How to clean a Hacked WordPress Website? Is your WordPress website hacked? When your WordPress site is hacked or compromised, you can lose your search engine rankings, expose your readers to viruses, have your reputation tarnished due to redirects to porn or other bad neighborhood websites, and worst lose your entire website data and get […]
Configure mod_geoip module on cPanel server
How To Install mod_geoip On Your WHM/cPanel Server mod_geoip is an API module released by MaxMind for Apache (or interchangeably, LiteSpeed) to quickly and easily obtain your website visitors’ geographical information. It offers high performance IP lookup especially when used together with PHP. While instructions to install mod_geoip on Linux with Apache are easily available on the Internet, not much is written […]
Traceroute On Mac
How do I run a traceroute on a Mac? Traceroute is a utility that records the route between your computer and your RSHosting server. It also displays the amount of time each hop takes. If you cannot reach your site, a traceroute will help us determine the issue. To run traceroute on a Mac, follow […]
Difference between Addon and Parked domain in cPanel
What is an addon domain in cPanel? An addon domain is a fully functional domain that can be created from within your control panel. Think of it as having multiple hosting packages all sharing the same control panel. You can give them email addresses, forwarders, and more the same way you do for your main […]
WordPress Security Tips
Step 1 : Create a backup of your site. If you have cPanel you can do this with the backup manager. If not we would recommend “backup buddy”, a WordPress plugin you can find with a google search. Step 2: Update WordPress Version This is critical because WordPress issues updates that close security vulnerabilities; it’s […]
Linux Hosting Vs Windows Hosting
We have been asked this question from our customers several times, about the difference between Linux and Windows web hosting. Well, just because you have been using Windows Operating system on your local machine, and have not used Linux operating system, does not mean you need to buy a hosting package that uses Windows servers. […]
Cannot send mail. “503 AUTH command used when not advertised”
Recent changes in PCI Complinace have required us to make changes in the outgoing mail authentication method of our e-commerse servers. A common error message you’ll see when affected are as follows: “Error: 503 #5.3.3 AUTH not available” “503 AUTH command used when not advertised” Our outgoing server connections now require STARTTLS encryption on our […]