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FTP and SSH: connection to your web hosting

Manage your website files using File Manager
Upload your website via FTP
Creating an FTP user
Adjusting the rights of an FTP user
Change password of an FTP user
Connect to your hosting via SSH
Activate SSH on your hosting package
Create an SSH key for your hosting
Use SSH credentials in your FTP program

Caching & Performance

Activate HTTP/2
Activate GZIP compression

PHP Settings

Increase PHP apc.shm_size
Change the PHP version and settings

Backup and security

What measures can I take to prevent my site from being hacked?
Automatically fix security holes thanks to autopatching
Protect your website with webfilters against SQL injection and brute force attacks
How do I restore my website backups?
Where do I find my database backups?

SSL & HTTPS

Why don’t I see https anymore?
Can I access a non-secure website?
I cannot connect via SSL
How do you recognise a secure connection?
My SSL is pending, now what?
Help, the SSL certificate on my website has expired!
How do I install an SSL certificate?
How do I install a free SSL certificate?
What is Mixed Content and how to deal with it?
How do I convert my website from HTTP to HTTPS?

Domain names and websites on your hosting package

How do I delete websites and extra domain names?
Add an extra domain name to your hosting package as alias
Put multiple websites on one hosting package with subsites
How do I link my domain name to my hosting?

WordPress and CMS-optimisation

Setting up a test environment with Managed WordPress
Install WordPress, Drupal or Joomla on your web hosting
How do I reinstall / reset my CMS?
How do I change the password of my CMS?
Where do I find my CMS credentials?
What is WP-CLI? What is WP-CLI used for?
Where do I find good WordPress tutorials and How-tos?

Development on your web hosting

Setting up a test environment with Managed WordPress
Programming recurring tasks with Cronjobs
How to use the ping command?
Open ports on your webhosting
Test your website before putting it online
How to make sure my website sends outgoing mail in an authenticated fashion?
Check if your server is reachable at IP level with Tracert or Traceroute
Why can’t I see the ‘.htaccess’ file in my FTP client?
Set up a staging or working copy for your WordPress website

Various settings

Activate logs and statistics
Add a secured folder
Changing the default page of your website
Add a custom error page
Can I assign a unique IP address?

Troubleshooting Webhosting

What does a 403 error mean?
What does ‘500 Internal server error’ mean?
What does the error “550 Permission denied” mean?

Database

How to connect to my database from my own computer
Quota: phpMyAdmin vs disk usage
Add user to your database
How do I open phpMyAdmin?
Import / export databases
Change the password of your database
Create a database in MySQL or MS SQL
What is a database connection string?
How do I connect with my database with PHP?
Where do I find my database backups?

Web hosting

FTP and SSH: connection to your web hosting

Manage your website files using File Manager

Upload your website via FTP

Creating an FTP user

Adjusting the rights of an FTP user

Change password of an FTP user

Connect to your hosting via SSH

Activate SSH on your hosting package

Create an SSH key for your hosting

Use SSH credentials in your FTP program

Caching & Performance

Activate HTTP/2

Activate GZIP compression

PHP Settings

Increase PHP apc.shm_size

Change the PHP version and settings

Backup and security

What measures can I take to prevent my site from being hacked?

Automatically fix security holes thanks to autopatching

Protect your website with webfilters against SQL injection and brute force attacks

How do I restore my website backups?

Where do I find my database backups?

SSL & HTTPS

Why don’t I see https anymore?

Can I access a non-secure website?

I cannot connect via SSL

How do you recognise a secure connection?

My SSL is pending, now what?

Help, the SSL certificate on my website has expired!

How do I install an SSL certificate?

How do I install a free SSL certificate?

What is Mixed Content and how to deal with it?

How do I convert my website from HTTP to HTTPS?

Domain names and websites on your hosting package

How do I delete websites and extra domain names?

Add an extra domain name to your hosting package as alias

Put multiple websites on one hosting package with subsites

How do I link my domain name to my hosting?

WordPress and CMS-optimisation

Setting up a test environment with Managed WordPress

Install WordPress, Drupal or Joomla on your web hosting

How do I reinstall / reset my CMS?

How do I change the password of my CMS?

Where do I find my CMS credentials?

What is WP-CLI? What is WP-CLI used for?

Where do I find good WordPress tutorials and How-tos?

Development on your web hosting

Setting up a test environment with Managed WordPress

Programming recurring tasks with Cronjobs

How to use the ping command?

Open ports on your webhosting

Test your website before putting it online

How to make sure my website sends outgoing mail in an authenticated fashion?

Check if your server is reachable at IP level with Tracert or Traceroute

Why can’t I see the ‘.htaccess’ file in my FTP client?

Set up a staging or working copy for your WordPress website

Various settings

Activate logs and statistics

Add a secured folder

Changing the default page of your website

Add a custom error page

Can I assign a unique IP address?

Troubleshooting Webhosting

What does a 403 error mean?

What does ‘500 Internal server error’ mean?

What does the error “550 Permission denied” mean?

Database

How to connect to my database from my own computer

Quota: phpMyAdmin vs disk usage

Add user to your database

How do I open phpMyAdmin?

Import / export databases

Change the password of your database

Create a database in MySQL or MS SQL

What is a database connection string?

How do I connect with my database with PHP?

Where do I find my database backups?