• Sending WordPress emails with SMTP

    By default, your WordPress site will send out emails from username@servername. If you’re only using them for your notifications, this is fine, but if you’re sending them to customers, you may wish to send them from an address at your domain. Here are the steps you need to make that…

  • Access your site before transferring the domain

    If you’re transferring your website to us from another host, you may wish to set it all up before transferring the domain. Here’s how you can upload and test your website in advance. FTP Once you’ve created an FTP account, instead of setting the FTP host to be ftp.yourdomain.ext, just…

  • Using external DNS with our email service

    DNS records form an important part of both the security and deliverability of email. With this in mind, we strongly recommend using our DNS service (which is included, free of charge) when using our mail service – it is the best way to make sure your mail gets delivered. If…

  • Thunderbird – Add shared address book with CardDAV

    First, login to your control panel and visit the Calendars and Contacts section. Here you’ll see the connection details you need. In Thunderbird (v91 at the time of writing) click to visit the ‘Address Book’ section. From the menu select ‘File > New > CardDAV Address book…’ Enter your email…

  • Thunderbird – Add Calendar with CalDAV

    First, in your control panel, navigate to the ‘Calendars and Contacts’ section. Here you will be presented with the connection details you need. In Thunderbird (v91 at the time of writing) click: File > New > Calendarand you will be presented with the following menu. Select ‘On the Network’ and…

  • Thunderbird – Add Email Account

    First, ensure you have a mail account setup in the control panel, ready to use. Open up Thunderbird (v91 is the latest stable release at the time of writing). Click ‘Email’ to add your email account Enter your name, email and mailbox password and click ‘Continue’ Most details will be…

  • Configure Greylisting

    Greylisting defends email users against spam. When you enable Greylisting, the mail server will temporarily reject any email from a sender that the server does not recognise. If the email is legitimate, the server that sent it will try to send the email again after a delay. After a sufficient…

  • Secure WordPress with WordPress Toolkit

    First, login to your control panel and access the WordPress Toolkit. Click ‘Check Security’ to scan your site. Click the ‘Check Security’ button to refresh the scan and see what suggestions are available. Click the checkbox next to any features you wish to enable and click ‘Secure’. The changes will…

  • Move WordPress from Installatron to WordPress Toolkit

    If you have an existing WordPress installation, managed by Installatron, you can import it to WordPress Toolkit to take advantage of the many additional features. First of all, we need to remove the site from Installatron – otherwise both systems will be trying to update and manage your site, which…

  • Install WordPress

    First, login to your control panel. At the top you’ll see the welcome pane. Next to the WordPress logo, click ‘Build a Website’ and you’ll be redirected to the WordPress Toolkit. Click ‘Install WordPress’ to get going. You’ll be presented with a selection of options. You can change any options…