If your website has been hacked and malicious content has been inserted into your files, you should clean them as soon as possible to prevent further damage to your hosting account. Let’s say that the following code has been inserted to some of your files: <?php eval(base64_decode(‘malicious_code’)); ?> You have to search in all of…
The most common reasons for a hacked (defaced) website include: – Outdated web application. Every popular web application (Joomla, WordPress, PhpBB…) has had security problems and that’s why you have to use always the latest version. – Outdated web application extension. If you have installed any third party extensions, you have to keep them up-to-date…
To compress your CSS files with gZIP there are two things that you should do. First, add the following line to the .htaccess file in your public_html folder: AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 .css By doing this, you allow the server to process .css files through PHP. Next, add the following lines at the very beginning of your .css file(s): <?php…
In case you would like to access a certain URL for your domain name but do not display it in the web browser address bar – here is how you can accomplish it using an .htaccess file. A sample rewrite rule will look like this: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^something/?$ /something/else/ This way each time someone…
If you do not wish to use the .htaccess file to redirect your visitors, you can use another option – a PHP or an HTML file which will perform the actual redirection. Below are examples for both programming languages: For PHP, create a file (index.php for example) and add the following lines in it: <?php…
The gZIP compression of your files improves the performance of your website and highly decreases its loading time. For complex websites it is highly recommended to enable it. Some applications have internal support to compress their pages. For example, in Joomla you can turn on the gZIP compression from Global Configuration > Server > gZIP Page…
The hosts file is used to map hostnames to IP addresses. With the hosts file you can change the IP to which you resolve a certain domain name. This is particularly useful when you wish to see how a website will look when hosted on a different server without having to wait for a DNS change to propagate, or…
Run… Command The Run command in Windows is one of the most unused, yet powerful features (in terms of productivity) in the operating system. Basic Run Command Information It is accessible in one of two ways: through the start menu (Figure 1) and through the shortcut key Win+R. The dialog itself looks very unassuming, and quite…
If you need to start, stop, or restart MySQL, follow the instructions below. Make sure that you’re first authenticated in your server via the command line interface. You can access the command line through popular applications such as PuTTY. Red Hat Linux & CentOS Start MySQL: /etc/init.d/mysqld start Stop MySQL: /etc/init.d/mysqld stop Restart MySQL: /etc/init.d/mysqld…
You should have basic knowledge on accessing SSH to proceed any further. Read the PuTTY Setup And SSH Access article for assistance in setting up PuTTY / SSH access. Follow the instructions provided to install ConfigServer on your WHM/cPanel based server. Login to SSH. If you have any other iptables based firewalls, uninstall them now, otherwise you…