Website Hosting

Setting up sub domains in the control panel (POA)

Here are the steps to add a sub domain name for hosting to your account and point it to the directory you have your content for that website. 1. Log into the Customer Control Panel with your main account’s username and password. 2. Click on the “Hosted Domains” tab. 3. Select the sub domain you […]

How to delete WordPress Comments using phpmyadmin (POA)

In certain situations removing unwanted comments within WordPress can be a cumbersome and time consuming process. Out of the box your only option is to adjust the number of comments per page via Screen Options (top right of screen) within the WordPress Dashboard. Well if you accidentally forgot to disable comments on a particular page, […]

How to password protect a specific directory (POA)

Here are the step by step procedures to setup a user for the site and to protect a specific directory. Log into the Customer Control Panel with your main account’s username password. From the “Home” tab, click on the “Create User” link. In “Display Name” type in the name (Example: “John Smith”) of the user […]

Adding A Domain To My Account (POA)

Here are the step by step instructions on how to add a or another domain name to your hosting account on the InfoQuest POA hosting system. 1. Log into the Customer Control Panel with your main account’s username and password. 2. Click on the “Hosted Domains” tab. 3. Click on the “Add Existing Domain Registered […]

How to force https in WordPress using htaccess

Create and/or modify your web.config file in your WordPress sites root directory and add the following code: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://domainname.com/$1 [R,L] RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>

How to force https in WordPress using web.config

Create and/or modify your web.config file in your WordPress sites root directory and add the following rule to your web.config: <rule name=”HTTP to HTTPS redirect” stopProcessing=”true”> <match url=”(.*)” /> <conditions> <add input=”{HTTPS}” pattern=”off” ignoreCase=”true” /> </conditions> <action type=”Redirect” redirectType=”Found” url=”https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}” /> </rule> Full web.config example with HTTP to HTTPS redirect, then WordPress rewrite rule: <?xml […]