Archive | February, 2011

How To Track Down Disk Usage Warnings

28 February 2011

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“Disk Space Usage” functionality in cPanel is a handy way to help you determine what files are taking up so much space.  It can be hard to track down where the problem is because your total usage includes email, databases, log files and more in addition to the files associated with your website. You may [...]

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cPanel Simplifies Dedicated Hosting and VPS

16 February 2011

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Someone asked me about moving up to dedicated hosting and how in the world can someone who is not a certified system administrator or IT person run such a thing.  cPanel makes it do-able. cPanel has capabilities beyond what the owner of a website sees.  cPanel is not just for accounts on shared hosting or [...]

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Run a Backup Before Upgrading WordPress

4 February 2011

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When you run WordPress, cPanel backup utilities are useful and easy to use.  Back up your site and your database From the WordPress readme: Before you upgrade anything, make sure you have backup copies … This quote is from the WordPress readme.html file in the section “Upgrading Manually.”  Even if you use the automatic upgrader, [...]

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