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Web Hosting - BlueHost Review
#1 Web Hosting - BlueHost Review
This is the most comprehensive review about BlueHost that has been written. The Author, me, has been monitoring BlueHost as a real customer for more than 4 years. I've seen how BlueHost came from no where to become one of the most successful web hosting company out there. In this review, you will understand the advantages of hosting with them and you will also learn new ways to evaluate a hosting company.
Click Here to activate BlueHost Special $X.95 Pricing Now! Limited Time!
(Click Picture To Visit BlueHost Website)Homepage : http://www.bluehost.com Plan name : All-In-One 12 month plan : 4.95 $7.95/month 24 month plan : 3.95 $6.95/month 36 month plan : 3.95 $6.95/month Disk Space : Unlimited! Bandwidth : Unlimited! Websites : Unlimited! Rating : HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! (show all features...)
Multiple Domain Hosting - Host Unlimited Domains under 1 Hosting Account!
I have been following and using BlueHost for more than 4 years now. The reason why I love them so much is because they are always the leader in the industry. They always lead the industry with the higher and better offer. Other players merely follow their footsteps.
For example, they are always the first to increase disk space and bandwidth while other players follow suit. But what make them the leader is that they are the first host that offer multiple domain hosting to the customers. While this might be an old topic now as most web hosts is offering it right now, one must not forget it is BlueHost that light up the first fire few years back.
You might not believe it but less than a year ago, multiple domain hosting is uncommon. Most hosting accounts come with incredible amounts of disk space and bandwidth but only allow you to host 1 domain per account! That makes the offered disk space and bandwidth totally useless because I need to pay for a second account if I need to host another website even I have only used 10% of the disk space and bandwidth of my first account.
BlueHost is the first genuine web host where the large disk space and bandwidth offered is not a mere marketing gimmick. They are making sure that you have the ability to exhaust the allocated resources by allowing you to host UNLIMITED websites under the same hosting account!
I used to predict in this review that in the future, most other web hosts will have to follow BlueHost's lead by offering multiple domain hosting accounts. And the future has already arrived, almost all other web hosts have follow suit and are offering multiple domain hosting.
Unlimited Disk Space and Bandwidth
We are now in the 'unlimited' era of hosting where we no longer need to bother about disk space and bandwidth. When I started a picture site a decade ago, I was given only 1GB of bandwidth and I had to pay $24.90/month for it! Today, you can get unlimited bandwidth from BlueHost and other web hosts for under $10/month. There's no more limit.
However, don't focus too much on bandwidth and disk space when picking your host. Focus on customer support and server reliability. Bandwidth and disk space mean nothing if you web host is consistently slow or even down! And you don't want a web host that can't solve a technical problem in a week.
Important Highlights of BlueHost
Host Unlimited Websites with 1 Hosting Account
(along with Unlimited Storage and Bandwidth)
I've already taken the time to explain this in the previous section. I also want to add that you can fully control your add-on domains directly yourself. You do not need to send in any request to BlueHost support. You manage your add-on domains directly in your web hosting control panel. Some web host require you to email support every time you need to add or remove an add-on domain, making simple task complicated.
Also, the add-on domains are absolutely free. No setup fee or monthly fee is required. The reason I need to mention this is that I have noticed some other hosts are also advertising the ability to host multiple domains in 1 account. However, they never tell you that they cost extra! What they offer is the 'ability' to host multiple domains but for each extra domain you want to host with them, you need to pay extra, says $2.50/month per add-on domain. Becareful!
CPanel Control Panel (Demo)
They are also using our favorite CPanel control panel which we have introduced in ourLunarPages review. CPanel beats the other control panels in terms of speed, features, and user friendliness. My advice to you is to always make the CPanel control panel your first choice (e.g. BlueHost, LunarPages, midPhase, etc). Try not to use Plesk and H-Sphere as they are extremely slow based on my experience.
Fantastico & SimpleScripts Library
Fantastico is an add-on to the powerful CPanel control panel. It allows you to install 48 popular scripts with just a few clicks. These scripts include blogs, content management tools, forums, polls, guestbook, shopping-carts, picture galleries, mailing lists, Wikis, etc. With Fantastico, you no longer need to manually install each script yourself, which by the way, could be a nightmare for non-savvy users.
To install a script the traditional way, you will usually need to download the script from the source website, unzip the files, edit the configuration file with a text editor, create a new directory in your site and upload all your files to it. You also need to set some permissions for the files and directories, create new databases and add user privileges to the databases for the scripts to be able to connect to the database... If you don't understand what I am saying, then Fantastico will be your best friend. It does all of this with just a few clicks of your mouse.
