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1. variable exactly as it appears in the Subject line in order for this 111 cPanel 11 User Manual confirmation message to work properly It is also a good idea to leave the email variable in the To line in order to validate the email address being used Click on the Save button after you have modified the verify confirmation email e blacklist If you deny an email address verification the sender will receive the blacklist message stating that you are not accepting emails from the sender s email address You can modify the message to your specific needs Variables used include email subject Yacct and headers Click on the Save button after you have modified the blacklist confirmation email e returnverify This confirmation message sends an email to the sender s email address stating that you have approved their email address for sending email to your email account You can modify the message to your specific needs Variables used include email Y subject Yacct and headers Click on the Save button after you have modified the returnverify confirmation email To edit any of the confirmation messages click on the Edit button next to the confirmation type If you have modified any of the confirmation messages and would like to restore the message to its default message click on the Reset to default button You can edit any of the confirmation messages to fit your own personal preferences Whe
2. 4 The next section shows you a Monthly history of your web site s statistical data including every month over the last twelve month period Continue on down the page to the days of the month chart There are many other statistical reports available such as the number of visits and page views per url on your web site the types of operating systems visitors are using when visiting your web site and search engine keywords used to find your web site It even includes a report on 81 cPanel 11 User Manual how many links are coming from various search engines and links coming from other web sites 82 Logs Bandwidth Usage What does the Bandwidth Usage feature do The Bandwidth Usage feature allows you to see the bandwidth usage for your site It shows the current month s bandwidth usage as well as your total bandwidth usage This will include all HTTP web and POP mail bandwidth usage and may include FTP bandwidth usage if your system administrator has enabled FTP bandwidth logging Monthly Bandwidth Limit The first section on the Bandwidth Usage page shows the percentage of bandwidth used for your web site based on the current month You can see the percentage and a graphical display of the percentage in the Monthly Bandwidth Limit section Today The next section shows the amount of bandwidth or traffic used on your web site for the current day The Traffic for Today graph shows the amount of bandwidth or traffic on the fo
3. Added the database YOUR_DATABASE_NAME 4 Enter the username and password you want to use for this database in the Username and Password text boxes respectively 5 Next click on the Create User button 6 You should see the following statement Added USERNAME with the password PASSWORD 7 Next you will see Step 3 requesting you to add the user you just created to the database you just created Click on the Submit button to proceed with adding the user to the database 8 You should see the following statement User USERNAME was added to the database DATABASE 35 cPanel 11 User Manual 9 When the page loads you will have three available options to choose e Add another database Click this link if you want to add another PostgreSQL database to your web hosting account e Add another user using the PostgreSQL Database Area Click this link if you want to add another user to the database you created in the steps above e Return to Home Click this link if you want to return to the cPanel dashboard Create A PostgreSQL Database Manually 1 When the page loads enter the name of your new database in the New Database text box 2 Next click on the Create Database button 3 You should see the following statement Added the database YOUR_DATABASE_NAME 4 Click on the Back to Manage Databases link 5 When the page loads you will see a table with your newly created database containing the
4. How do repair my MySQL database Disk Space How do view how much disk space my web hosting account is using Domains How do create an Addon Domain How do remove an Addon Domain How do create an Addon Domain Redirection How do park a domain How do redirect a web site or web page to another web site or web page How do create a Subdomain How do remove a Subdomain How do create a Subdomain Redirection Ecommerce How do install AgoraCart on my web site How do install OSCommerce on my web site Email How do add a new email account Common Questions How do delete an email account How do modify the amount of disk space allocated to an email account How do change a password associated with an email account How do configure my desktop s mail client with an email account How do check an email account using the web based email program How do setup email verification before someone can send me email Uses BoxTrapper To Prevent Spam How do configure the system to catch spam emails Uses SpamAssassin How do setup an email forwarder for an individual email account How do setup an email forwarder for an entire domain How do setup an auto responder How do setup a catch all email account How do I create a mailing list How do setup email filters How do the delivery path or delivery route of a particular email address How do modify and change DNS Fi
5. e Quota This entry shows the amount of disk space allocated to the associated FTP account e Functions This entry provides the following options e Delete Click on the Delete icon to delete the FTP account from the system e Edit Quota Click on the Edit Quota icon to change or modify the amount of disk space allocated to the associated FTP account e Change Password Click on the Change Password icon to change or modify the password of the associated FTP account 3 Find the FTP account you want to modify in the User column 4 Click on the Change Password icon in the Functions column for the associated FTP account 5 Enter the new password in the New Password text box 6 Click on the Change button 7 You will see the following statement Account Password Changed 65 cPanel 11 User Manual Creating Backups What are Backups Backups allow you to download to your computer a zipped copy of either you entire site your home directory databases email forwarders configuration email filters configuration or one of the previously mentioned parts of your site These are not automatically scheduled backups Automatically scheduled backups need to be enabled by the server owner administrator You can backup and download the following Full backups Home directory backup MySQL database backup Email forwarders or filters backup You can also restore the following e Home directory backup e My
