How to Run a Traceroute to a Domain?
In many cases, you’ll need to see a traceroute from your computer to your domain in order to diagnose connection and other problems. To run … Read More
Managing Websites
The troubleshooting guides in this section contain information on diagnosing and solving the the most common account problems you might encounter.
Robots.txt File Explained: Allow or Disallow All or Part of Your Website
The sad reality is that most webmasters have no idea what a robots.txt file is. A robot in this sense is a “spider.” It’s what … Read More
How to Fix Broken Images and Links on Your Website
There are three possible reasons why your images are not showing up on your pages as expected: The image file is not located in the … Read More
How to Create a Custom 404 File Not Found Error Page with .htaccess
With some web hosts a file named missing.html or 404.html already exists in the www directory of your account. This is the page that is … Read More
Let’s Have Some Fun With .htaccess
The Apache web server has some configuration options that are available to the server administrator. In a shared hosting environment, you don’t have access to … Read More
Creating Custom Error Messages With .htaccess
Most servers default to the “standard” Apache error message pages for most common browser errors. If you want to develop your own error pages, you’ll … Read More
How to Use FTP to Access Files at Your Web Host
The process by which files are transferred to a web server is called “FTP” (File Transfer Protocol). You have unlimited access to your web hosting … Read More