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hosting@godaddy.com (Mike) — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:42:00 GMT

Our blog has moved to a new location. Please click here to see our latest posts and leave comments.

Access Granted: Hosting

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:31:00 GMT

If you need someone to access your shared hosting without accessing your entire Go Daddy account, then we have the tool for you! The AccountExec tool, in the Hosting Control Center, gives you the ability to add an AccountExec and assign different permissions. You have the option to grant administrative, infrastructure, content and reporting access. Once permissions are granted, your new AccountExec can access the hosting account by following this link: https://hostingmanager.secureserver.net/Login.aspx.

To learn more about the various permissions and how to set up a Hosting AccountExec see the following articles.

AccountExec Permissions

AccountExec in the Hosting Control Center

Ruby on Rails 2.2.2

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:26:00 GMT

We recently released Rails version 2.2.2. We are aware that version 2.3 is now available, so look for that version to be ready for release in the not so distant future.

IIS 6 to IIS 7 Migration

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:06:00 GMT

Because of popular demand we have added an option to migrate your Windows hosting account from IIS 6 to IIS 7. This button can be found in 'IIS Settings' under 'Content' in the Hosting Control Center. Please note the following before migrating.

-This process requires you to backup your database(s), remove manually and then restore after the upgrade.
- Once your account is configured with IIS 7, you cannot downgrade to IIS 6.

For more information on IIS, see these IIS help articles.

A New Way to Manage Your .Htaccess

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:24:00 GMT

If you're looking to manage your extensions or redirects without messing with your .htaccess file, look no further. We recently added two features to the Hosting Control Center that help to automate this process. In both cases, if an .htaccess file already exists, these managers will simply add the new details to the existing file.

The Extension Manager
Edit the current extensions in your account or create your own custom extensions. It allows users to specify which application (PHP, for instance) handles certain file extensions (.php5, for instance). Located under 'Settings' in the Hosting Control Center for more details see the following help article.

How do I change the default program for a file type in my hosting account?

Site Redirects Manager

Now you can send your visitors to a different destination within your site or to a completely new web address. Located under 'Content' in the Hosting Control Center, the Site Redirects Manager is the place to create, modify and delete domain redirects. They can be 301(permanent) or 302 (temporary). Lets take a look at some common redirect scenarios.

Example 1: Redirect All Domains

In this example, any domain that is pointing to this hosting account, regardless of its path, will be redirected to http://externaldomain.org. In most cases, there will be no need to specify a path.

Example 2:Redirect to a Blog

In this example, the customer wants to redirect their domain http://example.org to their blog at http://example.org/blog. This redirect will be very common and will cause a redirect loop if you select any content-type other than “No Redirect”. When working properly, if the browser tries to go to http://example.org, it will be redirected to http://example.org/blog.

Example 3: Specifying a Path

If you have created a blog with Wordpress and you want people who go to your Joomla site to be redirected to your new blog site, then you may need to specify a path. The example below will redirect http://example.org/joomla to http://example.org/wordpress. In this case you may want to redirect the contents since there is no risk of a redirect loop.

Use these instructions for setting up a Redirect using the Site Redirects Manager.

phpMyAdmin Picks Up the Pace

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:52:00 GMT

We've updated phpMyAdmin to be even faster, exponentially faster, which saves you more time. The database summary pages use a new algorithm that's 100 times faster than before! We have more phpMyAdmin updates on the horizon, stay tuned.

Hosting Connection Updates- January 8, 2009

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:01:00 GMT

Upgrades:

Drupal 6.8

elgg 1.2

Gallery 2.3

phpBB 3.0.3

phpMyFAQ 2.0.10

SilverStripe 2.2.3

WebCalendar 1.2

Visit Hosting Connection to learn more!

New Database Offerings

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:23:00 GMT

Take a look at our two new database offerings...

Direct Database Access
You now have access to remotely manage your hosting account databases with external tools. For those looking to use this new feature, the 'Allow Direct Database Access' option will need to be enabled upon set up.

In order to provide the best experience, customers using direct database access are required to be located in our newest hosting environment. For our existing customers, we're in the process of creating a mechanism for you to have your account moved to the new environment. If you have databases, you may choose to use the existing MySQL/SQL Server backup tool to save your content before removing that database and enabling direct database access.

For additional articles look here.
Can I connect to my database remotely?

Even with increased functionality because of this offering, it is also a less secure way to manage your databases.

Unlimited Databases
Our new unlimited hosting plan now includes unlimited databases.

