Domain Name System – DNS for short, is something that practically everyone is familiar with, but doesn’t always realize. What is DNS responsible for? Its job is to translate domain names as understood by humansContinue reading
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Site infection – first remedial steps
Sometimes, when a website is not updated or plugins are used that are not up to date, the website may become infected unexpectedly through a vulnerability in one of the modules and malicious code mayContinue reading
It is worth taking care of the current version of PHP. How should it be changed correctly?
Programming technologies are changing all the time. The websites of our clients are written practically 100% in PHP language. PHP is a very dynamic programming language. Recently, its development has significantly accelerated. New versions ofContinue reading
What happens when my domain expires? Renewing an expired domain
At Smarthost.eu, you can renew your services for the next period as early as 28 days before expires. This allows clients to make payments before the service expires and avoid additional costs related to changesContinue reading
How to increase hosting account parameters? When can you increase hosting account parameters?
Whether you run an online store, a blog, or a company website, you may encounter a situation where the current parameters of your hosting account prove insufficient. In such cases, it will be necessary toContinue reading
Phishing – how to avoid scam
Phishing is one of the most common methods of online fraud. Scammers impersonate various companies and institutions to deceive unsuspecting victims into divulging sensitive information such as personal data, logins and passwords, or even paymentContinue reading
Remote connection to MySQL database via secure SSH tunnel
Advantages of the solution Since the remote connection to the MySQL database used by the Remote MySQL Database function available in cPanel is unencrypted by default, we recommend using an SSH tunnel. This will allowContinue reading
Why technical domain is a good solution?
What is a technical domain for hosting account? Each client, by creating a hosting account recives from us a free technical domain in form login.smarthost.pl (where login is the account name given when ordering theContinue reading
Modifying the hosts file
The hosts file allows you to overwrite the domain’s DNS for a specific machine (computer, server, etc.). This option is helpful when you are migrating data between servers. Before changing the DNS of the domainContinue reading
Force HTTPS redirect
After cPanel version 80 update, there is a new feature added letting user to force a domain to HTTPS redirect (with SSL certificate) with just a few clicks. With this option it is possible forContinue reading