If you have your own server then you are most likely entrusting it to a server provider or co-location company. They are responsible for ensuring the underlying network infrastructure is working, and whilst they might also ensure your server is responding to ping, they will probably not be looking at what is running on the [...]
Looking for your error logs for a DreamHost hosted site? We found them and thought someone else out there might eventually be lost looking for the same thing. To view your error log you will need to log in via FTP to: logs/yourdomain.com/http/ Logs are rotated every night so that access.log and error.log only contain [...]
DreamHost recently announced a handy addition to their “one-click” software installs & upgrades. Now you can upgrade all of your software (like WordPress, Joomla, etc.) — all at the same time with just one click. Spiffy! If you are a WordPress power-user, with multiple blogs like me; I’m sure you can appreciate how this can [...]
In a previous post I explained DreamHost’s “Snapshot Back-ups” — which are pretty spiffy. But did you know that you can backup your entire DreamHost account with one click? Just log into your web panel under Home > Backup Your Account. Push the shiny button to request a complete account backup of your entire DreamHost [...]
One of the factors I research when shopping for web hosting is what kind of control panel for domain management they use. Plesk, ensim, and Direct Admin are common web administration packages used by webhosts with cPanel being the one I see advertised most. Some web hosts, like DreamHost, use their own proprietary web panel. [...]
Dreamhost provides a free and automated site backup and restoration system called Snapshots. Though this service is not guaranteed by DreamHost it deserves a mention and some praise as such backups are almost unheared of in a shared hosting environment. So if you accidentally erased a needed file off the server, messed up your site [...]