ownCloud users don’t need another PHP-based content management system (CMS) or external application to easily sift through hundreds of photos and graphics. The ownCloud Gallery app allows you to easily view multiple images at once. The feature set eases the task of finding the right image as quickly as possible in galleries and slideshows. Using Read More >
Education Channels
Be More Successful
InMotion Hosting knows the web runs off of open source software, and we love to support it. Our Education Channels will help you with using some of the most popular programs on the web today! Our Joomla tutorials make creating a website Joomla easy. Read our Drupal tutorials and learn how the saying, ‘Drupal Hosting is only for programmers’ is such a big misconception! Whatever software you use, InMotion Hosting is your best choice today for all your web hosting needs.
What is an Education Channel?
Whether you have a Shared Hosting account, a Virtual Private Server, or a Dedicated Server, our education channels are very helpful and will assist you as you carve out your web presence. Stay up to date on your favorite topics by becoming a fan on Facebook, following us on Twitter, and subscribing to our YouTube channel.
Blogs and Content Management Systems
WordPress
While WordPress initially began as a blogging platform, it has grown into one of the most popular Content Management Systems used in creating all types of websites today.
BoldGrid
BoldGrid is a WordPress plugin suite that makes building websites a breeze. With fully generated sites, all you need to do is install it and then customize the content to make it your own!
Moodle
Moodle is a free open source software for designing educational courses. Moodle is an abbreviation for Modular Object-Oriented Learning Environment. The software is also known as an Online Course Management System or Virtual Learning Environment. These tutorials were built on the 2.3.2 version released on September 2012. Start learning Moodle now!
Joomla 3.5
Joomla 3.5 is the next release in the Joomla series, following version 3.0. Learn more about Joomla in our education channel!
Drupal 8
Create a powerhouse website with the help of the Drupal Content Management System. Make it even better with the large list of add-on modules. Conquer the competition by learning about Drupal here.
E-commerce
WooCommerce
WooCommerce is the official WordPress eCommerce system. It brings you the ease and simplicity of WordPress with powerful eCommerce features
PrestaShop
PrestaShop is the most reliable and flexible open-source eCommerce software. Built with a responsive interface per input from experienced designers and eCommerce business, the software is used by over 200,000 merchants online.
OpenCart
Looking for a complete guide for setting up an online store? Our OpenCart Education Channel covers everything you need to know to get an online store up and running.
Our Software Tools
OpenStack
As both active users of OpenStack and the first to create on demand hosted private cloud on OpenStack, we want to share our experiences with OpenStack.
cPanel
cPanel is your tool for managing your hosting account. From creating email address to configuring database, cPanel’s tools will help get the job done.
WP-CLI
WP-CLI (WordPress Command Line Interface) is the a powerful tool built to allow the management of your WordPress site(s) through the Command Line Interface (CLI). Typically utilized by advanced users, our comprehensive guides can help anyone familiarize themselves with using this efficient tool to manage WordPress.
Web Host Manager
WHM is a tool only available to VPS Hosting and Dedicated Hosting users that allows you to, in essence, manage your server as your own web host.
EasyApache
EasyApache is the PHP and Apache configuration software built by cPanel. EasyApache can be complex but simple to use to control your PHP and Apache environments.
Everything Email
From basic setup to how to get the most out of your email, we’ll get you off to a good start with your new email accounts.
Website
Website Design
If you’ve never heard of HTML and CSS, or are somewhat familiar and want to learn more, join as we get a solid foundation for writing website code.
How to Install a Laravel Development Environment
Laravel provides not only a complete and developer-friendly framework for creating PHP web applications, it also provides a local server for configuring your app. In this article, you’ll learn how to create a complete Laravel development environment in your local server, which you can then upload to a live production environment. In order to follow Read More >
InMotion Hosting and Supermicro Success Story. A small footprint, cost-efficient on-demand OpenStack Private Cloud.
Supermicro recently published a success story describing how InMotion Hosting built an on-demand private cloud solution on Supermicro hardware. The high density and resulting cost efficiencies offered by Supermicro MicroBlade servers enabled the successful implementation of OpenStack as a Service concept for InMotion Hosting’s Flex Metal Cloud product. Traditionally OpenStack has been used to power Read More >
ownCloud Music Player
The ownCloud Music player app lets you access your music collection and favorite internet radio stations anywhere with an internet connection. There are many reasons you might benefit from an ownCloud audio player: Podcast hosting Organize audio files and metadata for a website Privately share music stems with other musicians or audio professionals The music Read More >
ownCloud Brute-Force Protection
The ownCloud Brute-Force Protection app for login attempts can thwart many ownCloud security issues. The app helps protect against brute force attacks, including dictionary attacks, by banning IPv4 addresses after a set amount of incorrect unsuccessful user login attempts. Install the ownCloud Brute-Force Protection App Improve ownCloud Security Install the ownCloud Brute-Force Protection App Below Read More >
ownCloud Antivirus with ClamAV
Strong passwords protect your ownCloud server against unauthorized users. An aggressive ownCloud antivirus solution prevents authorized users from uploading malicious files. The free Anti-Virus app integrates ownCloud with ClamAV, a popular Linux antivirus application, on the same server or an external system. Install the ownCloud Antivirus App Prepare ClamAV Configure ownCloud Anti-Virus ClamAV on the Read More >
How to Add a Password Policy in ownCloud
A strong password policy in ownCloud ensures all users do their part in thwarting password-based cyber attacks. These features aren’t included by default. However, there is a free add-on app for enforcing a strong password policy in ownCloud. It won’t resolve all ownCloud security issues, but it is a good start. Install the ownCloud Password Read More >
Are There Any Alternatives to WordPress?
Here at InMotion Hosting we tend to recommend WordPress highly. But that doesn’t mean WordPress is by default the best content management system (CMS) for every website, every situation, or every user. There are some instances in which a different content management system might fit the need just as well if not better than WordPress. Read More >
Introducing Post Descriptions Plugin for WordPress
It just got a lot easier to add post descriptions to WordPress thanks to the new Post Descriptions plugin. In this article, we will cover the features and functionality that the Post Descriptions WordPress plugin brings to the table, how to add descriptions, and how to check descriptions with the plugin. What is the Post Read More >
Be Case Sensitive With Case Conversion in Emacs
There are case conversion commands built into Emacs that convert the case (upper case or lower case) for individual words, words in a series (including words searched or selected by regular expressions), or complete highlighted regions of text (like paragraphs, or multiple paragraphs in a series, or even multiple paragraphs selected by regular expressions). Case Read More >