Add Funds option at DomainKing.NG provides you the facility to add any amount of funds to your credit balance at Domainking.NG. You can use these funds for ordering any new services or renewing existing services in your Domainking.NG account.
Note: You can Add funds with minimum amount of N10 & upto maximum amount of N5000.
We have provided different payment methods through which you can add funds to your account:
1. Online Payment Method: Pay via your VISA cards, Mastercard, Verve cards using payment gateway like Voguepay or Cashenvoy
2. Offline Payment Method: Bank Deposit, Bank Transfer or ATM Transfer in GT Bank or UBA Bank.
For Adding funds in your Domainking.NG account from client panel you need to do the following:
1. Login to the client panel at Domainking.NG.
2. At right hand side of your panel, under your account information you will see ”Add Funds” option.
3. Now in the Add funds section, scroll down & you need to enter the following:
Amount to Add: Enter the amount that you want to add to your account balance at Domainking.NG
Payment Method: Select the payment method with which you want to pay.
4. After that click on “Add Funds” button.
Now an add funds invoice will be created for you. You will be redirected to payment gateway depending upon the payment method that you choose.
Once you paid that Add Funds invoice, the funds will be added to your account balance at Domainking.NG.
You can use these funds to buy any new sevices or renew any existing services at Domainking.NG.
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How can I pay via Bank Deposit to DomainKing.NG
You can pay to DomainKing.NG by Online Bank Transfer, Mobile Transfer or Cash Deposit in our Local Payment Partner's GT Bank or UBA Bank Account. You can pay in any of the following accounts and inform us after making the deposit so that we can track your payment and activate you order.
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GT Bank Account Details:
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Bank Name: Guaranty Trust Bank
Account Name: Vogue Web Solution
Account Number: 0121532782
You can find the local GT bank Branch from here.
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UBA Bank Account Details:
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Bank Name: UNITED BANK OF AFRICA
Account Name: VOGUE WEB SOLUTION
Account Number: 1019042092
You can find a nearest UBA Bank Branch from here:
After paying your invoice via Bank Transfer or Bank Deposit in any of the above mention bank account you need to do the following:
1) Please inform us after you have deposited or transferred the payment to above account.
We require following payment details to track your Bank payment:
Depositor's Name/Account Name in case Bank Transfer:
Teller Number/Transaction ID:
Deposit Date:
Amount:
Payment Method: Online Transfer or Cash Deposit in Bank
2) Kindly send the screenshot/scan of the payment details like deposit receipt or bank confirmation.
3) You can Email us at support@domainking.ng or raise a support ticket in your panel.
Note: It can take few hours or upto 20-24 hours maximum for us to credit the payments made using this method.
For instant activation, we recommend you to choose Online Payment Method.
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How To Change WordPress Username via phpmyadmin
Changing your username in WordPress is very useful in case you want to change your existing WordPress username to a more secure new username. For security reasons we recommend you to use a username other “admin” as it is very common and can be easily hacked. So you must set a strong username that is secure. And in case you had set a weak username, you can change it from your database via phpmyadmin in your cPanel.
In this tutorial we will show you how you can change you WordPress Username very easily from your database via phpmyadmin.
To change your WordPress Username from your cPanel you need to do the following:
1) Locate your Database in cPanel
2) Change your Username in your database via phpmyadmin
3) This will open a pop-up. You need to open public_html folder.
4) In your public_html folder you will see your installed WordPress files.
5) Now you need to locate the wp-config.php file in your folder in which you have installed wordpresss. The wp-config file will show your WordPress database name for which you want to change the username.
Once you have located your database name, save it and now you can move to changing your WordPress Username from your database in phpmyadmin.
2) A new window will open with the phpmyadmin interface. On the left side of the phpmyadmin panel you will see a list of all your databases in your cpanel. You need to click on the Wordprsss database name for which you want to change the username.
3) After selecting the WordPress database, you will see a full list of your WordPress mysql database tables. You need to be very careful not to modify the wrong table as this will cause problems with your WordPress.
4) Now locate and click on the “wp_users” table from your database in phpmyadmin as shown in the screenshot.
5) You will now see different fields such as user id ,username, password, email etc. See the below screenshot. Click on edit link in front of the user for which you want to change the username.
6) Then go to the column “user_login” & in value you can enter your new WordPress username.
7) After entering the new username, scroll down & click on "Go" button to save the changes.
Now your WordPress Admin username has been changed. Open your wordpress login page, and check by entering your username and password to login to your WordPress.
Locate your Database Name in cPanel:
To change your admin username in WordPress from your database, you first need to locate the database. It is very important to find the database first other wise you will be modifying the username of the wrong WordPress. Also it is must to check the database name first when you have one or more databases in your cPanel To locate your WordPress database from your cPanel, you need to do the following: 1) Login to your cpanel. 2) Now scroll down to “Files” section in your cPanel & click on “File Manager”.