6. www nucleuscms org Installation Note Before you attempt to install the Nucleus make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the Nucleus on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically for this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed Nucleus on your account it will show the version number you have installed 171 cPanel 11
7. 165 cPanel 11 User Manual 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install E107 on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed E107 on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 166 Software GeekLog What is GeekLog GeekLog is a PHP MySQL Content Manager To learn more about GeekLog visit http www geeklog net Installation Note Before you attempt to install the GeekLog make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the GeekLog on from the drop down menu By
8. 3 Next click on the x in a circle icon 4 You will see the following confirmation statement Are you sure you wish to remove USERNAME User from the database DATABASE 5 Click on the Yes button 6 Then click on the Go Back link The user you deleted should no longer be associated with the database you chose in Step 2 above Delete A User Permanently 1 There will be a two column table containing the Users and Delete column Find the user you want to delete from the system and click on the x in a circle icon 42 Databases 2 You will see the following statement Are you sure you wish to permanently remove the USERNAME User 3 Click on the Yes button 4 You will see the following statement Deleted the USERNAME 43 cPanel 11 User Manual phpMyAdmin What is phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin is a web based database administration tool specifically for managing MySQL databases Once you click on the phpMyAdmin link on the cPanel dashboard phpMyAdmin will automatically load in a new window First select the database you want to manage from the Database drop down menu Then you can begin using all the functions and features phpMyAdmin has to offer in this advanced yet easy to use web based database administration tool To learn how to use all of the phpPgAdmin features available visit http www phpmyadmin net home_page index php 44 Databases phpPgAdmin What is phpPgAdmin phpPgAdmin is a w
9. 92 Logs Exit The Exit table shows the top entry pages accessed on your web site including hits Kbytes and the associated URL Sites The Sites tables show the top visitors hostnames used when accessing your web site including hits files Kbytes visits and the associated hostname Referrers The Referrers table shows the URLs referrers used when accessing your web site including hits and the associated referrer Search The Search table shows the top keywords or keyphrases visitors used to find your web site on search engines Note The Search table will not be shown unless visitors used keywords or keyphrases to find your web site on search engines Agents The Agents table shows the top browser types such as Internet Explorer Mozilla FireFox Netscape including operating system type etc visitors used when accessing your web site including hits and the associated user agent Countries The Countries table shows the top visitors countries used when accessing your web site including hits files Kbytes and the associated country 93 Mail Add An Auto Responder What is an Auto Responder Auto Responders allow you to send an automatic response to anyone who sends an email your email account When an email is sent to your account the response that you have created will be sent back to the person who send you the email This feature will not prevent your email from being delivered This feature can b
10. By default the Directory text box will automatically be populated with the root public_html LOGIN or USERNAME you entered above You can change the location according to your own specific needs e Quota MB By default the Quota text box is populated with Unlimited This means the FTP account you are creating will have an unlimited amount of disk space Even if you leave it set as the default Unlimited the actual disk space used by the FTP account will not exceed the amount of disk space allocated to the domain the account is residing 2 Click on the Create button 3 You will see the following statement The FTP account LOGIN with password PASSWORD was added and a quote of QUOTA megs 0 or blank is unlimited 4 Click on the Go Back link 5 When the page loads you will see an Accounts Management table consisting of the following information split into six columns 68 Files User This entry shows the login username for the associated FTP account Type This entry shows various icons depending on the type of FTP account View the Legend table for further information Directory This entry shows the location of the FTP account the FTP user is restricted to the directory defined in this entry Disk Usage This entry shows the amount of disk space used by the associated FTP account Quota This entry shows the amount of disk space allocated to the associated FTP account Functions This entry provides