Setting up a MySQL Database for Your Web Site
Setting up a SQL Server Database on Your Hosting Account

Fedora Core 8

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:19:00 GMT

This week we added Red Hat Fedora Core 8 to our list of supported Linux operating systems for Dedicated Hosting. If you already have a Linux Dedicated account, you will see Fedora Core 8 as an available option when you reprovision your server in your Hosting Control Center.

Our Fedora Core offerings are slightly behind the typical Fedora Core release cycle. There are two main reasons for this. First, we want to offer the most stable product for our customers. Secondly, we need the control panel software to be supported on the specific platform. For example, even though Fedora Core 10 is available, the Plesk Control Panel is not currently available for Fedora Core 10.

Fedora Core 9 is currently being tested by our developers and will be released sometime in the near future. Stay tuned!

SSH Access

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:48:00 GMT

Some of you may have noticed the latest and greatest feature we began offering to our Linux shared hosting customers. SSH, or Secure Shell, is a program that you can use to log in to another computer over a network. In this way you can execute commands on a remote machine and then move files from one machine to another.

Where do I find this new feature?
All paid accounts will find SSH under 'Settings' in the Hosting Control Center.

How do I begin?
First, you will need to enable SSH in your hosting account using the following help article.
Enabling SSH on Your Linux Shared Hosting Account

Once my account is enabled how do I connect?
In order to connect, you will need an SSH client. Use this article for instructions.
Using SSH to Connect to Your Linux Shared Hosting Account

In order to provide the best experience, customers using SSH are required to be located in our newest hosting environment. All new hosting accounts will have SSH available. For our existing customers, we're in the process of creating a mechanism for you to have your account moved to the new environment. This mechanism is currently available if your hosting account does not have any databases configured for it. If you do have databases, you may choose to use the existing MySQL database backup feature to save your content before removing that database and enabling SSH.

*Currently, customers using ColdFusion do not have SSH access.

Grid Will Let You Grow

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:36:00 GMT

As your site grows, so does your need for more resources. That is why we now offer a hosting option that can provide you peace of mind as your site gets bigger.

Grid hosting is a hosting plan that responds to your sites needs as they are needed. Grid hosting provides increased flexibility and will respond to traffic spikes automatically. Your content resides on multiple servers, which will help keep your site responsive and performance demands met.

We're releasing this as a Beta offering now, as we build the remaining shared hosting features. In near future, we will be adding support for Dedicated IPs, SSLs, and some Deluxe Linux CGI languages such as Perl, Python, Ruby, etc. It's a good time to sign-up and try it out at a great low price. Just click here to get started.

For more frequently asked questions on our Grid hosting, see this article.

Unlimited Hosting, Unlimited Possibilities

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:26:00 GMT

We are thrilled to announce that we began offering a new hosting plan! The Premium Plan has been replaced with the Unlimited Plan. This plan still offers all of the great features as before, but now offers unlimited space and transfer!

As always we provide free setup, 99.9% network uptime and a whole lot more! Look here for more details on our new plan.

Plan provides unlimited storage and bandwidth; limitations apply to other plan features.

Hosting Connection Updates- September 12, 2008

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:37:00 GMT

Upgrades:

Drupal 6.4

phpFreeChat 1.2

WordPress 2.6.2

YAF 1.9.1.83.0.2

New Versions:

dasBlog 1.2

Visit Hosting Connection to learn more!

Windows Server 2008

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:48:00 GMT

We recently added Windows Server 2008 to our Dedicated Hosting line up. Windows 2008 is the latest server operating system offered by Microsoft®.

There are two different versions to choose from. (this does not include Hyper-V technology)
Windows Server 2008 Web

Windows Server 2008 Standard

Three main feature of the operating system are:
Internet Information Services Version 7
Terminal Services RemoteApp
Windows PowerShell

To get started, click here

For more information of Windows Server 2008 from Microsoft®, click here

Hosting Connection Updates- August 29, 2008

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:01:00 GMT

Upgrades:

Community Server 2007
dotProject 2.1.2
Drupal 6.3
Moodle 1.9.2
phpBB 3.0.2

Visit Hosting Connection to learn more!

Hosting Connection Updates- August 14, 2008

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:55:34 GMT

New:
MODx 0.9.6.1p2

New Versions:
BlogEngine.Net 1.4.5

Upgrades:
DNN 4.8.4
Joomla 1.5.5
WordPress

Visit Hosting Connection to learn more!

Hosting Control Center: Domain Management

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:15:00 GMT

A major revision has taken place in the Hosting Control Center’s Domain Management page.

New Layout
On the left hand side of the page, you can now easily navigate between views for the domain management and the sub domain management.

With the middle table, you can see all of your domains or subdomains.

The action bar found on top of the table, lets you choose which action to perform: change, edit, remove or add alias/sub domains.

