Q. Do you offer Private LAN between Dedicated Servers ?

Ans. Yes. We do offer Private LAN or VLAN between Dedicated Servers. Private VLAN is configured using routing rules on the router that connects your servers to Internet while Private LAN is configured using a Dedicated Switch for multiple servers LAN or using a patch cable incase of only 2 Servers.

Private LAN configuration is considered by those who need highly secure environment. You can disable public access for your Database servers or any other server with mission critical data and allow public access on the front web servers only. We have similar setup for some of our customers who have heavy traffic websites or forums. We disable remote access for database servers completely and only web servers are allowed to communicate with the database servers on private LAN. This way no one can ever access your database servers and nothing can go wrong on the webservers as well as those will allow only http traffic. less open ports on server makes it more secure.

Q. Do you support ASP.NET 3.5 on Windows Hosting? What is new in ASP.NET 3.5?

Ans. ASP.NET 3.5 is supported on all our Windows Hosting Servers. New features in ASP.NET 3.5 are as follows:-

* ASP.NET AJAX support - ASP.NET 3.5 has built-in support for ASP.NET AJAX. In addition to all the features in ASP.NET AJAX 1.0, ASP.NET 3.5 now also includes support for UpdatePanels integrating with WebParts, ASP.NET AJAX integration with controls like and .

* New ListView and DataPager Controls - The new ListView control offers flexibility in how you display your data, by allowing you to have complete control over the HTML markup generated. ListView‘s template approach to representing data is designed to easily work with CSS styles, which comes in handy with the new Visual Studio 2008 designer view.

* WCF support for JSON - Using the WCF you can now build Web services that can be exposed using any number of the Internet standard protocols, such as SOAP, RSS, JSON, POX and more.

Does this affect my ASP.NET 2.0 or 1.1 site?

* No, the ASP.NET 3.5 framework builds on the 2.0 library by adding additional functionality, there are no breaking changes and it should not effect your 2.0 code at all. There is no affect on ASP.NET 1.1 either.

How do I switch my site to using the 3.5 Framework?

* The ASP.NET 3.5 framework builds on or adds to the functionality of ASP.NET 2.0. If you site is set to use ASP.NET 2.0 and the 3.5 framework is installed, you should have access to the features within ASP.NET 3.5.

How do I install ASP.NET 3.5?

* If you are a shared hosting customer it is installed on all of our servers by default. If you are on a VPS or a Dedicated Server customer you can download the ASP.NET 3.5 framework at this URL, http://www.asp.net/downloads/essential/. If you would want our admins to install it for you, we would be happy to do so, all you need to do is raise a ticket via our helpdesk and we will get ASP.NET 3.5 installed for you.

Q. What does Root Access to the server mean ?

Ans. Root Access is an administrator level log-on for your dedicated server or your virtual private server. Having root access to a server gives you the ability to take full control of your server. You can then use it for almost anything you wish to including hosting multiple sites, third party software/applications, game servers etc. You can also maintain it as per your preferences.

Please note that not all Hosting packages come with full root access. We provide full root access to clients only on VPS Hosting, Semi Dedicated Servers and Dedicated Servers.

Even if a client opts for a fully managed server, he/she will be given full administrator rights to his server to have total control of the server and the content hosted on it.

Here you will find all the relevant information you will need to transfer your website from 123-Reg to any of the eUKhost servers.

Transferring domain name(s) from 123-Reg

Most people are really concerned when transferring domain names, but to be honest, the process is really simple, so there is nothing to worry about.

If you however, wish to keep your domain management via 123-Reg, you can simply update your domain nameservers, so that your domain will point to your hosting plan with eUKhost.

An example of some eUKhost nameservers are as follows:

ns1.eukhost.com
ns2.eukhost.com

These nameservers are primarily examples, and should not be used unless specifically stated.

Nameserver change instructions:

You will not be required to change any of the IP addresses in the 123-Reg’ control panel

Transferring your website from 123-Reg

Transferring your website from 123-Reg is really simple! You can either ask our support team, and they will be able to transfer your existing website(s) over, or you can do the process manually by following the instructions below:

1) Login to the FTP account on your 123-Reg hosting account

2) Select the files you wish to transfer

3) Drag the files onto an appropriate folder onto your computer

4) Login to your eUKhost FTP account (These details will be provided to you upon signup)

5) Drag all of the files from your computer to either the public_html folder (for linux shared cpanel hosting plans), or www (for windows shared hosting plans).

Please note: This does not transfer any of your MySQL databases, e-mail accounts etc. If you have any of these you wish to restore, you will need to restore them via cPanel on the eUKhost server - however, eUKhost will be happy to assist you in any way possible to help you get on your feet.

If you are interested in setting up Teamspeak on your *nix dedicated server, simple follow these instructions:

1) Login to SSH as root

2) #useradd ts

3) This should of automatically created a directory called /ts in /home (/home/ts) - if it hasn’t, run #mkdir /home/ts

4) #chown -R ts /home/ts

5) #passwd ts

6) #su ts

7) #cd /home/ts/

8) #wget ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/4players/teamspeak.org/releases/ts2_server_rc2_202319.tar.bz2

9) #tar -jxvf ts2_server_rc2_202319.tar.bz2

10) #cd tss2_rc2

11) #mv * ../

12) #cd ../

13) #rm -rfv tss2_rc2 (BE CAREFUL WITH THIS COMMAND!)

