Becoming Familiar And Navigating Around in CPanel Print

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Lets know about cPanel, and find out how to use it's many pages and uses. Making sure that your cPanel works at its best and organize in the same manner you want it. This article will assume that you are currently signed into your cPanel. If you are having trouble doing that, please see the article named "How to Login to cPanel".

One of the basic things you must do is go to Preferences, and click on Update Contact Info. It is very important that you keep that information up-to-date so that you can get any necessary email from your hosting company.

You can now go to the top of the left column, and go look at the Switch Theme pull-down list. From here you can easily change how your cPanel shows up by editing the theme, but it does not modify the way it functions.

The Switch Account drop down list.You will come across this list on top of the right column. If you've got one or more account, this list will show you which account you are currently handling with cPanel, and you can now switch accounts here.

Stats. Scroll down, and on the left you can see important information about the account. For instance, it will display how many email account you have, and how many you are allowed with your hosting account. It will give your bandwidth usage, show your home directory, and a whole lot. Scrolling down further, you will find information about the operating system, php version, the MySQL version and a lot more.

The last stat is Server Status. Just click on this link and it will take you to a page that will show you exactly how server you are on is performing. Green lights indicate that the server is performing properly. Click on the Go Back link to exit.

Right now let's look at the right side of the cPanel screen. The right side contains icons grouped into specific boxes. These icons enable you to do specific functions within cPanel including checking your webmail, setting up databases, setting up email addresses and auto-responders.

At the very bottom part of the page is a link called Documentation. Documentation is the link to a comprehensive cPanel Manual where you can learn all there is to know about cPanel. This manual contains information involving all the functions of cPanel, and has sections on everything from generalalways accessible from the home page of your cPanel.

Something amazing in this version of cPanel is that you can rearrange the windows to suit your requirements. For instance, if you think you would like to have the window titled Mail on the top, you could move it by merely dragging and dropping the window where you want it.

This ends the article. You should now become more aware with cPanel and some of its features. To learn more, you can go back to the cPanel Documentation link at the bottom of the cPanel main page.

You can actually exit cPanel by conclusion your browser, or by using the Logout button in the upper right corner. Do not forget, in case you are using a public computer, Always Logout of cPanel before closing mainly because of safety reasons.

















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