While Fantastico is already very 'fantastic', there is still a downside to it. Fantastico has a big scripts library but it is slow is releasing new updates to their scripts. That means you may have WordPress 2.8 out for a few weeks but you can only install version 2.7 with it.
So what does BlueHost do? They developed SimpleScripts and you can have new versions available almost immediately after they are released! If WordPress 2.8 comes out today, you can install/upgrade it within 24 hours using SimpleScripts! Not only that you can install the newest version, they are even making a few versions available for you to choose from if you decided to use an older version. Fantastico only provides 1 version for each script.
A leader is always a leader and BlueHost will always the leader in the web hosting industry.
69 Video Tutorials!
BlueHost provides you with 69 high quality video tutorials that you can watch online! The video tutorials will teach you how to use CPanel, how to setup your email account, how to configure your email program, how to setup spam protection, how to FTP your files to them, how to use Fantastico, how to install Wordpress, etc. This will be very useful to you. You can watch the tutorials at tutorials.bluehost.com.
100 MySQL Databases Included
You can create up to 100 MySQL databases! Even if you do not have an idea what is a MySQL database or you do not plan to use it, it is still very important that you have as many of them as possible. This is because most free scripts, including most of them in Fantastico, require a MySQL database to function properly!
By having 100 MySQL databases, you can install as many scripts as you want through Fantastico! Since Fantastico currently has only 48 scripts, you will still have plenty of MySQL databases left after installing and trying out all of them!
Free Domain Name For Life
You will get a free domain name if you sign-up as a user for at least a 12 month plan. And this domain will be FREE FOR LIFE as long as you continue to host your website with them! If you choose to sign-up for 3 or 6 months only, you will need to pay $10 for a 1 year registration of your domain. If you have already registered your domain name somewhere else, transfer your domain name to BlueHost and get 1 year renewal for free. All you need to do is sign-up under 'Transfer Clients' and they will assist you in transferring your domain name. No coupon code or promo code is needed for this offer.
Even if you do not wish to transfer your domain name, you are still entitled to the FREE domain. Instead of signing up for your hosting account with the existing domain name, sign-up with a brand new domain name. Since you can host unlimited websites with the hosting account, you can then add your existing domain by utilizing one of the add-on domains. :)
Free Private Whois Service for Your Domain Name
Every domain that is registered requires for some contact information to be made available to the public. This is called the domain 'whois' information. This information allows others to contact the domain owner easily. However, marketing companies and spammers have abused the whois information by harvesting email addresses and making use of them. Although this is illegal, it still happens as it is hard to control.
One way to fight this is to have the information of a third party shown up in the whois information, like a 'trust'. So, in order to reach the real domain owner, they have to go through the 'trust' and if it is a legitimate contact, the 'trust' will then forward the message to the real owner. It protects your email address from SPAM.
Currently, BlueHost is waiving the fee on private whois service which usually cost $8.95/year! Now you can get that for free. You will still own the full rights of your domain name and have full control over it. If at any time you wish to change the whois information or the DNS settings, you can do it via the domain control panel.
Excellent Customer Support
Personally, customer support is always my first criteria for picking a web host, it comes before price, size and everything else. This is because I have had very bad experiences with some hosts that offer a lot in terms of price and size but were unable to solve simple issues.
The first thing I always do to test a web host is actually to mass-mail them with a lot of questions even before I buy! The host which deserves my money would be the host that will patiently reply to all my questions in a prompt and detailed manner. The most disgusting hosts are those which are unable to resolve simple issues for days, or are unable to keep track of the client's history and repeatedly request you to describe the same issue. Some even keep bouncing your requests between different departments.
So far, I have never been disappointed by BlueHost customer support. They are simple fast, effective and reliable. Please bear in mind many web hosts are outsourcing their customers support to a third party company or even outsource it offshore! This is where the nightmare comes from when you host with such host. These third party companies compete for businesses and charge a low fee to provide customer support service to the web host. You can imagine host good the customers service are when they are outsourced.
BlueHost first business priority is to provide the best customer support their clients. That's why they never outsource their customer support. All their customer support staff work directly inside their BlueHost office in Utah.
PHP 4 And PHP 5 Ready
If you are a PHP developer, you should already know that PHP has 2 major versions now, that's PHP 4 and the new PHP 5. PHP 5 is a big upgrade from PHP 4 with significant changes. Both versions cannot co-exist together in the same server. Thus many web host are still sticking to PHP 4 because they worry that upgrading to PHP 5 might affect some PHP 4 scripts. Although PHP 5 are made to be backward compatible with PHP 4, but the risk of pissing off customers that their scripts suddenly stop working doesn't justify the upgrade. This is a BIG challenge for all the web host and PHP developer.
