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A web hosting video tutorials section added to the NTC Hosting Encyclopedia

The ever-growing NTC Hosting encyclopedia has just had a new  section added added to it – video tutorials. As its very name implies, the section is dedicated to presenting helpful and practical information on various web hosting related topics, in the form of how-to video tutorials. Here is a sneak preview of the main topics the video tutorials section is divided into:

MySQL video tutorials – the movies in this section will help you learn the basic operations in working with the MySQL database software. You will see how to create a MySQL database through your Control Panel, and how to perform basic database management from the Control Panel integrated phpMyAdmin tool such as creating a database table and inserting data into a database, performing database backup and restoring a database from backup, and finally checking your MySQL statistics.

PostgreSQL video tutorials – similar to the MySQL movies, the videos will take you through all key PostgreSQL database management operations in detail. You will see how to create/delete a PostgreSQL database through your Control Panel and set up a PostgreSQL table through the phpPgAdmin tool, how to change a database password, as well as export a database backup file and restore its contents.

DNS video tutorials – this section represents a video overview of the basic DNS records management operations. You will learn how to modify the main DNS settings of your domains, including custom MX&A records, and custom NS records. You will also see how to set less common entries, including custom CNAME records, SRV records, TXT records, etc.

Email video tutorials – here you will find short video lessons about the key email management operations. See how to create POP3/IMAP email accounts and check the SMTP server settings for your mailboxes and even check your email via a webmail client. Some of the movies are focused on performing the basic email security operations such as setting anti-spam filters and anti-spam protection, others will show you how to activate email forwarding
and set up an email auto-responder setvice, etc.

FTP video tutorials – in this section you will find everything you need to know about working with FTP to upload your website contents and manipulate them online. See how to create/delete an FTP account, how to upload files with an FTP client and even how to install your own FTP server.

Web hosting statistics videos – the statistics tutorials will show you how to monitor your web hosting account’s activity i.e. the use of your web server resources through the specialized stats tools in your Control Panel, including Traffic Stats, Load Stats, disk space usage tools, etc.

Scripting video tutorials – these videos will take you through the basic steps of changing your current PHP version, checking your server Perl modules, activating/deactivating the register_globals and magic_quotes settings in the php.ini file of your web hosting account.

Domains and subdomains videos – here you will see a full set of domain/subdomain management videos. Learn how to register, lock and host domain names, then renew it and perform a domain parking operation. See how to edit your subdomain settings and even set custom error pages to your domain/subdomain. Also, you will find a movie demonstrating how you can find a free domain name with a hosting plan!

Protection and security videos – a very important set of videos, teaching you how to set  SPF protection for your emails and Password Protected Directories for your websites, how to activate Hotlink Protection for your web pages and even generate an SSL certificate for securing your e-commerce store.

Control Panel video tutorials – the movies in this section are focused on teaching you how to perform key website management operations in your web hosting Control Panel. You will be shown how to work with the File Manager (create/copy a folder/file, upload/unzip files), how to request a dedicated IP address for your SSL-enabled website, or how to enable SSH/Telnet to your server. Also, you will learn how to activate URL redirection for your web pages, create cron jobs (automated tasks) and even activate FrontPage Extensions support for any of your domains.

This new encyclopedia section is aimed at increasing the educational value of our article-based knowledge base. Each video has its own dedicated informative page and to better integrate the two teaching methods (reading materials and videos) each video is embedded in the article it is related to.  Make sure you regularly check the new Video Tutorials section for more new how to movies to come.

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