11. the username and password you need to use in order to download your raw access log files 4 Below the statement will be a list of various FTP raw access log files Click on the link associated with the FTP raw access log files you want to download 5 Use the login information provided in Step 3 above to access your log files 71 cPanel 11 User Manual Edit Disk Space Allocation FTP You can modify the amount of disk space allocated to any of the available FTP accounts Follow the instructions below Note Your overall FTP disk quota is limited by the total disk space available for your hosting account For example If you have 5000 MB of disk space in your hosting account and set a FTP account s disk quota to 9999 MB the quota will still be 5000 MB 1 Go to the FTP Accounts page in your cPanel control panel 2 When the page loads you will see an Accounts Management table consisting of the following information split into six columns e User This entry shows the login username for the associated FTP account e Type This entry shows various icons depending on the type of FTP account View the Legend table for further information e Directory This entry shows the location of the FTP account the FTP user is restricted to the directory defined in this entry e Disk Usage This entry shows the amount of disk space used by the associated FTP account e Quota This entry shows the amount of disk space allocated to t
12. this entry will be the ending IP address of the Range you entered in Step 1 e Remove Click on this option to remove the IP Address or IP Range from the system completely Removing IP Addresses If you want to remove an IP Address cPanel has a built in feature that will allow you to easily delete any IP Addresses you have previously created 1 Assuming you have added an IP Address or IP Range view the Current IP addresses being blocked table as described in Step 5 of the Adding IP Addresses section at the top of this document 2 Find the IP Address you want to delete in the table 3 Next click on the Remove link in the Actions column 4 When the page loads click on the Yes button 5 The next page will state The IP address IP_ADDRESS will now be able to access your site 128 Security Leech Protect What is Leech Protect Leech Protect allows you to prevent your users from giving out or publicly posting their password to a restricted area of your site This feature will redirect and suspend if selected accounts which have been compromised to a url of your choice Configuring Leech Protect 1 When the page loads a list of your web hosting account s public_html directory will be shown You can navigate your way to the directory you want to Leech Protect by clicking on the folder icon next to the directory name associated with the path to the directory you want to view 2 When you find the directo
13. 6 Next you will have two buttons available Thumbnail Images and Reset Dimensions 16 Advanced If you are ready to view the thumbnail images in the director you have chosen click on the Thumbnail Images button If you are want to reset the default dimensions what you previously set click on the Reset Dimensions button Using The Image Scaler 1 Click on the Image Scaler link in the Image Tools section of Image Manager 2 A list of your web hosting account s home directory will be shown You can navigate your way to the directory containing the images you want to scale or find a single image you want to scale Once you find the directory or a single image you want to scale click on the directory name or the file name to load the Image Scaler 3 The Image Scaler provides a great deal of information to you First you will notice a statement similar to the following We will be scaling path to your directory or filename If the directory or filename is not correct click on the Go Back link and start with Step 1 above If the directory or filename is correct move on to Step 4 below 4 Next you will see the Current Dimensions shown for the image s you are scalilng Example Current Dimensions 16 x 16 Below the Current Dimensions will be two pairs of text boxes The first pair of text boxes shows the New Dimensions for your image In our example the New Dimensions text boxes will have 16 and 1
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15. Index Settings Updated The index settings on DIRECTORY_YOU_CHOSE have been updated Indexes are now OPTION YOU _CHOSE_IN_STEP_3 ABOVE 21 cPanel 11 User Manual MIME Types What are MIME Types MIME Types tell browsers how to handle specific file extensions For example the text html MIME Types equates to htm html and shtml extensions on most servers telling your browser to interpret all files with those extensions as HTML files You can alter or add new MIME Types specifically for your site Note You cannot alter the system defined MIME Types values MIME Types are often used to handle new technologies as they appear When WAP technology first appeared no one had these extensions set up on their server With MIME Types however you could have set it up yourself and began serving WAP pages immediately To learn more about MIME Types view the WikiPedia web page at http en wikipedia org wiki MIME Creating A MIME Type 1 Enter the MIME Type you want to create in the Mime Type text box 2 Enter the Extension of the MIME Type you entered in Step 1 above in the Extension s text box 3 Click on the Add button 22 Advanced Network Tools What are Network Tools Network Tools allow a user to do the following e Domain Lookup Find information about a domain This can be useful when making sure your DNS is set up properly This feature provides a way for you to find out information about your IP address as wel
16. User Manual 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install Nucleus on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed Nucleus on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 172 Software OSCommerce What is OSCommerce OSCommerce is a PHP MySQL based shopping cart you can use on your web site to sell and promote products and services To learn more about OSCommerce visit http www oscommerce com Installation Note Before you attempt to install the OSCommerce make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL S
17. When the page loads you should see a confirmation statement Click on the Go Back Link 4 You will see a two column table consisting of the following information e List Name This entry is the name of the mailing list you entered in Step 1 above e Functions You have three functions available e Delete Click on the Delete link to delete the associated mailing list e Change Password Click on the Change Password to modify change the associated mailing list s password e Modify Click on the Modify link to configure manage and use your new mailing list The mailing list manager uses a third party web based application called Mailman You will need to enter the password for the mailing list you created in Step 1 above and then configure your new mailing list according to Mailman s instructions at one of the following locations http staff imsa edu ckolar mailman http www gnu org software mailman mailman admin index html 101 cPanel 11 User Manual Create A New Email Account 1 Set the following in the Add a New Email Account section Email Enter the name of the email account you want to create This will be the username such as info domain com Select the domain you want to use for the email account from the drop down menu Password Enter the password you want to use for the new email account Mailbox quota optional Enter the amount in megabytes you want set for the amount of disk space allocated to
