How to Create a Social Website (6 Steps)

Install WordPress on your Web server. Due to its popularity, WordPress is now offered as a standard application available with many Web-hosting plans. Some Web-hosting services offer an automatic installation option for WordPress. If you don't have much experience installing Web applications, select a Web host that offers automatic WordPress installation and you'll save a lot of time.
Install the BuddyPress plug-in. You can automatically install BuddyPress from the WordPress dashboard by going to the 'Plug-ins' menu on the left side of the Dashboard and selecting 'Add New.' Enter 'BuddyPress' in the plug-in search box. In the result listings, you'll see BuddyPress. Install BuddyPress by selecting the 'Install Now' link under the BuddyPress name.
Configure BuddyPress. BuddyPress has features for activity streams, editable user profiles, friend connections, private messaging, blogging and groups. Because BuddyPress is a WordPress plug-in, it is extensible, which means that features can be added to run alongside BuddyPress in the WordPress system. The BuddyPress.org site runs on WordPress and BuddyPress, so you can visit their site to see it in use.
Generate content for your website. Using WordPress, you can add pages or posts with content for your visitors and members. WordPress allows you to add text, images and video content to your website.
Promote your social website. You can use search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising or other traditional advertising methods to generate awareness of your social website. If your website is dedicated to a specific interest group or organization, you may be able to promote the website within the interest group or organization membership.
Manage the users. Because social websites permit a certain degree of user-generated content, you may want to review some or all of the new contributions to the site to make sure that no illegal or objectionable content is being added. Also, if you allow comments on your pages or posts, you'll want to install a comment spam blocker such as the 'akismet' plug-in. In general, you'll need to keep an eye on users and the content they are adding to make sure that your social website doesn't get hijacked by spammers.
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How to Access Horde Email

Log in to your Web hosting control panel by following your host's instructions.
Select the 'Create Account' option within the main screen of the control panel to create a new email account. Enter a user name and password and press the 'Create' or similar button. If your Web hosting package allows, you can create several email addresses using this method.
Press 'Mail Accounts' from the main screen of the control panel to see a list of your email addresses. Select the 'Webmail' option next to the email address of your choice to log in to the email account. If an additional screen opens offering you several choices of Web mail services, click on the 'Horde' option to access Horde email.
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How to Create Your Own Email on MWEB (5 Steps)

Navigate to the MWEB homepage (see Resources) and click 'Email.'
Click 'Click Here to Register.'
Enter the email address you want to use to create your MWEB account in the 'E-mail Address' field. Click 'Submit.' A 'thank you' message appears telling you to log into the email address you used to activate your account.
Log into the email account you used in the previous step.
Find the email from 'feedback@signmein.co.za' and click the 'Complete Registration' link to complete the MWEB email-account-creation process.
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How to Add a Domain to an Existing Forest

Log in to the domain computer you are adding to the forest. Click on 'Start,' open 'Run,' type 'dcpromo' and then press 'Enter.'
Click 'Next,' select the 'Domain controller for a new domain' option, click 'Next,' click 'Child domain in an existing domain tree' and then click on the 'Next' button again.
Type in your administrative network credentials, click 'Next' three times, click 'Browse,' choose where you want to store the database and log folders for the forest and then click on the 'Next' button.
Click 'Browse' and select the 'SysVol' folder for the domain computer, click 'Next' two times, select what type of permissions you want to give the new domain server, type in what password you want to use for the domain server, click 'Next' two times and restart the computer. The computer is now added to the existing forest on your network.
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How to Add Files Folders to an FTP Site

Right-click 'Start' and click 'Explore.' The Windows Explorer window opens.
Type 'ftp: //myftpserveraddress/' in the address bar on the top left of Windows Explorer, replacing the dummy address with the actual FTP address, and press 'Enter.' The 'Log On As' security box appears.
Type in your FTP user name and password, and then click 'Log On.' You should have access to your FTP files and folders on your FTP site. Windows Explorer will display the hosted files and folders on the right pane of Windows Explorer.
Move to the left pane of Windows Explorer. Browse your computer, locate your files and folders, and drag them to the right pane of Windows Explorer. This will upload your files and folders to your hosting site.
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How to Remove the Error Log From Plesk