Change your WordPress Username from database using phpmyadmin:
Now that you know the database name in which you want to make the changes. Now you need to change your WordPress username from the database via phpmyadmin. For changing your WordPress username via phpmyadmin you need to follow the below steps: 1) Login to your cPanel. And then cpanel scroll down to databases section in your cPanel. Click and open “phpmyadmin” for managing your database.




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How to check disk space usage in cPanel?
Disk space is a space offered to you on the server to upload your content related to your website. Its the space in GB that you have used on the server hard disk just like your PC/Laptop hard disk. It is calculated based on the size of files and data that you have uploaded on the server.
The disk space is permanent which means that it is not refreshed every month like bandwidth. If your disk space is full then you can free some disk space by deleting the files or data stored in your cPanel.
You can check your disk space usage from your cPanel by following the below mentioned steps:
Step1: Login to your cPanel account.
Step2: In your cPanel click on "Disk Space Usage" under the "Files" section.
Step3: You will be now redirected to disk space usage check in your cpanel. Here you can check the disk space usage of your hosting account. You can check which files and folder are using with location.
Also if you will scroll down you can see more accurate numeric figures of the disk space usage in front of mentioned folder/directory.
You can use the "+" and "-" icons infront of each directory listed in the Disk space usage section to check which directory or subdirectory is using the most disk space.



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How to change your wordpress login password from cPanel?
You can change your WordPress login password in case you forget your password or you want to change the password of your wordpress. For changing the WordPress password you need to follow the below 3 steps:
1) Encrypt your WordPress password that you want to set in MD5 Encryption format.
2) Check the WordPress database name from cPanel.
3) Chnage your WordPress password.
3) Now on the left side of the page you need to click on "Public-html" folder from the folder directory list.
4) Navigate to wp-config.php file in public_html folder. Click on "wp-Config.php" file and then click on View.
Note: If you want to check your sub-domain or add-on domain's WordPress database then in Public-html folder you need to double click on your sub-domain/add-on domain's folder name. After that you need to follow the 4th step.
You can check your WordPress database as shown in the screenshot.
Now in your WordPress database you can change you WordPress password from cPanel in phpMyAdmin.
3) At the top left side you will see your domain name. Click on "+" to expand the databases for your domain then you will see a WordPress database list.
4) Click on WordPress database for which you want to change the WordPress login password.
5) Now you will see a table on the screen and you need to click on "wp_users".
6) Click on "Edit" button as shown in the screenshot.
Now a list of various fields of your WordPress database is shown on the screen.
7) For changing your WordPress password your need to enter the MD5 encrypt password in "user_pass" filed as shown in the screenshot.
8) Now click on "GO" button at the bottom right end.
Congratulation! Your WordPress password has been changed. You can now login to your WordPress dashboard with new password.
How to Encrypt password in MD5 Encrypt format?
1) Click here to encrypt your new password. 2) In Enter your text to encrypt: field you need to enter your new password and then press Encrypt! button. 3) Now you can note this code in Md5 Encrypt format to save your new password.How to check WordPress Database from file Manager in cPanel?
To locate your WordPress Database you need to do following steps: 1) Login to your cPanel. 2) Scroll down to Files section and then click on "File Manager" icon.



How to change your WordPress password from phpMyAdmin in cPanel?
1) Login to your cPanel. 2) Scroll down to Databases section and then click on "phpMyAdmin" icon..