18. an email message If you choose this option enter the message you want the user to see in the Failure Message seen by sender text box e Pipe to a Program If you want the email message to be sent toa program on your server enter the path and filename of the script or 108 Mail program you want the email to be sent to in the Pipe to a Program text box Once you make your selection move on to Step 5 below 5 Click on the Add Forwarder button 6 You should see the following All email sent to EMAIL_LADDRESS_BEING_FORWARDED will now be redirected to FORWARDED_TO_EMAIL_ADDRESS 109 cPanel 11 User Manual Email Verification BoxTrapper What is BoxTrapper BoxTrapper protects your Inbox from spam by forcing all people not on your white list to reply to a verification email before they can send mail to you This is an effective way to make sure only people you approve can send you email Spam will not be able to enter your Inbox without prior approval from you as the white list manager Setting Up Email Verification Per Email Account 1 When the page loads you will see a list of all email accounts that have previously been created Email accounts will be listed in a three column table containing the following information e Account This entry contains the email address e Status There are two status options available DISABLED and ENABLED One of these options will be shown depending on the current status
19. been disabled on YOUR_SUBDOMAIN 6 Click on the Go Back link to view details on your SubDomain 54 Domains Parked Domains What are Parked Domains Parked Domains are really domain pointers that allow you to point or park domain names to your existing hosting account For example your main web site is DomainA com but you also have DomainB com cPanel allows you to point or park DomainB com to your main domain or web hosting account at DomainA com Creating A New Parked Domain 1 Enter the domain name you want to point or park to the web hosting account you are currently managing with cPanel in the text box provided Example DomainB com 2 Click on the Add Domain button Note Domains you point or park to the web hosting account you are currently managing MUST be registered with a valid registrar before they can be used In addition you need to point your domains to the DNS servers you are currently using for DomainA com Changing DNS server entries are accomplished by using your registrar s control panel They cannot be modified using the cPanel interface 3 The next page will state The parked domain DOMAIN YOU_ARE_PARKING has been successfully created for you 4 Click on the Go Back button 5 When the page loads you will see a table with your newly created Parked Domain containing the following information split into three columns e Domain This entry will be the Parked Domain you creat
20. button and follow the remaining instructions below based on the feature you chose Using The Scan Mail Feature The system will start scanning your Mail files You will see a status section on the next page stating how many files have and will be scanned by the system Also shown is the percentage of completion by the scanning software In addition the system will tell you which files are being scanned as they are being processed by the scanner If any infected files are found during the scan they will appear in the Infected Files section of the page You will have the option to delete the files that are infected If no infected files have been found during the scan a pop up will appear stating Virus Scan Complete No Virii Found Click the OK button to be redirected back to the Virus Scanner page Using The Scan Entire Home Directory Feature The system will start scanning your Mail files You will see a status section on the next page stating how many files have and will be scanned by the system Also shown is the percentage of completion by the scanning software In addition the system will tell you which files are being scanned as they are being processed by the scanner If any infected files are found during the scan they will appear in the Infected Files section of the page You will have the option to delete the files that are infected 24 Advanced If no infected files have been found during the scan a pop up
21. cPSupport on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed cPSupport on your account it will show the version number you have installed 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install cPSupport on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be 163 cPanel 11 User Manual installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed cPSupport on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 164 Software E107 What is E107 E107 is a PHP MySQL Content Manager T
22. can set this script up and then allow all users to run off of it 3 Want to have one script to parse all of your html forms and mail them to you FormMail Clone Link 1 Click on the FormMail Clone link 2 When the page loads you will see a statement that says something similar to the following The Actual Script is here http YOUR_DOMAIN cgi sys FormMail cgi 3 If you have never used Matt Wright s FormMail cgi follow the documentation located at http www scriptarchive com readme formmail html NOTICE Please note that the cPanel developers are not associated with Matt Wright s Script archive in any way 145 cPanel 11 User Manual Random HTML Generator What is a Random HTML Generator A Random HTML Generator picks a string of HTML code from a list and inserts it in an SSI Server Side Includes enabled web page Getting Started 1 Place one random string per line in the text box shown 2 Next add the following tag to the page you want the random HTML string or snippit you entered in Step 1 above to appear on lt exec cmd cgi bin randhtml cgi gt Note Make sure you save the page you entered the script on with an shtm or shtml extension 3 Click on the Save button 146 Software Rebuild Search Index Why rebuild your search index If your web site content has changed in any way including the addition of new web pages or the deletion of web pages you will want to rebuild your searc
