Guides
Web Hosting and DirectAdmin Guides
Everything we explain to customers on WhatsApp, written down properly. Start with the basics if you are choosing hosting, or jump to the DirectAdmin tutorials if you already have an account.
Hosting basics
How to Choose Web Hosting in Pakistan: A Practical Checklist
A plain-English checklist for choosing web hosting in Pakistan: server location, real resource limits, control panel, free SSL, local payments and support.
11 min read
What Is Shared Hosting? How It Works and Who It Is For
What is shared hosting, what is actually shared on the server, how the resource limits work, and how to tell whether it fits your website in Pakistan.
8 min read
Web Hosting Cost in Pakistan: What You Actually Pay Per Year
Web hosting cost in Pakistan explained: what drives the price, real yearly PKR plan prices, the extras many hosts charge for, and how to keep the total down.
8 min read
Domain vs Hosting: What Each One Does and Why You Need Both
Domain vs hosting explained in plain English: what each one does, why a website needs both, and how to point a domain you bought elsewhere to your hosting.
8 min read
How to Migrate a Website to a New Host Without Downtime
How to migrate a website to a new host without losing files, emails or rankings: backup, transfer, test, then switch DNS. Includes the DIY DirectAdmin route.
9 min read
DirectAdmin tutorials
What Is DirectAdmin? A Plain-English Guide to the Control Panel
What is DirectAdmin? A plain-English explanation of the hosting control panel: what it does, the Evolution skin, the three account levels and your first tasks.
8 min read
DirectAdmin vs cPanel: An Honest Comparison for Website Owners
DirectAdmin vs cPanel compared: features, interface, resource usage, licensing costs, learning curve and which panel suits your business or freelance work.
9 min read
DirectAdmin Dashboard Tour: How to Log In and What Every Menu Does
A guided tour of the DirectAdmin dashboard: how the DirectAdmin login works on port 2222, the Evolution skin layout, and what each menu section is for.
9 min read
How to Install WordPress on DirectAdmin: App Installer and Manual Methods
Two ways to install WordPress on DirectAdmin: one-click app installer, or a manual install with File Manager, MySQL Management and the WordPress setup wizard.
10 min read
How to Create an Email Account in DirectAdmin and Use It in Outlook and on Your Phone
Create email account DirectAdmin guide: add a mailbox in E-mail Manager, set a quota, open webmail, add forwarders, and connect Outlook or your phone.
8 min read
How to Add a Domain or Subdomain in DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin add domain and subdomain guide: use Domain Setup and Subdomain Management, point DNS to your account and find each site's document root.
8 min read
DirectAdmin File Manager and FTP: Uploading and Managing Your Website Files
DirectAdmin file manager and FTP guide: find public_html, upload and extract files, set permissions, create FTP accounts and connect FileZilla over FTPS.
8 min read
DirectAdmin Backup and Restore: How to Back Up Your Website and Bring It Back
DirectAdmin backup restore guide: create an account backup in Create/Restore Backups, see what it contains, download it, restore it and set a monthly routine.
8 min read
How to Get a Free Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate in DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin Let's Encrypt SSL guide: issue a free certificate, include www and mail, force HTTPS, understand 90-day auto renewal and fix mixed content.
8 min read
DirectAdmin MySQL Databases and phpMyAdmin: Create, Connect, Import and Export
Create a DirectAdmin MySQL database and user, learn the username prefix, open phpMyAdmin, import and export backups, and connect WordPress via wp-config.php.
9 min read
How to Change the PHP Version in DirectAdmin (and Why It Matters)
How to change PHP version in DirectAdmin per domain, which PHP versions are supported, how to test before switching and how to fix WordPress plugin errors.
8 min read
DirectAdmin DNS Management: Records, Nameservers and Pointing Your Domain
DirectAdmin DNS explained: nameservers or A records for a domain registered elsewhere, the DNS Management page, MX, TXT, SPF, DKIM and DMARC, and propagation.
9 min read
Speed and performance
Hosting Resource Limits Explained: CPU, Entry Processes, Inodes and More
Entry processes, CPU limit in shared hosting, storage, bandwidth, inodes and databases explained in plain English, with the real numbers from our four plans.
9 min read
Website Speed and Hosting in Pakistan: What Actually Makes a Site Fast
Website speed hosting Pakistan guide: server location, caching, PHP version, image optimisation, CDN and Core Web Vitals explained without hype.
9 min read
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