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How to create a simple CSS dropdown menu

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allow you to customize the design of your site with precision and provide quick and convenient methods to tweak the look ... Read more

How to create and access additional FTP accounts

Here are the steps you need to create and access an additional FTP account on your HostPapa account. You can also view a video tutorial here: https:// ... Read more

How to create discount coupons

You can use coupons to grant customers different types of discounts. * Fixed Amount - e.g $5.00 off * Percentage Discount - e.g 10% off * ... Read more

How to embed video in a web page

This article explains how to embed video in a web page. If you are using a content management system (CMS) such as WordPress or Joomla, or a WYSIWYG ... Read more

How to enable gzip compression for your sites

When a user hits your website a call is made to your server here to deliver the requested files. The larger the files are, the longer it will take for ... Read more

How to export and import MySQL databases using PHPMyAdmin

Should you need to make a copy of your database for archiving or migration, you can do so using My cPanel and an application called PHPMyAdmin. Export ... Read more

How to leverage browser caching

Every time a visitor loads a webpage it has to download all the web files to properly display the page. This includes all the HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ... Read more

How to optimize your database with phpMyAdmin

Over time, MySQL databases may become less efficient and run slower. It is always a good idea to keep your databases' tables optimized. This could ... Read more

How to redirect a website using a meta tag

The most common way to redirect a website is using an .htaccess file with the RedirectPermanent directive, however you can also redirect using a meta ... Read more

How to redirect URLs with your hosting account

If you’d like to automatically send visitors from your website to another destination, such as a different webpage on your server or an alternative ... Read more

How to set up shipping

How to create a new Delivery Method To deliver to your customers, you can create various delivery methods that they can use. These methods can also ... Read more

How to suspend an account in WHM

There may be times where you wish to suspend a hosting account using WebHost Manager (WHM).  To do so, first log in to the WHM administration ... Read more

How to terminate multiple accounts via WHM

Should you wish to cancel hosting accounts using WHM, you’ll find a convenient option available to terminate one or more accounts as a batch. Follow ... Read more

How to upload files with FTP

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a common method for transferring files to and from local and remote computers. While the protocol has been around for ... Read more

How to use .htaccess rewrite rules

.htaccess is a configuration file used by the Apache web server. .htaccess rules override global settings for the directory in which the file is ... Read more