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Understanding RSS and Syndication
One of the most useful features of blogs are "RSS Feeds" or "Syndicated Feeds". An RSS feed is a copy of your blog that is readable by special software and websites, known as RSS feed readers or aggregators. The Weblog ValueApp automatically creates an RSS feed of your entries and...
One of the most useful features of blogs are "RSS Feeds" or "Syndicated Feeds". An RSS feed is a copy of your blog that is readable by special software and websites, known as RSS feed readers or aggregators. The Weblog ValueApp automatically creates an RSS feed of your entries and...
Getting Started with your VDS Manager
The Jumpline.com VDS Manager is your main management interface for working with your website. From the VDS Manager, you can maintain email accounts, add additional websites, install additional software on your account, and control a variety of technical settings for your account. Accessing the VDS Manager Log in to your VDS Manager by clicking the 'Login to VDS Manager' link from the Products page of the Customer Manager, which is located at https://my.jumpline.com. Once you are logged in...
The Jumpline.com VDS Manager is your main management interface for working with your website. From the VDS Manager, you can maintain email accounts, add additional websites, install additional software on your account, and control a variety of technical settings for your account. Accessing the VDS Manager Log in to your VDS Manager by clicking the 'Login to VDS Manager' link from the Products page of the Customer Manager, which is located at https://my.jumpline.com. Once you are logged in...
Blocking Server Access with IP Filtering
IP Filtering is a tool that allows you to block access to specific services on your VDS account for a particular address. An example of a good use for IP Filtering is if your site is being 'flooded' with hits from a particular computer. You can specify this computers IP...
IP Filtering is a tool that allows you to block access to specific services on your VDS account for a particular address. An example of a good use for IP Filtering is if your site is being 'flooded' with hits from a particular computer. You can specify this computers IP...
Understanding the VDS Directory Structure and File Locations
Frequently Used Folders Your main website is located in /var/www/html - any files or folders inside of this directory will be accessible with your web browser. For instance, if you have a file /var/www/html/contacts.html then it will be visible from your website as http://yoursitedomain.com/contacts.html. Another notable web folder is /var/www/cgi-bin/; all...
Frequently Used Folders Your main website is located in /var/www/html - any files or folders inside of this directory will be accessible with your web browser. For instance, if you have a file /var/www/html/contacts.html then it will be visible from your website as http://yoursitedomain.com/contacts.html. Another notable web folder is /var/www/cgi-bin/; all...
Creating Web Server Aliases
Aliases are sometimes required by CGI scripts or software packages that you install on your account. An example of using a web alias would be to alias a forum CGI script to an easier to remember pathname. Only create a web alias if you are instructed to do so by...
Aliases are sometimes required by CGI scripts or software packages that you install on your account. An example of using a web alias would be to alias a forum CGI script to an easier to remember pathname. Only create a web alias if you are instructed to do so by...
Password Protecting Portions of your Site with WebPassword
If you have a specific area of your site contained in a folder that needs to be password protected, you can do so using the WebPassword ValueApp. For example, if you have a private area of your website, such as http://yoursitedomain.com/private/, you can password protect that directory to allow only...
If you have a specific area of your site contained in a folder that needs to be password protected, you can do so using the WebPassword ValueApp. For example, if you have a private area of your website, such as http://yoursitedomain.com/private/, you can password protect that directory to allow only...
Understanding Disk Space and Bandwidth
Jumpline.com provides a large amount of disk space and bandwidth for use with your web hosting account. Disk space, or disk space quota, is the maximum amount of actual hard disk space that your account contents may use at any one time. Bandwidth, or bandwidth quota, is the amount of...
Jumpline.com provides a large amount of disk space and bandwidth for use with your web hosting account. Disk space, or disk space quota, is the maximum amount of actual hard disk space that your account contents may use at any one time. Bandwidth, or bandwidth quota, is the amount of...
Requesting a Restore from our Backup Servers
The Jumpline.com backup servers maintain up to 30 days worth of historical copies of the data on your website. This means that if you delete an important file while working on your website, you can request that it is restored from our backup archive. Due to the nature of backup...
The Jumpline.com backup servers maintain up to 30 days worth of historical copies of the data on your website. This means that if you delete an important file while working on your website, you can request that it is restored from our backup archive. Due to the nature of backup...
Preventing Search Engines from Indexing your Site
If you wish to prevent Google and other search engines from indexing, or "spidering" portions of your site, you can create a robots.txt file. This text file defines pages or directories on your site that search engines should not enter and attempt to list in their results pages. This can...
If you wish to prevent Google and other search engines from indexing, or "spidering" portions of your site, you can create a robots.txt file. This text file defines pages or directories on your site that search engines should not enter and attempt to list in their results pages. This can...
Creating a .htaccess file (htaccess)
A .htaccess is simply a text file that provides commands to control a web site. You can put your .htaccess in any directory and changes applied to the file will effect the directory it is placed in, as well as all sub-directories. To create a .htaccess file use a text editor...
A .htaccess is simply a text file that provides commands to control a web site. You can put your .htaccess in any directory and changes applied to the file will effect the directory it is placed in, as well as all sub-directories. To create a .htaccess file use a text editor...
Using a .htaccess (htaccess)
A .htaccess is simply a text file that provides commands to control a web site. You can put your .htaccess in any directory and changes applied to the file will affect the directory it is placed in, as well as all sub-directories. Below are some of the most common uses for...
A .htaccess is simply a text file that provides commands to control a web site. You can put your .htaccess in any directory and changes applied to the file will affect the directory it is placed in, as well as all sub-directories. Below are some of the most common uses for...