Select PHP Version - Plesk
To select a version of PHP within the Plesk control panel, please do the following: Login in to Plesk Go to PHP Settings under the domain's settings area Select the version you want in the "PHP Version" popup menu Submit the changes and wait about…
PHP 5.6, 7.0 Fails to connect via SSL / TLS
Starting at PHP 5.6, PHP does a verify of the SSL certificate and if it fails to the connection is terminated and will return a failed connection error. To get around this, you need to change the verify_peer and verify_peer_name in the stream /…
SMTP Authentication via Scripts
Using SMTP authentication for your scripts, like you would with a mail client, is important for proper mail delivery as anti-spam filters will score mail sent via a script differently then via a mail server that you have to login in to. As such,…
How to upload / create your site.
Creating your site How you create your site depends on what you want to do with it. You may want a simple site, a complex one, or a mix. Scripts You would use scripts (php, asp, perl, etc), when you want to publish content that can be changed via a…
Standard Mail Settings
Mail Server Info: Login: Is your full email address (example@example.com) Incoming mail server: mail.example.com -- example.com being your real domain Outgoing mail server: mail.example.com -- example.com being your real domain Mailbox Type to use:…
Your own php error.log and displaying errors
Is your script not behaving as expected or producing a white page? If so, it could be a PHP error that is causing it and to find out you can either have errors logged or displayed by using the following .htaccess file directives. PHP Error Logging:…
Email Provider Message Sizes
Most mail servers limit the message size -- the size of the entire message including all attachments, the body of the message, any formatting, etc. The following are ones for major email providers and some ISPs.Date of list: 12/3/2014 -- values may…
What is an SSL certificate?
An SSL certificate encrypts data that is sent between the server and you, your computer, your visitors computers, etc. It prevents anyone sniffing/snooping/capturing/etc the data that travels on the network. It is used when you need to protect…
Block HTTP request based on user agent - browser used
If you need to block a user agent / bot / browser from your site, you can do so with a .htaccess rewrite -- note this applies to apache web servers and nginx would have its own method. RewriteEngine OnRewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} botName…
http Error codes
The following are http status and error codes that are returned for each file access via a web browser. The highlighted entries are the most common. Successful Client Requests 200 OK -- request was delivered to visitor 201 Created 202 Accepted 203…
