The Unofficial cPanel Tutorial
Most of us know what cPanel is and what it's used for. Many of us don't however but would like to know more about the program, how it works and what it's really used for. cPanel is one of the most popular server management programs out on the market today and probable more utilized then any other server management software.
Users have migrated to cPanel for the simple fact of how easy it is to use. Almost everything involved within cPanel has an explanation to it, or some form of example. In most cases this would suffice and no other explanation would be needed. There are a few grey areas and some that could use more elaboration. This set of articles will help those of us that are new to cPanel, or existing, understand and utilize cPanel more efficiently.
What is it?
cPanel is a web based control panel that will allow a user to manage their account through a web interface instead of command line. Utilizing a GUI instead of using command line, users are able to do more tasks and accomplish them faster and with more accuracy then if they were being done within a command line environment.
cPanel was designed for the end user. With an array of features, a user can accomplish any task ranging from, adding an email address to managing sub-domain names. There are many features included within cPanel, most of which users really don't know what they are for or do.
The Run Down
Below is a run down of what will be covered in this tutorial.
Understanding the Layout
Mail
o Web Mail
o E-mail Domain Forwarding
o Manage/Add/Remove Accounts
o Default Address
o Auto-responders
o E-mail Filtering
o Forwarders
o Mailing Lists
o Spam Assassin
o Trace an E-mail Address
o Modify Mail Exchanger (MX Entry)
Change Password
Parked Domains
Add-on Domains
FTP Manager
o FTP Accounts
o Setup Anonymous FTP Access
o Anonymous FTP Message
o FTP Session Control
File Manager
Disk Usage
Backup
Password Protect Directories
Error Pages
Sub Domains
MySQL Databases
SSH/Shell Access
Redirects
FrontPage Extensions
Web/FTP Stats
o Analog
o Awstats/Webalizer
o Sub Domain Stats
o Latest Visitors
o Bandwidth
o Error Log
Raw Access Logs
Raw Log Manager
Error Log
Sub Domain Stats
Search Engine Submit
Chatroom
PhpMyChat
Bulletin Board
CGI Center
Scripts Library
Agora Shopping Cart
Cron Jobs
Network Tools
MIME Types
Apache Handlers
Manage OpenPGP Keys
Hotlink Protection
Index Manager
IP Deny Manager
Fantastico
More information on cPanel can be found here: http://www.cpanel.net/
For webmasters and web hosts that would like a downloadable copy of this tutorial to distribute to their clients or whomever they'd like, a PDF version can be found here.