Log into Plesk. Scroll down and left click on the SSH Terminal. This will open the terminal in the browser window. Enter your FTP password and click OK.
Type in 'cd /usr/local/psa/admin/logs' then 'dir' then locate the file name of the error log and write it down. It will be slightly different for each version of Plesk.
Type 'rm filename.txt,' but replace filename.txt with the name of the error log. This will remove the error log from the server.
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How to Install Wordpress On 1and1 Servers

Log in to your 1and1 control panel and click the hosting package on which you want to install WordPress.
Click “MySQL” under the Database heading on the hosting panel and then select “MySQL Database.”
Enter a description for your new database in the field provided. Something as simple as “WordPress Database” is fine, provided you only plan to have one iteration of WordPress installed on your 1and1 account.
Create a password for the database in the “Password” field and then verify it in the “Repeat Password” field. Make a note of this password as you will need it when installing WordPress.
Click “Set Up” to finish creating your database. When creation is complete, 1and1 displays the details of your database, including the database name and username. Make a note of both of these values as you will need them when installing WordPress.
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How to Open Up a New Tab in HTML (6 Steps)

Open Windows Notepad or another text or HTML editor on your computer. Open the HTML file in which you want to place links that open in a new tab or window.
Position the cursor at the point in the HTML code where you want to place the link. Enter the following HTML code:http://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm' target='_blank'>Link Text
Change the 'http://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm' value to the actual website and page to open with the link.
Change the 'Link Text' value to the text you want to display for the link. For instance, 'Click Here to go to Somesite.com' or any other descriptive text.
Click 'File,' then 'Save' on the editor toolbar.
Use an FTP program or log in to the control panel of your Web hosting account to upload the new HTML file to your site. When visitors click links formatted with the above syntax, Web pages will open in a new tab if the browser supports the option. If the browser does not support tabbed pages, the link will open and display the Web page in a new browser window.
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How to Transfer From Seedbox to Seedbox

Open your FTP client, such as FlashFXP, FTPRush or SmartFTP.
Click 'Tools' and select 'Site Manager.' Create a 'New Site.'
Enter the information for your first hosting server. You will need the hosting address, username and the password for the account.
Create another new site for your second hosting server. Enter your login information for this account, as well.
Connect to both servers. Your log should indicate a successful connection, or any problems encountered with the server or inaccurate login information.
Locate your seedbox directory within each server, using the internal browser windows to navigate the server's directories. Drag and drop the files from one server to the other to begin the FXP, or file exchange protocol, process.
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How to Redirect Mask With HostGator (15 Steps)

Navigate to the free Web Start Help masked forward-code generator endorsed by HostGator (see Resources).
Scroll down to the second section titled 'How do I create a masked forward? (frames).'
Type the title you want to appear at the top of your Web browser when someone visits your domain in the first field.
Type the full URL of the website where you want to redirect the domain in the second field. For example, if you want 'siteA.com' to redirect to 'siteB.com,' enter 'http://www.siteB.com' in the second field.
Click the submit button to generate the HTML code.
Launch Notepad from the 'Start' menu.
Copy and paste the HTML code generated earlier into the Notepad window.
Click 'File' and 'Save As.'
Type 'index.html' without the quotes for the file name and choose 'All files' for the file type. Choose the desktop for the save location. Click the 'Save' button.
Log in to your HostGator hosting account.
Click the 'File Manager' icon in the 'Files' section of the cPanel.
Select the site you wish to redirect from the 'Document root for' drop-down menu. This would be 'siteA.com' if you want to redirect from 'siteA.com' to 'siteB.com.' Click the 'Go' button.
Click the 'Upload' icon at the top of the screen.
Check the box beside 'Overwrite existing files' below the file upload fields.
Click the 'Browse' button and select the 'index.html' file from the desktop. Click the 'Open' button to upload the file and put the redirect mask in place.
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