phpMyAdmin is an open source tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. It can make performing various tasks easy, such as creating, modifying or deleting databases, tables, fields or rows; executing SQL statements; managing users and permissions, etc. PHPmyAdmin can typically be accessed via your webHosting Control Panel and most users find it simplifies the tasks involved with managing your online SQL databases.

If you use cPanel or many other common hosting control panels on a unix server, you are likely to have run across PHPmyAdmin in the past.

There may be times when you wish to convert a CSV file into a SQL file. When that happens, many people pull out the credit card and start hunting for a program to do this for them.

PHPmyAdmin can help you do this, for free.

Here’s how…

1. Create a table with proper fields defined.

2. Import the file as shown in the following screenshot:

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That’s it!

Now simply export the file as a SQL file.

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• You must have zend optimizer installed on your server.

Note: Most hosts (probably in the 95%-99% range) DO have zend optimizer pre-installed on shared and managed VPS servers.

BUT, most WordPress Cloaker users ALSO use WP Tube, WP Feeder and WP Scraper to help generate web content for their blogs.

Due to the fact that some article databases BAN certain hosts from accessing their sites directly (aka, scraping their articles), finding quality hosting providers whose IPs are NOT banned by places like EzineArticles.com has become a common issue for users who wish to take full advantage of WP Scraper.

Below you will find my personally recommended hosts for a range of hosting needs.

Each of these hosts work with all aspects of WordPress Cloaker and all additional plugins we offer and are found to be good, reliable hosts with affordable pricing:

HERE is one that I prefer for shared hosting.

KH4LIFE

I suggest their California VS2 or better.

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HostGator and .htaccess…

When it comes to running simple cron commands on your HostGator hosting account, you’ll need to place a .htaccess file in the cgi-bin of each account.

This .htaccess file must be placed in the public_html directory of each website hosted on a shared hosting package.

If you have a reseller account, you only need to put it in the main cgi-bin. This will then eliminate your need to duplicate the file for each individual public_html directory.

Editing your .htaccess File…

Here are the commands to place inside your .htaccess file if you are using HostGator:

Step-by-Step Screen Shots: Setting up Cron

Here are some screenshots to assist in setting up cron on HOSGATOR HOSTING accounts.

NOTE: You may click on the below images to view larger screen shots.

1. From CPANEL Homepage:

2. Cron Jobs page:

3. Set 1. Email address, 2. Put command cron command we provide, and 3. Set the schedule.

4. Done

The Cron Code

The following commands seem to work with HostGator and my plugins…

…where “yourfolder” = your sites folder and where “0123456″ is your cron code found in the ‘Options’ tab of the relevant plugin (ie., WP Scraper or WP Feeder, etc)…

Additional questions? Email support for more help.

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I believe we should have something worked out by the end of this week but it is too early to tell. Needless to say, we have setup test sites on both hosts and are troubleshooting.

On that note, it is also important to note that only about 3-5% of hosts are showing any signs of problems, so this is not a major concern for most people. But, for those few who are having problems, we are looking for a solution.

Along with scraping problems on these hosts, there may also be other issues as well, such as cron support for our plugins. I will make a post about each hosting providers cron requirements, which should help a lot.

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