Windows, ASP & .NET

Automatically update the copyright year with .NET/ASP/JS/PHP

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

Sub FTP account reset

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

Switching MS SQL database servers

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

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Installing Dot Net Nuke

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

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FTP publishing in Visual Studio 2010

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

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UK – .NET 4 now available

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of .NET 1.1, 2.0, 3.5 and 4.0 on dwin20.pipeten.co.uk. Customers wishing to take advantage of this new server may: 1) Signup for a new account via our website at http://www.pipeten.com/ and be … Continue reading

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Explained: Warning (Approaching resource limit)

If you receive an email from support@pipeten.co.uk or .com with the title “Warning (Approaching resource limit)” it means that you are approaching or exceeding some of the inclusive resources on your hosting package. Explanations of what these resources are and … Continue reading

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Tutorial: FTP to your hosting account with FileZilla

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

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Switch hosting platforms/operating systems

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

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Explained: Warning (Approaching resource limit) – Platform Disk Quota

When you exceed 95% of your hosting packages inclusive web quota/storage you will receive an email from support@pipeten.co.uk or .com to the primary account contact with the subject “Warning (Approaching resource limit)”. This post provides further information on what can … Continue reading

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Tutorial: Umbraco Installation

Umbraco is one of the most popular free / open source content management systems for Windows hosting. Written in .NET Umbraco is simple, extensible, powerful and runs beautifully on Pipe Ten shared, reseller and server hosting packages. Umbraco hosting. In … Continue reading

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UK – .NET Version Support

If you find that the version of .NET you require is not available on your current server, please contact support to check your options for upgrading. dwin25.pipeten.co.uk (Windows 2008, Derby) 4.0 3.5 SP1 2.0 1.1 dwin20.pipeten.co.uk (Windows 2003, Derby) 4.0 … Continue reading

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FTP uploads with FileZilla

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

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UK – .NET – Medium Trust

For .NET 1.1, 2.0, 3.5, 3.5SP1, 4.0 Trust levels are basically different sets of security configurations depending upon the circumstance. You have: Full – You can do whatever you want, format the HDD, shut-down the server. High – Same as … Continue reading

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Sheffield – ASP.NET 3.5 Support

In order to take advantage of ASP.NET 3.5 support, customers on win7.pipeten.co.uk and win9.pipeten.co.uk can change the ASP.NET version in the control panel to 2.0. By choosing .NET 2.0 you should be able to take full advantage of .NET 3.5 … Continue reading

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Debug .NET customErrors not showing

A common issue people face when first migrating/installing their .NET web application is an error which suggests you turn custom errors off to allow a detailed view of the error message. Commonly this will tell you to apply the following … Continue reading

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Free Crontabs and Scheduled Tasks with Pipe Ten

Pipe Ten now offer free crontabs on their Linux Venture, Multihost and Enterprise accounts. Windows Enterprise customers can now also create a free Scheduled Task to run a script on their website at a schedule of their choosing. Contact the … Continue reading

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New SQL Server 2005 backup facility

Due to popular request Pipe Ten have now launched their exciting new SQL Server 2005 backup facility using MyLlttleBackup. All customers that have databases on Pipe Ten’s MSSQL server can now log in to the new online backup facility to … Continue reading

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Can I have full trust for my web application?

Full Trust would mean that we trust you, the user to have full access to the server. This includes access to all other users data, ability to reboot, reformat and completely take over the server. We hope you understand why … Continue reading

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Enable write access for an asp.net application

To enable write access for ASP.NET: Click text ‘Domains Settings‘ within navigation. Click text ‘Domain Info‘ within sub-navigation. Find the ‘Controls‘ column and click the ‘Edit‘ icon next to the domain in question. Click the ‘Edit‘ icon next to the … Continue reading

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