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1. Navigate to the HostBill install directory.2. Move the attachments, downloads, and templates_c folders outside of the public directory. The /home/hostbill path is a great location.3. We're using /hostbill as our example. Your new hierarchy should be /home/hostbill/ for the above mentioned folders.4. Go back to your HostBill install directory and head to the /includes/ directory.5. Add the following to your config.php file so HostBill can locate them on the server.

$hb_downloads_dir = "/home/hostbill/downloads";
$hb_attachments_dir = "/home/hostbill/attachments";
$hb_templates_c_dir = "/home/hostbill/templates_c";

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You'll notice that these values are already available, but with different location entries. You just need to replace / edit the current entries.

To sum it up, your new folder layout should look similar to this.

/home/username/public/hostbill-install-directory/
/home/username/public/hostbill-install-directory/includes/config.php
/home/username/hostbill/attachments/
/home/username/hostbill/downloads/
/home/username/hostbill/templates_c/

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You can now safely CHMOD all directories in the /home/hostbill directory to 777.

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1. Navigate to your HostBill install directory and edit the /admin folder's name. Change it to something uncommon. We'll use new-folder-name as an example.2. Navigate to /includes/config.php and make the following changes.

Change

$hb_admin_folder='admin';

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To

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 $hb_admin_folder='new-folder-name';

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Now you can navigate to your HostBill's new admin URL, replacing /admin with /new-folder-name to access the administrative control panel.

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The following is just an example, you may add it in your .htaccess file and configure as needed.

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 # Sets the IP deny / allow rule order.
 order deny,allow

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# Denies IP access from all IPs.
deny from all

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 # Denies 111.111.111.0 - 111.111.112.

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255 : 512 IPs Blocked (Range)
 deny from 111.111.111.0/23

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 # Denies 111.111.111.0 - 111.111.112.

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255 : 512 IPs Blocked (Subnet)
 deny from 111.111.111.0/255.255.254.0

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 # Allows single IP address. 
 allow from 111.111.111.111

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Note: Paths may vary depending on server software you're using

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