THE CONTROL PANEL

The control panel is a web-based interface that provides a quick and intuitive interface to aspects of your server that would otherwise be handled by editing arcane text configuration files.

The control panel also implements some rudimentary replications of functions provided by other tools, such as file upload and reading email. The control panel is really a HTML interface to several individual applications running on the server. While most functions on the control panel can be done more efficiently through other means, the cpanel provides centralized fast access to all the major functions of site management, without requiring any special software.

Accessing the Cpanel

The control panel requires at least a 3.x version browser - it must be capable of frames and tables. We recommend Netscape or Internet Explorer, version 3 or higher. There are known problems with the way AOL's built in web browser displays interactive pages such as the cpanel. To log into cpanel - open this URL in your browser:

cPanel provides a complete range of functionality to manage all aspects of your web site.
The following areas are available:

• Mail Menu - The Mail Menu area allows you to manage all aspects of your email, from adding new accounts, managing mailing lists, and setting spam filters.
• Account Settings - The Account Settings area deals with all the tools that you need to control your account using cPanel, changing your web site, creating custom error pages, using subdomains, and other tools.
• Access Menu - The Access Menu area deals with all the tools that you need to control your own access to your web site using cPanel, including managing files, protecting directories, backing up your site, and using SSL to access your web site.
• Advanced Menu - The Advanced Menu area deals with a number of options that you normally would not need to use very often, including cron jobs, mime types, Apache handlers, and a number of other useful tools.
• Tools - The Tools area contains a large number of different utilities, from web site statistics to pre-installed CGI scripts and shopping carts, to Frontpage™ Extensions and OpenPGP keys.

• Apache Handlers:  A user-friendly way of creating Apache Handlers
• Network Tools:   Useful tools such as looking up domains and "whois" which gives detailed information about a domain such as who it is registered to.
• Shell Session:  This is a way for a user to "telnet" into their account on our server.  Once logged in,you will be inside a linux interface and have full access to your account.
• Web Statistics: Allows you to see information about previous users accessing your site.
• SQL Database:  A user-friendly way of creating databases and adding  users to those databases.
• File Manager:  A simple, yet effective and efficient, way of accessing, editing, and modifying information on your site.
• Error Pages:  Allows you to edit your "404, 401, ect..." not found pages.
• Sub Domains:  Allows the user to add/remove sub domains in your account.
• Web Protect:  Allows the user to protect directories in your account.
• Mime Types:  Some servers need to "learn" the program you are using this is an easy way of producing mime/handlers.
• Chat Room:  This option allows the user to create a chat room interface for their site.
• Email Settings:  Allows you to access, modify, add/remove accounts as well as forwarders, filters and default account information.
• FTP Settings:  Allows Pro Account users to modify FTP Accounts.
• CGI Scripts:  Various CGI scripts for the user to use such as Random Html, Guest Book, Counter, Clock, CGI Email,
  Simple Formail, and Entropy Search.
• Many more new added feature