The good news is that BlueHost has both PHP 4 servers and PHP 5 servers! Depending on the customer request, they can choose to host on a PHP 4 server or a PHP 5 server. Initially when you sign up, you will be place to a PHP 5 server. However, for any reason you need a PHP 4 server instead, you can email them and have you entire site moved to a PHP 4 server.
BlueHost's Promise to Our Visitors
I have been communicating with BlueHost's President Matt Heaton for a very long time now and I know he is very committed in giving the best to his customers. If there are any issues arising from our visitors, he has promised to give first priority to resolving them. So far, I have zero complaint that needs me to rectify on their behalf.
30 Day Money Back Guarantee and Prorated Refund after that!
Because they are so confident with their business, they are the ONLY web host that will give you a prorated refund if you choose to stop anytime! If you choose to cancel within 30 days for any reason, they will give you a FULL refund, if you cancel after the 30 days, you will get prorated refund depending on how many months left in your contract.
For example if you sign up for 24 months to lock in the discount price of $3.95 per month. You pay a total of $94.80. And you choose to cancel after using it for 6 months, you will get back 18 month of hosting fee, that is $71.10! They do really give a refund as I have tested it myself.
Because of this, hosting with BlueHost is risk free! I fully respect their way of doing business and I believe this will win the hearts of many customers.
Signup Process & Instant Account Activation
The one experience that I will never forget is BlueHost's signup process. I have signed up with more than 20 web hosts and all of them take the manual verification approach. What that means is that I will have to select a domain name, enter my billing information and click the 'submit' button. Then I will have to wait a few hours and even at times up to a few days before I can start using my account. This is because their billing team needs to verify and process my payment manually.
But with Blue Host, the experience is both refreshing and enlightening! As usual, I will have to pick a domain name, enter my billing info and click 'submit'. The next page contains a thank you note along with the 'Login to the Control Panel' button. This means my account is created instantly and I can start using it immediately! You can watch the sign up video I made to know what I am talking about!
You will get what you pay for instantly. You won't need to repeatedly check your inbox and wonder when your account will be created. You will also receive your 'welcome email' immediately. It contains a lot of precious information about your hosting account. However, my welcome email was delivered to my JUNK mail folder. So you might want to check that folder too if it doesn't show up in your inbox. :)
Secret $108/$72/$36 Off Coupon Code ($3.95 $6.95/month)
So finally, the most important question, how do you magically turn $6.95 into $3.95 when you are still seeing $6.95 at their website? The secret is not a 'coupon code', it is a special link given to us that will activate the offer. Every link that you use to visit BlueHost from my website will activate the discount. You will notice immediately from the screen that the price is slashed to $3.95 from $6.95!
Order Type Normal
Price OFF BY You Pay! 12 Month $95.40 $36 $59.40 24 Month $166.80 $72 $94.80 36 Month $250.20 $108 $142.20
The promotion is temporary given to a small group of webmasters (including me) for them to test the market respond before they decide what to roll up in larger scale! Don't miss the opportunity! If you don't know how long to sign up for, I suggest 24 months because the discounted price of $94.80 is almost the same as the non discounted 12 month price ($95.40). So you are like getting an extra 12 months free.
http://www.bluehost.com
This is the most comprehensive review about BlueHost that has been written. The Author, me, has been monitoring BlueHost as a real customer for more than 4 years. I've seen how BlueHost came from no where to become one of the most successful web hosting company out there. In this review, you will understand the advantages of hosting with them and you will also learn new ways to evaluate a hosting company.
| Click Here to activate BlueHost Special $X.95 Pricing Now! Limited Time! |
(Click Picture To Visit BlueHost Website) |
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Multiple Domain Hosting - Host Unlimited Domains under 1 Hosting Account!
I have been following and using BlueHost for more than 4 years now. The reason why I love them so much is because they are always the leader in the industry. They always lead the industry with the higher and better offer. Other players merely follow their footsteps.
For example, they are always the first to increase disk space and bandwidth while other players follow suit. But what make them the leader is that they are the first host that offer multiple domain hosting to the customers. While this might be an old topic now as most web hosts is offering it right now, one must not forget it is BlueHost that light up the first fire few years back.
You might not believe it but less than a year ago, multiple domain hosting is uncommon. Most hosting accounts come with incredible amounts of disk space and bandwidth but only allow you to host 1 domain per account! That makes the offered disk space and bandwidth totally useless because I need to pay for a second account if I need to host another website even I have only used 10% of the disk space and bandwidth of my first account.
