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cPanel User Guide and Tutorial

By : Aric Pedersen

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cPanel User Guide and Tutorial

4.4 (12)

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.

cPanel: User Guide and Tutorial

cPanel: User Guide and Tutorial

Credits

Credits

About the Author

About the Author

Preface

Preface

Free Chapter

Introduction to cPanel Hosting

Introduction to cPanel Hosting

Webmaster, Meet cPanel…

What Tools Will You Need?

Finding cPanel Web Hosting

Questions to Ask Hosting Companies

Summary

Getting Started with cPanel

Getting Started with cPanel

Logging into cPanel

The Main cPanel Interface

Summary

FTP and cPanel’s File Manager

FTP and cPanel’s File Manager

FTP Basics

Creating and Managing FTP Accounts in cPanel

Anonymous FTP Access

cPanel FTP Session Control

Other Types of FTP Connections

cPanel’s File Manager

Summary

Working with Mail

Working with Mail

Why Manage your Own E‑mail Accounts?

Common E‑mail Terms

Accessing cPanel’s E‑mail Features

Managing POP3 and IMAP E‑mail Accounts

Creating an E‑mail Account

Configuring your E‑mail Client to Use your New Address

Changing Advanced E‑mail Options and Monitoring your E‑mail Account

Web Mail

E‑mail Forwarders (Aliases)

E‑mail Domain Forwarding

Mailing Lists

Dealing with Unsolicited E‑mail (SPAM)

Default (Catch All) E‑mail Address

E‑mail Auto‑Responders

Advanced E‑mail Tools

Summary

Working with Databases

Working with Databases

Database 101

Working with Databases in cPanel

phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin

Summary

Controlling Access to and Organizing Your Data

Controlling Access to and Organizing Your Data

Changing your cPanel Password

Subdomains

Redirects

Hotlink Protection: Stop People from Stealing Content

Password-Protect Directories

Leech Protect: Keep Users from Giving Away Access to your Site

Index Manager

IP Deny Manager

Custom Web Error Messages

Summary

Keeping an Eye on Account Activity

Keeping an Eye on Account Activity

Web Statistics: What’s Going On?

Raw (Apache) Web Logs

Web Stats to the Rescue!

Other Related Tools

Summary

Backing up and Restoring Data

Backing up and Restoring Data

Backups and their Importance

Automated Unattended Backups

Restoring Backups

Summary

Working with Scripts

Working with Scripts

What are Web Scripts?

The Scripts cPanel Offers for Installation

Advice on Working with Scripts

Summary

Advanced cPanel Features

Advanced cPanel Features

Welcome to cPanel 102

FrontPage Extensions

Add‑on Domains

Parked Domains

Cron Jobs

SSH/Telnet

MIME Types

Apache Handlers

OpenPGP Keys

SSL Management

Network Tools

cPanel Pro

Summary

Site and Account Security

Site and Account Security

Site Security and You

The Security Plan

What to do if the Worst Happens

Summary

Third‑Party Additions to cPanel

Third‑Party Additions to cPanel

cPanel Themes: New Look, New Features

Third‑Party Add‑ons

Summary

Useful Tools and Links and the Final Curtain Call

Useful Tools and Links and the Final Curtain Call

FTP Clients

Additional cPanel Information

Basic Webmaster and Scripting Assistance

Domain, DNS, and Site Monitoring Tools

Password Storing Programs

Curtain Call

Glossary

Glossary

Chapter 2. Getting Started with cPanel

Now that you have a shiny new cPanel web hosting account, it is time to learn the ropes of cPanel’s interface. However, before we can dive into that, we need to figure out how to access the account.

Logging into cPanel

Once you’ve signed up for a web hosting account you will likely receive an e-mail with important account information. Please follow the directions you receive and do not delete that information; you may need to refer to it again some day.

If you are ready to start exploring cPanel, launch your web browser. There are two ways you can log into your cPanel account:

Securely (recommended): https://domain.com:2083/ or https://111.111.111.111:2083/. If you log in securely you will probably receive a warning about the security certificate not matching. This is normal in this case. Accept the certificate and continue with logging in.
Insecurely (non-encrypted connection): http://domain.com:2082/ or http://domain.com/cpanel or http://111.111.111...

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