23. default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed GeekLog on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 168 Software Mambo What is Mambo Mambo is a PHP MySQL Content Manager System To learn more about Mambo visit http www mamboserver com Installation Note Before you attempt to install the Mambo make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the Mambo on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically f
24. default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs e Full Name Enter your full name for the GeekLog software e Site Name Enter the site name for your GeekLog installation e Site Slogan Enter the slogan you want to use for your GeekLog installation e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically for this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing 167 cPanel 11 User Manual After you have installed GeekLog on your account it will show the version number you have installed 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install GeekLog on from the drop down menu By
25. e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the AgoraCart on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed AgoraCart on your account it will show the version number you have installed 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install AgoraCart on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 157 cPanel 11 User Manual 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed AgoraCart on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you
26. e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically for this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed PostNuke on your account it will show the version number you have installed 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 181 cPanel 11 User Manual 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install PostNuke on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed PostNuke on your account you can uninstall the software at any
27. following information split into four columns e Database This entry will be the database name you created in Step 1 above e Size This entry will be the size of the database you created in Step 1 above e Users This entry will be the users in the database you created in Step 1 above When you first create a new database manually this column entry will be empty Continue to Step 6 below to learn how to create and adda user to your new database e Actions You have one choice e Delete Database Click on this link to delete a database 6 In the New User section enter the username and password you want to use for this database in the Username and Password text boxes respectively 7 Next click on the Create User button 8 You should see the following statement 36 Databases Added USERNAME with the password PASSWORD 9 Click on the Go Back link 10 Find the Add User To Database section Select the user you created in Step 6 above from the User drop down menu Then select the database you created in Step 1 above from the Database drop down menu 11 Next click on the Submit button 12 You should see the following statement User USERNAME was added to the database DATABASE 13 Click on the Go Back link 14 You should now see the user you created in Step 6 above in the Users column 37 cPanel 11 User Manual Delete A MySQL Database You can easily delete a MySQL database f
28. have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed WordPress on your account it will show the version number you have installed 183 cPanel 11 User Manual 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install WordPress on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed WordPress on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 184 Software Xoops What is Xoops Xoops is a PHP MySQL Content Manager System To learn more about Xoops visit http www xoops org Installation Note Before you attempt to install the Xoops make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin P
29. in Step 1 above Each operating system has its own set of instructions for accessing Web Disk If you have problems or need further assistance accessing Web Disk from your computer please contact your hosting provider s support department 78 Files Viewing Disk Space Usage Why view disk space usage The cPanel Disk Usage Viewer allows you to see where the files are in your site that are taking up disk space You can use the viewer to view all of the files in your site and find out how much space each file takes up Please note that this number does not include files outside your home directory This will show a different usage number than the statistics on the main screen of your interface When the disk space usage page loads it will default to the root directory of your web hosting account There are several options you can choose on the page Decrease Depth Click on this button to show fewer directories The system will not expand and extend into directories giving you a more top level view of your directories and their associated disk space usage values Increase Depth Click on this button to show more directories The system will expand and extend into directories giving you a more in depth view of your directories and their associated disk space usage values Delete Selected You can delete directories directly from this page by clicking on the checkbox in the Select All None column for the associated directory Once y
