Scout Control Panel

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Import an existing Git repo in Scout Control Panel

If you’ve recently migrated a site into Scout that was previously deployed using Git, you can easily import the Git configuration to continue using Scout’s Git features Login to Scout Control Panel through your cloudabove customer area (my.cloudabove.com) Open the site’s settings via Site and then Settings Select the Git…

Restricting WordPress admin access to Trusted IP Address

Description If you need to keep a WordPress website publicly accessible but prevent access to the WordPress administration area, you can enable WordPress dashboard protection in Scout Control Panel. This blocks access to the WordPress back end unless the visitor is connecting from an approved IP address. Purpose The website…

Website malware & what to do next

If you’ve found malware or suspect your site has been infected, we’re here to help. How to know if your site is infected with malware Most infected sites may have the following symptoms: Randomly redirecting to third-party sites Suspicious content changes (e.g. defacement, new pages, unrelated content) Unrecognised admin-level users…

How to use Scout’s caching to speed up your site(s)

A video guide on Scout’s full page caching feature

Using Scout’s Git integration

A video guide on how to deploy your Scout-hosted app via Git

Using Git push to deploy with Scout

A video guide on how to use Scout’s webhooks to automate deployments when pushing to a Git repository

One-click WebP image optimisation in Scout

A video guide on how to use Scout’s Image Optimisation feature that will automatically convert your images to WebP in just a few clicks

How to import a site from cPanel to Scout

A video guide on Scout’s import tool, demonstrating how you can easily import an existing cPanel-hosted WordPress site into Scout

Logging into Scout for the first time

A quick video guide on how to access your Scout control panel

Managing unwanted bots in Scout

A video guide on how you can use Scout’s Bot blocker or Rate Limiting features to manage unwanted traffic