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Password Protecting a Directory With ".htaccess"
Introduction This document assumes you have a basic understanding of the UNIX shell. Web access control on XMission is a function of the web server. It lets you set permissions on who can access your web documents based on username/password, a group ...
Copying a Website
Plesk Shared Hosting: Copying a Website Copying your website to a new location can be extremely useful. For example, you may want to make your current website only available at a subdomain or you may want to copy it for development purposes. Luckily, ...
Secure Your Sites
Plesk Shared Hosting: Securing Your Sites Creating CSR SSL certificates secure transfer of sensitive data from visitors to your website, and also verify the site identity. Below you can find two lists of SSL certificates: the first one showing ...
Adding a Domain Forwarder
Plesk Shared Hosting: Adding a Domain Forwarder You can add a new domain name to forward to another domain or even a directory within another domain. First, ensure you are logged into your account at http://hosting.xmission.com. From the Control ...
Adding a Domain Alias
Plesk Shared Hosting: Adding a Domain Alias You can create additional aliases for use with any domains in your Shared Hosting account. First, ensure you are logged into your account at http://hosting.xmission.com. From the Control Panel, click on the ...
Adding a Subdomain
Plesk Shared Hosting: Adding a Subdomain You can create additional subdomains for use with any domains in your Shared Hosting account. First, ensure you are logged into your account at http://hosting.xmission.com. From the Control Panel, click on the ...
Adding a Domain
Plesk Shared Hosting: Adding a Domain You can create additional domains for use with your Shared Hosting account. First, ensure you are logged into your account at http://hosting.xmission.com. From the Control Panel, click on the "Websites & Domains" ...
Adding/Managing DNS Records
Plesk Shared Hosting: Adding/Managing DNS Records Manage DNS zones for your domain names. From the Control Panel, click on the "Domains & Websites" tab near the top of the screen. Click on the little arrow to expand the view for your Hosting Settings ...
Managing MySQL
Plesk Shared Hosting: Managing MySQL XMission's Shared Hosting powered by Plesk has phpmyadmin essentially built right into it! From the Control Panel, click on the "Domains & Websites" tab near the top of the screen. On the left, click the button ...
Adding MySQL Databases
Plesk Shared Hosting: Adding MySQL Databases Create and remove databases used by your websites, and manage them using integrated administrative web application. From the Control Panel, click on the "Domains & Websites" tab near the top of the screen. ...
About FTP and Shared Hosting
Plesk Shared Hosting: About FTP and Shared Hosting What is FTP? FTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol used to transfer files over a TCP/IP network (Internet, UNIX, etc.). For example, after developing the HTML pages for a website on a ...
Managing FTP Access/Users
Plesk Shared Hosting: Managing FTP Access/Users You can create additional users for FTP access to your websites. Additionally, you can modify and remove previous users who may have had access. From the Control Panel, click on the "Domains & Websites" ...
Creating/Managing User Roles
Plesk Shared Hosting: Creating/Managing User Roles[edit] Assign roles to users to give them access to apps and services hosted on your account. There are several predefined user roles. You can modify them or create your own custom roles. From the ...
Managing Domain/Users
Plesk Shared Hosting: Manging Domain/Users[edit] If you want to allow other users to access the Panel for managing websites, installed applications, or use e-mail services under your domains, then you need to create user accounts. From the Control ...
Previewing the Website
Plesk Shared Hosting: How to Preview a Website If you want to test your site before it goes live, you can find a temporary URL by completing the following steps: From the Control Panel, click on the "Websites & Domains" tab near the top of the ...
Administration/Logging in
Plesk Administration/Logging in Once you've completed your order for Shared Web Hosting, you can access the Administration login at the following: http://hosting.xmission.com/ You will use the same credentials you created during your order. For ...