FreeWebHostDir Tutorials » General http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com FreeWebHostDir Tutorials Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:35:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What is .htaccess? http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/what-is-htaccess/ http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/what-is-htaccess/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:24:44 +0000 admin http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/?p=128 .htaccess is a configuration file for use on web servers running the Apache Web Server software. When a .htaccess file is placed in a directory which is in turn ‘loaded via the Apache Web Server’, then the .htaccess file is detected and executed by the Apache Web Server software. These .htaccess files can be used to alter the configuration of the Apache Web Server software to enable/disable additional functionality and features that the Apache Web Server software has to offer. These facilities include basic redirect functionality, for instance if a 404 file not found error occurs, or for more advanced functions such as content password protection or image hot link prevention.

]]> http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/what-is-htaccess/feed/ 0 How to change your server time zone using .htaccess or php.ini? http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/how-to-change-your-server-time-zone-using-htaccess-or-php-ini/ http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/how-to-change-your-server-time-zone-using-htaccess-or-php-ini/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:46:21 +0000 admin http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/?p=125 If you are hosting in a different time zone and would like to change the server’s time zone please do the following:

If you have PHP running as a CGI module

  • Check if your cgi folder or root folder has a file called php.ini, if no, then use your notepad to create one and have it uploaded to your root/cgi folder
  • add “date.timezone = America/New_York” (without quotes) to your php.ini then save the file

If you have PHP running as an apache module

  • Check if your root folder has a file called .htaccess, if no, then use your notepad to create one and have it uploaded to your root folder
  • add “SetEnv TZ America/Los_Angeles” (without quotes) to your .htaccess then save the file

Please change America/New_York or America/Los_Angeles to your specific time zone. To see the list of the time zones, please click http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

]]> http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/how-to-change-your-server-time-zone-using-htaccess-or-php-ini/feed/ 0 What is Server Load? http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/what-is-server-load/ http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/what-is-server-load/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:33:50 +0000 admin http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/?p=121 Load expresses how many processes are waiting in the queue to access the computer processor. Of course, this is calculated for a certain period of time and of course, the smaller the number, the better.

]]> http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/what-is-server-load/feed/ 0 Disabling mod_security on your account http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/disabling-mod_security-on-your-account/ http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/disabling-mod_security-on-your-account/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:26:24 +0000 admin http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/?p=113 ModSecurity is a web application firewall (WAF). With over 70% of attacks now carried out over the web application level, organisations need all the help they can get in making their systems secure. WAFs are deployed to establish an increased external security layer to detect and/or prevent attacks before they reach web applications. ModSecurity provides protection from a range of attacks against web applications and allows for HTTP traffic monitoring and real-time analysis with little or no changes to existing infrastructure. Therefore, for obvious reasons, many hosts have this module compiled.

ModSecurity is a very useful module. However with improper configuration this can make your website/script not working at all. To check if ModSecurity is installed please open your PHPInfo, search for mod_security, if you see mod_security, that means ModSecurity is installed.

To disable ModSecurity please put the followings to your php.ini/.htaccess (To find out which file to modify please check out this tutorial)

<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
</IfModule>

If, unfortunately,  you have ModSecurity2 installed then there is no way to make any changes to the default setup in .htaccess/php.ini. You will have to contact your host provider to have it disabled for your domain.

]]> http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/disabling-mod_security-on-your-account/feed/ 0 Increasing your PHP upload file size limit http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/increasing-your-php-upload-file-size-limit/ http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/increasing-your-php-upload-file-size-limit/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:13:06 +0000 admin http://tutorials.freewebhostdir.com/?p=84 Most servers have the PHP upload file size limit set to 2M, which means the maximum size of file you can upload using your php script is 2mb only. To increase the limit, please do the following:

If you have PHP running as a CGI module

  • Check if your cgi folder or root folder has a file called php.ini, if no, then use your notepad to create one and have it uploaded to your root/cgi folder
  • add “upload_max_filesize = 100M” (without quotes) to your php.ini then save the file

If you have PHP running as an apache module

  • Check if your root folder has a file called .htaccess, if no, then use your notepad to create one and have it uploaded to your root folder
  • add “php_value upload_max_filesize 100M” (without quotes) to your .htaccess then save the file

Now the upload file size limit has been changed to 100mb. To verify your changes, you may open your phpinfo, then search for upload_max_filesize

uploadmaxfilesize

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