BlueHost is the first genuine web host where the large disk space and bandwidth offered is not a mere marketing gimmick. They are making sure that you have the ability to exhaust the allocated resources by allowing you to host UNLIMITED websites under the same hosting account!
I used to predict in this review that in the future, most other web hosts will have to follow BlueHost's lead by offering multiple domain hosting accounts. And the future has already arrived, almost all other web hosts have follow suit and are offering multiple domain hosting.
Unlimited Disk Space and Bandwidth
We are now in the 'unlimited' era of hosting where we no longer need to bother about disk space and bandwidth. When I started a picture site a decade ago, I was given only 1GB of bandwidth and I had to pay $24.90/month for it! Today, you can get unlimited bandwidth from BlueHost and other web hosts for under $10/month. There's no more limit.
However, don't focus too much on bandwidth and disk space when picking your host. Focus on customer support and server reliability. Bandwidth and disk space mean nothing if you web host is consistently slow or even down! And you don't want a web host that can't solve a technical problem in a week.
Important Highlights of BlueHost
Host Unlimited Websites with 1 Hosting Account
(along with Unlimited Storage and Bandwidth)
I've already taken the time to explain this in the previous section. I also want to add that you can fully control your add-on domains directly yourself. You do not need to send in any request to BlueHost support. You manage your add-on domains directly in your web hosting control panel. Some web host require you to email support every time you need to add or remove an add-on domain, making simple task complicated.
Also, the add-on domains are absolutely free. No setup fee or monthly fee is required. The reason I need to mention this is that I have noticed some other hosts are also advertising the ability to host multiple domains in 1 account. However, they never tell you that they cost extra! What they offer is the 'ability' to host multiple domains but for each extra domain you want to host with them, you need to pay extra, says $2.50/month per add-on domain. Becareful!
CPanel Control Panel (Demo)
They are also using our favorite CPanel control panel which we have introduced in ourLunarPages review. CPanel beats the other control panels in terms of speed, features, and user friendliness. My advice to you is to always make the CPanel control panel your first choice (e.g. BlueHost, LunarPages, midPhase, etc). Try not to use Plesk and H-Sphere as they are extremely slow based on my experience.
Fantastico & SimpleScripts Library
Fantastico is an add-on to the powerful CPanel control panel. It allows you to install 48 popular scripts with just a few clicks. These scripts include blogs, content management tools, forums, polls, guestbook, shopping-carts, picture galleries, mailing lists, Wikis, etc. With Fantastico, you no longer need to manually install each script yourself, which by the way, could be a nightmare for non-savvy users.
To install a script the traditional way, you will usually need to download the script from the source website, unzip the files, edit the configuration file with a text editor, create a new directory in your site and upload all your files to it. You also need to set some permissions for the files and directories, create new databases and add user privileges to the databases for the scripts to be able to connect to the database... If you don't understand what I am saying, then Fantastico will be your best friend. It does all of this with just a few clicks of your mouse.
While Fantastico is already very 'fantastic', there is still a downside to it. Fantastico has a big scripts library but it is slow is releasing new updates to their scripts. That means you may have WordPress 2.8 out for a few weeks but you can only install version 2.7 with it.
So what does BlueHost do? They developed SimpleScripts and you can have new versions available almost immediately after they are released! If WordPress 2.8 comes out today, you can install/upgrade it within 24 hours using SimpleScripts! Not only that you can install the newest version, they are even making a few versions available for you to choose from if you decided to use an older version. Fantastico only provides 1 version for each script.
A leader is always a leader and BlueHost will always the leader in the web hosting industry.
69 Video Tutorials!
BlueHost provides you with 69 high quality video tutorials that you can watch online! The video tutorials will teach you how to use CPanel, how to setup your email account, how to configure your email program, how to setup spam protection, how to FTP your files to them, how to use Fantastico, how to install Wordpress, etc. This will be very useful to you. You can watch the tutorials at tutorials.bluehost.com.
100 MySQL Databases Included
You can create up to 100 MySQL databases! Even if you do not have an idea what is a MySQL database or you do not plan to use it, it is still very important that you have as many of them as possible. This is because most free scripts, including most of them in Fantastico, require a MySQL database to function properly!
By having 100 MySQL databases, you can install as many scripts as you want through Fantastico! Since Fantastico currently has only 48 scripts, you will still have plenty of MySQL databases left after installing and trying out all of them!
Free Domain Name For Life
You will get a free domain name if you sign-up as a user for at least a 12 month plan. And this domain will be FREE FOR LIFE as long as you continue to host your website with them! If you choose to sign-up for 3 or 6 months only, you will need to pay $10 for a 1 year registration of your domain. If you have already registered your domain name somewhere else, transfer your domain name to BlueHost and get 1 year renewal for free. All you need to do is sign-up under 'Transfer Clients' and they will assist you in transferring your domain name. No coupon code or promo code is needed for this offer.
