Several of those are already available with LunarPages.

Why do you bother to get web hosting if you don't even want to learn to code? That's like getting a computer and not wanting to learn to read. Sure, you can get along by blindly clicking around but it sure makes things harder. Although some people start out knowing nothing when they first get web hosting, at least they're willing to learn.

speaking of something goes wrong

I recently setup my .htaccess file in the cpanel file manager which is great.  I now understand more about this file and setting up forwards and whatnot.  Now, I have been working with hotlinking protection. . .and every time I save my .htaccess after looking at it through the hotlink protection I have to re-edit the file and put in my forwards again.

Any way to hotlink protect\unprotect without losing my forwarding code every time.

Also - I have read the paragraph in cpanel a hundred times and tried to figure it out online. . .HOW do you protect files from being linked externally, while still being able to reference them from your own site?

i.e. <img blah blah

That is like saying why bother with washing your clothes if you don't want to learn to wash them by hand.  There is a reason we have washing machines, dishwashers, microwave dinners, prepared food,...they make tasks that are time consuming less so.  Just because someone can't make jam doesn't mean they shouldn't buy jam already prepared and eat it.

Admittedly several of the options listed by the poster are already options available to LP customers.  Wanting more isn't a bad thing.  Not wanting to learn how to code isn't a bad thing.  To each his own.

If my washing machine breaks down, I would know how to wash by hand. If there is no dishwasher, I can wash by hand. If there is no car, I can walk.

The point is to know how to do things when the convenience of technology is not available. I am all for efficiency; inefficiency is my pet peeve. However, when people are clueless about coding and their preinstalled apps break down, it's like they're stranded on a raft without knowing how to swim. People don't have to become experts, but the bare minimum to get by would help them help themselves.

Well, that's great... I'm all for Darwinism and those people weeding themselves out.

If someone is completely clueless, they're going to have trouble articulating requests for help. Remember that dude we both told off? He didn't even know how to ask a coherent question, and gave someone an attitude when he tried to ask for clarification.

Then once a solution could be offered, would they be even able to implement the advice?

I don't know if you've noticed but my intention is always to help, not to harm. I don't like to leave people helpless. However, if that's what they want, that's fine; there are plenty of other people to help, including myself. If I had anything against newbies, I wouldn't help them, but I do try to thelp them.

I'm no longer watching this thread so don't waste your time replying. Aggravation is bad for my health.

Oops, kinda late on this, but just saw this thread

In my opinion, I think that knowing "coding" is not a "necessity" as long as you have the programs that will do the job for you, however I do feel that it is good practice to know at least some html coding if you can learn them, because there are times when it does come in handy.

I bought a basic WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) program when I first started back over 6 years ago, and now use DreamWeaver MX which basically you don't need to know any coding cuz it does everything for you.

However, back 6 years ago, I still bought a very easy to learn book on the html coding, because for my own knowledge I wanted to at least know what was going on "behind the scenes", so-to-speak.

Well, turns out I was glad that I learned and understood what the coding was about, because there were indeed times where I needed to go into the "source code" to tweak things that my program couldn't add in (back 6 years ago you had to enter javascripts by coding it into the html cuz the programs didn't incorporate it as a function/feature).

Anyway, my opinion is that everyone has to make their own decisions as to how much they can/need/want/have time to learn coding. Again, in my opinion, it is a very good thing to know because it does have its advantages especially when you need to make customized changes/additions that isn't easily done automatically via the script/program, but learning "coding" is not required or necessary, as long as you have the scripts/programs that do it all for you.

This is just a matter of preference on each person's part.

What I normally do now, is NOT even go into the "Hotlink Protection" via cPanel, cuz of the very thing you are saying ... it changes the code.  I strictly access the file via "File Manager" and do any editing directly to the .htaccess file from there.  That way, the coding stays intact.