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PhpMyAdmin is php software database management script for MySQL relational database system, a web interface for managing MySQL DB. It can create new databases (if permissions are granted for this), create/edit/delete tables, add/edit/delete fields fields, rows, manage users, execute SQL queries, importe/export data to csv (comma separated values), SQL queries, XML format and various other formats, so you can later restore the on another server, and much more. phpMyAdmin have large community of contributors and users and is available in 54 languages (at the time of writing this article). It is a must tool for every webmaster, because it simplifies the management of databases. The official website is http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ where you can also download the official distribution package, find documentation, themes and various help links. The latest version (at the time of writing this) is 3.2.5.

Hostmonster PhpMyAdmin Review

Hostmonster have cPanel control panel and phpmyadmin is integrated into it. You can access it directly via cPanel, but you can also install it manually if you prefer but you would not need to do this because it is already integrated and available for use.

Cron is scheduler in Linux and Unix like systems. It allows you to set events (actions, programs to be run) at specific time intervals like 1, 15, 30 or custom set intervals that can be in hours, days, months or years. You may use cron jobs to setup automatic tasks that you need like automatic cleaning of files (cache), backing up files, directories, databases too if it’s setup correctly, or other tasks. The cron settings are setup in special file called the crontab which on most linux system is located at /etc/crontab . For beginners it would be very difficult to manually set any type of cron job mainly because of the cron syntax which is difficult. Luckily Hostmonster cPanel control panel offers a cron job tool that simplifies the process of setting up cron jobs. You can either setup with a wizard (standard) or manually (advanced) if you are experienced linux user. You can setup an email to where the output of the cron will be sent. Setting up jobs at intervals less than 5 minutes is not recommended because it can take much resources depending on the task that is performed. I use cron jobs on my personal computer at home to schedule backups. Backups are important because you never know what may happen.

Screenshot of the cPanel tool:

Hostmonster nameservers are:
ns1.hostmonster.com
ns2.hostmonster.com

Do you know what happens when you type google.com in your website? The web browser uses the domain name system to find the server that have your website. Here is where the nameservers are needed. They give the IP address (unique number that every computer connected to the internet must have in order to communicate with each other connected device) of the web server where the browser connects and ask for the website. The server gives back the html code back to the browser where it is rendered and displayed. There is much more processes happening underneath. You need the above two servers (primary and secondary) you need to add them at your domain registrar in order your site to work. After you update the nameservers at your dns registrar clear the dns cache (google for solution) and wait a few hours in order the changes to propagate.