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As part of our Web Application Firewall we occasionally filter invalid POST requests when we...

SIRSTEVEHQ maintains PCI-compliant certification for handling our own transactions. In addition...

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records help reduce the chance of your domain being spoofed in spam...

You can block access to your websites by country or IP address.  Head to SIRSTEVEHQ CP >...

Gzip is a great of compressing files for faster network transfers - helping them load faster, so...

The HTTP Strict-Transport-Security response header (often abbreviated as HSTS) lets a website...

It's important to note that daemons such as Elastic Search and Redis cannot be run on our shared...

Occasionally, applications in your webspace may run checks to help ensure your website is secure....

In this guide we’ll go through the features of the SIRSTEVEHQ CP File Manager to show how you can...

The Backup/Restore tool allows you to create a backup of your hosting package as a .ZIP file. It...

When using Chrome, you may sometimes see a warning when visiting a website that says its...

Our WordPress platform was designed and built exclusively for WordPress. This level of platform...

Windows hosting doesn't support the .NET Core framework. However, if you would like to run a .NET...

If you're unsure whether DNS has fully propagated for you, you should check the IP address your...

Subdomains can be useful for hosting additional websites under your main domain, such as a blog...

You can check the status of the SIRSTEVEHQ platform on the Status page:...

If you're managing DNS elsewhere, or simply wish to know the IP address of a package, you can...

4XX errors cover a range of HTML errors that usually occur when a file that is attempting to be...

You can restore lost mailbox data using the Timeline Backups addon – which can be ordered through...

By default, our web servers will look for the index.html file in order to know what to display...

Cron jobs (also referred to as scheduled tasks), are an important tool for hosting websites...

Having a custom error page can have many advantages. If you wish to customise or brand the...

By default, the following are seen as default index pages on our Linux Cloud Hosting platform:...

There are two possible variations on how to approach this, dependent on whether the site in...

SIRSTEVEHQ CP includes a graphical user interface to manage Git™ version control. You can clone,...

The SIRSTEVEHQ File Permissions Checker allows you to easily view and fix file permission issues...

When developing a site you may want to put up a maintenance page. You can use the SIRSTEVEHQ CP...

One of the major problems with malware is its persistence. This is why SIRSTEVEHQ’s free Website...

Timeline Backups take an automatic daily backup of all your websites and databases and store them...

SIRSTEVEHQ CP provides an easy way to manage DNS records, including importing them when needed....

Your machine's local hosts file allows you to override DNS for a particular domain or subdomain...

In this guide, we will be covering how to locate our Access and Error logging, what is logged,...

Using the SIRSTEVEHQ CP WordPress Tools If you've utilised SIRSTEVEHQ CP's temporary URL and...

Time To First Byte (TTFB) is the time it takes for your browser to receive the first byte of page...

ImageMagick - the open-source image tool - is supported. We currently run Version 7.1.1. The path...

Yes, Sellerdeck - the ecommerce toolset - is fully supported on the SIRSTEVEHQ web hosting...

The ionCube Loader is a PHP extension often used by setups such as WHMCS -  it decodes PHP...

Yes! As standard, mod_rewrite is available and installed on our WordPress Hosting and Linux Cloud...

Yes, we're committed to reducing our carbon footprint, both in our data centres and workplace....

If your website is down, the issue can typically be found by following these steps. Check the...

If you get this behaviour after a recent update to your website or a newly-created package,...

Some third-party providers may request access logs for investigation (i.e. Google AdWords). You...

When you order a Cloud hosting or WordPress hosting, you're automatically given a temporary URL....

After installing the web builder to a hosting package you may see a ‘Upgrade to PRO’ option when...

Our platform offers 80+ One-Click Installs, making it easier than ever to deploy powerful...

On our Cloud Hosting platform and Managed Cloud Hosting, the following are currently set as...

ModSecurity, often referred to as ModSec, is a free, open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF)....

SIRSTEVEHQ imposes a strict Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Service which customers must...

It can be difficult to choose what type of web hosting you need. There are lots of options, and...

The .well-known URI prefix is a path prefix for "well-known locations" on web servers. This is a...

Autoscale is our latest hosting solution designed specifically for demanding websites that...

Pre-caching involves proactively caching resources on the CDN network so that they are readily...

You or your customers may have come across this message when visiting your website hosted with...

Website Turbo is a powerful new form of web hosting available with SIRSTEVEHQ CP. Website Turbo...

What is Mod-Rewrite? Mod-rewrite is an Apache module used for the purpose of rewriting URLs....

Due to the distributed nature of our network, the IP address your site uses to make outbound...

There are numerous different choices of Hosting Package Types, however, when creating a WordPress...

Our Windows servers run using Windows 2016 R. These servers are based on the same specification...

With the introduction of our new Autoscale platform, it may be confusing to understand how it...

To find the IP address assigned to your hosting package (website/apps) head to SIRSTEVEHQ CP. In...

As we support multiple versions of PHP, each version can differ slightly in what PHP modules they...

Our WordPress platform has been specifically designed to offer the best security, performance and...

A common reason for this relates to the address not matching your site domain. To help improve...