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File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another. This technology enables you to upload your files from you local computer/network on to your web server. Pipe Ten have a FTP program built … Continue reading →

Mod Security Mod security is an application firewall that provide protection against possible attacks to your web applications.  This is enabled on all of our Linux plans.  For more information on Mod Security please check here.  As announced previously on … Continue reading →

This is a quick tutorial to help with setting up your Pipe Ten mailbox when using Mozilla Thunderbird 3.x.  The instructions for different versions of Mozilla Thunderbird may vary slightly.

This tutorial will help you set up your Pipe Ten mailbox within Mail on a Mac.  The instructions should be the same or similar in all versions of Mac Mail.

A quick FAQ on how to publish your website or web application using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 development software.

Every file on your Linux system, including directories, is owned by a specific user and group. Therefore, file permissions are defined separately for users, groups, and others. All hosting accounts will have a user on the server, and file ownership … Continue reading →

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A quick FAQ on how to password protect a directory in your web space using the control panels password protect wizard built into WebShell/FileManager.

A quick FAQ on how to connect to your Pipe Ten shared hosting account and upload files using the web development application Dreamweaver.

A quick FAQ on how to connect to your Pipe Ten shared hosting account using the popular FileZilla FTP client.

There are a number of reasons you might want to switch hosting platforms/operating systems, sometimes you want to utilise the more advanced features and modules of PHP that are not available on Window and so need to switch to Linux … Continue reading →

This tutorial will allow you to setup your Pipe Ten mailbox with MS Outlook 2007, although the instructions are similar to older versions of MS Outlook so can be used as a guide line.

When you reach 90% of your hosting packages designated traffic quota (also known as data transfer or bandwidth) you will receive an email to the primary account contact with the subject “Warning (Approaching resource limit)”.

Keeping your domain’s contact information updated We have previously posted about how important it is to keep your hosting account contact details up to date.  It is also equally important that your domain name contact details are also kept up … Continue reading →

If you’re having problems with your email, please try some of these handy tips before contacting support. Problems sending or receiving (POP or SMTP) If you are using mail.yourdomain.com in a third party mail client (Outlook, Entourage, MacMail, Thunderbird, etc.) … Continue reading →

There are two ways to register, renew and transfer domain names with Pipe Ten, either via Pipe Ten’s Domain Management System or via Pipe Ten’s Web Hosting Control Panel. Registering Domain Names via Pipe Ten Domain Management System – Domain … Continue reading →

You can change all your passwords related to your Pipe Ten hosting account from within the control panel as follows: Control panel password. Primary FTP account password. Sub-FTP user passwords – Navigate to ‘FTP/User Account’ > ‘FTP User’ in the menu … Continue reading →

It is imperative that you keep your contact details updated as Pipe Ten will use this information to contact you about your account account as required, especially that there is a valid email address listed on the account as this … Continue reading →

When connecting to an MS Sql 2005 Server using MS SQL Server Management Studio 2008 you may come across an error “Failed to retrieve data for this request (Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.sdk.sfc)”. This in turn will prevent you from being able to connect … Continue reading →

Support for the old MS SQL Manager that used to be available via the online control panel has been removed.  This was because of the lack of functionality, security risks and general poor performance that the third party package was … Continue reading →