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cPanel User Guide and Tutorial

By : Aric Pedersen
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cPanel User Guide and Tutorial

By: Aric Pedersen

Overview of this book

"A great book for getting the most out of your cPanel-supporting web host" If you have web hosting requirements beyond the most basic, you should look for a host that offers cPanel. cPanel gives you tight control over every aspect of your web site, email accounts, and domain names. But once you've got a web site with cPanel support, how do you go about using it? While the documentation included with cPanel may provide a quick reference, to really get the most from it you need a more detailed, systematic tutorial. Read this book to find out exactly how to get the most from cPanel in all aspects of your web site management: web, email, FTP, security, domains, back ups, and more.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
cPanel: User Guide and Tutorial
Credits
About the Author
Preface
Glossary

Chapter 12. Third‑Party Additions to cPanel

As impressive as the many default features of cPanel are, many web hosts try to differentiate their hosting packages by adding a new look or new features to their plans. This chapter will cover most common cPanel additions, and you will discover:

  • Many popular cPanel themes and learn about what makes them unique

  • A number of popular third‑party add‑ons for cPanel and learn how they work

cPanel Themes: New Look, New Features

cPanel themes provide a new look and feel for cPanel and may also add new features not typically available in cPanel’s default XSkin theme. The screenshots in this guide show the XSkin theme. Although many web hosts use the XSkin theme because it is cPanel’s default theme and is constantly updated to support all of cPanel’s features, there are hosts that choose to use a different theme in order to provide enhanced features or distinguish their hosting plans from other hosts.

Since some hosts use the themes exclusively it is important...