30. key authentication is an alternative to password authentication Since the private key must be held to authenticate it is virtually impossible to brute force You can Import existing keys generate new keys as well as manage delete keys SSH Secure Shell is a program to log into another computer server over a network securely It provides strong authentication and secure communications over insecure channels Your login commands text are all encrypted when using ssh Manage SSH Keys 1 Click on the Generate a new Key link 2 Set the following e Key Name Enter the key name you want to use It can be anything specific to your personal preferences If you leave this option empty it will default to key name id_dsa e Key Password Enter a password you want to use for this key You can leave this option blank if you do not want to use a password e Key Type Select either DSA or RSA from the drop down menu RSA and DSA are encryption algorithms used to encrypt your key DSA is faster for Key Generation and Signing and RSA is faster for Verification e Key Size Select the key size you want to use for this key Your choices include 1024 2048 4096 3 Click on the Generate Key button 4 If the key has been generated successfully you will see a pop up appear stating Key Generation Complete Click on the OK button 5 Click on the Go Back link 6 When the page loads you will see a Public Keys table with y
31. should be in the format of a perl regular expression For example john domain com would be john domain com and all addresses at domain com would be domain com To edit any of the list click on the Edit TYPE List link Once you have modified a list based on your specific needs click on the Save button Review Log The review log provides an overview of all messages sent to your email accounts for each day If there are any logs available for a particular day they will be listed on the page To navigate to a previous day click on the lt lt DATE link on the left side of the page To navigate to a day beyond the current day shown click on the DATE gt gt link on the right side of the page Review Queue Allows you to set the email addresses that are associated with the BoxTrapper software You can also modify how long logs and queue messages are kept 1 You can search for a particular email in the Search Queue based on Sender Subject and Body Select the type you want to search from the Search In drop down menu Then enter the string you want to use in your search in the for search string text box 2 Once you have selected and entered your search information click on the Submit button 3 You can either Delete or Whitelist amp Deliver the email s found in your particular search results Select what you want to do and click on the Submit button 113 cPanel 11 User Manual Filter Soam Sp
32. specific to our needs Managing Subdomain Redirection 1 Assuming you have created a subdomain view the Subdomains table as described in Step 5 of the Subdomains document 2 Find the subdomain you want to manage setup a redirection for in the table 3 Click on the Manage Redirection link in the Actions column 4 The subdomain you are using will be listed You will see http entered by default in the text box Enter the domain or location you want the subdomain to be redirected to when visitors go to the subdomain you are using Note You do not have to include the http in your redirection url 5 Click on the Save button 6 The next page will state YOUR_SUBDOMAIN is currently being redirect to THE_LOCATION_YOU_ENTERED 7 Click on the Go Back button 8 When the page loads find the subdomain you are using and you should see redirected to THE LOCATION _YOU_ENTERED displayed in the Redirection column Disable Subdomain 1 Assuming you have created a subdomain view the Subdomains table as described in Step 6 of the Subdomains document 2 Find the Subdomain you want to manage setup a redirection for in the table 3 Click on the Manage Redirection link in the Actions column 53 cPanel 11 User Manual 4 The redirect you previously created the Subdomain should be entered by default in the text box Click on the Disable Redirection button 5 The next screen will state Redirection has
33. the directory you want to Leech Protect click on the directory s name not the folder icon 3 Enter a numerical value in the Number of Logins Per Username Allowed in a 2 Hour Period text box Note Four is recommened as setting the number lower then 4 can cause suspension of legitimate users who have disconnected then reconnected to their ISP If users are reconnecting from the same network subnet their account will not be disabled 4 Enter a URL in the Url to Redirect Leech Users to text box Note You must choose a url outside of the leech protected area or the leech users will get a internal server error message 5 If you want an email sent to you when someone tries to access a leech protected area click on the checkbox next to Send Email Alert To Then enter the email address you want the alert email to be sent to in the Send Email Alert To text box Note You will recieve an email at this address when leech protection is used to redirect users away from the site If you choose not to disable an account you may recieve a lot of emails as you will get one per each attempt to access your site 6 If you want to disable accounts that have tried to access leech protected areas of your web site click on the checkbox next to Disable Compromised Accounts Note Users who trigger leech protection will have their account suspended by disabling their password To reactivate their account reset their password 7 N
34. the following information e Access Hosts This entry will include the host name or IP address e Remove Click on the x in a circle icon to remove the Access Hosts from being allowed to access your MySQL database 46 Databases Repair DB MySQL You can repair your MySQL database by using the Repair DB feature in cPanel 1 Select the database you want to repair from the Repair DB drop down menu 2 Click on the Repair DB button 47 Domains Addon Domains What is an Addon Domain An Addon Domain is similar to a subdomain and created in much the same way An Addon Domain has its own file path location and file set that can be used to store a web site images documents or anything you want It is almost like having your own web space for a different domain but is attached to your main user account This allows for easier management of the Addon Domain by being integrating and available from your main user account s management system Note If you are adding an addon domain you can use a current subdomain by pointing the document root home to the same directory as the subdomain is located in Creating Addon Domains 1 Enter the domain name you want to use for the Addon Domain in the New Domain Name text box 2 When you place the cursor in the Subdomain Ftp Username text box cPanel automatically fills in the username and Document Root home text boxes for you You can modify these to your specif
