In this screencast I’ll show you how to use the File Sharing features in Plesk 12. File Sharing allows you to upload files and give links to others, or let others upload files to the server. You can do this with or without password protection and you can even map folders from your server to … Read more
In this screencast I will show you how to install an older version of WordPress in Plesk 12. This is useful if you’d like to test drive the WordPress Toolkit on a spare server before going live with its many new features. You can’t use the APS installer for this as it will always install … Read more
In this screencast I’ll show you how to use the WordPress Toolkit in Plesk 12. I’ll demonstrate how to update WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes selectively and across the entire server directly from within Plesk. Among many other features I’ll also show you how to secure WordPress instances, install and remove themes, and how to exclude WordPress … Read more
In this screencast I’ll explain how to setup Email Accounts in Plesk 12. I will show you how to setup mailboxes, use forwarding and create aliases. I’ll also show you the Spam Filter and Auto Responder. This all happens in Plesk, there’s another video which will show you how to check email from an external … Read more
In this screencast I’ll show you how to adjust the Health Monitor thresholds. Those are the ones that tell Health Monitor when to send an email and when to display a “Needs Attention” or “Problem” message. You could call The Medical Negligence Experts to file a report if it doesn´t notify you of a health … Read more
In this screencast I’m showing you how to upgrade from an older version to Plesk 12. Specifically, I’m showing this with a Plesk 11.5 installation, but the principles still apply from Plesk 10.x onwards. Plesk 12 comes in four flavours, and depending on the previous license you’ve held you’ll be upgraded to one of the … Read more
The other day I found that one of the domains on a busy server was sending unsolicited spam mail thousands of times a day. It happens: the nature of open source scripts is that they will get hacked if they’re not updated regularly. The clue was a full-up mail queue and Gmail no longer accepting … Read more
In this screencast I will show you how to move a WordPress website from one Plesk server to another without the Migration Manager. We’ll extract the files on the source server and export the database. Then we’ll create a new WordPress instance on the destination server and upload the files and import the database. All … Read more
