Archive for the ‘Website’ Category
How to Check Your Bandwidth Usage
It’s important to keep tabs on your bandwidth usage. Bandwidth is the data transferred each time someone views a page of your website — the files for that particular page (text, photos, ads, programming scripts, etc.) are all downloaded to the visitor’s computer or mobile device. The downside of having a successful and popular website ... read more...
How to Protect Your Website Images from Hotlinking
A practice called “hotlinking” involves people stealing bandwidth by linking to images on your website. The normal procedure for adding images to a website is to upload the images directly to the server hosting the website, or to pay for image hosting and link to the hosted images. However, by linking to your website images ... read more...
How to Use FTP Session Control
The FTP Session Control feature allows you to view and control who is connected to your website via FTP. This can be a useful way to monitor FTP access to your site and quickly shut down any unauthorized users. To use FTP Session Control, do the following: Log in to your Control Panel. (Not sure how? Click ... read more...
WordPress Security Steps to Prevent Hacking
If your website or blog uses WordPress to manage its content, then it is important you take steps to protect it from unauthorized access. WordPress hacking has become more and more common due to its popularity. Here are answers to some common questions about hacking: 1. What is hacking? Hacking is when someone gains unauthorized ... read more...
How to Use Index Manager to Block Directory Indexing
By default, most folders within your website root folder will display an index of all files contained in the folder if you navigate to that folder in your browser. For instance if your website is companyxyz.com.au and you store the photos for your site in a folder called “images”, then anyone who goes to www.companyxyz.com.au/images ... read more...
How to Set Up and Use an FTP Account
An FTP account allows you to manage your website files from a desktop computer. It allows you to upload, download and modify the files for all of your website’s pages. You may wish to use FTP yourself, or simply provide access for your website designer or programmer. If you wish to use FTP access on ... read more...
How to Use Web Disk to Access Your Website Files
Your xmanonline Control Panel provides several ways to access your website files. One of these is Web Disk. When you use Web Disk (also know as WebDAV), you can view your website files like they were a drive connected to your computer. Similar to FTP Access, it allows you to upload, download and modify your ... read more...
How to Access Web Disk From a Mobile Device
Your website’s Web Disk feature offers fast and convenient access to your site files. Once you have set up Web Disk access, you can even access it from your mobile device. There is and app called WebDAV Navigator that is available for both Android and iOS. Access Web Disk Via Android Smartphone or Tablet Access ... read more...
Increase Email Delivery Rates With Email Authentication
In a growing effort to separate legitimate email from spam, many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and corporate domains are using email authentication. The idea is that an email that is authenticated has a digital “signature” that can be traced back to its origins. It’s a way of proving that it really came from where it ... read more...
How to Clear Your Browser or DNS Cache
Sometimes your website browser can get outdated versions of website pages “stuck” in its memory (also called a “cache”). This can be especially frustrating if you are working on your website and you make a change, but refreshing the page does not show the change. Before you assume that something is wrong with your methods, ... read more...