Archive for the ‘Hosting’ Category

How to see your website on hostgator before DNS is setup

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Finding your FTP server: In your bluehost cpanel, go to the left sidebar - click "expand stats" if that link is present. You are looking for an entry called "xxx IP Address" either one will work here "xxx" might be "Shared" or "Dedicated" depending on your serve For grins, lets say your shared IP ...

How to FTP into your hostgator account before DNS is setup

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Finding your FTP server: In your hostgator cpanel, go to the left sidebar - click "expand stats" if that link is present. You are looking for an entry called "xxx IP Address" either one will work here "xxx" might be "Shared" or "Dedicated" depending on your server Connecting with FTP: In your FTP program, enter ...

Add a CDN subdomain on GoDaddy for your WordPress site

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

When optimizing your wordpress, it is a great idea to use a CDN. This can be done in many ways but the easiest is to create a subdomain that points to the same directory as your main site. The reason CDNs works so well is that it allows your browser to ...

How to see your website on bluehost before DNS is setup

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

This was not perfectly clear out of the gate with bluehost, so we're writing it up here for the next time we need it. The term you are looking for in the blue host help docs is "Temporary URL" - if you want to search for it. The information is below ...

How to FTP into your bluehost account before DNS is setup

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

This is not obvious unless you dig into the help docs, stumble on it, or ask for help (like I did). Finding your FTP server: In your bluehost cpanel, go to the left sidebar - click "expand stats" if that link is present. You are looking for an entry called "Hostname" or "Shared ...

My Server Time is WAY off

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Well, it was this morning.  I didn't realize it until I went to schedule a blog post for 12 hours later and it published immediately. I was concerned and actually went to blame WordPress first (I'm really not sure why).  However, when I was looking at the time preferences in ...