How to Change Nameservers in Google Domains Updated on May 27, 2025 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Google Domains provides domain registration for many different types of top-level-domains. You can use these domains with your InMotion Hosting account by simply changing the nameservers. The following guide will walk you through how to change the nameservers to point to InMotion Hosting. Changing Nameservers in Google Domains Login to your Google Domains account. If Read More >
How to Set Up Custom Nameservers for Resellers Updated on May 27, 2025 by InMotion Hosting Contributor With your reseller hosting account, you have the ability to set up custom nameservers. This means your customers can point their domains to your hosting account with your unique branding. Instead of using the InMotion Hosting default nameservers, your customers can use your custom nameservers. This procedure also works for dedicated hosting services and VPS Read More >
How to Install WordPress Manually Updated on December 1, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The easiest way to install WordPress is to use the WordPress Softaculous installation. This is available if you are an InMotion Hosting customer. If you are not, you must perform a manual installation. The following tutorial will walk you through a manual installation of WordPress. Create the Database Before we begin the installation of WordPress Read More >
Basic NGINX Commands Updated on November 7, 2025 by InMotion Hosting Contributor This short tutorial covers a few basic commands or tasks that can be performed with Nginx from the command line. Understanding the basic commands is the first step to understanding how to manage NGINX on your server. You can invoke the NGINX executable using the -s parameter. The correct syntax is as follows: Common Commands Read More >
Using The WordPress Loop Updated on May 14, 2024 by Jeff Matson When developing WordPress themes, it’s important to know about the loop. The WordPress Loop is a function that grabs posts from your database, and allows you to display multiple posts on a page, such as the index page of a blog. There are many advanced variations of the loop, but in this article we’ll focus Read More >
Move Your WordPress Site to a New Server Updated on January 21, 2026 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Moving your WordPress site between servers can be a challenging technical task, but it is easier than you may think. In this article, we will cover the website migration of your WordPress website to a new server manually or with an XML file. There will also be further resources on moving your website from specific Read More >
How to Edit a Joomla 3 Template Updated on August 22, 2024 by Brad Markle Much like Joomla 2.5, the Joomla 3.x series includes a template editor available within the admin dashboard. The template editor allows you to edit your template directly within your browser. This is helpful and sometimes more efficient than editing files using ftp or another method. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps Read More >
Speed Up grep Searches with LC_ALL=C Updated on March 15, 2025 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When searching through large files or directories using grep, performance can sometimes be slow. One way to speed up grep searches is by setting the LC_ALL environment variable. This article explains how LC_ALL affects grep performance and how you can use it to optimize search speed. Understanding Locale and Internationalization Variables In a shell execution Read More >
Links to the stylesheets in Responsive Templates Updated on December 4, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Continuing our tutorial on how to create a Responsive Template, we are moving to step 3 of the process where we add the CSS links to the stylesheets on the head section. The previous tutorial explained what you need to create for the CSS stylesheets. This tutorial will explain how to link your stylesheets to Read More >
MySQL Error 1064: You Have an Error in Your SQL Syntax Updated on December 31, 2025 by Carrie Smaha MySQL Error 1064 appears when the database engine cannot parse your SQL statement. The error message typically reads: “You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘…’ at line X.” The good news: this error always points to Read More >
How does the shared SSL work? Updated on March 16, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Please note: using the temporary domain/server name to generate an SSL certificate is rarely useful on modern configurations of cPanel. If you want a free SSL certificate that is specific to your domain name, see our article on the Complete Guide to cPanel’s auto-enabled forever AutoSSL. What is the Shared SSL? The Shared SSL bypasses Read More >
Recommended WordPress Security plugins Updated on December 8, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Security is one of the top priorities for website owners, and there are many different plugins available for WordPress to cover this need. Below are our recommended WordPress security plugins with the reasons that make them great. Wordfence As one of the most popular plugins in WordPress, Wordfence provides firewall protection and security scanning for Read More >
How to Check if a Cron Job is Running Updated on February 21, 2025 by InMotion Hosting Contributor A fairly common question about scheduled tasks that run in the background is, “Are they running?” These tasks, commonly known as cron jobs, need to run automatically for maintenance, backups, and other functional needs for the website and server. To determine if your cron jobs are running, you will need to distinguish between the scheduling Read More >
List of Programs in Softaculous Instant Installer Updated on January 22, 2026 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The Softaculous Instant Installer provides an easy way for you to install programs on your server. This allows you an easier method to maintain, update, remove, backup, and restore web applications on your web server. Softaculous comes with all of our shared hosting plans. cPanel-managed VPS/Dedicated server administrators can purchase Softaculous in the Account Management Read More >
How do I Upload a File to My Server? Updated on June 12, 2025 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When managing a website, you often need to upload files such as HTML pages, images, scripts, or backups to your server. There are several ways to do this, including cPanel, Control Web Panel (CWP), FTP, and SSH. This guide will walk you through each method so you can choose the one that best suits your Read More >
View Request Type, URL, and Response Codes from Apache Access Log Updated on December 31, 2025 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article I’ll be reviewing how to use Apache access logs on either your VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server in order to determine the types of requests your website is handling. A lot of times the usage on your server can be greatly affected by the types of requests that are happening Read More >
How to Align and Float Images with CSS Updated on June 12, 2025 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The formatting of Images and text is done using CSS. They can be aligned and floated to allow the images to be placed in particular locations on the page. Using these options will help you create content that is easier to understand. Aligned images do not wrap text around them. Aligning images will only position Read More >
What Is a Name Server? Updated on December 1, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’ll explain what a name server is, and how name servers are used to direct the traffic of your website to a specific web server at a web host. We’ll also go over InMotion Hosting’s public name servers, vanity name servers, and custom name servers. The terms name server and nameserver are Read More >
How to add Bootstrap to a Joomla 3.1 Template Updated on January 11, 2024 by Brad Markle Now that we have added CSS and JS files to the Joomla 3.0 template that we are creating, we will now add the necessary bootstrap files. While the necessary bootstrap files can be downloaded from the official site, Joomla 3.0 actually includes the necessary css and javascript bootstrap files as well. As a template developer, Read More >
Removing File Extensions using .htaccess Updated on November 30, 2023 by Scott Mitchell Lately, there seems to be a trend where designers want to cloak their file extensions from their visitors. For example, they want the URL domain.com/index.html to display as domain.com/index for whatever reason. Some like the way it looks, others believe it helps with SEO, and others believe it is better for security. I am unsure Read More >
