Adding An Anonymous FTP Message You can add a message that appears in all FTP clients that access your public_ftp folder. This is... Adding An Authorised User You can control who can access protected directories by adding authorized users. Generally, at... Adding An FTP Account An FTP account creates a folder on the public_html level of your site that allows external users... Adding MySQL Host Access You can allow external web servers to access your MySQL databases by adding their domain name to... Adding Subdomain Redirection You can redirect Internet traffic from a particular subdomain to another location. This is... Addon Domains An addon domain is a domain name that that points to a subdirectory within your account. For... Altering Your Mail Exchanger (MX Entry) Setting CPanel manages your e-mail through its own mail server. However, by altering your MX (Mail... Analog The Analog reporting tool presents a comprehensive coverage of web server statistics available... Apache Handlers Apache is an open-source HTTP server, and is used to serve your site. Apache handlers tell the... Autoresponders Autoresponders are e-mail messages that are sent automatically when an e-mail arrives for a... Awstats The Awstats reporting tool combines a comprehensive coverage of web server statistics available... Backup The Backup area allows you to download the daily, weekly, or monthly backup file of your entire... Bandwidth The Bandwidth tool generates an overall summary of the amount of bandwidth that your site is... Change Password Your domain password is the password you use to log on to your CPanel. You should change this... Changing File/Folder Permissions All files on UNIX (including Linux and other UNIX variants) machines have access permissions.... Changing The Password Of An E-mail Account It is useful to occasionally change the passwords on your e-mail accounts to maximize your... Changing The Password Of An FTP Account It is a good idea to regularly change your password. You should always change your password if... Configuring Outlook Express To Read E-mail Because Microsoft Outlook Express is the most popular e-mail application available, you can... Configuring Spam Assassin You can change how Spam Assassin deals with spam. The following options are available:... Controlling FTP Sessions You can view and terminate FTP sessions using the provided FTP session controls. This is... Creating A MySQL User You need to create a MySQL user before that user is able to use the database. This does not... Creating A New File For small text files it can be easier to create them online, rather than on your home computer... Creating A New Folder Folders are a very useful way of adding organization and structure to your web site. They make... Cron Jobs Cron jobs allow you to automate repetitive tasks on the server that hosts your web site. This is... Deleting A Cron Job Delete a cron job when you no longer want the command to be automated. If you are unsure what... Deleting A File Or Folder CPanel includes a Trash folder, which operates the same way as the Windows Recycle Bin. All... Deleting A Forwarder Delete a forwarder when you no longer need it. You can not modify an e-mail forwarder - if you... Deleting A MIME Type You can delete custom MIME types at any time. However, you can not delete system-wide MIME... Deleting A Mailing List Delete a Mailman mailing list when you no longer want the list to be active. Warning:... Deleting A Parked Domain You need to delete a parked domain when you no longer own that domain or when you want to set... Deleting A Subdomain Delete a subdomain when you no longer need a separate web presence for that particular part... Deleting An Addon Domain Deleting an addon domain stops redirecting Internet traffic from a domain to a subdirectory.... Deleting An Apache Handler You can delete custom Apache handlers at any time. However, you cannot delete system-wide... Deleting An Autoresponder Delete an autoresponder when you no longer need to use it. If you use the autoresponder at... Deleting An E-mail Account You can delete an e-mail account when the account is no longer needed. You can not delete your... Deleting An E-mail Filter Delete a spam filter when you no longer need it. There is no way to modify a spam filter - if... Deleting An FTP Account Deleting an FTP account is as simple as creating as creating the account. Deleting the account... Deleting An OpenPGP Key You can delete a public or private key whenever required. To delete a key:... Disabling Hotlink Protection Disable hotlink protection when you no longer think that another web site owner is directly... Disabling Spam Assassin You can disable Spam Assassin whenever you require. If you are not able to receive a non-spam... Disk Usage The Disk Usage Viewer enables you to see exactly how much disk space is being taken up by... Downloading Archived Log Files If you have activated the Raw Log Manager, you can download the compressed log files currently... Downloading FTP Access Logs Downloading an FTP log is useful for monitoring exactly what FTP actions have occurred on your... E-Mail Accounts You can set up as many POP (Post Office Protocol) e-mail accounts as you require, up to your... E-mail Box Trapper Boxtrapper protects your inbox from spam by forcing all people not on your white list to reply... E-mail Filtering You can block an e-mail using spam filters. There are many definitions of spam, but one... Editing A File Editing a pre-existing file through File Manager allows you to make immediate changes to your... Editing A Mailing List There are many different configurable options available with the Mailman script. This... Editing An Autoresponder Modify