Merkys M., Author at Hostinger Tutorials

PrestaShop Tutorial: How to Install, Set Up a Site, and More

Merkys M. — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:00:16 +0000

If you are looking for a reliable eCommerce platform to turn your business idea into an online store, PrestaShop is an excellent choice. PrestaShop is an open-source eCommerce content management system that helps you easily create, manage, and design an online store for free. There are currently 300,000+ live websites using PrestaShop, making it the [...]

How to Check Your Website’s PHP Error Log

Merkys M. — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:56:14 +0000

Any website can go through some troubles and stop working. When this happens, it will display an error message to you and the visitors. Unfortunately, messages such as HTTP 500 don’t provide a lot of information on why the error occurred and what you should do to fix it. This is where the PHP error [...]

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How to Redirect Non-www to www URLs

Merkys M. — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:06:55 +0000

As a website owner, you might have wondered whether using a www or non-www website domain is simply a matter of user preference. Even though a non-www domain may be simpler and easier for your audience to remember, it has some disadvantages compared to a www domain. A www domain helps avoid both the possibility [...]

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How to Use directoryIndex and .htaccess to Change Your Site’s Default Index Page

Merkys M. — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

In this article, we will show you how to change and modify the first page of your website using the directoryindex command in the .htaccess file. Let’s check it out! How Does it Work? When you open a website on any browser, a typical web server will look for a file called index.html or index.php [...]

How to Delete All Comments on WordPress Manually, Using a Plugin, and More

Merkys M. — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Having comments on a website is a great way to engage your audience. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the many platforms that hackers can use to fill your site with spam and malicious content. This article will show how to delete all comments on WordPress. We will go over why deleting comments may be necessary, [...]

Robots.txt Disallow: How Does It Block Search Engines

Merkys M. — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Are you looking for a way to control how search engine bots crawl your site? Or do you want to make some parts of your website private? You can do it by modifying the robots.txt file with the disallow command. In this article, you will learn what robots.txt can do for your site. We’ll also [...]

How to Change the PHP Version of a Website + Things to Consider Before Updating

Merkys M. — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) is an open-source server-side scripting language widely used for web development. It is also used in popular content management systems (CMS), such as WordPress and Joomla. Since PHP updates frequently, the default version installed on your web server may be outdated. Therefore, it is crucial to understand how to switch PHP versions [...]