Category: General Topics
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Logging into Your CreateFSU Account
Once your CreateFSU account is set up, it becomes a portal for accessing your applications, such as WordPress. Any time you want to log in and make changes to your applications, follow these steps: The example above is of a WordPress installation within a CreateFSU account. Clicking the “/wp-admin/” link would take you to the…
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When You Leave
There are a few reasons that could lead you to consider exporting your website content from Florida State University. Perhaps you’re leaving the University, or maybe you’re just wanting to use your data on another hosting environment. Whatever the case, you have a couple options for how you want to handle this: If you are leaving…
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Understanding cPanel
The cPanel, or control panel, is your landing page for CreateFSU that lets you easily access and manage the files and applications of your account. Upon logging into your account, you can see your active domains and personal account information at a glance. Applications CreateFSU has four featured applications listed, but there are many, many…
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Managing Backups
Any application that you install in Florida State University using the cPanel/Installatron is set to automatically create a backup of the whole app every time the software updates. The backups expire after 14 days, but they can quickly eat up quota space in that time, especially since some apps (such as WordPress) update automatically. Follow…
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What are the technical requirements/limitations of Florida State University?
CreateFSU uses a Web server known as a LAMP server. “LAMP” is an acronym for the technology stack that is installed on the server: Linux: This is the open-source operating system that is used on the server. Apache: This is the Web server software that the server uses. MySQL: This is the database software that…
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Privacy
What you add to your webspace rests entirely with you. When you create a new CreateFSU account, you will not use your personal name in the domain name. However, when you sign up through the default process, your name does get published as part of the public record about your domain name. Anyone can find…
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LAMP Environments
When you sign up for an account on CreateFSU, you get a personal space our web host. There are a few things you need to know about the Web host that will make it easier to understand what you can do with your new space. The Web Server The Web server is the main computer…
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Export your domain
To export your domain, we will create a backup of both the files in your domain and the databases that your domain draws from. First, click on the ‘Manage Your Account’ menu at the top of your screen and select ‘Migration Information. To get started you’ll need to login to your control panel (https://create.fsu.edu/dashboard) using…
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Understanding Accounts & Passwords
One aspect of this web hosting world that users may find a bit complicated at first is understanding the different accounts (and associated passwords) that you can manage as part of your participation. This article outlines the types of accounts that you are likely to have, what they are for, and how you go about…
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Installing your first application
The easiest way to build a site with CreateFSU is with web applications. CreateFSU uses Installatron to install and manage applications. By default, when you use Installatron, the application you add will be automatically upgraded whenever a new version is available (and a backup will be kept, just in case). Installing Applications Using Installatron To…