WordPress 2.8 “Baker” was released this week. As always, we recommend you upgrade your installation in the near future if you haven’t already done so. Not only to benefit from the new functionality (see below), but also to make sure your website is not vulnerable to attacks (leading to website defacement, or worse). If you… Continue reading WordPress 2.8 (Baker) is out!
Why don’t I receive email sent from my website?
The most common cause for this is that you have configured an external mail server. When adding a webhosting package, we always configure our mail server to accept mail for this domain (for shared hosting, but also if you have your own server or VPS). It’s possible however that you do not want to use… Continue reading Why don’t I receive email sent from my website?
Improved forwarding options
NOFRAMES text Previously we had a number of adjustments made for forwarding plans, which redirects to status codes (eg 301 permanent redirect), and additional fields for search engines. Since this weekend we again added functionality for forwarding plans, to optimize them for search engine ranking. Each forwarding plan has a NOFRAMES text (if you use… Continue reading Improved forwarding options
How to use the Hensel Hosting REST API
We recommend using curl for testing out the various features that the REST API offers. We have created a small wrapper for PHP to get you started quickly. Authentication is managed using HTTP authentication. Every request must include the Authorization HTTP header. A basic request to the API looks like this: curl – u username:password URL A… Continue reading How to use the Hensel Hosting REST API
FTP troubleshooting
Do you get files with 0 bytes after uploading? Perhaps your webspace limit is reached. Try removing some unused files, or consider upgrading to a larger plan. Contact support for any questions or help with cleaning. If you run into problems, try turning on “passive mode” In Filezilla, you can find it via Edit –… Continue reading FTP troubleshooting
How to setup FTP
To upload files from your computer to one of our servers you have to use an FTP client. There are many (free) FTP programs, for example Filezilla (Windows/Linux/Mac) or Transmit (only for Mac). Find and install one of them. Below, we show you have to configure the FTP client FileZilla, but configuration of other FTP… Continue reading How to setup FTP
How to setup email
This article needs to be updated. This is an example, based on Outlook Express for Windows. Other programs will have similar settings. In this example we use the following data: Your name: Robert Hensel Your domain: hensel.nl Your email: info@hensel.nl The pop3/imap server (server for incoming email) is mail.your-domain, so in this example: mail.hensel.nl Note:… Continue reading How to setup email
How to setup authenticated SMTP
Authenticated SMTP is a service that allows you to send email via our servers. This is usually the smtp server of your internet provider (cable/dsl etc.). If you do not have an internet provider, or if you are on the road a lot, or if you connect in places where outgoing email does not work… Continue reading How to setup authenticated SMTP
Do you have php scripts available?
Yes, we have a formmail application. Send us your emailaddress, so we can authorize it (it must be either your contact-emailaddress or an emailaddress on your domain). Colors: green means change, red means this is a remark, so remove!! ############### start sample code ################### <html> <head> <title>Voorbeeld formulier</title> </head> <body> <form action=”http://script.hensel.nl/formmail.php” method=”post”>… Continue reading Do you have php scripts available?
Are Statistics available?
Yes, all webhostingplans and forwards have statistics. The used statistics software is Webalizer. An example can be found here: http://www.webalizer.org/sample/index.html Another great and free tool for statistics and analytics is google analytics – setup an account and get a piece of code that you can insert in the footer of your website.