Customizing the HOSTS file All it takes is a simple text editor such as Notepad (Start, All Programs, Accessories) to add website addresses to the HOSTS file. Make a backup of the C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32DRIVERSETCHOSTS file (note: the name of the HOSTS file does not have an extension) before making any changes to it. After the file […]
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Installation SSH to your DirectAdmin server (with root). Download RainLoop. cd /var/www/html wget http://repository.rainloop.net/v2/webmail/rainloop-community-latest.zip Extract downlaoded file. unzip rainloop-community-latest.zip -d rainloop Set permissions. cd /var/www/html/rainloop find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} ; find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} ; chown -R webapps:webapps . Configuration Update DirectAdmin to use RainLoop. nano /usr/local/directadmin/conf/directadmin.conf […]
To update DirectAdmin, you need to have Root (sudo) permissions. First, update the system itself: For Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade For RedHat/CentOS: yum update Update the custombuild software list: DirectAdmin comes with custombuild which is the update manager in this case. First we want to navigate to the custombuild directory: cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/ We […]
In the Statistics menu, click on the designated domain name to open Webalizer. Please note that your site must be around for 24 hours and have some logging activity before Webalizer statistics can become active. On the first Webalizer screen, you will see a graph (as above) and a graph of months in a table […]
Creating a new leaflet is very easy. First, you look at which directory you want the new folder in. For example, if you want to create http://www.domeinnaam.com/news/, you would have to go to the public_html directory. Then type in the folder name at the bottom of the screen and click the “Create” key. Please note […]
Next to each subdomain name is a “Stats” link (see picture above). This link will load Webalizer statistics. Please note that for the link to work, (1) your subdomain must have some traffic (at least one hit) and (2) your subdomain must be more than one day old. Until these requirements are met, the “Stats” […]
FrontPage 98 1. Make sure you’re connected to the internet. Open your FrontPage Web. 2. From the file menu, select “Publish FrontPage Web.” Note: FrontPage can be customized to publish changed pages. Allow this option. 3. Select the appropriate host from the list. If this is your first time your site is published, click “More […]
phpMyAdmin is a tool, written in PHP, that allows you to administer MySQL databases. You can run SQL commands, work with fields (add, edit, delete), work with lists (create, modify, drop), create additional databases and much more. phpMyAdmin is intended for advanced users. Most PHP scripts will automatically run the database setup, so you probably […]
The main Statistics menu provides a lot of information. As mentioned above, the first two rows of the list (Bandwidth/Disk Space) provided total usage. DirectAdmin uses these numbers for quota purposes (and not the numbers from the list of statistics – see the first section “Checking disk space and bandwidth”). When your account reaches its […]
Domains are a unique way to identify yourself on the Internet. There are two parts to a domain: the name and the extension. The name is the description of yourself or your site (for example, the name “dogfood” in dogfood.com). The extension represents the domain category. For example, the .com extension means “commercial,” .net means […]