35. the new email account 2 Click on the Create button 3 You will see the following confirmation The e mail account EMAIL_ACCOUNT with the login USERNAME DOMAIN_NAME and password PASSWORD with a quota of MEGABYTES Megabytes was successfully created 4 Click on the Go Back link 5 You should now see your new email account in the four column Current Accounts table listed under the Account column The Current Accounts table provides the following information 102 Account The email accounts and their associated email addresses you have created Access Webmail You can directly access the associated email account via the available web based email clients Usage This entry shows you how much disk space the associated email has used Functions The drop down menu provides several options for managing the associated email account as shown below e Delete This option will delete the associated email account e Change Quota This will allow you to change the amount of disk space allocated to the associated email account e Change Password This will allow you to change the password of the associated email account e Configure Mail Client This will allow you to automatically configure your desktop mail client using the associated email account information login password and email address Mail Delete An Email Account NOTICE If you delete an email account the system automatically deletes all email associated
36. will be placed in the path shown below the Retain a copy of the old image as option The system automatically defaults the path to the current directory your original image is located and adds the prefix old to your image s original name 6 Once you have made all the adjustments to your image s or the directory of images in the Image Scaler click on the Scale Image button to proceed with the modifications Or if you want to reset the dimensions back to their original state display only click on the Reset Dimensions button 7 A confirmation page will be shown stating Your image path to your image has been scaled to the new dimensions YOUR_NEW_DIMENSIONS 8 Click on the Go Back link to return to the Image Tools section Using The Convert Image Format jpg gif bmp etc 1 Click on the Convert Image Format jpg gif bmp etc link in the Image Tools section of Image Manager 2 A list of your web hosting account s home directory will be shown You can navigate your way to the directory containing the images you want to convert or find a single image you want to convert Once you find the directory or a single image you want to convert click on the directory name or the file name to load the Convert Image Format jpg gif omp etc 3 When the page loads you will see the following statement We will be converting path to your image Below the statement is a drop down menu containing the following options Port
37. will see the following confirmation message Spam Box is now ENABLED At any point in the future if you want to clear the Spam Box click on the Clear Spam Box button All emails marked as Spam will be deleted from the Spam Box folder entirely 114 Mail Advanced SpamAssassin Configuration This feature allows you to rewrite subjects and is designed for the advanced user Do not attempt to use this feature unless you are familiar with how subjects work when using SpamAssassin To learn more about rewriting SpamAssassin subjects view the web page at http wiki apache org spamassassin SubjectRewrite To get started rewriting SpamAssassin subjects click on the Configure SpamAssassin required to rewrite subjects button in the SpamAssassin section Modify the subjects specific to your own personal preferences 115 cPanel 11 User Manual MX Entry Maintenance What is MX Entry Maintenance You can use the DNS File MX Entry Maintenance function to change where a domain s email is delivered to This allows you to have the email from one domain delivered to another domain Changing your MX entry will change your sites DNS record for MX Changing The MX Entry 1 First choose the email domain you want to modify in the Change MX for drop down menu 2 Next enter the new domain in the to text box 3 Click on the Change button NOTICE You must enter a FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name as the MX destination Al
38. with the account You will not be able to get the email back unless you have performed prior backups of the associated email account However you can temporarily lock the account by changing the password of the associated email account 1 Find the email account you want to delete in the Current Accounts table 2 Select the Delete option from the drop down menu in the Functions column 3 A confirmation statement will be shown Are you sure you wish to delete the e mail account EMAIL_ACCOUNT 4 Click on the Yes button 5 You will see a confirmation statement The e mail account EMAIL_ACCOUNT was successfully deleted 6 Click on the Go Back button 7 When the page loads the email account you deleted should no longer be listed in the Current Accounts table 103 cPanel 11 User Manual Domain Forwarders What is a Domain Forwarder In addition to forwarding individual mail accounts you can forward all email from one domain to another Warning Forwarding a domain s email will override the default address for that domain When the page loads you will see the Email Domain Forwaders table consisting of three columns Note The following information will only be available if you have created an email forwarder e Domain This entry contains the domain being forwarded e Forward To This entry contains the domain the Domain above is being forwaded to e Delete You can delete a forwarder by clicking