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How to Reset cPanel Password in Domainking.NG client panel
Resetting of password in cpanel is helpful when a user is unable to login to cpanel or forget the password of cpanel.
1. Login to client panel at Domainking.NG.
2. On the top of the Navigation bar you need to click on "My Services” as shown in the screenshot.
3. Now scroll down to My Products and Services section. Next to the domain name of your hosting account you need to click on “Manage Hosting Account” icon.
4. Scroll down to Login Details section and enter the following:
Enter New Password: ( Here you need to enter your new password )
Confirm Password: ( Enter your new password here for confirmation )
Note:Enter a strong password using special characters,numbers and alphabets etc. For example !E4%&h9)#>S*D for securing your hosting account from hacking attacks.
5. After that click on "Update" button to save the new password.
Congratulations! now your cPanel password has been changed successfully. You can login to cPanel using your new password.




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How to create an FTP Accounts in cPanel
FTP Account is used for uploading and managing files/content on your website. If you have ordered and paid for hosting and you have an active hosting plan, a FTP account will automatically be created in your cPanel. So if you are adding an addon domain or subdomain in your cPanel then you can also create a anonymous FTP account for every addon domain or the parent domain.
In case you want to give access to other users without giving them your cPanel login details then these FTP accounts are useful and they can upload content on your account using those FTP accounts. For each FTP account that you will create, you can also set different levels of access by assigning the user to a specific directory.
So to know about how to create these additional FTP accounts in your cPanel you can use the below mentioned steps:
Step 1) Login to your cPanel.
Step 2) Scroll down to Files section and click on "FTP Accounts" icon.
Step 3) There are different fields which you need to fill to complete the process:
Login: Please enter a user name which will always be in format as user@yourdomain.com.
Password: Please Enter the password for your FTP account. You can also use Password Generator for setting a strong password.
Password Again: Confirm your password again.
Directory: Directory field will by default generate path for user to access and upload content but that is normally incorrect. So, you are requested to delete the directory name after public_html/ and enter the directory you would like the user to access.
Note: In case if you will delete everything and type a single " / ", in directory field, then the user will have access to your home directory
Quota: By setting the quota limit you can restrict the FTP user to use your disk size upto that defined size. If you leave the quota as unlimited, the FTP user will be able to use the total amount of disk space of your hosting account.
Step 4) Click on "Create FTP Account" button.
Congratulations! Now your FTP account has been created. You can use this account for uploading and managing your website's files through FTP client like Filezilla.



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How to Setup Domain Redirection in cPanel
Domain redirection is a feature of pointing/sending a URL to another URL which may be temporary or may be permanent.A user can set domain redirection from his cPanel using the below mentioned steps:
Step1: Login To cPanel.
Step2: Scroll down to Domains section and click on "Redirects" icon.
Step3: Under Add Redirect section, there are no. of options which you need to fill and select:
Type: Select type of rediect that is either Permanent Redirect(301) or Temporary Redirect(302).
Permanent Redirect(301): You need to select permanent redirect in case the URL permanently moved to the new URL to which you want to redirect.
Temporary Redirect(302): It need to be selected only if your URL to which you are redirecting your domain is temporary or may be some short period of time.
http://(www.)?: Please select your domain name with desired directory if you want to redirect a directory too.
Redirects to: under this you need to enter the adress to which you want to redirect your domain. Like if you want to redirect abc.com/xyz to mnp.com then enter mnp.com in this box.
www. Redirection: In this please select type of your www. redirection. There are number of options available for www. redirections discussed below:
Only redirect with www.: This option need to be selected in case if you want to redirect your domain in case any visitor is typing www.yourdomain.com/directory.
Redirect with or without www.: It need to be selected if you want both the visitors to be redirected who is trying www or may not be typing www before your domain name.
Do Not Redirect www.: It works only when you want visitors to redirect when they are not typing www before your domain name.
Wildcard Redirect: In wildcard redirect either a visitor will type www or not it will automaticaly redirect to your new given URL. Also all the links will be working without www. or with www.
So after choosing the above mentioned options just click on "Add" button.
Step4: Please confirm by opening both the addresses and logout your cPanel if its done.



