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When we had our first host ever with StartLogic several years ago, the control panel was vDeck 2.0. It was not a bad control panel. We just didn’t like the fact that we had to contact StartLogic each time we wanted to create a subdomain. And once it was created, the name could not be changed. The worst part of StartLogic is or was its fraudulent scheme in making it look like one could get an unlimited number of subdomains with no extra charge. Is it actually 5? No. One could virtually use only 3 subdomains with no extra charge. Each subdomain must be manually pointed to a folder. And StartLogic concealed the fact that they allowed their hosting customers to use only 3 folder-pointings.

We left StartLogic after one year. And we then went to HostMonster where they supported XP Evolution 10.8.1 at the time. It was a totally different experience. You don’t have to ask HostMonster to create a subdomain. You can delete it if you don’t need an existing subdomain. Lunarpages also supports cPanel. And you can create any number of subdomains.

How about IPOWER? We knew they supported vDeck 2.0 before. That’s was not a good sign for us. By the way, StartLogic and IPOWER are owned by the same parent company. It’s no offense to IPOWER, but does IPOWER also adopt the same fraudulent folder-pointing scheme?

We asked IPOWER a long time ago, and they said they gave out an unlimited number of folder-pointings with no extra charge. Wait, do you have to contact IPOWER each time you need a subdomain?

There are a few questions for which we wanted answers badly. So we signed up with IPOWER several days ago to seek the answers for ourselves. We wanted to know

1. if we have to contact IPOWER each time we need a subdomain. Or does their control panel let us create one at any time?
2. how many subdomains IPOWER lets us create with no extra charge. 3, 5 or more?
3. how good vDeck 3.0 is in general. Does it come with an automatic script installation function like Fantastico?

I can tell you that we are actually amazed with vDeck 3.0. I would say vDeck 3.0 is as good as cPanel 11.18.6 and even better in some aspects. If you don’t like vDeck, that’s probably because of the way individual hosting companies like StartLogic handle it. It’s a fine control panel. We certainly see nothing wrong with it. (more…)

Some 24 hours ago, we signed up for a new web hosting plan with IPOWER. Why IPOWER? That’s only because we have never used their web hosting plans. That’s also because it was affordable. It was only US$59.40 per year. Is IPOWER a great web host? We don’t know as we’ve been using our hosting account for just 24 hours. And we are not releasing this video tutorial to evaluate or promote IPOWER’s hosting plans.

This video tutorial shows how to install WordPress (blog software) on a remote Lunux shared server. It’s a complete coverage of everything that one needs to know in installing WordPress on a remote Linux server. We discuss what file to edit, how to create a database, how and what file to upload… We show some common mistakes that people make in installing WordPress. (more…)

Introduction



Lunarpages is one of the largest web hosting companies in the U.S. The hosting company claims that there are more than 100,000 websites hosted by Lunarpages.

Lunarpages lets the users of Basic Hosting and Business Hosting plans access the FTP server through Transport Layer Security (TLS). It’s an unauthenticated root certificate. But it’s way more secure than the ordinary file transfer protocol (FTP), through which FTP client sends login information in a simple form without encryption on either side. (more…)

Web Hosting by Lunarpages 11 - Add-on Domain Setup

If you have an additional domain on top of a free one from Lunarpages, you have an option of using it as an add-on domain or a parked domain. In fact, MacHouse now adopts dual domains with MHVT.NET and MHOUSE-J.COM that both point to the exactly same content.

This video tutorial shows how to use a domain purchased at an outside vendor and use it as an add-on domain at Lunarpages. (more…)