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cPanel an Overview
By admin | October 1, 2007
cPanel is unquestionably the leading web hosting control panel, it’s a GUI (graphical user interface) for managing everything related with your web site and web hosting account. By using cPanel you can easily create ftp/email accounts, subdomains, setup email accounts, Private SSL, install scripts etc. Its use is limited to *nix based web servers and comes in two flavors: WHM and cPanel. WHM (Web host manager) is for use at the root level and allows you to create user accounts, manage quotas, resources, update services, i.e., server management. On the other hand, the cPanel is meant for use by the end user, it allows you to carry out account specific tasks only.
Today, there are many web hosting control panels available. Many top web hosting companies have come up with their own customized control panels as well. Each one of these control panel has its advantages and disadvantages over others, so let’s see why cPanel stands out as the leader.
- GUI: the user interface is the thing about cPanel that can make anyone like it. The icon based menu is so easy to understand that even a 13 year old can use it.
- Transferring: cPanel has this unique feature which allows you to transfer to another cPanel web hosting account.
- OS: cPanel supports a range of popular web server operating systems including Redhat, Debian, Fedora, CentOS and Free BSD. Versions of cPanel which shall be compatible with Windows and Mac OS are currently under development.
- Acceptability: cPanel is widely acceptable among potential web hosting clients, as it’s the biggest name in the industry and as a new web host customer acceptability is what you’ll be aiming at.
- Skins and Plugins: cPanel allows you to fully customize the look and feel as well as add customized plugins that allow you to do things the way you like.
- Investment and Management: You can easily get a low cost license through a datacenter at a fraction of the cost and the cPanel, Inc comes up with frequent updates.
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