CPU usage problem


my web host warned me due to high CPU usage.
my Site been crawled by googlebot – about 28000 hits and msnboot about 1000 hits. Is this possible that indexing caused a high cpu usage? I been advised to setup a robots.txt to limit googlebot hits, but I am not sure how to do this.

I think there is a lot of traffic on your site and typically Google is pretty light weight about this stuff

.robots.txt won’t help you here. You can sign up for a free account at Google Webmaster Tools and in there you can ask them to crawl your site less often. But robots.txt is all or nothing – you can say don’t ever crawl these set of pages, but that’s NOT what you want!

Googlebot isn’t causing it. Most likely a script he is using has a memory leak or something to a similiar extent.
What scripts u r using,custom-written or commercial/open source?

ask your web host, which scripts are responsible for high cpu load?

My web host told me only about these hits.
it’s doubtful that Googlebot is causing this…it never affects CPU%.

Bandwidth usage problem


My website consume 5gb of bandwidth in a month. Now all of the sudden we spend 9GB A DAY! How is this even possible. There are no downloadable files or media. Also there is no stuff linked to other sites like vids or images. Anyone got any ideas?

My image hosting site used around 25GB per day! What host are you using and did you go over your allowed bandwidth?

Spiders does not consume many bandwidth

I’d suggest taking a look at the raw Apache logs and checking to see if you have a particular file that’s hit far more than the others, and/or strange referrers for image files etc.

If you find either of those things, it’s possible that you have someone hotlinking to some image and using it on a very popular site. That’s the only feasible explanation I can think of right now.

you ask your hosting provider to help identify the problem

The traffic seems to come from the apache server or at least that is what the stats say. The detailed apache stats are just one big textfile.

Is it possible searchbots like googlebot are sucking that much BW?

I have taken a look on the apache logs but thats just a huge textfile. I also monitored the BW usage very closely. Every 5 minutes or so i checked the meter and nothing hapened. The all of the sudden it jumped up with almost 2GB in 5minutes, very strange. Our host isnt very helpfull either. Basically the only answer i get from him is that we must be ruuning a corrupt script or something.

That sounds like either a corrupt script (one that redirects in an endless loop or one that does a large data dump comes to mind) or a bot.

Have you compiled your logs into stats and checked for IPs that consume large amounts of bandwidth or pages that do the same?

It could be possible that your host control panel “mis-calculate” your Bandwidth usage

Transfer domain to cpwebhosting.net


Hi,

I am planning to transfer my existing domain from current hosting to cpwebhosting.net but is there any problem with emails of current hosting.

i was already added all my mails to Gmail ,i can control all e mails from gmail.if change hosting with current one where will transfer my emails

Plz. help

If You want to change your current host,for that you will add your domain to new hosting account (hosting cpanel), and change nameservers info in domain cpanel (NS1.newserver.com…).

If you have H-SPHERE control panel, you could move your whole account, but if you don’t you’ll have to do it manually.

try to arrange the transfer overnight, so that nobody would experience any inconvenience.

To transfer domains you hve to chang NS and nothing more.

Changing my web host


Hi,
I am changing my web host. what will happen to my email when my I change hosting provider.

For this, you would be change the nameservers for your domain . In this case the DNS propagation period will mean that some emails destined for your domain will arrive at your old host, and some emails will arrive at your new host (providing you’ve configured mailboxes etc. before changing the nameservers!).

So in terms of receiving emails, it’s important to keep both old/new hosting accounts open during the changeover so that new emails aren’t lost – and also ensure that you check your old hosting provider for emails about 24 hours after you’ve changed the nameservers.

Regarding emails that you’ve already received downloaded it to your computer

Folder problem


I need to know how or what I need to do to make a folder on my server “browsable”. What i mean is, I want to be able to go to the folder and see whats in it, barring theres not index.html…

Any help is appreciated!

use the .htaccess files and add the Options +Indexes line to your .htaccess file

That will allow you to view the contents of the directories. If you cannot use .htaccess files then you will need to add that line in your httpd.conf file in the right area. I am thinking the .htaccess file will work for you though.

thanks for help.

it working

FTP settings in Macromedia Dreamweaver?