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How to Disabe the wp-cron.php in WordPress
WordPress uses the wp-cron.php file for running many features in WordPress that required scheduled task to be completed automatically. The examples of these tasks basically include: posting a scheduled post in WordPress, checking for the updates of the plugins and themes, automatic trackbacks and generating automatic notifications. The wp-cron works as a virtual cron, which used to run after regular time interval.
But wp-cron can cause high resource usage in WordPress many times. And you can replace it with actual cron to fix this.
For that you need to do the following:
1) Disable wp-cron in WordPress
2) Setup manual cron for disabled wp-cron
3) Now you need to navigate to public_html > wp-config.php file.
4) Right click on wp-config file and click on edit as shown in the screenshot.
5) In Text Editor pop-up window press Edit button to edit this wp-config file.
Now wp-config file is opened in cPanel File Manager Code Editor.
6) Scroll down to line number 37 in the code. The line will look like following:
8) Click Save button.
Now automatic execution wp-cron.php has been disabled from your WordPress.
3) Scroll down to Add a New Cron Job section and enter the following:
Common Settings: Select Twice Per Day (0 0, 12 ***) from the drop down menu.
Now the remaining fields are filled accordingly automatically.
Command: In this field you need to enter- cd /home/username/public_html; php -q wp-cron.php
Note: Replace username with cPanel User Name.
4) Click on Add New Cron Job button
Disable wp-cron in WordPress
You can easily disable the execution of default wp-cron.php file in WordPress by following the below steps: 1) Login to your cPanel. 2) Scroll down to Files section and click on "File Manager" icon.


define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
7) Now you need to enter the following code just below the above code in wp-config file:
define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', 'true');


Setup manual cron for disabled wp-cron
As we have disable the execution of wp-cron.php file so we need to manually setup of Cron job. You can setup the cron job manually by follow the following steps: 1) Login to cPanel. 2) Scroll down to Advance section and click on Cron Jobs icon.


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How to change PHP version of your cPanel?
You can easily change the PHP version from the cPanel offered to you. When you are using the third party software then sometimes you need to change the PHP version as those applications need different PHP version.
So to change your the PHP version of your cPanel you need to do the following steps:
1) Login to your cPanel.
2) Scroll down to Software and Services section and then click on the "Select PHP Version".
3) Now from the drop down menu you can choose the php version according to your requirement.
4) After that click on "Set as current" button.



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How to pay an Invoice using Voguepay at Domainking.NG
Vouguepay is an online payment gateway in Nigeria that you can use on our website to pay with VISA card, Verve Card and Master Card or Quickteller for making payments. If you choose Voguepay payment gateway for making online payment you will get instant activation for your orders at DomainKing.NG.
Note: In this tutorial we are assuming that you have already placed an order and you are going to pay your invoice that has already been created. If have not placed an order already then firstly you should order product/service you want to buy. After that you can follow these steps.
Please follow the below mentioned steps for making payment through Voguepay at DomainKing.NG:
1) Login to client panel at Domainking.NG.
2) Click on “My Invoices” at the top navigation bar.
3) Now scroll down to My Invoices section and click on “View Invoice” link ahead of your unpaid invoice that you want to pay as shown in below screenshot.
4) Select Voguepay payment gateway from the dropdown menu on the top right.
5) Click on “pay now” button.
Now you will redirect to Voguepay section and your transaction ID will be generated for your invoice.
6) Select any one of the Payment Option with which you are making payment like VISA, Master and Verve card as shown in the screenshot.
7) Now enter your EMAIL for getting your order confirmation mail and click on “Make Payment” button.
8) After processing, you will be redirected to “Card Payment Details” where you want to fill the required card details as shown in the screenshot:
9) After entering all your details click on”OK”button to make the payment using Voguepay.
Now your invoice has been paid and your order will be automatically activated. You will also receive the confirmation email. Please check your email for your order confirmation and activation details.








