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.

Q. Can I use a PHP tag in my html page?

Ans. Yes, you can use the PHP tag within html pages. All you have to do is to embed PHP with html in your apache configuration and add modules which will execute the php code in your html pages. Our support will help you if you are unable to make this changes from your end or if you have a shared hosting account.

For those who have dedicated servers or VPS accounts can do this in the “AddHandler” section of httpd.conf

Simply add following line in AddHandler :-

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

After adding it the addhandler section would look like this :-

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
AddType text/html .shtml
AddType application/x-tar .tgz
AddType text/vnd.wap.wml .wml
AddType image/vnd.wap.wbmp .wbmp
AddType text/vnd.wap.wmlscript .wmls
AddType application/vnd.wap.wmlc .wmlc
AddType application/vnd.wap.wmlscriptc .wmlsc

Q. Which file extensions do Windows and Linux packages support?

Ans :- Windows Hosting Packages support .asp, .aspx ( ASP.NET ) , .cgi, .pl, .html, .htm, .php, .xml, and .shtml while Linux cPanel Hosting Packages support .cgi, .pl, .html, .htm, .php, .xml and .shtml.

Q.How do I upload my site made with Dreamweaver ?

Ans :- We will provide you with the FTP login once you signup. You can use those details to upload your website. Make sure that you upload your contents inside the public_html directory once you signup and connect using FTP login information. In the case of you using a Windows Web Hosting package, you will need to upload your web contents inside the www directory.

For an FTP connection through browser you will need to put following URL in the browser :-

ftp://yourusername@yourdomain.com

For IP based connection the URL would be :-

ftp://username@I.P

Dreamweaver Tutorials- http://www.eukhost.com/web-hosting/dreamweaver.php

Q. How do I upload my homepage named default.htm to index.htm?

Ans. If you are hosted on one of our windows web hosting packages, you will need to upload the main homepage of your website as default.htm. However, if you are hosted on one of our cPanel hosting packages, then you need to upload the main homepage as index.html. If you don’t need asp.net and MS SQL database support, then we suggest you to order one of our Linux cPanel Hosting plans, as it comes with cPanel control panel which is the most popular, feature rich and user friendly control panel available.

Joomla Website Hosting

Q. Do you offer Joomla Web Hosting?

Ans.Yes, Joomla is supported on all our web hosting plans.  All our Linux web hosting and windows hosting plans support Joomla as it is PHP MySQl based. PHP and MySQL is pre installed on all our servers. We are proud to host many Joomla websites and we have gained expertise in managing Joomla websites.  Everything you need for a Joomla website is included on our website  hosting packages including fast and servers , multiple resources and moreover 24×7 support via phone,email and live chat service.

Joomla installation and setup is easier on our cPanel hosting packages. You can install Joomla and other open source applications at one click through Fantasico. Our cPanel hosting package is highly recommended for a Joomla website.

Joomla Installation and folder permissions

We have no problem with files and folders with nobody ownership or 777 permissions, as security rules implemented on our server will not allow anyone to upload anything that would create problems for server.

If you ever face any sort of problem with your Joomla installation then you may contact our support staff directly from http://support.eukhost.com or you can start a new thread in our forum http://www.eukhost.com/forums/ as we have hundreds of webmasters on our forum active throughout the day and they have expertise in Joomla website management.

eUKhost is most trusted company in UK for Joomla Hosting due to the high level security on our servers. Joomla websites face constant intrusion and hacking attempts with other hosting companies due to poor security settings on the server and insecure code of Joomla CMS. Most of the times injections are done on the files and folders with 777 permission as this permission makes them world writable, but this is not possible on our servers as mod_security rules on our servers filter such invalid arguments passed by the intruders.

Q. Please tell me which is better forum software phpBB or vBulletin ?

Ans :- Both vBulletin and phpBB are powerful bulletin board software. Each software comes with its own advantages and disadvantages over others. At the end of the day, its all down to users personal preference.

Both phpBB and Vbulletin are Search Engine friendly as well as user friendly, so choosing any of this wont be a problem for you.
vBulletin has its own Community which is very active and would help you for your queries. phpBB has also got an active forum where the development staff remain quite active to help you with bugs you may encounter. It would be your choice to choose either of the two.

You can see all the features of both bulletin board software packages on their websites:

• phpBB Bulletin Board
• vBulletin Bulletin Board

Do you support custom error pages?

Ans. You can create your own custom error pages for your website with our web hosting service. Custom error pages is a feature which allows you to replace default error messages with the customized ones you create. The default error messages tend to be fairly generic, and not particularly user-friendly, so making custom messages for a site is recommended nowadays. The error can be caused by different things, the most common is the 404 – File Not Found error. So when a user types in the wrong url, or enters incorrect information you can inform them with using nice looking error pages than the plain old ones like 400 Bad request, 401 Authorization Required, 403 Forbidden, 404 Wrong page, 500 Internal Server Error etc.

What should be on a custom error page?
That depends on the error code. For instance information which you can add for someone who gets a 404 error is:

* A suggestion to re-check the spelling
* Links to some of the more important links on the web site
* Your email address so they can mail you if they think there is a problem
* Other contact information – especially if this is a business or organization web site

Q. Do you support Web Easy built websites?

Ans. We do support websites built in Web Easy although, we do not provide any tutorials or support for this product. For building websites we provide a ‘website builder‘ tool as an add-on with our web hosting plans. Website Builder runs from our web servers, you can create your website using your web browser on your local computer. With SiteStudio site builder, you need not know anything about FTP, HTML, Telnet, HTTP, or imaging software, if you can surf the Internet, you can build your own professional looking website. You can access the website builder tool at anytime of the day.

Q. Can I upload web pages using my web browser?

Ans. You will be provided a ‘File Manager’ within your web control panel. This file manager can be used to upload new web pages to your website or upload any changes made to your existing web pages. You can also upload pages on your website using FTP as well by typing ftp://username@domainname.com/ and entering your FTP username and password whenever prompted.