How to add Dreamhost NameServers to Godaddy

by Elaine on February 18, 2012

This is a tutorial on how to add Dreamhost nameservers to your Domain Name Registrar – Godaddy. 1.  Access your Domain Management in Domain Registrar Login to Godaddy Admin Click on ‘Domain’, ‘Domain Management’ Click on your domain name you are adding to Dreamhost 2.  Change NameServers for Domain Name in Domain Registrar Scroll down [...]

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Most web hosting providers have an option to host unlimited domain names and Dreamhost is one of them.   To add an existing domain name to your Dreamhost account is very simple and below I will show you in 5 easy steps on how to do it yourself. I purchase all my domain names from [...]

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How to Uninstall Joomla 2.5 in Bluehost

February 8, 2012

Joomla 2.5 is extremely easy to Uninstall in Bluehost.  You no longer have to go through the process of deleting all the instances of Joomla 2.5.  If you installed Joomla manually on other platforms, you would have to find and delete the MySQL Database, delete the MySQL Database user, delete all the files, delete the [...]

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How to Install Joomla 2.5 on BlueHost in 5 Easy Steps

February 7, 2012

Installing Joomla 2.5 on Bluehost is very easy and fast.  Bluehost has the one-click-installs which eliminates all need to know anything about creating a MySQL Database, creating a MySQL Database user, finding the database hostname, entering in the MySQL db user password and other Installation details which always cause problems when Installing Joomla manually.  Bluehost always has [...]

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Which Webhosting Has Joomla 2.5 One Click Installs?

February 5, 2012

Installing Joomla on any web hosting server manually takes experience and knowledge of how to use FTP to upload the Joomla 2.5 Installation zip file, create MySQL Database, create MySQL User, Installation of Joomla 2.5, Configuring and setup of the Joomla 2.5 software.  So it’s only natural that newbies want to find web hosting that [...]

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Webhosting Options When Installing MediaWiki

February 3, 2012

Installing MediaWiki myself on Dreamhost was a nightmare.  I installed it literally 20 times, both with the One Click Installs and manually.  I got lots of error messages when Installing it myself but I finally got fed up and contacted Dreamhost support to help me Install MediaWiki.  Dreamhost support was extremely friendly and responsive.  They [...]

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How to fix “Error Establishing a Database Connection” in Dreamhost

January 30, 2012

After reading the news on Techcrunch that Dreamhost was hacked and passwords need to be changed immediately, I frantically changed all my passwords.  I literally changed all my passwords on Dreamhost for every user account and database user that I have. After changing all my Wordpress database user passwords, I had a nagging feeling that [...]

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Godaddy Domain Name Pointing to Dreamhost

January 29, 2012

This tutorial applies to a Domain name purchase from Godaddy, but you are hosting on a 3rd party Webhosting provider.  3rd party web hosting provider such as Dreamhost, Fatcow, Bluehost, Host Gator, 1and1 etc.  You will need to change the NameServer in Godaddy for Godaddy to know where you are hosting your website. If you [...]

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What does “Bandwidth Limit Exceeded” Mean?

January 27, 2012

Oh, Ouch.  I hate this error message.  I got this “Bandwidth Limit Exceeded” error message a few times on my other website – CmsMind.com when I was web hosting at a limited bandwidth web hosting in the past. 1.  What does Bandwidth mean? First you must understand what Bandwidth means.  Bandwidth is the monthly allowance of [...]

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Godaddy – How to Disable Auto Renew for Domain Names

January 14, 2012

When you purchase a Domain Name from Godaddy.com, you purchase for a certain time period such as 1 year, 5 years or 10 years.  When the term is up, Godaddy.com will automatically renew your Domain name with the credit card you stored on file.  Sometimes this is great because I don’t want my core domain names [...]

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