Web Hosting, cPanel, Plesk, cPanel Help, Plesk Help, Tutorials, Articles http://www.totallytech.com Web Hosting Articles, Web hosting FAQ's, Control Panel Help & Updates. Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:54:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 What is the difference between an ISP and a Web Hosting Provider? http://www.totallytech.com/what-is-the-difference-between-an-isp-and-a-web-hosting-provider/ http://www.totallytech.com/what-is-the-difference-between-an-isp-and-a-web-hosting-provider/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:07:13 +0000 Admin http://www.totallytech.com/?p=78 I have come across this simple question many a times. A common confusion among many customers is, whether the ISP is the one who will bring up their website online or whether a web hosting company is the one who will provide internet access.  Be advised you’re going to need both, and they are quite different.  In order to clarify the difference first let us understand the role of an ISP and a web hosting company.

Internet Service Provider (ISPs) offers its customers access to the Internet.  ISPs supply a personal computer or network of computers with a connection to the Internet, which means you will connect to the internet via a cable modem,  dial-up access,  a dedicated line or a wireless signal. Either way, this connection is provided by an ISP only.

Coming on to a Web Hosting Provider, who provides space on a server they own or lease for use by their clients. A typical web hosting company allows you to broadcast your website to the rest of the world.  In some case the Web hosting company may also provide an Internet connection, but in this case it connects your web server to the Internet.

An ISP is a company that provides service in your geographic region.  A web host, on the other hand, can be located anywhere in the world.  Many ISPs also offer web hosting services however, the sole function is to provide Internet access only.

So, in order to  run a web site,  you’ll need both: A web hosting company that will provides a server and Internet connection for your website, and an ISP to give an Internet connection for your home or office.

I hope that helps clarify :)

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  1. In Microsoft Outlook Express  go to Tools > Accounts
  2. Click the Mail tab.
  3. Click the account and then click Properties.
  4. Click the Advanced tab
  5. Change “Outgoing mail (SMTP)“. The alternate port will be provided to you by your host, which is generally 25 or 587
  6. Click Apply and then OK.

To set an alternate SMTP port in Mozilla Thunderbird:

  1. In Mozilla Thunderbird go to Tools > Account Settings
  2. Now, select “Outgoing Server (SMTP)” at the bottom of the list that you see in the left panel.
  3. Select the account and click Edit
  4. Change Port from 25. The alternate port will be provided to you by your host, which is generally 25 or 587.
  5. Click OK.
]]> http://www.totallytech.com/how-to-change-smtp-port-number/feed/ 1 PHPMotion- Free Video Sharing Script, Youtube Clone, media sharing script, social networking script http://www.totallytech.com/phpmotion-free-video-sharing-script-youtube-clone-media-sharing-script-social-networking-script/ http://www.totallytech.com/phpmotion-free-video-sharing-script-youtube-clone-media-sharing-script-social-networking-script/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:04:08 +0000 Admin http://www.totallytech.com/phpmotion-free-video-sharing-script-youtube-clone-media-sharing-script-social-networking-script/ Looking to create a website just like youtube.com , dailymotion.com?

I will highly recommend taking into consideration one of the popular video sharing script- PHPMotion.

PHPmotion is a free video sharing software that also has support for other types of media such as audio/mp3 sharing. PHPMotion- Content Managent System or (media cms application) will allow you to create and run your very own Video Sharing website, Music Sharing Site, Picture Sharing Site.

  • PHPmotion is 100% free to download and to use
  • Template based design of PHPmotion means you change the look and feel.
  • A growing user base of over 100 000 webmastes have already downloaded PHPmotion
  • PHPmotion also has a fully featured admin area to manage your site
  • Full support for mp3 audio (can be disabled)
  • Supports playlists
  • Fully CSS based template for easy editing

System Requirements:

Servers – Linux/Unix server

    – PHP 4.3 and above (including support of CLI)
    - MySQL database server
    - LAME MP3 Encoder
    - Libogg + Libvorbis
    - Mencoder and also Mplayer
    - FFMpeg-PHP
    - GD Library 2 or higher
    - CGI-BIN
    - Be able to run background processes
PHP Settings
    – open_basedir = (no value)
    - upload_max_filesize = 100M
    - post_max_size = 100M
    - max_execution_time = 1500
    - session.gc_maxlifetime = 14000
    - safe_mode = off
    - Thread saftery = disabled
    - enable_dl = On
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cd /usr/sbin/stoptomcat
rm -f /usr/sbin/starttomcat
rm -f /usr/sbin/startomcat
rm -f /usr/sbin/stoptomcat

It is important that you remove all mod_jk lines from httpd.conf, including addmodule, loadmodule, and include line.

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The file will contain the first root password the server was given once cPanel is installed. If it still does not work, you will need to reset the mysqld root password. To do so you can follow the below steps:

1. Stop mysqld – /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql stop
2. Stop chkservd to keep it from interfering with mysqld – /etc/rc.d/init.d/chkservd stop
3. Start mysqld without the grant tables -  mysqld –skip-grant-tables -u mysql &
4. Now change the pass.
mysql -u root mysql UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD(‘new_password’) WHERE user=’root’; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Now you just killall -9 mysqld and start it up normally with it’s safe_mysqld script.

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Characteristic Addon Domains Parked Domains
Main domain appears in the address bar Yes No
Separate stats Yes No
Apache directive used VirtualHost ServerAlias
Separate logs Yes No
Ideal for multiple domains sharing the same address No Yes
Treated as a subdomain (other than URL) Yes No
]]> http://www.totallytech.com/addon-domain-vs-parked-domains/feed/ 2 Starting MySQL couldn’t find MySQL Manager http://www.totallytech.com/starting-mysql-couldn%e2%80%99t-find-mysql-manager/ http://www.totallytech.com/starting-mysql-couldn%e2%80%99t-find-mysql-manager/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:43:42 +0000 Admin http://www.totallytech.com/starting-mysql-couldn%e2%80%99t-find-mysql-manager/ ]]> While doing a mysql start you may sometimes get the following error:

Starting MySQLCouldn’t find MySQL manager (/var/lib/bin/mysql) or server (/var/lib/bin/mysqld_safe)

To fix this you need to comment out or remove the basedir directive line from /etc/my.cnf file

[mysql.server ]
server=mysql
#basedir=/var/lib

Now restart mysql

# service mysql restart

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AddHandler cgi-script .pl .cgi
Options Includes ExecCGI

]]> http://www.totallytech.com/how-to-run-cgiperl-file-outside-cgi-bin-in-cpanel-server/feed/ 0 How to set a folder as an application in IIS? http://www.totallytech.com/how-to-set-a-folder-as-an-application-in-iis/ http://www.totallytech.com/how-to-set-a-folder-as-an-application-in-iis/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:55:11 +0000 Admin http://www.totallytech.com/how-to-set-a-folder-as-an-application-in-iis/ To set a folder as enabled for application in IIS:

Open the IIS (Start -> Administrative Tools -> IIS Manager)
Navigate to the site container. Select the specific website from- Web Sites -> site)
Now locate the folder you wish to add the application.
Right click on that folder and choose “Properties”
Here under “Application Settings” click the “Create” button.
Click “OK” and you are done :)

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cat /etc/syslog.conf

generally the path to it on a Plesk based CentOS VPS will be:

/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog

Please note a different control panel may have the logfile in a different location.

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