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 Automatic Backups

All about automatic backups

 Can I get a domain and host it elsewhere?

Yes. You can.When you register a domain you will be able to login with your email and password...

 Creating an Email Account

 DDoS Protection

DDoS stands for "Distributed Denial of Service".It is a criminal act that attempts to make a web...

 Displaying hidden files and folders in cPanel File Manager

By default hidden files and folders in cPanel file manager are just that... hidden.  There may be...

 Editing HTML based web pages

To edit your HTML website you will need to be able to access the cPanel for the hosting.  To do...

 FTP Access

The standard port 21 is used for plain FTP connection to us, port 22 for SFTP. But there are...

 Finding Cpanel and Credentials

As an account owner, or someone with Islandhosting.com login access:- After Logging into...

 How can I view the content of my web space if I have no active domain?

When you create your account on Islandhosting.com it will put you on one of our web hosting...

 How do I access cPanel?

There are several ways to access cpanel.Method 1 Log into https://islandhosting.com with a...

 How do I change my billing period type but remain on the same plan?

Presently there is no way for a customer to change from one billing period type to another but...

 How to force HTTPS using the .htaccess file

There is a big push to secure the web and islandhosting.com supports both http and https by...

 Importing a MySQL database via Command Line (SSH)

The file must be in .sql format. It can not be compressed in a .zip or .tar.gz file. Upload...

 Increasing, or decreasing your upload_max_filesize in php settings.

This tutorial starts off inside cPanel. If you are not in your services cPanel Please reference...

 Moving my CMS website to Islandhosting.com with the Installatron app in cPanel

Installatron is a 3rd party cPanel app we include in our cPanel solution to allow clients to...

 PHP mail() function disabled on Islandhosting.com

PHP has mail() function to send emails via PHP scripts,  this function is disabled on...

 SSH Access

To use SSH you would use your cPanel username and password and connect to your hosting server...

 Self Migration From Islandnet to Islandhosting

/*This article is in the process of being written, check back later for a completed article*/This...

 Setting PHP Version via .htaccess

There can be a need to set the PHP version for say an Addon Domain to be something different to...

 Turn on/off ModPagespeed

In some instances you may want to enable Mod Pagespeed,  you can do this using the following in...

 Using php.ini directives on islandhosting.com

To use php.ini directived in islandhosting.com,  create a .user.ini file and put the php.ini...

 What PHP Versions Islandhosting.com supports and how to set them.

Islandhosting.com currently supports ther following PHP Versions: 4.4 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5...

 What are the Islandhosting.com name servers?

The name servers you should use to host with Islandhosting.com are: ns1.islandhosting.com...

 What do the server names like "pender" and "thetis" mean?

Our headquarters are located on Vancouver Island off the west coast of British Columbia, Canada....

 How to Set up an islandhosting.com Account

 Adding a subdomain and setting up a redirect for it

 FTP login using filezilla

 Setting up A MySQL Database in cPanel