an autoresponder if you need to alter the details of the message or if you set it to the... Editing An OpenPGP Key You can directly edit a key, if ever required. To edit a key: Click on the... Emptying The Trash Warning: Make sure you do not need any of the files or folders in the Trash before you empty... Error Log The error log contains all HTTP errors that occur when visitors attempt to view your site,... Error Pages Error pages are displayed to Internet users when any one of a variety of errors occur, such as... FTP Manager The FTP area deals with all the tools relating to setting up and managing FTP accounts, as well... File Manager The File Manager allows you to manage your site through HTML, rather than an FTP tool or other... Forwarders Forwards simply allow you to automatically forward e-mail sent to one account to another... Frontpage Extensions Frontpage Extensions allow you to publish your web site using Microsoft Frontpage. These... General Server Information You can view a variety of information about the server from the home page. The following links... Generating A Backup You can generate a backup at any time. This is useful if you have just made some changes to... Hotlink Prevention Hotlinking is when another web site owner links directly to one or more of your images or... IP Deny Manager The IP Deny Manager enables you to block access to your web site from specific IP addresses.... Importing An OpenPGP Key You can import a key directly into CPanel. This will add it to the number of public keys that... Index Manager The Index Manager enables you to control how directories on your web site are displayed. If... Latest Visitors This quick tool lists the last 300 visitors that have visited your site in the last 24 hours.... Logging Out Of cPanel You should explicitly log out whenever you have finished using CPanel, as this tells the web... Logging into cPanel You need to log on in order to use CPanel to manage your web site. To log on:... MIME Types MIME types tell browsers how to handle specific extensions. Most MIME types are set globally on... Mailing Lists Mailman is a popular mailing list script. Mailing lists are an ideal tool for communication... Manage OpenPGP Keys OpenPGP is a tool for secure online communication. CPanel uses GnuPG for its public-key... Managing MySQL Databases CPanel includes a web-based MySQL management tool called phpMyAdmin. This tool allows you to... MySQL SQL stands for Structured Query Language. SQL is an international standard in querying and... Parked Domains You can set up a domain name that you own to point to another domain name. This is known as... Password Protect Directories You can protect directories within your site from browsers by using a password to protect them.... Raw Access Logs You can download the raw access logs that contain all the recorded hit information that your... Raw Log Manager Raw access logs contain all the recorded hit information that your site has received. You can... Reading Your E-mail You can read your online e-mail using NeoMail, Horde, or SquirrelMail. All of these popular... Redirects The Redirects area allows you to redirect Internet traffics from one web page to another. This... Removing A MySQL Database Removing a database will delete that database from its online location. Be sure that you have... Removing A MySQL User Removing a user deletes that user - it removes all database permissions that the user has and... Removing A Redirect Remove a redirect when you no longer want to redirect Internet traffic from a web page. There... Removing A Subdomain Redirection Remove subdomain redirection when you no longer want Internet traffic to be diverted from the... Removing An Authorised User Remove authorized users when they no longer should have access to a particular directory.... Removing An IP From The IP Deny Manager Remove a blocked IP address when you no longer need to prevent access from that IP address.... Removing Anonymous FTP Access Removing Anonymous FTP access is as simple as enabling the access. Removing access does not... Removing Host Access Remove host access for a particular server when you no longer want that server to access your... Removing Password Protection Remove password protection on a directory when you no longer want other users to have access... Renaming A File/Folder You can quickly rename a file or folder if you originally labelled a file or folder with the... Restoring Your Website From A Backup In the unlikely event that your web site or other files are deleted from your web host's... Search Engine Submit CPanel allows you to submit your web site details to several search engines at one time. Some... Setting Anonymous FTP Access Anonymous FTP access allows anyone to access your public_ftp folder. There are two options... Setting Your Default E-mail Address Any e-mail that is sent to an unknown account at your domain name, such as... Spam Assassin Spam Assassin is a mail filter installed on a mail server used to identify spam. It checks... Subdomain Stats You can view statistics specifically for each subdomain using the Analog and Webalizer tools.... Subdomains Subdomains are a way of creating separate accounts within your master account, which are... Uploading File Using The File Manager You can use File Manager to upload files to your web site, up to 12 files in one go. Although... Web/FTP Stats The Web / FTP Statistics area presents you with a wide variety of information about your web... Webalizer The Webalizer tool creates a graphical summary display of usage of your site. This is useful... What Is cPanel? CPanel is a fully featured web-based control panel that allows you to manage your domain through...