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Getting Started Guide For Web Hosting
We would first like to thank you for choosing DomainKing.NG as the starting point of your online presence & buying hosting from us.
After your hosting account is active you will automatically receive your hosting account details sent to you via email.
For your hosting account details please read your emails sent to you with subject: "New Hosting Account Information" and save them on your computer for future reference. Please check your email's inbox and spam folder for these emails.
It will have all the information you need access your hosting cpanel, FTP, mail etc.
Now using those details you can start your online Journey! Here's what you can do with your hosting.
The first thing that you would need to make sure is that your domain name is pointing correctly to our hosting nameservers. It is important that your domain name should be pointed /linked to your hosting otherwise you are unable to use your hosting for accessing your website.
If you have bought both hosting and domain name from us then you do not need to update the nameservers as it is likely that we have already done it for you.
Also read How to Change the nameservers of your domain
But in case you buy hosting from us and domain name from other hosting provider then you need to
enter our nameservers in your domain panel at your domain provider to link up your hosting with your domain.
Note: It can take few hours (24-48 hours max) for the website to come online after nameserver change as it is dependent on DNS propagation at your ISP (company that you bought your internet connection from) which can take few hours to update the DNS settings.
Now it is time to make your website live. The chances are that you already have a website that you want to upload on the server. You can easily upload the files of your website on our server, using FTP or Cpanel.
You can upload your website via FTP using FTP clients like Filezilla. Or in case you don't like to use FTP Softwares. There is a simpler way to upload Files. You can easily upload your Files using CPanel's Easy to Use File Manager.
Read our How to upload your website on the server guide
In case you haven't already created your website then you can create a website using CMS like WordPress,Joomla,Magento etc. We have provide 1-click installation on all our hosting plans. You can install various CMS like WordPress, Joomla etc. using Softaculous 1-click installer in cPanel.
With WordPress you can easily launch your website in a few minutes using thousands of free themes that WordPress gives you in their extensive theme/template library.
You can choose any of the themes available in WordPress's theme library for your website. And using those themes you can start your website very easily & at cheaper cost. Most of the popular websites in Nigeria & globally run on WordPress.
Or you can also choose to get your website custom designer from your Web Designer or yourself. And you can also check out our Web design service if you want a custom beautiful design for your website or blog.
You can host more than 1 domain on your hosting plan depending on hosting plan that you choose.
If you want to host more than one website.You can easily add addons domains to your existing hosting account.
For eg: In our Soldier hosting plan you can host 2 websites (i.e;1 primary domain website+1 add-on domain website).
Read this guide for adding addons in your hosting account
You can create unlimited email accounts on your domain in all our hosting plans. You can create custom emails like you@yourdomain.com, sales@yourcompany.com etc. from your cPanel for your business and personal use.
Read this guide for creating emails in your cPanel
1.Update your Nameservers:

2. How to Upload and create your website:

3. Adding another domain in your hosting account:

4. How to create emails from cPanel:

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How to Signup at Domainking.NG
To signup/register as a new customer at Domainking.NG follow below mentioned steps:
1) Visit at Domainking.NG website.
2) On right hand side of the top navigation bar, Click on Login Or you can directly visit at login page.
3) Now at login page click on "New Users Register here" link below the Login button.
4) After clicking on New Users Register here you are redirected to register page.
5) Now scroll to register section,here you can enter your contact details.
6) Next scroll down to Login Information section,here you can enter a password and confirm it.We must recommend our clients to set up strong passwords by using special characters,alphabets,digits etc.for securing from hacking attacks.
Note:This password has no connection/link with your cPanel password. It is just your login password for your account at Domainking.NG.
You can login to Domainking.NG client area with this password and username that you set.
7) Lastly scroll down to Spam Bot Verification section section where you see a "Captcha"
from which you enter the same characters as shown in Captcha. Generally a Captcha is used for verification.
8) Now click on "Click To Continue" button.
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How to pay an Invoice using Cashenvoy?
Cashenvoy is a Nigerian local payment gateway with which you can transfer your payment online using your cards like visa card, Master card and Verve card. You can also pay your invoice using Cashenvoy wallet.
If you have already placed an order with us.
If you are placing a new order with us for the first time.
Step3: Scroll down to My Invoices section and click on “View Invoice” link of your unpaid invoice as shown in below screenshot.
Step4: Now your invoice will open. At the top left side of your invoice, from the drop down menu you need to select "Chashenvoy" as a payment method.
Step5: Click on "Pay with Master card/Visa/Cashenvoy" button. Now you will redirected to the checkout page.
Step6: On the Checkout page you can select the payment option through which you want to pay like Visa card/Master card, internet banking, Cashenvoy Wallet. A page will be open which shows the total payable amount. In it "Sub-Total" is the amount of your product/service and "Payment Charges" is the amount which is charged by the cashenvoy for payment transaction.
Step7: After that click on "Continue" button. A message will be open. Click on "Ok" button to Start the payment process.
Step8: After that a new page will be open. On that page you need to fill all the fields.
Step9: Click on "Pay" button.
Step3: Click on "Pay with Master card/Visa/Cashenvoy" button. You will be redirected to the checkout page.
Step4: On the Checkout page you can select the payment option through which you want to pay your invoice like: Visa card/Master card, internet banking, Cashenvoy Wallet. A page will be open which shows the total payable amount. In it "Sub-Total" is the amount of your product/service and "Payment Charges" is the amount which is charged by the cashenvoy for transaction.
Step5: After that click on "Continue" button. A message will be open here. Click on "Ok" button to start the payment process.
Step6: After that a new page will be open. Then you need to fill all the fields as shown.
Step7: Click on "Pay" button.
Now your invoice has been paid. Your order is activated. Please check your Email for details.
If you have already placed an order with us
If you are already a customer with us then you need to do following steps to pay your invoice using Cashenvoy: Step1: Login to you Client Area. Step2: Click on "View Invoice" link at the top navigation bar.