Even if you do not wish to transfer your domain name, you are still entitled to the FREE domain. Instead of signing up for your hosting account with the existing domain name, sign-up with a brand new domain name. Since you can host unlimited websites with the hosting account, you can then add your existing domain by utilizing one of the add-on domains. :)
Free Private Whois Service for Your Domain Name
Every domain that is registered requires for some contact information to be made available to the public. This is called the domain 'whois' information. This information allows others to contact the domain owner easily. However, marketing companies and spammers have abused the whois information by harvesting email addresses and making use of them. Although this is illegal, it still happens as it is hard to control.
One way to fight this is to have the information of a third party shown up in the whois information, like a 'trust'. So, in order to reach the real domain owner, they have to go through the 'trust' and if it is a legitimate contact, the 'trust' will then forward the message to the real owner. It protects your email address from SPAM.
Currently, BlueHost is waiving the fee on private whois service which usually cost $8.95/year! Now you can get that for free. You will still own the full rights of your domain name and have full control over it. If at any time you wish to change the whois information or the DNS settings, you can do it via the domain control panel.
Excellent Customer Support
Personally, customer support is always my first criteria for picking a web host, it comes before price, size and everything else. This is because I have had very bad experiences with some hosts that offer a lot in terms of price and size but were unable to solve simple issues.
The first thing I always do to test a web host is actually to mass-mail them with a lot of questions even before I buy! The host which deserves my money would be the host that will patiently reply to all my questions in a prompt and detailed manner. The most disgusting hosts are those which are unable to resolve simple issues for days, or are unable to keep track of the client's history and repeatedly request you to describe the same issue. Some even keep bouncing your requests between different departments.
So far, I have never been disappointed by BlueHost customer support. They are simple fast, effective and reliable. Please bear in mind many web hosts are outsourcing their customers support to a third party company or even outsource it offshore! This is where the nightmare comes from when you host with such host. These third party companies compete for businesses and charge a low fee to provide customer support service to the web host. You can imagine host good the customers service are when they are outsourced.
BlueHost first business priority is to provide the best customer support their clients. That's why they never outsource their customer support. All their customer support staff work directly inside their BlueHost office in Utah.
PHP 4 And PHP 5 Ready
If you are a PHP developer, you should already know that PHP has 2 major versions now, that's PHP 4 and the new PHP 5. PHP 5 is a big upgrade from PHP 4 with significant changes. Both versions cannot co-exist together in the same server. Thus many web host are still sticking to PHP 4 because they worry that upgrading to PHP 5 might affect some PHP 4 scripts. Although PHP 5 are made to be backward compatible with PHP 4, but the risk of pissing off customers that their scripts suddenly stop working doesn't justify the upgrade. This is a BIG challenge for all the web host and PHP developer.
The good news is that BlueHost has both PHP 4 servers and PHP 5 servers! Depending on the customer request, they can choose to host on a PHP 4 server or a PHP 5 server. Initially when you sign up, you will be place to a PHP 5 server. However, for any reason you need a PHP 4 server instead, you can email them and have you entire site moved to a PHP 4 server.
BlueHost's Promise to Our Visitors
I have been communicating with BlueHost's President Matt Heaton for a very long time now and I know he is very committed in giving the best to his customers. If there are any issues arising from our visitors, he has promised to give first priority to resolving them. So far, I have zero complaint that needs me to rectify on their behalf.
30 Day Money Back Guarantee and Prorated Refund after that!
Because they are so confident with their business, they are the ONLY web host that will give you a prorated refund if you choose to stop anytime! If you choose to cancel within 30 days for any reason, they will give you a FULL refund, if you cancel after the 30 days, you will get prorated refund depending on how many months left in your contract.
For example if you sign up for 24 months to lock in the discount price of $3.95 per month. You pay a total of $94.80. And you choose to cancel after using it for 6 months, you will get back 18 month of hosting fee, that is $71.10! They do really give a refund as I have tested it myself.
Because of this, hosting with BlueHost is risk free! I fully respect their way of doing business and I believe this will win the hearts of many customers.
Signup Process & Instant Account Activation
The one experience that I will never forget is BlueHost's signup process. I have signed up with more than 20 web hosts and all of them take the manual verification approach. What that means is that I will have to select a domain name, enter my billing information and click the 'submit' button. Then I will have to wait a few hours and even at times up to a few days before I can start using my account. This is because their billing team needs to verify and process my payment manually.
