{"id":3988,"date":"2021-10-08T10:04:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T09:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/?p=3988"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:05:42","slug":"7-unusual-ways-to-use-web-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/7-unusual-ways-to-use-web-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Unusual Ways to Use Web Hosting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"head-text\">More than half websites in the world run on WordPress. Blogs, eShops, landing pages \u2014 with enough fine-tuning, WordPress can do seemingly anything.<\/p>\n<p>And if it can\u2019t \u2014 there is always Joomla or Magento or anything else equally mainstream. Maybe, someone had once heard about Drupal, though absolute majority have never even seen it.<\/p>\n<p>But if that was all the Content Management Systems that the web can offer \u2014 the world would be infinitely more boring. So we at Unihost decided to show what really cool stuff you can do on a meager shared hosting.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save your favorite webpages with Wallabag<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-555\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/Wallabag_demo_screenshot-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-555 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/Wallabag_demo_screenshot-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wallabag screenshot\" width=\"1280\" height=\"600\" \/ title=\"7 Unusual Ways to Use Web Hosting - Image 1\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wallabag with default settings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wallabag.org\/en\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wallabag<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an open source Pocket analogue \u2014 it allows you to save your favorite webpages. Unlike the traditional browser bookmarking, here the whole content of the webpage is copied to the storage, so that it can be later retrieved on demand. This means that your bookmarks will be available to you even after they have been deleted from the original website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can install Wallabag on any type of web hosting, although you might want to be on the beefy side if you intend to have a lot of concurrent users. You can then access your bookmarks via your website or via Wallabag\u2019s mobile client.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wallabag can be installed on the Unihost hosting with a single click through Softaculous.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promote your domain by shortening the URLs with Yourls<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-556\" style=\"width: 1022px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/Yourls_demo_screenshot-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-556 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/Yourls_demo_screenshot-1.png\" alt=\"Yourls Control Panel\" width=\"1022\" height=\"537\" \/ title=\"7 Unusual Ways to Use Web Hosting - Image 2\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yourls Control Panel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">URLs can get long and hard to read. And long URLs don\u2019t look nice in chats, IMs, Twitter and other places where you can\u2019t mask them via HTML magic. But what you can do, is to create a redirect with a shorter URL, that will send anyone who clicks it to the long URL. And that\u2019s the idea of the URL shortener in a nutshell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most famous URL shorteners are bit.ly and goo.gl. But nothing stops you from running your own server, especially if the name of your brand is short and remarkable. Thus, anyone who will use your shortener, will promote your brand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to set up your own URL shortener, we highly recommend <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yourls.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yourls<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s an open source web application that is flexible, easy to set up and most importantly \u2014 free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, Yourls can be installed on the Unihost hosting in a single click through Softaculous.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make a forum and chat about your hobby or literally anything else<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-557\" style=\"width: 1189px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/phpbb_demo_screenshot-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-557 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/phpbb_demo_screenshot-1.png\" alt=\"phpBB screenshot\" width=\"1189\" height=\"651\" \/ title=\"7 Unusual Ways to Use Web Hosting - Image 3\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">phpBB right after installation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running a niche blog is nice, but it\u2019s highly rare for blog readers to become a united community. But forums are another case entirely \u2014 their readers are equal and anyone can start a conversation on any subject they want. You can also have a chat on a subdomain, for chaotic momentary discussions that are bound to occur whenever passionate enthusiasts come together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Granted, with the advent of Reddit, the popularity of separate forums had waned \u2014 but they are still going pretty strong. The best platform for making forums is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">phpBB<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There is no way to run a functional chat on a shared hosting, but nothing stops you from creating a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/discordapp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discord<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> room and posting the link in the forum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">phpBB can be installed on any Unihost hosting with a single click via Softaculous.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a secure environment for your business planning with Kanboard<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/kanboard_demo_screenshot-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-558 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/kanboard_demo_screenshot-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kanboard Board\" width=\"1366\" height=\"670\" \/ title=\"7 Unusual Ways to Use Web Hosting - Image 4\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kanboard board for the project inself.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever used Trello? Well, Kanboard is better, not to mention much more secure! And if you haven\u2019t heard about Trello, then <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kanboard.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kanboard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a task based collaboration tool that allows you to easily cooperate and coordinate the work of many people at once, showing you what is being worked on, who is working on it and what else needs to be done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Kanboard, it is easy to coordinate the work of even large projects and businesses. Of course, Kanboard alone won\u2019t bring you more productivity \u2014 that is entirely up to you and your collaborators. But it will definitely point you in the right direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, Kanboard can be installed on the Unihost hosting in a single click through Softaculous.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<!-- shortcode box --> <div class=\"shortcode tf_clearfix box  light-blue\">Your employees and collaborators will also need some place they can communicate with each other. We recommend using Slack, Hipchat, or Mattermost.