched Outlook 2010. 1) To configure a POP email account with SSL, first click the “File” tab. 2) Then click The “Add Account” button. 3) Enter your name as you would like it to appear in your emails. 4) Then enter the email address you want to configure here. 5) [...]
How to setup a POP email account in cPanel
This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel Now let’s create a new POP email account 1) Click the Email Accounts icon 2) Enter the new email address here 3) Enter and confirm a password for the email account 4) If you want to set a quota limit for the account, you can do [...]
How to login to cPanel
This demo assumes you’ve already opened your browser, and entered your cPanel login URL Now login to your cPanel account using the User Name and Password provided to you 1) Enter your Username here… 2) Then enter your Password here 3) Then click Login That’s it! You’re now logged in to cPanel, and can begin [...]
Delete an IP address via SSH from your Linux cPanel server
Normally, you delete an IP from a cPanel server by loging into WHM and removing the IP using the function “Show or delete current IP address” under “IP functions” . Alternatively you can remove the IP in SSH via linux command. nano /etc/ips and now remove the line of the IP and then restart the [...]
Clearing your DNS Cache and using alternative DNS servers
When a domain name’s nameservers change, there can be an annoyingly long wait until those DNS changes propagate and the website becomes accessible again. Apart from waiting for your ISP having to refresh the DNS cache on their servers, there are a few other things you can do on your local PC to accelerate DNS [...]
Essential tools to troubleshoot DNS issues
Here is a list of tools to help you troubleshoot DNS issues associated with your domain. Domaintools WHOIS lookup service Domaintools WHOIS lookup service is a great tool for troubleshooting domain issues. Upon entering a domain name the service will return many useful bits of information including the domain registrar, registrant information, name servers associated [...]
What are .htaccess 301 redirects and when should they be used?
After upgrading your website you may find that some of the URLs and paths on your site have changed. When this happens, it is possible that visitors to your site to get 404 File Not Found error when coming from search engines, external links and bookmarks where the destination address has changed. There are a [...]
Transferring your WordPress site to AUSWEB
While installing a WordPress Blog into your AUSWEB hosting account can be simply done by using Fantastico Deluxe, there are some occasions where you want to manually transfer an existing WordPress Blog to your AUSWEB hosting account. This may be because you already have a WordPress Blog hosted elsewhere and are changing hosting providers or [...]
Video guides for modifying name servers
Listed below are video guides for modifying nameservers for most of the major registrars. Update your DNS at NetworkSolutions.com Update your DNS at NameCheap.com Update your DNS at NameBargain.com Update your DNS at ItsYourDomain.com Update your DNS at GoDaddy.com Update your DNS at enom.com Update your DNS at RegisterFly.com Update your DNS at DynaDot.com Update [...]
10+ Essential WordPress Plugins To Get You Started
Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything you can imagine. There are plugins to assist you in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), caching, formatting comments, you name it. WordPress has been designed from the ground up to be lean, extensible, and minimise code bloat. Plugins offer a way to expand the functions and features so [...]
How to create your first website using WordPress as your sitebuilder
Have you ever wanted build a website but don’t know where to start? Do you feel overwhelmed by all the options and just want an easy way to get something online? Well you’ve come to the right place! We here at AUSWEB understand how confusing it all can be, so we have created this tutorial [...]
What is the difference between CNAME and A records, when should they be used?
Managing domain names can be challenging at the best of times. This tutorial is designed to clear up some of the confusion around the differences between CNAME and A (address) records. Websites are served from locations that are uniquely identified by a group of numbers, which are known as IP addresses; but to access these [...]
How to change your MX records / email provider via cPanel
This guide will walk you through the process of changing a domain’s Mail Exchange (MX) record(s) to point email to a different server. MX records are a critically important part of a web site’s DNS because they tell the rest of the internet where to send e-mail for a domain. There are many uses for [...]