But with Blue Host, the experience is both refreshing and enlightening! As usual, I will have to pick a domain name, enter my billing info and click 'submit'. The next page contains a thank you note along with the 'Login to the Control Panel' button. This means my account is created instantly and I can start using it immediately! You can watch the sign up video I made to know what I am talking about!
You will get what you pay for instantly. You won't need to repeatedly check your inbox and wonder when your account will be created. You will also receive your 'welcome email' immediately. It contains a lot of precious information about your hosting account. However, my welcome email was delivered to my JUNK mail folder. So you might want to check that folder too if it doesn't show up in your inbox. :)
Secret $108/$72/$36 Off Coupon Code ($3.95 $6.95/month)
So finally, the most important question, how do you magically turn $6.95 into $3.95 when you are still seeing $6.95 at their website? The secret is not a 'coupon code', it is a special link given to us that will activate the offer. Every link that you use to visit BlueHost from my website will activate the discount. You will notice immediately from the screen that the price is slashed to $3.95 from $6.95!
| Order Type | Normal Price | OFF BY | You Pay! |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Month | $95.40 | $36 | $59.40 |
| 24 Month | $166.80 | $72 | $94.80 |
| 36 Month | $250.20 | $108 | $142.20 |
The promotion is temporary given to a small group of webmasters (including me) for them to test the market respond before they decide what to roll up in larger scale! Don't miss the opportunity! If you don't know how long to sign up for, I suggest 24 months because the discounted price of $94.80 is almost the same as the non discounted 12 month price ($95.40). So you are like getting an extra 12 months free.
http://www.bluehost.com
Sunday, August 29, 2010
How to Create Additional FTP Accounts
How to Create Additional FTP Accounts
When you run a website, at some point you'll need to create new FTP accounts or change the settings on any existing ones. FTP accounts allow users that you specify to have access to the web files via the standard file transfer protocol. It's a basic, standardized function that manages the wide array of specialized files needed to run a website. Some FTP accounts come already created by your hosting provider, and you can add others using the technique outlined in this step-by-step guide to managing your FTP systems in cPanel.
How to Create Additional Ftp Accounts
- Make sure you are logged in to cPanel
- After you are logged in, to add an account, scroll down
- Click the "FTP Account" link
- Scroll down
- You should see several FTP accounts already set up from when your provider created the website account
- To create a new FTP account, scroll up
- In the box provided, enter the login name you desire
- Enter a password for the account
- Renter the password
- If you leave "/demo" in the FTP address field, the user only has access to that specific directory
- To give greater access to a user, delete everything except the forward slash
- To put a quota limit on the FTP account, use the box provided
- Click the "Create" button
- That's it, the FTP account is now active
- Click "Go Back"
- Scroll to the file list and see that the new FTP account is showing up in the list
- From here you can delete as well
- You can also edit the FTP account properties
- Or, you can create additional FTP accounts
More About cPanel
The cPanel interface provides web managers with a standardized, simple way to create, manage and delete the files and directories needed to maintain a website. Aside from FTP management, cPanel offers a host of other vital functions such as automatic file back up and MySQL database capabilities
How to Create a MySQL Database in cPanel
How to Create a MySQL Database in cPanel
When you are ready to put up your website, and you have found an appropriate web hosting plan, then you can consider how you want to store your critical assets and files. One extremely popular solution is the MySQL database option available with access through your cPanel controls. If you are ready to set up a MySQL database, here's a quick walkthrough to help you through the process.
Steps For Setting Up Your MySQL Databases
- Make sure you are already logged in to cPanel
- At the landing page, scroll down
- Click the MySQL database button
- Think of a name for your database
- Type the name in the box provided
- Click "Create Database"
- After it loads, the database has been created
- Click the "Go Back" link
- Enter the name for a new user of database in the appropriate box
- Add the password for the user
- Reenter the password
- Click "Add User"
- The user has been created
- Click "Go Back"
- Check to make sure that the correct database name is in place
- The database name will be used along with an added suffix and /or underscore
- Click to submit and add user to the database
- Next, click the appropriate boxes to add privileges to your newly-created user account
- Click Save to keep your changes
More About MySQL
This platform for accessing your website and controlling its assets is one of the most popular in the world. The cPanel set up and the MySQL capabilities have become a standard in the world of web design. MySQL is often used in running certain web applications, and it can be easily combined with the popular php programming language. The basic MySQL programming has been made available via a standard GNU General Public License
Using File Manager
Using File Manager
When you run a website, you typically have a multitude of files, images and other data goodies that you'll need to move around from time to time. File management can be a daunting task, but luckily your cPanel web hosting controls also include a handy file transfer function. This allows you to create files, delete files and move files around the folders that form the infrastructure of your website. The following information will walk you through the steps of manipulating the file management functions of your website's cPanel interface.
