My site appears to be down / inaccessible, what should I do?
...ting to it via FTP, here are a few suggestions to find out the cause of the problem:
1. Go to our Network Status page at http://www.lexiconn.com/status to check the status of your site....
My foreign characters / text do not appear correctly on the web
The webserver by default sets the character set to ISO-8859-1. To disable this character set, you can edit the .htaccess file in your "www" directory (or a specific folder that contains the...
How do I backup my MySQL database?
...he Account Manager. The steps to backup your database via phpmyadmin are shown below
1. Login to phpmyadmin with your database username and password. Then choose your database from the...
How do I connect to my MySQL database with PHP?
...t us know the IP# you will be connecting from so we can enable this for your database.
1. Connect to the MySQL Server
Use the following statement to connect to the dat...
How do I use MySQL in my website?
You will need to request a MySQL database be setup for your account:
http://www.lexiconn.com/secure/additional.html
Once your MySQL database has been setup, you can start add...
How do I easily download the contents of a table? 1. Login to the MySQL database manager via the control panel. (Click here if you are not sure how to do this.)
2. Select the table you wish to download from the list on the left.
...
Can I use Microsoft Access with MySQL?
...can be found at phphelp.com - Using MyODBC. (http://www.phphelp.com/article/article.php?art=4&page=1 )
For this to work properly, you will need to tell us that you wish to use this software, ...
Overview of MySQL
MySQL is a type of database that was designed to be easier to use than most other types of databases. It is also built for scalability. MySQL is available with any type of account at no addi...
Import Data through phpmyadmin
It is possible to import tables to your MySQL database using phpMyAdmin if they are in .csv (or comma-separated) format. The table must already be created, the .csv file you upload must no...
Parked and Pointed Domains at Lexiconn 1. What is a pointed domain?
A pointed domain is simply an additional domain name the resolves to your site and can be set up in one of three ways:
1. As a new domain...
Can a pointed domain resolve to a single webpage
There are two ways to achieve this result:
1. A pointed domain could be set up to resolve to a specific page in your primay domain's directory. In this case, your new domain will re...
Permanent Redirect for Pointed Domains
...ed domains, you can set up your previous domain as a pointed domain in your new account and put a 301 redirect in place to redirect all traffic from your previous domain to your new domain. A 301 re...
Overview of password protected web directories
Password protected directories allow you to restrict access to certain portions of your web site to authorized users only and can be easily set up and maintained in your account manager.
...
Manually Setting Up Password Protected Directories
This example shows how to password protect a directory and only allow access to a user named 'pumpkin' and to set/require a password for pumpkin.
Using SSH:
If your home dire...
How do I block an IP from accessing my website?
... text to the file:
<Limit GET POST>
order allow,deny
allow from all
deny from 192.168.1.100
deny from 192.168.2.
</Limit>
The above settings would block the ...
ASP is not supported
ASP or active server pages is a programming language developed by Microsoft and usually available on Windows-based servers running IIS. ASP pages will generally end in an .asp or .aspx file...
Configuring PHP to display errors and warnings on the webpage
By default, PHP errors are logged to a log file instead of to the screen. This is in place as a security measure, as the errors could potentially advise hackers of certain things regarding ...