<\/div> <!-- \/shortcode box -->\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep your files available and secure on-the-go with OwnCloud<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-560\" style=\"width: 1678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/owncloud_demo_screenshot-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-560 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/owncloud_demo_screenshot-1-e1493105648380.png\" alt=\"OwnCloud screenshot\" width=\"1678\" height=\"352\" \/ title=\"7 Unusual Ways to Use Web Hosting - Image 5\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you do not know exactly, OwnCloud can be easily confused with GDrive or Dropbox.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud drives like OneDrive and Google Drive are extremely popular, yet there may be an issue with the privacy of your files.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what if you need something confidential, yet available on-the-go? Well, you can always create your own cloud with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OwnCloud<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This web application allows you to create a fully functional cloud drive out of any hosting, VPS or server and even has Android and iOS clients. It is open-source and completely free of back doors.<\/span><br \/>\n\n\t<!-- shortcode box --> <div class=\"shortcode tf_clearfix box  light-blue\">While creating OwnCloud on a shared hosting is possible, there may be moments where its performance will be suboptimal. Nothing critical, but definitely an inconvenience.<\/div> <!-- \/shortcode box --><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make your own music streaming service with KPlaylist and Ampache<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-563\" style=\"width: 1680px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/ampache_demo_screenshot-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-563\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/ampache_demo_screenshot-1.png\" alt=\"Ampache screenshot\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1020\" \/ title=\"7 Unusual Ways to Use Web Hosting - Image 6\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dogmazic.net streaming service is powered by Ampache.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Music allows you to upload your own music to the service, but it\u2019s not really an optimal choice. Your files will always be second-class citizens on the service \u2014 last in the search results, lacking the established tag formatting, etc. Not to mention the price, which is rather steep. So, if you already own a hosting, you can easily create your own streaming service that will run in parallel to your website or web application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kplaylist.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KPlaylist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ampache.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ampache<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are two powerful tools that will allow you to create your own music streaming server. Both are lightweight and easy to use, but KPlaylist is a bit more dated and basic compared to Ampache. This is not a disadvantage per se \u2014 due to its age, KPlaylist uses a little less resources \u2014 but if you cannot stand Web 1.0 and Windows 95 stylistic, you might want to go with a bit more modern Ampache.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOTE: Keep in mind, that KPlaylist lacks the mobile app support. You will have to use your server through the Chrome browser, which may result in suboptimal performance and broken UI on the small screens. Ampache, on the other hand, has an abundance of first-party clients and third-party players that support it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Document your project with DokuWiki<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-561\" style=\"width: 1264px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/DokuWiki_start-page.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-561 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/blog\/minio.php?2017\/04\/DokuWiki_start-page.png\" alt=\"DokuWiki Start Page\" width=\"1264\" height=\"869\" \/ title=\"7 Unusual Ways to Use Web Hosting - Image 7\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DokuWiki Start Page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating documentation can be a pain. But keeping that documentation online in an accessible form is even worse. Of course, you can go with Mediawiki, Confluence or analogues, but those options either:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are way overqualified for small projects, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Require serious processing power<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are premium products. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of the above.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dokuwiki.org\/dokuwiki#\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DokuWiki<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a much better option. It is a static page CMS, which means that there is little to no processing power required. It is slick, snappy and pretty powerful for something that, according to developers, \u00abwill run on any web hosting that supports PHP\u00bb. It can even be installed in one click on any Unihost hosting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the downside you won\u2019t be able to quickly edit your files on the go with your phone. You also miss out on some features, like page discussions, but considering the cesspit they usually become on the actual Wikipedia, that might be a good thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to neat CMSs and web applications you can run, these are some cool features you can use on the hosting itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using your email with Yandex and Gmail<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every domain owner can create an email account attached to their domain. Using it really helps to identify your mail and give it a unique flair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alas, the webmail clients that are included in cPanel and ISPmanager are rather limited, and using a local email client is an inconvenience. On the other hand almost everyone is already using Gmail or maybe even Inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But there is a way to connect your website account to the Gmail and get the best of both words. In fact, Unihost Knowledge Base has an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/gmail-on-your-domain\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">article that details the whole process<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protect your account with the Two Factor Authorization in cPanel<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being hacked is not fun at all. I had once lost a social media account and I felt pretty pissed off. Now, imagine how it feels to lose a project you\u2019d put all your heart in!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Factor Authorization should be used to prevent just that. Basically, it demands that an additional system has to be triggered in order to get access to the account. For example, in addition to password, you also need to input a one-time code, generated by your smartphone. Without either of them, you cannot login.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, this system is still not perfect, but it significantly improves the safety of your online projects. If you really care about the safety of your data, you might want to also protect your phone with a password and a fingerprint lock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And what unusual CMS or web app do you run on your hosting? 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