Author Archives: matt

WordPress Tutorials

Posted on April 23, 2009 by matt

Tripwire Magazine have released a series of WordPress Tutorials which are a great resource for anyone starting out with wordpress.  They are informative videos showing the user interface and narrated as they go through the functionality.  Please note these tutorials … Continue reading →

Posted in How to, WordPress | Comments Off

switch on PHP5 processing for .php files

Posted on March 20, 2009 by matt

netOxide servers default to php4, to enable PHP5 as default, add the following to a .htaccess file and put it in the root of the php application. SetEnv DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION 5

Posted in How to | Comments Off

Preview your new WordPress theme without affecting the live site.

Posted on February 24, 2009 by matt

If you would like to be able to see what your site looks like with a new theme, but don’t want the live site to be affected, have a look at the Theme Test Drive plugin. This allows you to … Continue reading →

Posted in WordPress | Tagged , | Comments Off

Sell software and products with WordPress eShop plugin

Posted on February 24, 2009 by matt

If you want to start selling products on-line using your wordpress site, and would like your customers to be able to pay via PayPal for products to be delivered or to allow download of software after purchase then take a … Continue reading →

Posted in WordPress | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

netOxide Release WordPress Themes site

Posted on February 13, 2009 by matt

Today, netOxide LLP, have released the new netOxide WordPress Themes siteover at http://netOxide.net. As a large proportion of our customers choose to utilise the simplicity and flexibility of WordPress, we decided to start producing themes that our customers have the … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Leave a comment

Home Backup some recommendations

Posted on October 13, 2008 by matt

This article is not related to our web hosting, but as a large proportion of our customers are home users and small businesses, we thought it may help to have some advice from your friendly netOxide support on backups and … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Leave a comment

netOxide or my.netOxide

Posted on August 22, 2008 by matt

When you first register at netOxide.co.uk you receive a user name and password that gives you access to the customer control panel and allows you to order domains and web hosting, access your invoice history and check when services are … Continue reading →

Posted in How to | Leave a comment

Installing WordPress

Posted on August 20, 2008 by matt

Login to the my.netOxide.co.uk control panel for your site. Select WordPress from the CGI Scripts section. Enter an installation directory or leave it blank to install in the root of your web site. Click the Install Now button

Posted in How to, WordPress | Leave a comment

Getting started with site builder

Posted on August 20, 2008 by matt

Site Builder allows you to design and build your site on-line with a simplistic and flexible wizard based site design tools. It allows you to select the style of your site, choose from various themes and color schemes and then … Continue reading →

Posted in How to | Tagged | Leave a comment

How to upload / run SQL scripts on your database easily

Posted on August 2, 2008 by matt

Whether you are moving to netOxide for the first time and need to transfer yur existing MySQL databases or simply restoring a MySQL database to a previous version, the easiest way to load your .sql files into the database is … Continue reading →

Posted in How to | Leave a comment