If you have already placed an order with us
If you are placing a new order with us for the first time then you need to do following steps to pay your invoice using Cashenvoy: Step1: Go to DomainKing.NG and place an order for any product/service you want. Step2: After placing an order your invoice will be created for that product/service. In your invoice at the top right side you can choose "Cashenvoy" from the drop down arrow.





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How to view website statistics in cPanel using AWStats
AWstats is a feature in cPanel that allows you to view your website statistics like: website traffic, pageviews, pageloads etc. The Statistics given by AWstats are very useful show the information about the users accessing your website .
3) Now you can see a list of domains/sub-domains. For checking the stats for the Domain you need to click on the view icon in front of the Domain for which you want to see the Stats.
4) Now you will be redirected to the page where you can see the stat for your website as shown in the screenshot.
How to use AWstats in cPanel?
To check AWstats(AWstats shows different statistics and analysis of your website like website traffic, number of visitors, pagevies, payloads,visitors path,file types, visitors path, visits duration, authenticated users, Host Ip, page-URL etc.)for a domain click on the VIEW icon in front of the domain name for which you want to check the Statistics. You can view the stats: 1) Monthly 2) Weekly 3) Hourly In AWstats you can also view following information about your website: Number of visits: How many unique visitors access your website. Pages: In AWstats Pages shows that the visitors opens how many pages in your website. Hits:It includes number of accessed files that were recorded for your pages. For example: if any of your website's file having 2 other files then it counts 3 hits. Bandwidth: It shows the data used by the visitors to access your website. Page-URL: In page-URL you can view that which of your website's pages consume more bandwidth.How to check your website stats with AWstats in cPanel?
To view AWstats you need to do following steps: 1) Login to your cPanel. 2) Scroll down to Logs section and click on "AWstats" icon.


