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 | Subdomains that have been CloudFlare-enabled are marked with an orange cloud. Subdomains that are not CloudFlare-enabled are marked with a grey cloud.
The CloudFlare network can only proxy web traffic over ports 80 and 443. The following subd |
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| Can I enable CloudFlare on a wildcard (*) subdomain? | |
| No, for security reasons, CloudFlare does not proxy traffic to wildcard subdomains. You have to explicitly list each subdomain as a CNAME in your DNS records to be able to activate CloudFlare. |
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| I activated CloudFlare, but do not see any statistics. |  |
| There are two main reasons why this could happen:
1. No traffic to subdomain
CloudFlare is enabled for a subdomain that does not get traffic. Through the hosting providers, CloudFlare can only protect traffic going |
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| How do I enable CloudFlare on my HostPapa account? | |
| You can enable CloudFlare right through your HostPapa cPanel, using the one-click activation.
To activate CloudFlare on any HostPapa shared hosting account:
Log in to your HostPapa cPanel account. Click on the CloudFlare ic |
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| I activated CloudFlare from my HostPapa control panel. Do I also get an account on CloudFlare.com? What is the difference? | |
| Once CloudFlare is activated through HostPapa, you will also have an account at www.cloudflare.com. The basic statistics and settings are
through your HostPapa co |
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| I'm changing my hosting providers or registrars. How should I handle my CloudFlare account? | |
| Changing Hosting Providers
If you are changing hosting providers, then you can keep your current CloudFlare account and update the IP information under CloudFlare DNS Settings. All of the information in your Analytics and Thr |
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| What are the advantages of using CloudFlare? | |
| CloudFlare is a FREE system that acts as a proxy between your visitors and HostPapa’s servers. By acting as a proxy, CloudFlare caches
static content for your site, which lowers the number of requests to HostPapa’s servers, but still allows visitor |
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| How do I add Google Analytics to my CloudFlare domain(s)? | |
| From your CloudFlare interface, please go to the 'CloudFlare Apps' link. There, you can add and manage Google Analytics for your domain (My websites-->Apps).
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| What does the orange / grey cloud mean in my CloudFlare dashboard? Which domains should have a grey cloud? | |
| Subdomains that have been CloudFlare-enabled are marked with an orange cloud. This means they will pass through the CloudFlare system, and benefit from all its advantages.
Subdomains that are not CloudFlare-enabled are marked with a grey clou |
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| How do I add multiple sites to my CloudFlare account? | |
| To add multiple domains to your CloudFlare account:
Log in to your account.
Go to ‘My Websites.'
Add your sites in the 'Add Website' box. Be sure to separate the sites with commas: domain1.com, domain2.co |
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| How do I add SSL support for a domain? | |
| If you have SSL on your website (or want SSL), you have two options:
Option 1: If your SSL is on a separate subdomain, then you can easily use CloudFlare. All you have to do is designate the 'SSL' subdomain with a gray cloud in your DNS Setti |
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