Hosting Tutorials

Redirecting your domain.com to www.domain.com

April 19th, 2010

With people taking steps to make their website search engine friendly, there are some basic things which can be done to get on the better side of Google. Redirecting non www domains to www domains avoids the issue of duplicate content being indexed on search engines.

Below is the code which you need to put in your .htaccess which will redirect any user who types in yourdomain.com to www.yourdomain.com

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Please change example.com to your website url.

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Simple + Advance DNS Zone Editors

April 8th, 2010

We have added another feather in our cap by providing Basic Hosting , Silver Hosting & Unlimited Hosting customer the ability to edit advance DNS zone entries. Zone files allow you to control how DNS functions. For example, if you want to have a subdomain point to another IP address and/or domain, add a new CNAME record.

To edit a zone file, please login in to your cPanel

1. Click on Advance DZS Zone Editor.

2. From this page you will be able to add A / CNAME Records

Note: This is for advance users only, changing or deleting DNS entries could result in your hosting not functioning properly. Do not make any changes unless you know what you are doing.

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How do i order a Dedicated IP for my Hosting Account?

March 19th, 2010

It’s very simple to order a dedicated IP for your hosting account. Please follow the steps below.

1. Log on to your Client Area from speedhost.in

2. Click on My Products & Services

3. You will see your hosting account, select the one you want the dedicated IP for. Click on the Account Addons on the right

4. Now you can order dedicated IP from here

Please note: It will cost Rs.2500 / year.

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How to Set a Local Language for your cPanel

March 8th, 2010

With out recent server upgrades, we have added the ability to select a local language for your cPanel. This will make your feel more at home while performing various functions.

To select your local language, first login to cPanel

1. Click Change Language option from the Preferences tab

2. From the language drop-down, select your preferred language and click Change

Currently we have: Arabic, Bengali, German, English (Default Language), Spanish, French, Hindi, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, Brazilian and Chinese

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Changing File Permissions using cPanel File Manager

February 15th, 2010

One of the causes of seeing the 500 internal error page on your web site could be wrong permissions of your web page. This happens when the page you are trying to load has a permission of 777 (editable by everyone), You must make sure that your files have a permission of 755.

It is very simple to change file / folder permissions from cPanel File Manager. Just follow the steps below.

1. Login to your cPanel
2. Click the File Manager link from the Files Tab.

3. Once in th File Manager, go the the folder / directory and right click on the file to change its permissions.

4. Now all you need to do is change the file permissions as shown below.

Related Article:
1. How to change File Permissions using FTP

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