Steps for Using File Manager
- Make sure you are already logged in to your cPanel account
- Scroll down
- Click the "File Manager" icon
- Use file manger to upload, delete files and change permissions
- On the left of the page, find a list of all of the folders in your account
- When you select a file on the left, a list of folders within that folder can be found on the right
- Find the right folder to work with (Images, etc. go into the public_html folder)
- Click the .cgi bin folder icon
- Then click the "Upload" icon
- Click the "Browse" button
- Select and upload your file
- Click "Back" to navigate to your main older directory
- Click on the folder you want to change or use
- Click "Change Permissions"
- Then select the appropriate boxes
- Click "Change"
- To move a file, click on "Move File"
- Select location to move the file to
- Then click to confirm to "Move File"
- The file has been moved
- To delete a file, click on it and click on the "Delete" icon
- The file has been deleted
More About cPanel
cPanel is a useful web hosting interface that is relatively easy to learn how to manipulate. It offers advanced file management capabilities and databasing options. It has become extremely widespread and is available for free through many web hosting providers.
How to Create an Add-On Domain in cPanel
How to Create an Add-On Domain in cPanel
This tutorial will teach you how to use the Addon Domain feature to add another domain name to your account. Once you get the hang of it you'll be able to take advantage of the feature with no difficulties at all but it could however be somewhat tricky at first so watching this video tutorial could be valuable. To fully follow this tutorial you need to be logged in to cPanel.
The Necessary Steps
- Click the Addon Domains link.
- Enter the new domain.
- Enter the directory name in your main account where this new domain will be pointing.
- Enter a Password for this new add-on domain.
- Click the "Add Domain!" button.
- You're done! The new add-on domain has been created.
- Since a new FTP account also has been created you should click the "Go Back" button and have a look.
- Click the "Home" button in the upper left corner.
- Click the "FTP Accounts" link.
- You should now be able to see your new FTP account.
More about cPanel
cPanel is a widely popular control panel that makes it easier to administrate your website. At the moment cPanel runs on CentOS, FreeBSD, Redhat Enterprise Linux and Windows Server 2008. Since the startup in 1997 cPanel has been setting the standard for web hosting automation.
A number of common operations, such as management of mail, FTP accounts and MySQL databases, are easily taken care of with the help of this control panel. cPanel is delivered with Analog and Webalizer which makes it very easy to take a look at the statistics of your website. Its main idea is to give you as much control as possible regarding the site you're managing.
How to login to cPanel
How to login to cPanel
cPanel is a powerful yet simple way to access your web hosting account. You should receive instructions for logging in to cPanel in a welcome email from your new web-hosting provider. This will give you the keys to the we-based control panel to manipulate your site. Logging in to your cPanel account may sound like an easy task, but if you haven't done it before it can be a little confusing. Once you learn how to handle the basics, it's a snap. There are just a couple of things to remember and this helpful tutorial will show you how to do it in just a few easy steps.
How to Login to cPanel
- Open your Internet browser
- Enter the http address of cPanel (you should have received this in your welcome email)
- Use an IP address if your domain name hasn't propagated across the Internet yet
- Or enter your domain name
- Once the login pane has loaded, enter your username
- Enter your password
- Click on "OK"
- You should be forwarded to your cPanel account
- To logout, click logout or, alternatively, simply close the browser window
More About cPanel
cPanel is a handy graphical interface used to control specific aspects of your website. cPanel is a web-based program that gives users access to an array of tools to change and update various features of your web-hosting plan. The cPanel software is typically used by commercial websites and web-hosting companies. cPanel also includes extra web tools that let you do tasks like analyze the traffic to your site or create special FTP accounts and webmail access. cPanel uses MySQL databases and can run on a wide variety of programming platforms, including Linus and Windows servers. The cPanel control interface has become a virtual standard in the world of web hosting.
GoDaddy Profile
GoDaddy Profile
GoDaddy.com is the world's largest domain name registrar and is the flagship company of The GoDaddy Group, Inc. As an ICANN-accredited domain registrar, Go Daddy has more names under management than any other registrar, offers products at prices up to 70% less than the competition and supports them all with world-class 24/7 live customer service. Go Daddy's hosting plans offer 99.9% guaranteed uptime, best-of-breed routers, servers and firewalls and the best 24/7 support and maintenance on the Web. With Go Daddy hosting and servers, your online presence is secure, reliable and lightning-fast. Best of all, every plan comes with a rich feature set to help you make the most of your site. No wonder that millions of satisfied customers have made them the world's largest hostname provider.
