Tutorials

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. Minimum requirements We would strongly recommend installing Social Engine on our Linux … Continue reading →

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: Show current year in .NET <%=”&copy;” & … Continue reading →

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 →

The first step to debugging any problem Magento is to enable and check the Magento logs and this quick guide shows you how. To enable Magento error logs: Login to your Magento administration. Browse toConfiguration > Developer > Log Settings … 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 →

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 →

Dot Net Nuke is a Content Management System using the .NET framework and is therefore only available only available on Windows hosting plans and servers. 1. Turn on your MSSQL database if it already is not “on”. To check the … Continue reading →

PHP magic_quotes is a configurable option for PHP which when enabled provides automatic escaping of the ‘, “, \ and null characters within incoming data/variables. What is magic_quotes? Magic quotes had the intention of helping starting PHPers write protected SQL … Continue reading →

It’s only a few days since WordPress 3.2 was released and after hundreds of customer and staff upgrades via the internal automatic/ftp updater we have seen no upgrade related problems at all. The following shared and reseller servers have been … Continue reading →

When transferring MySQL databases between hosts or servers there are various methods available from the web based phpMyAdmin to remote GUI clients such as Toad. One of our favourites is the classic mysqldump and mysql-client due to their simplicity, portability … Continue reading →

In response to a number of PHP email sending related support queries we’ve put together this post outlining the most basic sending method and referencing some of the more advanced PHP email topics. Additional information on PHP mail related functions … Continue reading →

On some occasions it may be easier to screenshot / screengrab an error message or an applications settings to provide an image to support rather than typing/explaining it out. To make it easier for you to create screenshots, we have … Continue reading →

The process of switching web hosting providers can be accomplished with minimal hassle and downtime provided certain steps are followed in order. Whilst this is not a complete or detailed guide we hope it is useful conceptually, if you have … 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.

For the perfect Joomla configuration we’ve put together this detailed tutorial so you can get the best out of your Pipe Ten shared, reseller, cloud or managed physical server hosting.