14) #./teamspeak2-server_startscript start

And you’re done :) If you have any firewalls installed, you will need to open ports 8767, and possibly 14534.

Please do not install this on a VPS system, as it may strain the system recourses.

Sufficient linux shell knowledge required. The contents of this article are deemed to be correct, but we cannot garuntee it is error free, and therefore accept no responsibility for any damage it may cause to your server. INSTALL AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Q. How can I avoid receiving unsolicited e-mail messages?

Ans. There are many ways you can avoid unsolicited e-mail messages (spam), but here are some of the most effective ways.

When you create your e-mail address, ensure that it isn’t predictable. Having an e-mail address such as webmaster@yourdomain.com can make it easier for spammers to send you these unsolicited e-mail messages. Another way you could try and avoid spam is by never publicly submitting your e-mail address online etc. If you post your e-mail on your website, bulletin boards etc, spam bots can easily find your e-mail, and you’ll instantly be added to a spam list.

If you need to provide a method of online contact for your website visitors, use a contact form rather than publishing your e-mail address.

Usually, it’s always best if you have two e-mail addresses. When you sign up for a service which requires you to submit your e-mail, and if you aren’t too sure on how their e-mail policy operates, you can submit them a second e-mail address to them, which will ensure that your primary mailbox remains spam-free. Remember, if at a later stage you feel you can trust the company you have submitted your secondary e-mail address to, you can always change it back to your primary mailbox.

Catchall Setting: Never turn on Catchall option from the control panel as this option allows spammers to spam your catchall account with multiple spams and it also allows them to use any random email address on your domain name as reply-to & Sender email address in their spams. Many mail servers verify sender address before accepting any emails by sending a hello! message on the sender address and if they get ok! reply then the email is delivered to the recipient. You will then start getting multiple email delivery failure notifications on regular basis as a random email address on your domain name was included as reply-to / error-to / sender address by the spammers. If you see catchall setting enabled for your account by default then remember to reset it and make it send all catchall emails to “:fail:” ( without quotes ). This setting will not allow spammers to use your domain name in the spamming scripts.

One of the more important ways to prevent spam is by having spam protection on the server. All eUKhost Linux cPanel hosting servers as well as Plesk Windows Hosting Servers come with SpamAssassin, which is very effective at identifying spam e-mail messages, and removing them before they reach your mailbox.

Q. How much is the maximum file size upload for PHP scripts?

Ans. We have set a limit of 10 MB on the maximum file size upload in the php.ini configuration file. Directives are used to configure the PHP engine. They are placed in PHP’s configuration file php.ini. There are a number of directives that are related to file upload and they may be quite to users.

file_uploads - It specifies whether file upload is allowed in PHP.

upload_max_filesize - It specifies the maximum file size that the PHP engine will accept.

In short CSS is a better solution to save bandwidth and have better control over styling. CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. Why should you use CSS? Very simple answer, because it is the next generation for styling, it saves bandwidth, and because many HTML tags like the underline tag has been deprecated by W3C. Many websites still don’t take advantage of CSS, and once you get to know how powerful CSS is surely you will start using CSS on your website. Imagine if you could put all your styling in a different file, well you can do this with CSS. If you haven’t used CSS on your website before do consider using CSS because there are many advantages of it. And lastly did you know many students learn CSS and take it further into a profitable hobby?

With laws which were recently past in the UK, webmasters have the responsibility to ensure that their website is accessible. Using CSS effectively with modern markup standards as determined by the W3C can ensure your website(s) comply with these regulations, and to ensure your website is accessible as possible.

Addon domain Vs Parked domain

Addon domain:

Addon domains can be added to your hosting account as an upgrade. They allow you to have more than one independent website sharing the resources of your hosting account. Addon domains hosting is similar to virtualization. You can host multiple domains or multiple websites on a single account which are basically setup as sub domains on the main domain but the domains you add as a addon domain gets parked on top of the subdomain. You can see website of the sub domain when you type your addon domain in browser by the URL never changes as it continues with addon domain in the browser.

Parked domain:

You can have multiple domain names pointing to your site. This is a great way to increase your online visibility. Parked domain on main domain shows website of the main domain. Similarly parked domain on the subdomain would show website of subdomain. Domain which is parked on subdomain is called addon domain.

Apache configuration needs to know what directory to call when someone opens a particular website in the browser and in case of addon domains, it will load the subdomain. Your addon domain is added as an alias for that subdomain.

From a user perspective, an addon domain functions just like any other domain. You can register and set up an addon domain under your existing hosting account. So when your visitors type “http://www.yourdomain.com” in their browser, they will be transported to the new site. The difference between a parked domain and an addon domain from a web user’s perspective is that with a parked domain the URL in the address bar will change to the physical location of the page as the page loads. For example, if you type http://www.abc.com, that domain won’t remain in the browser address bar, but will change to “http://www.domain.com/abc/index.html” as soon as the page is displayed.

Q. Can I use WordPress blog software on my site ?

Ans. WordPress works fine on our servers, you can use it on your website. If you have a cPanel hosting account with us then you should have no problems in installing wordpress from the Fantastico section of your control panel. You can take a look at Fantastico Scripts to learn more about the scripts included in Fantastico.

Additionally, we have PHP 4.4.4 on some of the servers and PHP 5.1.2 on the other servers, so you should not face any problems when configuring wordpress blog.
Wordpress will give you some code to add in .htaccess of your account which will enable mod_rewrite for your account and your WordPress blog will run smoothly without problems.