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Clearing your browser's cache is useful in many situations, especially after making website changes. If you have any difficulty seeing the latest changes to your website, clearing your browser's cache can be helpful. Mobile Browsers Android The steps to clear your cache,...
As far as control panels are concerned, Plesk offers its subscribers the ability to have a rich user interface to manage their servers. It is generally suggested to use a Windows hosting environment that many Hostwinds clients choose to use for their VPS. Minimum System...
The primary way that AutoDJ functions are through playlists that have been created. These playlists can be shuffled or played in order. Easily the playlists can be modified from the SHOUTcast Control panel whenever you believe a change should be made. When changes are made,...
With having a SHOUTcast server, there are a few ways that you can get your listeners to tune in, such as directly through your site or web page or even by downloading a file for their preferred audio application. In any case, this guide will show you how you can get that set...
With your SHOUTcast station, you may want it to automatically play a certain playlist of music or other audio files. Luckily, with Hostwinds WHMSonic on our SHOUTcast hosting, this can be done through AutoDJ. AutoDJ takes a playlist that you have created and plays it on...
Maldet is a Linux malware detection scanner. Maldet is a useful tool for those that run a hosted environment like WHM/cPanel installations. The Maldet creators use threat data from network edge IDS that are actively used in attacks to generate an effective signature...
CentOS Web Panel allows users and administrators to create and run Cron jobs as needed. The administrator can create a cron job for any user in the administrator panel. Users can only make cron jobs for their own accounts. Running Cron Jobs as an Administrator Log in to your...
Sometimes you need to run a virus scan on your server to ensure your files are not infected with files that can compromise your site. CentOS Web Panel comes with an Antivirus Scanner that you can run to check your files on your account. Running the Scan Step 1: Login to your...
If you want to stop your AutoDJ from playing or change the playlist, it is playing from. This can be done from the AutoDJ Management section. Along with starting and stopping the AutoDJ, you can change the settings you set when the AutoDJ was first created. Where To Find The...
Hostwinds offers several operating systems to choose from, either Linux or Windows, in various versions. This guide intends to list the minimum requirements each of these systems requires to operate to be successful while using your services. All of our current Dedicated and...
When working with Linux, there may come a time where you will need to modify file or folder permissions due to a 403 error on your Website or for a certain script or program to run properly. This can either be done using cPanel's File Manager, which makes this an easy...
Having your website loading fast is a passion for most Hostwinds clients, and we know how important this is. This guide is to help with reviewing your website and its load speed so that optimization can be seen and tested by you or your website developer. We will also...
Hostwinds provides you with default nameservers for both your shared hosting and VPS/Dedicated server solutions. These are automatically registered with our registrar and valid working nameservers. At times, remote registrars such as GoDaddy have issues allowing these...
You might want ClipBucket to set up a YouTube-like site if that is the case, then this guide will go through the steps to install this on cPanel. Installing ClipBucket Step 1. Login to your Client area, then select the service you wish to install ClipBucket on and log in to...
WordPress is arguably the most popular web platform on the internet. When using CentOS Web Panel on VPS server, you may wish to install WordPress. This guide will cover the steps required for installing WordPress on CentOS Web Panel. Prerequisites CentOS Web Panel Installed...
If you are hosting your SHOUTcast server where your Bandwidth is metered or limited, you will want to make sure that you keep a watch on how much you are using and coordinate appropriately. That way, you don't lose out on any listeners when you plan to have a popular session...