Getting started
- How to host a website, step by step: From a domain and a hosting plan to a live site with free SSL.
- How to install WordPress in cPanel: Install WordPress by hand on cPanel hosting, step by step.
cPanel and domains
- What is cPanel? How to log in and use it: The control panel on every Web & cPanel plan, and how to sign in.
- How to use cPanel File Manager: Upload, edit, extract and set permissions without FTP.
- How to connect a domain to your hosting: Point your domain at your hosting with nameservers or an A record.
- How to upload a website in cPanel: Upload your files with File Manager or FTP, and create a database.
- How to create a subdomain in cPanel: Add blog.yourdomain.com with its own folder, DNS and free SSL.
- What is an MX record?: How email finds your domain, and how to check or change MX records.
- SFTP vs FTP: which to use: How they differ, which is safer, and how to connect to your hosting.
- File permissions and chmod 755 explained: What 755 and 644 mean, and the right settings for a website.
- What is a cron job? Set one up in cPanel: Run scripts on a schedule, safely, from cPanel.
- SSL certificate price in India: free vs paid: What SSL costs, when free SSL is enough, and when to pay.
WordPress fixes
- Fix “Error establishing a database connection”: Check wp-config.php, the database user and the database server.
- Fix “There has been a critical error on this website”: Find the plugin or theme behind it and turn it off.
- Fix the WordPress 500 internal server error: Check .htaccess, plugins, the PHP version and the error log.
- Fix “too many redirects” in WordPress: Correct the site address, HTTPS settings and redirect rules.
- How to increase the WordPress memory limit: Raise WP_MEMORY_LIMIT and fix “Allowed memory size exhausted”.
- wp-config.php explained: What the WordPress configuration file holds, and how to edit it safely.
- WordPress site hacked? How to clean and secure it: Contain it, restore or clean the files, then lock the site down.
- Fix the WordPress 404 error: Pages that show “Not Found”: permalinks, .htaccess and moved content.
Website errors
- Fix the 502 Bad Gateway error: When a proxy gets a bad answer from the server behind it.
- Fix the 503 Service Unavailable error: Why a site answers 503, and how to bring it back.
- Fix the 504 Gateway Timeout error: When the server behind a proxy takes too long to answer.
- Fix “508 Resource Limit Is Reached”: What the account limits are, and how to stay under them.
- Fix “This site can’t be reached” (ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT): Why a browser gives up on a site, and how visitors and owners fix it.
- Fix ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED: When the server turns the connection away, and what to check.
- Fix DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN: When a domain does not resolve: browser, DNS and domain checks.
- Fix ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR: Clock, browser and certificate checks for a failed secure connection.
- Fix “Your connection is not private”: Certificate errors such as NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID, and the fix.
Reseller hosting
- How to create a hosting package in WHM: Set disk, bandwidth and limits once, then give each client a cPanel account.
- How to set up private nameservers: ns1 and ns2 on your own domain, for white-label hosting.
- How to start a web hosting business in India: From a reseller plan to your first paying clients.
- Reseller hosting vs VPS for agencies: Which one suits hosting your clients’ websites.
Still stuck?
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