Website Process

Website Prerequisites

Website Management

Prerequisites:

• Website Domain Manager

Reliable providers: cPanel, DirectAdmin

DirectAdmin

Can either install yourself or ask them to install for you for free. Asking them experience . . .

We need to open a ticket for installing the Directadmin Which is performed by our Admin team Once the directadmin installation has completed (notified From our admin via ticket /email) We need to open another ticket with old host control panel login details to perform the migration make sure that, you include the old host control panel login details in the migration ticket

DirectAdmin features…

Account Manager > Show All Users >

Increase quota (e.g. E-mail Accounts to unlimited (under Email Manager)): Click on Username > Actions (top right blue button) > Modify User

Manage Database @ DirectAdmin: User Login > MySQL Management (not phpMyAdmin, you don’t have privilege for it) Find out which database your domain/subdomain uses in the wp-config.php file located in the domain/subdomain folder

Install SSL (User > Account Manager > SSL certificate > Free & automatic certificate from Let’s Encrypt) To install SSL, https://www.transip.eu/knowledgebase/entry/512-like-use-ssl-certificate-directadmin/

Access Files:  Select & Login as User > System Info & Files > File Manager Alternatively, log in through FTP

Then add your domain: Login to DirectAdmin > Access Level: User > Domain Setup > Add New > enter domain name > Create (DirectAdmin automatically creates (next to the other required settings) an email address for this user with the syntax ‘username@yourdomain.com’) If you want to use IPv6, then an additional adjustment is required within DirectAdmin. Without this adjustment, visitors to your domain using IPv6 will see an ‘Apache is functioning normally’ message. For IPv6, Access Level Admin > Server Manager: IP Management > check the IP addr. that you want linked to IPv6 > ?????? (details do not match, have to find guide from another source) To add subdomain, {???? not done -> create a subdomain in your DNS records > click ‘Save’} > @DirectAdmin, Access Level User > Subdomain Management Account Manager > Show All Users > click the user you want’s Username > click Login as <username> > Subdomains > Add Subdomain > click Create To link multiple domains to one website, ref. https://www.transip.eu/knowledgebase/entry/655-directadmin-tutorial-series-domains-subdomains/

Adding subdomain: Account Manager > Subdomain Management > Add Subdomain

Raise Disk Usage limit . . . Account manager–> show All users —>Select user—> Modify—> Manually update

One way to increase website speed is to add the expires headers below to  to .htaccess located at public_html folder (access using FTP) . . .

# Expires headers
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
# cache.appcache needs re-requests in FF 3.6 (thanks Remy ~Introducing HTML5)
ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest "access plus 0 seconds"
# Your document html
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 0 seconds"
# Data
ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 0 seconds"
# Feed
ExpiresByType application/rss+xml "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType application/atom+xml "access plus 1 hour"
# Favicon (cannot be renamed)
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 week"
# Media: images, video, audio
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 4 months"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 4 months"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 4 months"
ExpiresByType image/webp "access plus 4 months"
ExpiresByType video/ogg "access plus 4 months"
ExpiresByType audio/ogg "access plus 4 months"
ExpiresByType video/mp4 "access plus 4 months"
ExpiresByType video/webm "access plus 4 months"
# HTC files (css3pie)
ExpiresByType text/x-component "access plus 1 month"
# Webfonts
ExpiresByType font/ttf "access plus 4 months"
ExpiresByType font/otf "access plus 4 months"
ExpiresByType font/woff "access plus 4 months"
ExpiresByType font/woff2 "access plus 4 months"
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 month"
# CSS and JavaScript
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
</IfModule>

To manage website content, can use CMS (Content Management System) such as WordPress.

Website Backup https://wordpress.org/support/article/backing-up-your-database/ @ Using phpMyAdmin # section (phpMyAdmin @ DirectAdmin after logging in to profile) Copy Your website Files to Your Desktop using an FTP client Backup site: Copy files through FTP Backup database: phpMyAdmin > Databases tab > At left click database name > Click Export tab > Click Custom > (x) Format: SQL Tables: Select all the tables. Output:  select Save output to a file Compression: None (If your database is very large, use a compression method) Object creation options: Check “Add DROP TABLE” (this can be useful for over-writing an existing database.) Check “IF NOT EXISTS” (this prevents errors during restores if the tables are already there) (x) > Click Go. The data will now be saved into your computer. Delete database: phpMyAdmin > Databases tab > check database(s) > click Drop

Website Transfer Transfer Websites For Addon Domain ————————– Note: Need to download and zip file and database of website first 1). Reseller >> Create New User >> Fill up all details  2). Click on the domain, go for Login as domain name 3). System Info >> File Manager >> Upload File then extract 4). Create DataBase >> Account >> MySQL Database >> Create New Database 5). Change Wp.config.php for database, username and password 6). Login phpMyAdmin, then import Database 7). Change Nameserver at domain registrar 8). Submit SSL >> Account Manager >> SSL certificate >> Go tab “Free & automatic certificate from Let’s Encrypt” , at Let’s Encrypt Certificate Entries, check the 3 entries for  domain, mail and www

Website Security 1. Don’t use “admin” as your username 2. Don’t use “wp_” as your database prefix. 3. Use a secure password 4. Keep WordPress, plugins and themes up to date 5. Use a security plugin: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/ https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/ https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/

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Reference

1. Nixon, R. (2018). Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript: With jQuery, CSS & HTML5. Sebastopol, CA: OReilly Media.

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