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How to set up Email Forwarding in cPanel & webmail?
What is email forwarding?
Email forwarding is a feature in cPanel in which you can set redirect for your Custom email addresses to another email addresses like Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo mail. By using email forwarding all your mails will be sent to the desired Email address at which you want to set as forwards.How to set up email forwarding using cPanel?
To set Email forwarding for your custom email address you need to do following steps: Step1: Login to your cPanel. Step2: Scroll down to "Mail" section and click on "Email Accounts". A list of Emails accounts will open. Step3: Click on "More" drop down button in front of email address for which you want to set forwards. Then click on "Access Webmail". A new page will open. Step4: Click on "Forward Option". Step5: Now click on "Add Forwarder" button. Step6: After that you need to enter the "Email Address" in the box at which you want to forward your email. Then click on "Add Forwarder" button.↧
How to Setup Domain Forwarding on your Domain
Domain URL forward means in which you can forward your domain name to any other domain name. It means that if you will forward ABC domain to XYZ domain then every time anyone will trying to open ABC domain it will automatically redirect to XYZ domain.
How to forward domain URL with DomainKing.NG?
To forward your domain URL you need to follow the following steps:
Step1: Login to your client panel.
Step2: In navigation bar click on "My Domains". A list of Domains will open.
Step3: Scroll down to My Domains section and then click on "Manage" button in front of domain which you want to forward.
Step4: Scroll down & click on "Simple DNS Manager".
Step5: In Client Area a table will open by which you can set forwards for your domain. It shows 4 rows as follows:
a) Host Name: In this field please enter "@".
b) Record Type: From the drop down menu you need to select "URL Redirect".
c) Address: In this box you need to enter the URL to which you want to forward your Domain.
d) Priority: Keep this field blank.
Step6: After filling all the fields scroll down and click on "Save Changes" button.
By following above mention steps you will be able to forward yourdomain.com to a desired URL. So for now if anyone will open yourdomain.com it will automatically redirect to your new domain at which you set forward.





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How to Check the Resource Usage of your website in cPanel
Resource usage is a inbuilt feature in cPanel which shows the charts and statistics of resoruce usage of your website on server. It includes CPU usage, Physical memory usage(RAM usage), entry processes,faults, I/O usage(input/output usage) according to time frames.
It is like a task manager of server that shows the current resources usage of your account on server.
Resource Usage is very important because resources like CPU, RAM, inodes(number of files of your website) etc. are limited and if they are overused they may lead to “resource limit errors” . So you must check your website resource usage from time to time so that you can check where your website resources are being used and optimize your website accordingly so that it will consume less server resources. An optimized website will also load faster and improve the performance of your website.
To check the resource usage of your website from cPanel you need to do the following:
1) Login to your cpanel.
2) Now scroll down to Logs section and click on "Resource Usage".
3) You will be redirected to resource usage overview there you want to click on "Details" link.
4) By clicking on Details you will see statistical charts of different CPU resources.
Once you have checked your website then you can optimize it accordingly.
If you see that your website is consuming more resources then you should optimize your website or you can contact our support team by raising a support ticket or you can email us at support@domainking.ng they will help you accordingly.
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How to disable WordPress Xml-rpc from cpanel?
To stop xml-rpc from your cPanel you need to do following steps.
Step 1: Login to your cPanel.
Step 2: Scroll down to the Files section then click on "File Manager".
Step 3: Click on "public_html" folder at the left side bar. A list of files and folder will be open.
Step 4: Navigate to .htaccess file from the list of files & folders and then click on "Edit" button at top navigation bar.
Step 5: Now a text editor will open. Click on "Edit" button in text editor as shown in the screenshot.
Step 6: After that you need to enter the following code at the last in the .htaccess file to stop xml_rpc permanently:
Step 7: Now click on "Save" button at the top right side then click on "Close" button.



<Files "xmlrpc.php">
Order Allow,Deny
deny from all
</Files>


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How To Disable ModSecurity In cPanel at Domainking.NG
ModSecurity is a security module feature in cPanel on Apache servers that is enabled by default on our all hosting accounts.
It protects your website from different hacking attacks including Brute force attacks, DDOS attacks etc.
But sometimes when the ModSecurity is enabled on the server errors like “406 Not Acceptable” and IP blacklisting can be caused. So you can disable ModSeurity from your cPanel. But we don't recommend it.
Please follow these steps for disabling mod_security from your cpanel at Domainking.NG:
1) Login to your cpanel.
2) Scroll down to the “Security” section in your cpanel and click on “ModSecurity” link.
3) Now you will be redirected in ModSecurity section. Here you see two sections:
Configure all domains:
If you select Configure All domains then ModSecurity will be disabled for all domains in your cpanel by clicking on ”Disable” button.
Configure individual domains:
If want to disable ModSecurity for individual domain then you want to select the second option Configure Individual domains.
In this choose the domain on which you want to disable ModSecurity and click on status in front of your domain. Click on "off” for disabling ModSecurity of that particular domain.
Now, ModSecurity will be successfully disabled on your domain.




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