cPanel tutorials are provided for anyone who has a Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP (LAMP) web host account such as those provided by TOSD. While some features of cPanel are a little technical and beyond the scope of what the average small business customer needs, there are many useful things that can be attended to by anyone.
The following cPanel tutorials cover all the main features of cPanel and have been categorised as “General” – for common things such as email configuration – and “Specialised”. Unless you have some experience with the items under “Specialised” I suggest that you contact TOSD before making any changes. Best to be sure!
General
- How to login to cPanel
- How to change your cPanel password
- How to create a POP email account
- How to create a default (catch-all) email account
- How to create an auto-responder
- How to set up email forwarding
- How to use Webmail from within cPanel
- How to backup your web site
- How to keep your contact information up to date
Advanced
- Becoming familiar with CPanel’s technical details
- How to create a subdomain
- How to park a domain
- How to create an add-on domain
- How to password protect a directory
- How to manage URL redirects
- How to create additional FTP accounts
- How to create a MySQL database
- Managing MySQL databases with PHPMyAdmin
- Using Filemanager
- Using the Disk Usage Viewer
- How to trace an email address
- An introduction to using Fantastico
- Creating a cron job
