Mini Howto: Make PHP work in your html files
In order to make the server execute html files as php, you need to insert a directive in your .htaccess file as follows: AddHandler application/x-httpd-php…
Mini Howto: Preview site on new server before updating dns
Senario: You have a live site elsewhere that you are moving to M3 (thanks!), but want to see how the site looks before updating dns? …
Mini Howto: 404 error pages using htaccess
Instead of the default 404, you can customize this page to regain some lost traffic. In your domain’s root directory where your main index page…
Mini Howto: 301 redirect using htaccess & apache
How to redirect index.php to index.html, correctly and friendly with the search engines so you don’t lose traffic? Well, a 404 is not the way!…
Mini Howto: How to setup email accounts
This post applies to dedicated and dedicated vps hosting on linux servers at M3Server.com. Remember, each pop3 email account has to be unique to the…
Email Servers: basic understanding of operation
This post is basic knowledge for people with non technical administration experience. There are two parts to an email server, one that sends email to…
Mini Howto: Change an FTP / Ssh login password
While this mini howto article provides light instructions for obtaining putty, a terminal program for secure access to your linux server, detailed information is outside…
Mini HowTo: using htaccess to block an IP or IP range from accessing your site, or directory
Short Link: https://blog.m3server.com/?p=90 Add the following lines to your .htaccess file in your root directory, or the directory that you wish to protect. Adding to a…
Mini HowTo: Using htaccess to block hot linking images
Objective: Stop another site from using your web images on their site as their own, using your server resources including bandwidth. WARNING: Errors made in…