How do I use cPanel?

cPanel provides a complete range of functionality to manage all aspects of your web site. The following areas are available:

• Account Management Tools -

  • The Mail Manaager area allows you to manage all aspects of your email, from adding new accounts, setting up auto responders and forwarders to managing mailing lists, and setting spam filters.
  • Change Password allows you to change your account password
  • FTP Manager allows you to set up FTP accounts, Anonymous FTP Controls, Anonymous FTP Messages, and FTP Session Controls.
  • Sub Domains is where you create sub domains for your account.

• Site Management Tools - This area deals with all the tools that you need to control your account using cPanel: changing your web site, creating custom error pages, setting up databases, and password protecting directories.

• Stats/Log Files - This is where you can view your sites statistics and error logs as well as download your raw access logs.

• Pre Installed Scripts - Here you will find scripts for submitting to Search Engines, setting up a chat room, setting up a shopping cart, adding a counter to your web page and several more useful scripts.

• Advanced Tools - The Advanced Menu area deals with a number of options that you normally would not need to use very often, including cron jobs, mime types, Apache handlers, installing Frontpage™ Extensions and OpenPGP keys, managing redirects and a number of other useful tools.

Topics:

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