WYNCHCO Hosting Guide
If you are responsible for running a Joomla!® CMS website in a Business, Public Sector or Voluntary Sector organisation, this Hosting Guide is for you!
Start here: What kind of hosting is right for your website?
PERSONAL Joomla! CMS Help & Support
Subscribe to WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Support to benefit from:
- full unrestricted access to our Joomla! CMS User Guides,
- personal Email and Telephone Support, and
- comprehensive Joomla! CMS Website Maintenance,
ALL tailored to meet your specific needs,
AND regardless of where your website is hosted.
WYNCHCO Solutions provides Joomla! CMS Support packages to businesses and organisations across Cheshire, Manchester, Merseyside, North West England and the UK.
LIST OF CONTENTS
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Access Logs & Error Logs
The LOGS are really useful if and when something happens to your website and you haven't got a clue what is the cause of the problem.
Read more: Access Logs & Error Logs
Backing up: How to back up your Joomla! CMS website
The general process of backing up a Joomla! CMS website is similar regardless of which hosting control panel application you are using.
In this article we show how to use the Backup Wizard in cPanel and the Backup Manager in Plesk.
Read more: How to back up your Joomla! CMS website
Domain Propogation
When we create a new website for you, or you transfer your existing website to a WYNCHCO Hosting Account, the DNS (or Domain Name Server) settings for your domain may need to change. Here we explain more about what is meant by 'propogation'.
Read more: Domain Propogation
Domain Redemption
Domain Redemption refers to a short period of time (up to 30 days) after a domain has been deleted by the registrar. Here we explain more about what is meant by 'redemption'.
Read more: Domain Redemption
Domain Services
WYNCHCO domain services include domain administration, registration, transfer and renewal.
Read more: Domain Services
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Email Account Settings
We have created this section to help you create and configure email accounts on your preferred mobile, tablet and desktop devices.
Read more: Email Account Settings
Email Error Messages
From time to time you may experience problems when trying to send email.
These problems will usually be caused by a fault on your device's email client software, a fault on the server or a breakdown in transmission during transit.
Read more: Email Error Messages
Email Mailing Lists & SPAM
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Mailing lists - when used responsibly - are a really useful tool to help you set up and manage an Email Marketing campaign.
When used irresponsibly they are SPAM!
Read more: Email Mailing Lists & SPAM
Email Marketing Platforms
Email Marketing Platforms are useful for conducting email marketing campaigns and for managing Newsletter subscriptions.
Read more: Email Marketing Platforms
Email User Guide
This guide is designed to help you better manage your mailboxes and email accounts.
Read more: Email User Guide
File Transfer
Transfer files to and from the server hosting your website using an FTP Client or the File Manager of your Hosting Control Panel.
Read more: File Transfer
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Hosting: choosing a host
We support Joomlers who host their websites with many different hosting providers.
We are therefore able to compare what one provider is offering with another.
Read more: Choosing a host
Hosting: websites perform better on SSD drives
You can do lots to improve the speed of your website. But ultimately, overall performance is limited by the core performance of the server hosting your website.
The improved core performance offered by SSD drives ripples through every level of your webite, right down to improved usability in the vistor's web browser.
Read more: Websites perform better on SSD drives
Hosting: Speed up your website
If you want to improve website performance, focus on speed: Data Access Speed and Page Load Speed.
Do so when you choose a hosting provider and when you perform your duties as website administrator.
Read more: Speed up your website
Hosting: What kind of hosting is right for you?
There are three distinct kinds of hosting plan which are offered by hosting providers.
Managed hosting is usually restricted to Shared Server hosting, but a recent trend has been an increase in provision of Managed VPS hosting.
Read more: What kind of hosting is right for you?
Hosting Control Panel
The Hosting Control Panel provided by your hosting provider enables you to manage email, back up your website, keep your website safe and secure and much more besides.
Read more: Hosting Control Panel
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ICANN Data Reminder Policy
The Whois Data Reminder Policy (WDRP) was adopted by ICANN as a consensus policy on 27 March 2003.
Read more: ICANN Data Reminder Policy
ICANN Domain Renewal Notices
In accordance with ICANN's Expired Registration Recovery Policy (ERRP) which came into effect on 31st August 2013, PublicDomainRegistry will generate automatic renewal and expiry notices on our behalf.
Read more: ICANN Domain Renewal Notices
IP Blocker
The SECURITY panel of the cPanel Hosting Control Panel includes a button called IP BLOCKER.
You can use IP BLOCKER to either block the IP address of others, or unblock your own IP address if ever you suspect it has been blocked by the server firewall.
Read more: IP Blocker
Joomla! CMS Security
We adopt a proactive approach to helping Joomlers keep their Joomla!® CMS websites safe and secure.
This guide is produced as part of this proactive approach.
Read more: Joomla! CMS Security
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Lets Encrypt SSL Certificate
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It is quick and easy to add a free SSL certificate to your website's domain when your Hosting Control Panel includes LETS ENCRYPT.
Read more: How to add a Lets Encrypt SSl certificate
Mailing Lists, Email Marketing & SPAM
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Mailing lists - when used responsibly - are a really useful tool to help you set up and manage an Email Marketing campaign.
When used irresponsibly they are SPAM!
Read more: Mailing Lists, Email Marketing & SPAM
About MySQL & PHP
The web hosting environment is rapidly changing. What was leading edge two years ago is now prehistoric!
It is necessary to have a little understanding of how the various components required by a Joomla! CMS website fit together to appreciate recent technological improvements in the hosting environment.
Read more: Making sense of the web hosting environment
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Performance: How to speed up your website
If you want to improve website performance, focus on speed: Data Access Speed and Page Load Speed.
Do so when you choose a hosting provider and when you perform your duties as website administrator.
Read more: How to speed up your website
About PHP & MySQL
The web hosting environment is rapidly changing. What was leading edge two years ago is now prehistoric!
It is necessary to have a little understanding of how the various components required by a Joomla! CMS website fit together to appreciate recent technological improvements in the hosting environment.
Read more: Making sense of the web hosting environment
Privacy Protection
You may have come across the term 'Privacy Protection' when purchasing domain names. Here we tell you more about this feature.
Read more: Privacy Protection
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Security and the Joomla! CMS
We adopt a proactive approach to helping Joomlers keep their Joomla!® CMS website safe and secure.
This guide is produced as part of this proactive approach.
Read more: Joomla! CMS Security
Server Availability
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If you have taken up our offer of a Shared Server Hosting Account on a Cloud Platform in the UK then you may view the status of the server hosting your website at any time.
Read more: Check server availability
Subdomains
A subdomain is a domain which is part of a larger domain.
In other words, a sub-domain is another name for a directory (or folder) of your website (the domain).
Read more: Subdomains
Technical Requirements of the Joomla! CMS
Whilst the Joomla! CMS will run on a Windows Server, most Joomla! CMS websites are hosted on Linux servers.
Follow the guidelines published by The Joomla! Project.
Read more: Joomla! CMS Technical Requirements
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