What are the FTP settings in Macromedia Dreamweaver?

steps are:-
Code:

Choose: Site > Manage Sites > New (choose site) > Remote Info > Access FTP:

FTP: http://www.your_domain_name.com

Host Directory: public_html/

User: Cpanel Login (User Name)

Password: *****

Web Hosting Uptime ?


Hi,
Most of web host give 99.9% Uptime Guarantee. what is Web Hosting Uptime ?

Hosting uptime means the extent of time the server remains in running position. If you want to enjoy the best services of the host or want your site on the server for most of the time, then ask for higher uptime from your host. Uptime is important not only for web providers but also to the owner of the site, it is because if there is more downtime then it creates problem to the user of the site, and then to site owner as he faces loss of money and then to the reputation of the web host as he already took guarantee for giving higher uptime. And this happens because all the three are inter linked with each other. Web host offer 99.9% uptime that means there will not be down time less than 2 minutes a day.

Particular directory access


I have a web hosting account. some of my friends and me working on a project. i want my friends can access this project directory,without giving access to the root directory, other directories or the control panel. Plz. advice

The simplest way to authorize your friends to work with particular directories of your account is to create FTP subaccounts. An FTP subaccount is a combination of a username and a password, which gives full FTP permissions to a single directory, without giving access to the root directory, other directories or the control panel. No dedicated IP is required for FTP subaccounts.

Thanks tcheck for your help

how can we create a FTP subaccount

To create a new FTP subaccount:

* Go to your control panel home
* Click the FTP Manager icon
* At the bottom of the page that shows, find FTP sub-accounts and click the Add icon.
* On the next page, enter the FTP login and password that will be used by this other user, and the directory this user will be restricted to.
The directory must be relative to your home directory. If you leave the directory field empty, FTP sub-users will have access to your whole home directory.

I have also Heared about Virtual FTP.what is it?

Virtual FTP provides ampler possibilities than FTP sub-accounts. You can give your authorized Virtual FTP users access to more than one directory and specify a different set of permissions for each directory. Virtual FTP users log right into your root, but can enter only those directories you allow them to enter.

The Virtual FTP functionality is only avaialable at linux-based servers.

how can we create Virtual FTP Access?

To provide Virtual FTP Access to a certain domain, do the following:

* On your control panel home page, click the Domains icon
* If you have several domains, choose the one to enable virtual FTP for.
* On the page that appears, switch to dedicated IP. Click here to read about the difference between shared and dedicated IPs.
* Go back to your control panel home page and click the FTP Service icon. Enable FTP for this domain:
* Click the confirmation link to agree with the charges
* On the next page, add server name for the new virtual host. This name will appear in the welcome message when guest users connect to your server with FTP clients. Also, enter the e-mail address by which FTP users can reach you with questions or comments.
* Click the Edit icon for FTP for this domain
* Click the Add icon for Virtual FTP Users and create a new Virtual FTP User

Click the Add icon for Virtual FTP Directories and enter the name for the new Virtual FTP Directory

Redirect Site visitors


I want to Redirect my Site visitors from one web page to another. how can i do it?
With the use of Redirect URL feature u can redirect your visitors from one web page to another or even to a different website.
Can i use Redirect URL feature in Unix-based accounts.

Yes, u can use.

To create a redirect in a Unix-based account, do the following:

* On the control panel home page, click Web Options.
* Select the domain if you have more than one.
* On the Web Service page, scroll down to find the Redirect option and click the Add icon next to it.
* Agree with the charges.
* On the page that appears, create the redirect rule.

Can Windows-based accounts also support Redirect URL feature
yes,Windows-based accounts also support Redirect URL feature

Protect directories of site


Hi,
I want to protect some directories of my site, I want only authorized visitors can open it.

Avance thanks for any help

Webshell3 “Protect” utility allows you to password-protect any directory on your site so only authorized visitors can open its content with their browsers.

How can i use this feature

To start Protect, click “Webshell3” icon on the hosting account control panel home, then “Protect” button in the top menu to start the wizard.

Is this feature available with Window-based account

No, this feature available with Linux-based account only