Tips & Tricks

In this tutorial we are going to show you how to connect to your Pipe Ten MySQL databases using Dreamweaver CS5.5 (this will also work with earlier versions of Dreamweaver). In order to use the MySQL manager in Dreamweaver you … Continue reading →

A quick guide about google malware warnings, why it can occur and what you can do to resolve it.

To change between active and passive modes within our recommended FTP package FileZilla, we’ve put together the short guide below.

In this tutorial we are going to show you how to setup your Pipe Ten mailboxes with your iPhone or iPad.

Search Engine Optimisation/SEO, link building and site promotion services are often considered either “black magic” or “complete tosh” depending on your needs and experiences.

In this blog post we are going to outline not only the importance of using valid html code but also how to validate your code. Making your website adhere to web standards makes sure that future web platforms and browsers … Continue reading →

We have had several requests recently of transferring domains internally within the Pipe Ten domains control panel between users. So we thought we would write a quick guide on how to do so.

When it comes to what’s going on with your hosting service the first place to check for any problems is this site http://www.pipeten.info/ and in particular the Service Notices section. The Service Notices section contains only information which could impact … Continue reading →

Social Engine is a PHP-based social networking platform. There is a range of templates and add-ons available to extend the basic features already included in the SocialEngine core.

If your website is still showing “© 2011″ and it should be “© 2012″ then take the opportunity to update once and have it correct forever using one of the code snippets below:

It’s only a few hours/days since WordPress 3.3 ‘sonny’ was released and after many customer and staff blog upgrades via the internal automatic/FTP updater we have seen no upgrade related problems at all. Stay tuned to our WordPress feed for … Continue reading →

Pipe Ten are one of the leading providers for Drupal Hosting in the UK. Drupal is a popular PHP open-source cms with over 13,000 active developers, 710,148 users in 228 countries speaking 181 languages! It is used for high profile websites … Continue reading →

This is just a quick reminder that all customers using UK hosting services should use ALL of the following nameservers: ns0.pipeten.co.uk ns1.pipeten.co.uk ns2.pipeten.co.uk If your domain registrar only allows you to choose two nameservers, then use: ns0.pipeten.co.uk ns2.pipeten.co.uk In Q1 … Continue reading →

With around 8.5% of all world’s websites powered by it, and Pipe Ten customers using WordPress Hosting more and more each day, we’ve put together this post about securing WordPress and keeping your blog safe. In no particular order: 1. Avoid … Continue reading →

The first step to debugging any problem Magento is to enable and check the Magento logs and this quick guide shows you how to do that with your Magento hosting. To enable Magento error logs: Login to your Magento administration. … Continue reading →

In rare circumstances after upgrade or account migration sub-FTP users may need re-applying to the control panel in order to correct permission problems. This short tutorial below outlines how to quickly fix this issue. 1. Login to your hosting control … Continue reading →

1. sh404SEF sh404SEF rewrites Joomla URLs to a user and search engine friendly format (SEF URL or URL rewriting): mysite.com/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=69&id=34… becomes mysite.com/en/sh404SEF-and-url-rewriting/list-of-available-plugins.html). It is also has a security component, meta tags manager for every page, Joomfish compatible, caching system for … Continue reading →

Here are our top 10 plugins to use with your Pipe Ten Magento hosting. 1. MagentoConnect Manager A indispensable tool for managing your Magento modules and extensions. One click installs available for all Magento modules and plugins at MagentoCommerce.com. 2. … Continue reading →

Firefox has a wealth of add-ons to aid web design and development. We’ve picked out our top 15 to share with you! A little word about Firefox add-on security. Always check where your actually installing the add-ons from and where … Continue reading →

There is an occasional requirement to manually move your database from one server to another. Typically this is required as the result of an account migration between data centres. In this example we will look at how to move an … Continue reading →