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GoDaddy Editorial Ratings and Reviews
GoDaddy Reviews
I've used them for years... time to move on. My site is down about half of the day lately on average, it takes hours-days to get a response to a ticket and calling just puts you on hold with annoying music for an hour... then transferred and put on hold again... rinse/repeat. You have to sort through 6 million sales pitches to do anything on their site... so on and so on.
I think this company rocks. They have all the services. I send all my web clients to get hosting from them. They stand out how: Its called the go daddy hosting connection. Where they have alot of applications and you donwload and install with a click of a button. Would recommend to anyone
I do have godaddy web hosting ,and it is a pain to use there interface . and I wish i never got theam as a web host . I must now find a new host , one I can use.
Super-fast and knowledgeable technical support team always answered and helped me in one call. Had to call 4 times now to resolve issues of features/upgrades that I either did not fully understand or to correct something I messed up.
As a domain name provider - fine. But they do not seem to be hosting competent. The uptime is fine. I really hate the pig of a tour you need to control anything. I have two websites, and they are mixed into a single account. The web stats (sign up specially or you get nothing) are simply a graph of total traffic for the account. Not individual site data - more like an accountant tracking your usage. Nothing like Webalizer or AWstats where you find time of day visits and search words used. The data may be there in the welter of links and adverts splattered on the page. I'd prefer cPanel.
Ok, I'm not a big fan of the GoDaddy commercials (although many of my male friends are) - they simply don't manage to convince that they have the best web hosting on the market. However, I pretty impressed by the quality of their hosting. I've been a customer of theirs for 6 months now and Istill haven't experienced any major issues with downtime. Trust me - I had with my prvious host. The customer support is ok I guess and I like the control panel. I can recommend GoDaddy hosting - not their commercials.
BEWARE of GoDaddy they host over TWO HUNDRED malicious websites on one of their servers & refuse to respond to concerns about this. When I get a program submission that turns out to be bait-&-switch, not freeware or has illegal functions (like copying copy protected DVD's) it is almost always hosted by GoDaddy & hidden behind their anonymous domain registration service.
I've been a customer of Godaddy's for about a year now and I can highly recommend it to anyone looking for good web hosting. I've never had any problems with downtime and the features that are included in their hosting plan (economy plan in my case)… Well, it impresses me. I only had a few bugs in the beginning and then I got all the support I needed. I give Godaddy the thumbs up!
I signed up with GoDaddy a couple of months ago and we've had our ups and downs. One thing that I really have to point out is that their customer support always has been excellent. I challenge you to find an equally good support team elsewhere. A thing that I don't like equally much is the control panel. It's just not that user-friendly. But once you get the hang of it you'll be fine. Maybe they should spend less money on their commercials and put it on making some small fixes instead.
I had a domain with GoDaddy for almost four years, when suddenly, they sold my domain name out from under me with no warning. When I discovered my website was suddenly GONE one day, I contacted them, and they said there had been a problem with my account ALMOST A YEAR AGO (even though my site had JUST disappeared) and they canceled my service. Then immediately sold my domain to the first squatter they saw. And THEN offered to let me use their BROKER SERVICE TO BID ON MY OWN SITE. Of course, all of this time, they were still charging me the monthly amount to host the site that no longer exists. Now I am forced not only to find a new provider, but I have to RE-ESTABLISH my internet presence with an entirely new domain name, AND I'm out several months hosting fee! Godaddy's customer service is fast, and ABYSMAL. My business has and is going to lose more money because of this issue than I can even consider right now. AVOID THIS SO-CALLED BUSINESS.
Unlimited Hosting - Linux - Monthly I have had GoDaddy for YEARS and YEARS. I have really given them the benefit of the doubt at times. However... here is an ACTUAL, right this second, $uptime: 14:27:50 up 4 days, 6:59, 1 user, load average: 10.09, 12.10, 15.55 These loads are low compared to the ones I have seen in the very recent past. The connections are so very laggy that I can't upload or download any decent size files and my site is an MMO Game Development site- Uncool. I am using Web Hosting Reviews to find my new provider and while I am at it, I will give GoDaddy a heads-up through this review as to why I am leaving a long-time friend. (Not that I haven't already complained directly to them in the past when I was getting load numbers in the thousands and my site had it's little feet in the air twitching about) Sorry GoDaddy.. I have stuck by you thick and thin for years and years.. too bad you couldn't do the same for me.
Their control Panel needs overall eliminate the adds this is not neccessary needs to be more user friendly
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