Documentation

NodeHost IMAP and SMTP details

Unlike in the past our new panel does not provide mail sending services, but we do offer a mail inbox system that you can pair with a SMTP Relay service like ImprovMX to send your emails. We have a guide for that setup but once done you might be wondering how to setup your mail client.
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Setting up SMTP relay with Brevo to send emails

Just like other providers you can use Brevo (used to be called sendinblue) to be your SMTP relay sender just like ImprovMX. To do this create an account on Brevo. You only need to do the free option as it allows 300 emails per day. Once you create the account you will need to go to the settings area on the top right and click on the option Senders & IP to setup your domain. Follow the steps they show you.
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Setting up SMTP relay with ImprovMX to send emails

Here is some info on how to use ImprovMX as a email sender for your domain on NodeHost. Since we don’t send emails using ImprovMX as a SMTP Relay also allows for easy domain forwarding and changes down the road. With a cost of $9 for 100 domains ImprovMX is an amazing service for mail.
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Setting up external DNS

Although many hosts provide a DNS service (we do also) It's actually better to point your DNS records from your domain provider's built in DNS to the IP for the server as it requires less lookup time and can be more stable. You can find the IP your container is on from the domain area.
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Transfer your old panel account balance

You can now move your balance and close your old account. If your old panel account has no containers you can visit your settings on the new panel and click the button that says [Close Old Account].
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Old panel migration

At this time migration is only done manually, so it’s a case of setting up a new container on the new account and then copying files over via SFTP and setting up the database if it’s say Wordpress.
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How to calculate real CPU usage in a PHP script

Simple function you need to add to begin is the following. This will let us compute the results.
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Calculate how long a PHP script takes to run

Now this one is simple, everything is already in place in PHP, first just add this line before the code you want to measure.
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Redirect non WWW urls to WWW using just .htaccess

This is a simple rule for .htaccess to redirect all non www urls to www.
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How to redirect subdomain to folder using .htaccess

NodeHost handles subdomains and domains on the same site as the same. However you still might need to handle subdomains as subdirectories of your main domain. Luckily, this can be easily done with some .htaccess.
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