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WHM cPanel Acquired By Oakley Capital Raises License Fees

Author: 08/01/2019Last Updated 08/08/2019 0 Comments

cPanel license fee increase

Running WHM / cPanel hosting cloud instance? cPanel has new multi tiered pricing. It’s no doubt that cPanel is the best web server software on the net, but from what I’m reading starting on 09/01/19. Licensees will be billed by how many account’s (domains) are hosted on an instance. Looks like it will get really expensive to run under cPanel. As a hobbyist i have 5 domains hosted in my vps instance, which would put me in the Admin tier…
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WHM cPanel Latest Version Update To Current Instructions

Author: 03/13/2018Last Updated 06/25/2018 0 Comments

Webhost Manager WHM Mai Menu

WHM cPanel Version 70 is in Current release as of this posting. Version 70’s biggest feature is cPhulk country blocking. This protects your server from SSH and other attacks by troublesome countries that take place constantly. Today we lay out how to update your servers preferences to upgrade to any Current WHM / cPanel release. First before attempting this procedure we highly recommend taking a snap-shot / backing up your instance if this service is provided by your hosting provider….
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How to Migrate WHM cPanel to Easy Apache 4 and PHP 7

Author: 03/24/2017Last Updated 10/04/2018 0 Comments

WHM cPanel Easy Apache 4 Migration PHP 7

If you’re running WHM / cPanel Server chances are your PHP Version is 5.5 or older. Updating to PHP 7 has many new features that you’re sure to love and the speed increase is fantastic. PHP 5.5 is already at it’s end of it’s life-cycle. PHP 5.6 is nearing it’s life-cycle and is scheduled to expire in January 2018. Upgrading is important to ensure best server reliability and security. I’m a firm believer in keeping up with tech, and came…
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PHP MBstring May Need Enabling In WordPress Installations

Author: 04/16/2016Last Updated 12/15/2017 0 Comments

PHP MBstring May Be Required In Certain WordPress Configurations

PHP Multibyte String often referred to as MBstring may not be enabled in many common php configurations, but may be needed in certain WordPress configurations, dependent on certain plugin use. We ran into this after upgrading to WordPress 4.5. Our self administrated server did not have this php module installed. This article shows how to enable this module in WHM / cPanel servers using easy Apache. From php.net: When you manipulate (trim, split, splice, etc.) strings encoded in a multibyte…
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Blackholing Spam Notifications Prevents IP Blacklisting

Author: 01/20/2015Last Updated 12/15/2017 0 Comments

blackhole prevents spam email response

How to prevent your server / hosting IP being blacklisted by spammers! Your default inbox is probably full of spam without your knowledge! When a spammer sends a blind email ([email protected]) to your domain the server sends a bounce notification to the reply to address in the spam email. That’s a major problem! Here’s how to fix it. A client recently was getting bounce messages from AOL who blacklisted the sending IP address. To make a long story somewhat short….
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GoDaddy.com Linux cPanel Web Hosting Review

Author: 03/04/2014Last Updated 05/10/2019 14 Comments

GoDaddy Linux Hosting Review

GoDaddy Linux cPanel web hosting is an improvement but still has problems. This review is intended to be a honest and truthful guide for others looking for dependable shared web hosting. There are so many paid reviews on the net it’s hard to know who to trust other than take it for a test drive as i have done. I have been a GoDaddy.com web-hosting critic in the past due to a poor experience with their service. But I’m always…
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