Web Hosting Control Panel Options

Control Panel refers to the software installed to the server where the site is hosted. This software helps you control different features that enable you or a service provider to host your web site. The features include your FTP accounts, email accounts, and databases.

It also includes the feature to update database (if required) and the rights to manage data files. So, these features make a web hosting control panel an important component, and the success or failure of your web hosting experience depends largely on it.

Every service provider has its own set of preferences for a control panel for your web site. You need to ensure that the features and rights available to you for your site meet the minimum requirements of your site. Some of the factors that can help you select a reasonable control panel are – the purpose behind hosting your website, the audience it is targeted at, the kind of interaction it invites from the site visitors, and the frequency of updates it requires.

Different control panels available with service providers depend on the platform where the site is to be hosted. For example – H-Sphere, cPanel, Plesk, Sphera, Vdeck, and Ensim. All these control panels have different features. You can select the one for you after doing some research on the options available with your service provider. For example – Ensim is easy to use only if you have some experience in using it, and H=Sphere supports Windows as well as Linux.

If you do not have any prior knowledge of control panels and you are not good at getting used to new software; you can ask for free demonstrations of all the control panels that your service provider can provide.

Analyze the different combinations of control panels with different platforms. This enables you to get an insight into how to use the various available features. Besides, you also get to know about other options available if you plan to move your site to some other service provider in future.

Advantages of cPanel Hosting

Cpanel is a Hosting Automation Software used by a web host. Though, there are many automation software (such as H-Sphere, cPanel, Plesk, Sphera, Vdeck, and Ensim,) available in the market, cPanel has its own advantages.
After you have designed the site, the next step is maintaining a site, which includes setting up databases, additional email addresses, FTP accounts, or checking web statistics. If you have some experience in working on servers or network, cPanel enables you to perform these ‘technical’ tasks in a user-friendly manner.

Apart from site maintenance tasks, many web hosts that offer cPanel includes Fantastico, which is a cPanel feature that enables you to install a variety of programs and scripts with just a few clicks. Some of these additional programs include WordPress (for blogging) or Simple Machines Forum or phpBB (for hosting an online forum).

Practically, cPanel is available at a reasonable price, particularly for Linux web hosts. It enables you an access to some basic features, as listed below:

• You can update your password and personal information.

• You can know if the bandwidth or disk space is approaching the agreed upon limit.

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• You can add, delete, or update additional email accounts.

• You can view the traffic on your site and know if it is nearing the permissible limit.

• You can take complete backup of your site direct from the server.

• You can configure http redirects, customize spam filters, and add a shopping cart, if your disk space allows you to do so.

The list of features goes on and on. The increasing popularity of cPanel over other control panels means that it is a reliable, secure, and trusted component. It gives you almost full control over your website by using an easy to use interface. In Linux environment, you don’t need to go through hundreds of commands to configure site settings. All the common features are available just at a few clicks of a mouse.

By selecting a web host offering CPanel, you can focus your energies on your business to get more traffic to your site rather than worrying about the technical aspects of site maintenance.