Important Note: This guide is meant for the Enhanced Skin Variant of DirectAdmin. If you are using Evolution Skin, kindly refer to this guide instead: How to launch phpMyAdmin on DirectAdmin (Evolution Skin) Introduction This guide walks you through the steps to start phpMyAdmin in the DirectAdmin using the Enhanced Skin. phpMyAdmin is a popular
Introduction This guide is for website administrators and developers using the Nginx web server who want to change the default landing page of their website. By default, Nginx looks for files like index.html or index.php when visitors access your domain. However, you may want to set a different file as the default. This guide explains how
Introduction This guide is intended for website administrators and developers who want to change the default landing page of their website hosted on an Apache server. By default, when visitors access your domain, Apache looks for files like index.html or index.php to display as the home page. However, you may want to set a different
Introduction This Knowledge Base entry addresses on changing the password for FTP account in DirectAdmin control panel. There are few reasons you may changing the password, it could be you wish to update the password for security purpose or forgotten the password for your FTP account. This guidance will be showing the step to change
Introduction In some cases, you may want to route your domain’s email through an external mail server rather than using the default mail server provided by your hosting service. This configuration is commonly used when integrating with third-party email services like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or other specialized mail providers that offer enhanced features such
Introduction This article is for users managing their domain’s DNS records in DirectAdmin. It covers how to modify an A record, which is essential when pointing your domain or subdomains to a new IP address. We will walk you through the process of using DirectAdmin’s DNS Management feature to update these records efficiently. Prerequisites
Introduction This article is for administrators or web hosting providers who want to create reseller packages in DirectAdmin. It covers the steps required to set up customized packages for resellers, helping manage web hosting services efficiently. This guide resolves the need to organize reseller privileges and resources, allowing administrators to control what each reseller can
Introduction This guide is intended for web administrators or developers using a Linux server to set up SMTP email sending with PHPMailer. PHPMailer is a popular PHP library that simplifies sending emails via SMTP. This guide will walk you through the necessary steps to install PHPMailer, configure it on your server, and send test emails
Introduction This guide is for users who want to change the timezone settings in their Roundcube webmail client. Roundcube is a widely used open-source webmail client that allows users to manage their emails via a web interface. Correcting the timezone setting ensures that your emails display the correct timestamps, which is crucial for maintaining accurate
Introduction This guide is for website administrators who want to protect their server bandwidth by preventing unauthorized use of images through hotlinking. Hotlinking occurs when other websites link directly to your images, causing excessive bandwidth usage on your server. This guide explains how to block hotlinking by configuring your server’s settings, particularly focusing on Apache