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What is hosting?

znmick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:35:13 +0000

Hosting is the term commonly applied to the actual web server that your web site lives on. Besides providing DNS routing and the physical space that your web site lives on, hosting provides you with your other crucial online business functions such as email address management and tools, online file management, database management and ftp access.

What’s a parked domain?

znmick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:23:02 +0000

A parked domain is what cPanel refers to as a domain that you want to add to your web hosting account that does nothing other than point to another published web site that you have on your account. Common uses for parked domains include providing additional domains that a specific web site resolves to, or just saving domains for use in a future project or endeavor.

What’s an add-on domain?

znmick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:22:27 +0000

An add-on domain is what cPanel refers to as a domain that you want to add to your web hosting account with the intent of either running a separate web site or running separate email accounts. In other words, you can run multiple web sites on your web hosting account provided that you have enough ad-on domains to support those web sites.

How can I add email autoresponders?

znmick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:12:13 +0000

Email autoresponders are added in the “Email Management” area of cPanel. Click the “Autoresponders” button, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

What is an email autoresponder?

znmick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:11:31 +0000

An email autoresponder simply sends a message out to every person sending you an email when that email comes in. It’s very useful when you want to have an “Out of the Office” email message sent when you are on vacation or even away for the weekend.

How can I add email forwarders?

znmick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:11:03 +0000

Email forwarders are added in the “Email Management” area of cPanel. Click the “Forwarders” button, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

What is an email forwarder?

znmick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:01:48 +0000

An email forwarder creates an email address that automatically forwards all email received to a different email address. In this way, it’s possible to receive email from several different email addresses by checking only one account.

How can I add email accounts?

znmick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:01:18 +0000

Email accounts are added within cPanel. Just log into cPanel, roll down to the Email Management area and click the “Email Addresses” button. Follow the onscreen instructions from there.

Why is cPanel the best choice for your control panel?

znmick — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:52:48 +0000

We really prefer cPanel for a several reasons, notably because of how much other companies use it. The commonality of cPanel among hosting companies combined with the fact that it is very easy to use make it almost a standard. Many people are already familiar with cPanel, and if you are not it’s pretty intuitive and easy to use as well. Additionally, cPanel is overwhelmingly unrestrictive, and will let an administrator make almost any change he or should would like.

What other control panels are available in the market?

znmick — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:52:21 +0000

Other control panels include DirectAdmin, H-Sphere and Plesk, while others are sometimes proprietary altogether. Depending on how your control panel is configured, you may have several of your editing options restricted or unavailable.