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• Imunify360 reputation management: check if your domain is blacklisted

  How Imunify360 reputation management checks your domains and IPs against blacklists such as Google Safe Browsing and spam lists, and how to get delisted after a problem.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting with Imunify3602 min read

• Imunify360 Proactive Defense explained

  How Imunify360 Proactive Defense watches PHP scripts as they run, blocks malicious behaviour from unknown malware, the modes it uses and what to do if it blocks your app.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting with Imunify3602 min read

• Fix 403 Forbidden errors caused by ModSecurity (Imunify360 WAF)

  Recognise when the Imunify360 web application firewall blocks a legitimate form or admin action with a 403 error, collect the details and get the rule fixed.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting with Imunify3603 min read

• Imunify360 false positives: add files to the ignore list safely

  What to do when Imunify360 flags a legitimate file as malware: confirm it is safe, add it to the ignore list, restore it and report the false positive.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting with Imunify3603 min read

• Imunify360 firewall: whitelist, blacklist and grey list explained

  How the Imunify360 firewall lists work (white, black and grey), when an IP should be whitelisted, how to request it on MdmHost and the risks of whitelisting.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting with Imunify3603 min read

• Back up and restore an app with Softaculous

  Create manual and scheduled backups of a Softaculous installation, choose the backup location, restore files and database in one step, and clean up old backups.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• Softaculous auto-upgrades: keep apps, plugins and themes updated

  Configure Softaculous automatic upgrades for WordPress core, plugins and themes, take a backup before each update, upgrade manually and handle failed upgrades.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard (wp-admin)

  Find your WordPress login page, sign in to wp-admin from the browser, cPanel or Softaculous, learn the dashboard menus and fix the most common login problems.

  BeginnerWordPress on cPanel hosting2 min read

• "This account has been suspended": why it happens and how to fix it

  Understand why a cPanel hosting account shows the 'Account Suspended' page: unpaid invoice, resource abuse, spam or malware, and the steps to get it reactivated.

  BeginnercPanel hosting2 min read

• Back up the WHMCS database automatically

  Configure WHMCS daily database backups to email, FTP/SFTP or cPanel backups, add off-site copies, and restore WHMCS from a database backup when needed.

  IntermediateWHMCS2 min read

• Choose and customise a Sitejet template

  Pick a Sitejet template that fits your business, set global colours and fonts, adapt the header and footer and switch designs safely without losing your work.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Publish a Sitejet website to your domain

  Publish a Sitejet site to a domain in cPanel, prepare DNS and SSL, protect an existing site in the same folder and fix domains that show the wrong content.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Edit pages, sections and menus in Sitejet

  Edit a Sitejet website: change text and images in place, add sections and elements, manage pages and the menu, and check mobile layouts before publishing.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• LiteSpeed Web Server explained: why it makes your hosting faster

  What LiteSpeed Web Server is, how it differs from Apache and Nginx, why it speeds up WordPress and PHP sites, and what it means for your cPanel hosting.

  BeginnercPanel hosting with LiteSpeed3 min read

• .htaccess on LiteSpeed: what works, what does not and how to fix rules

  How LiteSpeed Web Server handles .htaccess files: supported directives, rewrite rules, PHP settings, unsupported modules and how to debug rules that do nothing.

  IntermediatecPanel hosting with LiteSpeed3 min read

• SEO settings in SitePad: titles, descriptions and more

  Optimise a SitePad website for search: set page titles and meta descriptions, clean URLs, headings, image alt text, favicon, analytics and a sitemap in Search Console.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Publish a SitePad website to your domain

  Publish a SitePad site to your domain or a subfolder, connect DNS and SSL, republish after edits, and fix a domain that still shows an old site or placeholder.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Edit pages, menus and widgets in SitePad

  Add and arrange pages in SitePad, edit text and images with widgets, build sections, manage the navigation menu and check every page on mobile before publishing.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Add a contact form to a SitePad website

  Add a working contact form in SitePad: place the form widget, choose fields, set the recipient email, add spam protection and make sure messages arrive.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

• Choose and change a theme in SitePad

  Pick the right SitePad theme for your business, preview it on mobile, switch themes later without losing content and customise colours and fonts globally.

  BeginnercPanel hosting3 min read

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