Using cPanel
How to use the popular cPanel site control panel to manage your hosting account
- Where do log in to my control panel?
You can generally access cPanel at:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel
or
http://www.yourdomain.com:2082
Until your dns change resolves, you can access your control panel by using the IP address of the server:
Example: http://207.58.145.176/cpanelYou should log in with the username and password you selected when you placed your order.
- What if I forget my cPanel password?
You can simply go to the cPanel login URL and enter your cPanel username in the "forgot password" area to have your password e-mailed to you. - How do I use cPanel?
The cPanel control panel provides a user-friendly way to configure aspects of your hosting account that would otherwise have to be done by manually editing configuration files. The following provides a description of the most commonly used cPanel features
An overview of cPanel
The main cPanel screen lists your account and server information in a column on the left, with all of the cPanel functions shown as clickable icons on the right, organized by the major cPanel categories. Some options may not be available with all hosting packages.
You can access cPanel's documentation by clicking the the "HELP" link within cPanel, at the top right corner of the page.
Below is an overview of cPanel's main features:
Read Web Mail
Access your email account via the web using http://yourdomain.com/webmail
Add/Remove Accounts
Click this option to add and/or remove email accounts and to read your email messages online.
Default Address
The default address is the email address where all unrouted
email messages will be sent. This is also called a "Catch
All Email Address." For Example, if your master username
is "john" your default address will be john@yourdomain.com.
Now, lets assume that someone sends an email to mary@yourdomain.com
and you have not created an email account for mary, that particular
message will arrive at your default address of john@yourdomain.com.
Auto Responders
Auto Responders are messages that are automatically sent to
each person who sends you an email. This feature is useful when
you know you will not be reading or responding to incoming email
massages for a period of time.
Block an Email
You can use this option to "filter" or block unwanted
emails. Addresses entered here will not be able to send email
to your domain.
Forwarders
You can use this option to forward your email messages to
other email accounts.
Change Password
Click this option to change the password for your Control Panel
and FTP service.
Sub Domains
This option will assist you setting up sub domains inside your
account plan. Sub domains are subdomain.yourdomain.com. The
sub domains that are setup through your control panel draw their
resources from the parent plan and do not come with a unique
IP address. (Not available with some accounts)
Addon domains
With the Addon domain feature in Cpanel you can create a separate
domain next to your main domain on your account. The HTML contents
of a subdomain goes into a subfolder of the /public_html/ folder
in your account.
Every addon domain also creates a subdomain. An Addon is
basically a subdomain that can also be accessed by the full
domain. So for the visitor it is transparent, because they
only see the full domain in the URL bar.
So if you would add a domain named kat.com and your main
domain is dog.com, Cpanel creates a subdomain called kat.dog.com.
The site goes in the /public_html/kat/ directory,
which will be visible via your browser at kat.dog.com AND kat.com
You can create POP mail accounts with kat.com and also the
FTP can be accessed with kat.com (user for FTP should be kat@dog.com)
Make sure that you also update the nameservers for your addon
domain at your registrar with the same nameservers as for
your main domain (see welcome e-mail).
Sub Domain Stats
You can view statistics for your sub-domains just as you can for your main domain.
FTP Manager
From here you can setup FTP users, modify anonymous FTP options,
view who is online and boot anyone from an FTP session. (Not
available with some accounts)
Error Pages
This option will assist you in customizing how your error pages
look. It includes: 400, 401, 403, 404 and 500 error pages.
File Manager
By clicking this option you can view, create and edit files
and directories in your account as well as change permissions
and upload files from your hard drive.
Web Protect
Password protecting
directories has never been easier. This option allows you to select the directory you wish to password protect from a drop
down box and then enter usernames and passwords of those you
want to allow access to that part of your site.
Raw Access Logs
This option will let you download a raw access log.
Backup
Allows you compress and backup your directories and
files.
Fantastico
Use the Fantastico scripts for easy installation of blogs, forums, and other scripts
MySQL Database
MySQL is a database engine that you can use with your website.
There are two separate features in the Control Panel. One allows
you to create your databases and assign users while the other
feature allows you to edit the databases. (Not available with
some accounts)
Cron Jobs
Use this option to setup automated processes on your account.
(Not available with some accounts)
Apache Handlers
Allows you to add user defined handlers for the Apache Web Server.
Redirects
Use this option to redirect your site or sub level page to a
different URL
HotLink Preventor
Prevent other sites from stealing bandwidth by linking directly to your images.
Web/FTP Stats
This option will assist you in monitoring visitors to and from
your site. This area features three different views of your
traffic: AWStats, a comprehensive statistics analysis program, Analog, which basically provides you with a quick summary, and
Webalizer, which provides you with more detailed information. You can also select "latest visitors" to see the last 300 visitors with detailed information on each. This
area also contains links to monitor your bandwidth usage and
to access your error log, which will assist you in troubleshooting
and debugging your scripts.
CGI Center
This option allows you to enable the pre-installed cgi scripts
for your site.
Network Tools
This option provides you with DNS lookup capabilities and traceroute.
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