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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

Third‑Party Add‑ons


A few companies have also chosen to offer new feature add‑ons for cPanel. In the past, this was not an easy thing. However, since cPanel now has made it easier for others to add new features with the advent of cPanel Pro, there has been an upsurge in third‑party add‑ons.

It isn’t possible to discuss every third‑party add‑on in this book, but the most common add‑ons deserve a mention since your host may offer them.

Fantastico: The Original Script Autoinstaller

Many years ago, before cPanel added its Script Library feature, Netenberg (at the time called cpanelthemes.com) came up with a way to make it easier for end users to install and remove web scripts. This was soon imitated by cPanel and other third-party developers, but Fantastico has evolved to maintain its lead over competitors. It remains the leading third‑party add‑on.

Installing scripts by yourself can be a bit daunting if you don’t know what you are doing. Fantastico takes all the hard work out of installing many...