Change Primary Domain
The change primary domain page was removed and added here. Now when you navigate to the change domain page using the icon, you will be directed to change the primary domain through a drop down window that appears.

Edit/Delete Multiple Items
You will now find all domains or subdomains listed in a single page. You can select multiple domains by checking them one by one, or selecting all domains using the bolded check mark found in the header. You then can edit or delete all the selected items, with the setup status, by clicking these icons and performing the appropriate actions.

Add Multiple Items
To add multiple subdomains simply click the 'Add Subdomain' button in the action bar and enter the subdomains delimited by a comma. If you decide to make your hosted directory name the same as your subdomain name, a folder will be created for each subdomain. Currently there is a limit of 50 subdomains that can be added at once.

Domain Auto Complete
When changing a primary domain, setting up a new account, or adding a new alias domain you will find a text box to enter the desired domain name. This text box will provide suggestions based on the text entered. If you want to see all the ‘.com’ domain names available, just type ‘.com’ into this text box. Once the desired domain name is found, select it and the text box will automatically populate.

Directory Browser
You will now find a 'browse' button next to the folder path text box. To select an existing folder, all you need to do is click this button and select the desired path. After the selection is made, you will see the selected directory in the text box. To create a new path you can either type one in directly, or select an existing one and append/modify it.

Virtual Directory Creation
All you are required to do now is add or edit any alias or subdomain with the desired path. If the path is not a virtual directory, one will be created with permissions automatically.

Other Enhancements
First, the user will no longer need to exit their account and re-enter in order to see if any changes have been completed. All you would have to do, is press the 'refresh list' button.

We have cropped any long text and added a tool tip in order to view the text in its entirety.

And finally, you can now edit a subdomain name.

More details are supplied in the following help articles.
Can I host multiple domains on a single hosting account?
Managing Your Hosting Account Domains
What is a subdomain?
Managing Your Hosting Account Subdomains

Feelin' the Need for More Speed?

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:43:00 GMT

Beginning this week, we are proud to announce the arrival of Intel® Core^TM2 Quad processors into our dedicated server offerings. You have your choice between the 2.5 GHz processor, or the even faster 2.83 GHz processor.

With four processor cores, these chips are definitely designed for speed. As Intel® puts it, "the Core^TM2 Quad processor blows through processor-intensive task in demanding multitasking environments and makes the most of highly threaded applications." *

The enhanced features of the Core^TM2 Quad include:

Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution (delivering more instructions per clock cycle) *

Intel® Smart Memory Access (optimizes use of available data bandwidth within the server) *

Intel® Advanced Smart Cache (more efficient cache subsystem, designed for multi-core processors) *

* http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2quad/index.htm?iid=prod+news_C2Q6600

Click here to sign up, whether you choose the premium ready-to-go plan or choose to build your own server.

New to Hosting Connection

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:35:00 GMT

Feast your eyes on the applications we've recently added to Hosting Connection!

phpBB
A widely used PHP, open source bulletin board application.

anyInventory
An open source inventory system that lets you decide what item and the type of data you want to track.

Brim
This application provides online management for your bookmarks/favorites, your calendar, tasks, notes, recipes, passwords and more.

Mantis
A free popular web-based bugtracking system.

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Learning More About Hosting: File Transfer

hosting@godaddy.com (Alicia) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:07:00 GMT

Many resources exist that allow you to transfer content to your hosting account. Let's take a look at some of these file transfer options.

File Manager
File Manager was created for ease of use when transferring material. You can find it in the Hosting Control Center under 'Content'.
Using the File Manager in the Hosting Control Center

FTP Client
The FTP Client is also located in the Hosting Control Center under 'Content'. This client is best used for moderate amounts of data.
Using the Hosting Control Center Web-Based FTP Client

Internet or Windows Explorer
Using your Internet Explorer browser, you can navigate to your domain via ftp.mydomainname.tld. A login box will appear requiring the credentials you created when you set up your hosting account.
Using Internet or Windows Explorer to Upload Your Site with Windows XP

External Clients
There are many free resources that are available to use in order to upload content to your site. Many applications used to create your site have the FTP functionality built in. To learn more, you can review the article below.
What FTP Software Should I Use and Where Do I Get It?

In addition, you may have more then one FTP user that has access to upload content to your hosting account. The number of users is based on the hosting plan you currently have. You can also choose whether you give them access to the root or a subdirectory.
Creating Additional FTP Users on your Shared Hosting Account

Here's a few more helpful articles from our Help Center.
Welcome to Your Hosting Control Center
Changing Your Hosting Account Password (FTP Password)
Uploading Files to Your Web Site
Uploading Files to a Secondary Domain