On June 26 there was a report from RIPS Technologies who reported that any WordPress version, including the then current 4.9.6 version allows any logged-in user with an Author role or higher to delete files on the server. In a standard WordPress installation any user with a role of Author or higher has the ability… Continue reading WordPress security update
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Experimental HTTPS: Let’s Encrypt
As we wrote earlier in our newsletters, browsers show a “not secure” warning when visiting unencrypted (non https) forms, eg. when you login to your wordpress wp-admin/ panel, and those warnings will be expanded in the future, which may scare your visitors. This is why we have started a trial with a basic SSL service, which we’ll provide… Continue reading Experimental HTTPS: Let’s Encrypt
WordPress Vulnerability Scanner
If you have many websites and develop a lot, it is easy to accidentally forget about that “testing” directory, or to forget to configure updates for a website. But that is how most websites get compromised. To prevent your WordPress website from being compromised by hackers or malware, we have created security software that is… Continue reading WordPress Vulnerability Scanner
How to configure Transmit FTP Client
Click on the video for a short tutorial to set up Transmit (Mac only ftp client). This way, you can upload files to your website account. Below the video you can also find the settings that you need to configure. Need to configure another FTP client? Click here. Settings needed Server: yourdomain.com User Name: your… Continue reading How to configure Transmit FTP Client
Turn Your Unused Domain Name into a Profit Machine
If you’re one of the many people who have one or more unused domain names just sitting around, then you really need to start taking advantage of the potential revenue that these domains could be making! Anybody can utilize their unused domain(s) to create some nice profit-generating opportunities with the help of a free blogging… Continue reading Turn Your Unused Domain Name into a Profit Machine
Add subdomains via customer panel
We are thrilled to announce subdomain functionality in the customer panel!! Call us crazy to be thrilled about it, but hey, we’re geeks! A subdomain is for example “blog” in the URL blog.example.org I personally use subdomains mainly to do the webdevelopment for a new website, for example I would develop the new website on… Continue reading Add subdomains via customer panel
Subdomains
We added a new option*, that allows you to install a subdomain with the click of a button. Select your domain and select subdomains in the main menu. We look forward to your feedback on Twitter @henselhosting or support@hensel.nl Do you miss some functionality, please tell us via the Feedback tab on the side of… Continue reading Subdomains
Lost Username or Password
Customer Care Center password If you lost the password for the Customer Care Center you can get a new one via the link at the bottom of the login page at http://www.managedomain.nl/ FTP password You can reset your FTP password via the Customer Care Center. Login, then click on the domain, then choose FTP in… Continue reading Lost Username or Password
Secure FTP (FTPES/Explicit TLS)
Hensel Hosting is introducing FTP (FTPES/Explicit TLS) for all webhosting customers. This will allow a secure encrypted connection to upload and download files to and from your website. This will make it virtually impossible for third parties to intercept passwords or sensitive data files. This is especially important in public area’s (eg. WiFi hotspots). The… Continue reading Secure FTP (FTPES/Explicit TLS)
WordPress One Click Installer
We added a new feature to the Customer Care Center, that allows you to install a WordPress Weblog on your website. Simply follow the steps below, or watch the video. Step 1) Log in to the Customer Care Center and choose the domain your want to install WordPress on (note: this has to be a… Continue reading WordPress One Click Installer