Archive for March, 2010

Bluehost Dedicated IP address

March 27th, 2010 by admin

Bluehost allows dedicated IP address to customers for just $2.5 monthly ($30 a year). There are several reason why you should buy a dedicated IP address:

To enable SSL on your website: SSL is Secure Socket Layer, allows you to securely transfer data between the server host and the client machine. With SSL installed on your server you can access your site securelt with https.

To run software on your website: Some software requires some ports to be opened for it to work. On shared IP address it is impossible to open specific ports but on dedicated yes.

Better ranking in search engines: Although this is a myth, it is good to have your website on different IP address. Many people have reported that dedicated IP address helps for better rankings.

You can access your website just by using the dedicated address.

To buy dedicated ip address from bluehost you need to login to your cpanel account and choose the dedicated ip tab to purchase.

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Bluehost Hosting Plans

March 17th, 2010 by admin

Bluehost web hosting company offers only one hosting plan. This plan includes many features, some of them (like Ruby on Rails), you may never need but it is good to know that they are included. This is great plan for personal blogs/websites but is also good for small and mid-size companies. Web applications that work on Bluehost account are: wordpress, drupal, joomla, galleries and others (every PHP/MySQL web script). Custom PHP.INI is also supported if you want to customize some PHP settings. Other hosting services like virtual private servers (VPS), dedicated servers are not offered by Blue Host. The price is only $6.95 monthly, and features included are: PHP, MySQL, Free domain name, cPanel Control Panel, host unlimited domains, with unlimited disk space and bandwidth, 30 day money back guarantee, Fantastico one-click installer, SSH Access, Ruby On Rails and many others.

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Blue Host SSH Secure Shell

March 8th, 2010 by admin

SSH is a secure protocol for exchanging data between two network hosts. It is most used by system administrators and developers (Ruby on Rails and others). Usually admins remotely access the server to configure/update software, setup permissions, monitor server performance and other admin related tasks. Bluehost allows SSH access, but first you need to enable it. You can do this by following the steps in this article: http://helpdesk.bluehost.com/index.php/kb/article/000180 . With SSH enabled you can use a SSH client software to connect to your Bluehost server. Best clients are Putty(windows OS) and OpenSSH client (linux). Once you login with SSH you can perform tasks such as creating files, folders, backing up mysql databases, view/terminate processes started by your user account and other tasks. Probably you will never need SSH access to your bluehost account, but is good to know that Bluehost allows SSH.

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