Author Archives: (zaphinath)
HTTP Error – 404 Not Found
Description A 404 Not Found means the address cannot find a file or folder on the webhosting server or the server has not found a file matching the given URI. Troubleshooting to Fix Check the spelling for the file and URL. After the base url all the links are case sensitive according to the casing […]
HTTP Error – 402 Payment Required
Description Reserved error for future use. The original intention was that this code might be used as part of some form of digital cash or micropayment scheme. This code is not usually used, however, Apple’s MobileMe service generates a 402 error (“httpStatusCode:402” in the Mac OS X Console log) if the MobileMe account is delinquent. […]
HTTP Error – 401 Authorization Required
Description The website you are trying to access has a password protected page. A 401 – Authorization Required error usually means either you do not have not been given the right username-password combination or the basic authentication failed. Troubleshooting to Fix Have you been given a username and password for this location? Usually if you have […]
HTTP Error – 400 Bad Request
Description This error 400 – Bad Request simply means either there is an error in the way you tried to type the website into your browser or your browser and web server where the site is hosted are having problems communicating with each other. Most often 400 – Bad Request is due to a bad […]
HTTP Error Codes
Description While on the internet every person has seen error codes. There are a wide variety of error codes and reasons for them. This article will simply address a list of common HTTP error codes and link to subsequent articles with more details about the error codes, common causes, and how to fix the reason […]
Browse To Your New Hosting Platform Without Changing Nameservers
Description Sometimes people will sign up with a new web hosting service and want to be able to work on the page at their new host while leaving their website active at the old host. Most web hosting companies will provide a temporary URL that will allow you to see your site, however due to […]
How To Update a Joomla Password Through MySQL
Description Joomla is a very popular CMS that most webhosts will provide for their customers. This tutorial is designed to be a nice, simple, easy to use visual aid to help reset Joomla passwords through the Cpanel via phpMyAdmin. Since most webhost companies do not support the changing of third party software data, this howto […]
How To Update a WordPress Password Through MySQL
Description There are plenty of tutorials on how to update a password (password required when you to to http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin) for a WordPress installation through phpMyAdmin, but there are not many that will do it for those who want to be a little bit more robust and try it through a command line. This tutorial is […]
How to Repair a Hacked Website and Cpanel
Description This is a howto or a step-by-step post on successfully repairing a hacked site. This guide is meant to walk you through repairing your current problem and preventing it from happening again in the future. Just simply restoring the files is not enough to fix the site. We need to implement stronger security measures […]