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?
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Access Logs and Error 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 and Error Logs
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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
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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. The illustrations in this article are for the cPanel Dashboard.
Read more: cPanel Dashboard
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When you create a hosting account with a web hosting company, a Master DNS Record is created in the Internet Service Provider's (ISP's) Domain Name Server (DNS).
Read more: Domain Propogation
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
WYNCHCO domain services include domain administration, registration, transfer and renewal.
Read more: Domain Services
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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
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
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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 and Spam
Email Marketing Platforms are useful for conducting email marketing campaigns and for managing Newsletter subscriptions.
Read more: Email Marketing Platforms
This guide is designed to help you better manage your mailboxes and email accounts.
Email problems whilst travelling overseas
Protect yourself when sending and receiving email
Read more: Email User Guide
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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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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 Hosting Provider
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
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
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 your website?
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The Whois Data Reminder Policy (WDRP) was adopted by ICANN as a consensus policy on 27 March 2003.
Read more: ICANN Data Reminder Policy
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
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
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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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In this article we show you how to issue an SSL Certificate using the Let's Encrypt Module included with a cPanel Hosting Account.
Read more: Issue a Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate
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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 and Spam
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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
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: The Web Hosting Environment
You may have come across the term 'Privacy Protection' when purchasing domain names.
Read more: Privacy Protection for Domain Registrants
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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
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If you have taken up our offer of a Shared Server Hosting Account on a Cloud Platform in the UK and need to check server availability then you may do so by following these steps.
Read more: Check Server Availability
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
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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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Web Server Traffic Analysis Tools (like AWStats) and Web Analysis Tools (like Google Analytics 4) are two options to consider when you want to better understand how visitors interact with your website. Access and Error Logs also offer a similar if less visually engaging and accessible way to monitor website traffic.
Read more: Website Statistics
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