myhosting.com Knowledge Base - General

Shared Hosting Directory Structure

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:42:48 +0000

Please note that once you have connected to your site, you can access the web-accessible portion of your site from the directory named /webspace/httpdocs. So any file that you want to be visible at http://www.johnsmith.com or

Shared Hosting Default Documents

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:39:26 +0000

Linux Shared Hosting

It is important to remember that regardless of what tools you use to design your web site, that you need to make sure the starting or opening page of your web site is named one of the following:

index.htm index.php index.html default.htm default.php default.html…

Linux Log files

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:36:35 +0000

Log File Support

Yes, you can keep a log file for your Linux hosting account. Your log files will be saved under a special directory on your yourdomain.com space and will be in the default Apache standard separated into 2 sections; access and error.

PCI Compliance

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:32:01 +0000

PCI Compliance Scans for Windows-based Accounts

If you or your client are required to ensure your website and webspace meet the standards of PCI Compliance, this article will explain various issues that can arise in our particular Windows based environment and how they relate to any PCI…

Web Hosting Platform

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:28:26 +0000

myhosting.com uses the latest software and hardware technology to ensure customers receive the highest performance and reliability for their web sites. New myhosting.com customers will be provisioned on Microsoft Windows 2008 Server with IIS 7.0 or Debian Linux 4.0 with Apache 2.0.

Need Further Help?

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:28:12 +0000

If you have a question which isn't answered in our Wiki, please check our Forums for further help, or contact us to ask for further assistance. You can use our

MP3 Downloads

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:27:33 +0000

One of the questions we receive from our users is if they can offer MP3 downloads. We do not have any restrictions on what users offer on their website, however we will comply with authorities if copyrighted works are offered illegally on a website. For legitimate use, there is no problem in offering…

File Restoration

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:26:40 +0000

Occasionally someone accidentally deletes a file that they need and they contact us to find out if we can restore it from a back-up. At this time, we do not provide backup retrieval services as part of our traditional web hosting offering, however, in emergency situation, myhositng.com may be able…

Domain Name Access Without the www

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:26:02 +0000

Curious to know if you can access a domain name with or without the www? The answer to that is yes; you will be able to access the domain name with or without the www. in front. For example, you could access the domain name "mydomain.com" by going to "www.mydomain.com" as well as "mydomain.com".…

Adult Sites

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:07:15 +0000

myhosting.com does not permit the hosting of any sexually explicit materials, whether graphical, textual, video, audio, encrypted, protected, proprietary, or in any other formats. While we are committed to the protection of free speech of our clients, we cannot permit sexually explicit material on…