OpenCms: the user-friendly browser CMS
OpenCms: a user-friendly in-browser content solution
  • CMS

OpenCms isn’t used exclusively for creating internet pages; it’s also often employed in the intra and extranet. The content management system is easy to use and offers many helpful and uncomplicated functions for creating page content. Find out more here about the advantages of this relatively unknown CMS.

OpenCms: a user-friendly in-browser content solution
Neos – from successor to competitor
Neos: from successor to competitor
  • CMS

As work began on the overhaul of TYPO3 4.x in 2006, none of the participants anticipated that an independent content management system would develop from this project. Both systems, Neos and TYPO3 CMS, have meanwhile opted to split. Developers believe it’s a step in the right direction, but aren’t certain what the future holds for both applications.

Neos: from successor to competitor
From eZ Publish to eZ Platform: an intro to eZ Systems CMSs
An evolving CMS: eZ Publish becomes eZ Platform and eZ Studio
  • CMS

eZ Publish and its follow-up programs, eZ Platform and eZ Studio, specialize in creating and publishing content for extensive web presences. The business CMS solution can be used for commercial websites as well as community, e-commerce, and other online platforms. But are eZ Publish CMS applications really as user-friendly as their developer promises?

An evolving CMS: eZ Publish becomes eZ Platform and eZ Studio
Headless CMS: What are the benefits?
Get more from your own content with headless CMS
  • CMS

If you want to juggle more than one channel with your content management system, you’ll quickly reach the limits. A classic CMS offers many simplifications, but at the same time is limited with its design options. For this reason, content creators sometimes rely on another solution: a headless CMS. This separates the frontend from the backend so that different websites and mobile apps can be...

Get more from your own content with headless CMS
401 error: What can you do about it?
Error 401: Unauthorized – No access to the website
  • Technical matters

You’re surfing around on the internet, but instead of getting the desired content you only receive an error message: annoying or even downright frustrating. Especially if you don’t exactly know what the status is supposed to mean. How are you expected to solve the problem, if you don’t know what’s causing it? This also goes for the error 401. Here we explain what the error means and what you can...

Error 401: Unauthorized – No access to the website
SQL INNER JOIN
INNER JOIN: definition and application
  • Technical matters

The INNER JOIN is the most important JOIN type in the relational database model. If you want to query database tables in a group, you would usually use INNER JOINs based on equality relationships between primary and foreign keys. We will show you how to use INNER JOINs in practice, delineate the JOIN type from OUTER JOINs, and also deal with the different subtypes of INNER JOINs.

INNER JOIN: definition and application
A Record
A Record: Explanation & Example
  • Technical matters

The Domain Name System makes it easy for every user to navigate the internet. One of its most important components are A records, which link a domain name to an individual IP address. Only a line of text is needed. But what does this kind of record look like, and how can you perform an A record check?

A Record: Explanation & Example
DNS Records
DNS Records: How Do DNS Records Work?
  • Technical matters

Without the Domain Name System, the internet as we know it today would be inconceivable. The system for name resolution itself, is based on DNS records. In these simply structured records in normal text files, a name is stored for each IP address. However, DNS records can do more than this. Also known as resource records, various types of them exist.

DNS Records: How Do DNS Records Work?
SOA Record
SOA Records: The Basis of Every Zone File
  • Technical matters

The Domain Name System enables the use of domain names for surfing and is based on zone files. These in turn are made up of different records. The first DNS entry you encounter in such a data file is always the SOA record. This determines authority within the zone. We explain how the records are designed and how you can perform an SAO record check.

SOA Records: The Basis of Every Zone File
PTR Record
PTR record: How does the DNS record work?
  • Technical matters

PTR records turn the DNS on its head: Instead of getting from a domain name to the corresponding IP address – as is normally the case – with reverse DNS the opposite occurs. Which domains belong to an IP address? You can acquire this information using PTR records, which are a special type of DNS record. How do the DNS records need to be structured for this?

PTR record: How does the DNS record work?

Hosting

The IONOS Web Hosting Guide: advice for website administration

Hosting an internet presence (web hosting) is getting easier and easier thanks to the variety of tools and increasingly user-friendly content management systems. But it’s still good to familiarize yourself with the finer points of online service administration: and this is where our Web Hosting Guide comes in. In our Digital Guide to hosting, you’ll find in-depth information and recommendations on programs, tools, plugins as well as general hosting tips. These useful articles are designed for all levels, from beginners to professional users: with relevant content and comprehensive detail, the IONOS Web Hosting Guide offers expert knowledge to a broad readership.

CMS, blogs, and technical matters

The ‘Hosting’ category is one of six sections of the IONOS Digital Guide. This is then split into three further subcategories: ‘CMS’, ‘Blogs’, and ‘Technical matters’. The first of these is devoted to content management systems, looking at the considerable number of options available for website creation and administration. The ‘Blogs’ subcategory offers advice and guidance on the establishment and operation of a successful weblog. Here, we also introduce the many extensions and tweaks available for the most widely used blogging and CMS application of all – WordPress. Our final section focuses on information and tips on ‘Technical matters’. This subcategory explores the different sorts of web hosting, the various programs which lighten your web hosting workload, new hosting opportunities, and everything else you need to know about the administration of internet resources.

From beginner to expert: hosting tips for every ability

Our Web Hosting Guide isn’t just for checking basic requirements and techniques of site administration – trained professionals can also expand upon their existing knowledge by reading our articles. Articles like ‘What is shared hosting?’ or our ‘Blog with success’ series are suitable for readers who are new to web hosting, whereas specific posts like ‘Indexing management with robots.txt’ or ‘The top ten .htaccess tricks’ require prior knowledge and experience. This variety makes our Web Hosting Guide attractive and accessible for anyone interested in website administration. Whether you’re a small to medium-sized enterprise, a blogger, a developer, or simply a technology enthusiast: IONOS has got you covered.