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    Articles about advanced features and options for your Slamdot hosting accounts, including frontpage extensions, cron jobs, SSL certificates, domain pointers and DNS settings.

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    Articles to help manage your domain registrations.

  • Email (21)

    Articles about managing email accounts, functions and options.

  • Files (25)

    Articles about managing your files with your Slamdot account.

  • Getting Started (9)

    Articles to help get you started with Slamdot.

  • Plan (5)

    Articles to help manage your hosting account, including resource usage and server password.

  • Ruby on Rails (4)

    Articles about using Ruby on Rails with your Slamdot account.

  • Scripts (3)

    Articles related to running scripts with your Slamdot account.

  • Uploading to Your Site (5)

    Articles about uploading files to your website.

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    Articles about managing your website, including blogs, subdomains, databases, redirects, error pages and web statistics.

Latest Articles

  • How do I cancel my account?

    We hate to see you go, and would love to hear why you've decided to leave - support@slamdot.com - but here's how to easily cancel your account: ...

    (No rating) January 30, 2008 Views: 469

  • How do I view a list of installed perl modules on the server?

    To view a list of the installed perl modules on the server, first log into your Slamdot account. From the dashboard, choose a plan to manage. Click...

    (No rating) December 4, 2007 Views: 902

  • How do I edit file and folder permissions from within the control panel?

    File and folder permissions define who can read, write, and execute files, such as scripts, or access and modify folders. For instance, when the...

    (No rating) November 29, 2007 Views: 752

  • How do I install Ruby on Rails?

    You can easily Ruby on Rails from within your control panel with just a few clicks. From your dashboard, choose a plan to manage. Click the...

    (No rating) November 29, 2007 Views: 1041

  • How do I install WordPress?

    You can easily WordPress from within your control panel with just a few clicks. From your dashboard, choose a plan to manage. Click the website...

    (No rating) November 29, 2007 Views: 643

Most Popular Articles

  • How do I upload files through my Slamdot account?

    From the dashboard, choose a plan. Click the files tab to take you to the file browser. Navigate to the folder where you want to upload. The...

    (No rating) April 22, 2006 Views: 1776

  • Why am I getting a "Rails application failed to start properly" error?

    There are a number of reasons as to why you may be receiving this error message. The first place that you should check is your error log inside...

    July 17, 2007 Views: 1705

  • How do I manage protected folders?

    From the dashboard, choose a plan. Click the files tab and click the protected folders link. To protect a new folder, click the find a folder to...

    (No rating) April 22, 2006 Views: 1578

  • How do I access my Slamdot account?

    Visit the Slamdot login page, then enter your email address and the password you created when you signed up.

    (No rating) April 18, 2006 Views: 1472

  • How do I change the contact name and email for a specific hosting plan?

    From the Dashboard, click a plan to manage. Under the plan tab click the settings link. Scroll down to change the contact name and email address...

    (No rating) March 18, 2007 Views: 1420

Highest Rated Articles

  • What are the program paths for using scripts?

    The following paths are commonly needed by scripts. Path to perl: /usr/bin/perl Path to sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail CGI...

    April 21, 2006 Views: 849

  • How do I create an FTP user account?

    From the dashboard, choose a plan. Click the files tab and click the FTP link. Click the link to create a new FTP user. After entering the username...

    April 21, 2006 Views: 1126

  • What are the types of DNS records?

    There are 5 types of DNS records: A, CNAME, NS, MX, and PTR A records Address (A) records direct a hostname to a numerical IP address....

    April 21, 2006 Views: 1128

  • How do I find my email settings?

    From the dashboard, choose a plan. Click the email tab and click the users link. You can view your POP3 and SMTP email settings to the right under...

    April 22, 2006 Views: 886

  • What is my directory structure like?

    At the root (or top level) of your account exists these directories: /backups /domains /mail /public_html /backups The /backups...

    April 22, 2006 Views: 1083

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