39. your site You can also enter a fully qualified domain name and the IP Deny Manager will attempt to resolve it to an IP address for you Adding IP Addresses 1 Enter the IP Address or domain name you want to prevent from accessing your web site in the IP Address or Domain text box Note You can specify denied IP adresses in the fllowing formats 10 5 3 333 Single IP Address 10 5 3 3 Range 10 5 3 40 10 5 3 5 40 Implied Range 10 5 3 3 32 CIDR Format 10 Implies 10 2 Click on the Ada button 3 You will see the following confirmation If you entered an IP Address you will see Users from the IP address s IP_ADDRESS will not be able to access your site If you entered a domain name you will see DOMAIN was resolved to the ip address IP_ADDRESS Users from the IP address s IP_ADDRESS will not be able to access your site 4 Click on the Go Back link 5 When the page loads you will see a table with your added IP addresses containing the following information split into four columns e Server Setting This entry will be the IP Address name you entered in Step 1 above 127 cPanel 11 User Manual e Beginning IP If you entered one of the Range formats defined in the table in Step 1 this entry will be the beginning IP address of the Range you entered in Step 1 e Ending IP If you entered one of the Range formats defined in the table in Step 1
40. 11 User Manual 7 Next enable Leech Protection by following the instructions in the Enabling Leech Protect section below Enabling Leech Protect By default Leech Protection is disabled If you want to enable Leech Protection click on the Enable button You will receive a confirmation statement on the next page Click on Go Back link When the page loads you will see a leech icon next to the directory you just protected Disabling Leech Protect If you want to disable Leech Protection click on the Disable button You will receive a confirmation statement on the next page Click on Go Back link When the page loads you the leech icon will not appear next to the directory you just protected NOTICE At the top of the page it will state the status of Leech Protection on your directory Manage Users When you click on a directory name and the Leech Protection page loads you will see a Manage Users button at the bottom of the page This feature takes you to the Password Protect Directories configuration section for the directory you are viewing To learn more about the Password Protect Directories view the Password Protect Directories document 130 Security Password Protect Directories Password protection allows you to require a username and password to access a folder within your site from the web When password protecting a folder there are a few things to remember Protecting a folder will prot
41. 11 User Manual e Email Enter the email address you want to use when signing your Simple GuestBook e URL Enter a URL to your own web site or any URL you want to be shown when signing your Simple GuestBook e Comments Enter any specific comments you want to post when signing your Simple GuestBook 2 Click on the Sign Guestbook button 3 A new window should open displaying your signed Simple GuestBook View GuestBook Click on the View GuestBook to view your Simple GuestBook A new window will appear showing your Simple GuestBook and any signatures or posts that have been made Manage GuestBook Click on the Manage GuestBook to manage your Simple GuestBook Web Page Form Code Copy the code listed on the Simple GuestBook page in cPanel and paste it somewhere on your web site The code should look similar to the following lt form action cgi sys guestbook cgi target guestwindow gt lt input type hidden name user value USER gt lt input type hidden name action value addguest gt lt input type hidden name basehref value http YOUR_DOMAIN gt lt input type hidden name template value default gt Name lt input type text name name gt lt br gt Email lt input type text name email gt lt br gt Url lt input type text name url gt lt br gt Comments lt textarea name comments gt lt textarea gt lt br gt lt input type submit value Sign Guestbook gt lt form gt 1
42. 54 Software Site Software Advanced Guest Book What is Advanced Guest Book Advanced Guest Book is a PHP MySQL based script you can use on your web site to allow visitors to post comments Installation Note Before you attempt to install the Advanced Guest Book make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the Advanced Guest Book on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically for this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have in
43. 6 respectively The second pair of text boxes shows the Percent and defaults to 100 and 100 respectively Before we continue notice the Keep Aspect Ratio checkbox below the New Dimensions option The Keep Aspect Ratio is checked by default If this is checked and you modify the first New Dimensions text box and then tab over it will change the second New Dimensions text box and the pair of Percent text boxes respectively Using this option will keep the same aspect ratio of your original image without distorting the image when you scale it down If you want to modify the dimensions and or percentage manually without the Keep Aspect Ratio option checked click on the checkbox to turn the feature off Keep in mind the Percent text boxes will automatically be adjusted whether you have the Keep Aspect Ratio option checked or unchecked Or if you adjust the 17 cPanel 11 User Manual Percent text boxes first and then place your cursor in any of the other text boxes the New Dimensions text boxes will change accordingly Play around with the settings until you feel comfortable modifying the images 5 After you have adjusted the New Dimensions and Percent values in Step 4 above the next option is the Retain a copy of the old image as The checkbox for this option is automatically checked by default If this option is checked cPanel will create a copy of the original image and its original size A copy of the image
44. Anew window will open You will see the following statement if your images uploaded successfully If you uploaded more than one image you will see multiple Upload Status statements Upload Status PATH_TO_YOUR_UPLOADED_IMAGE upload succeeded 6 Close the window 7 Click on the Back to Main Entropy Banner Screen button 8 The page will tell you how many banners you have uploaded You currently have NUMBER banner s uploaded 9 Add the following tag to the page where you want the banners to appear on lt exec cmd cgi bin entropybanner cgi gt NOTICE Make sure you save your page with an shtm or shtml extension Modify Rotation 148 Software 1 Click on the Modify Rotation button 2 Each of the banners you previously uploaded will be shown on the page You will have the following options available to you Delete Click on the Delete button to delete the banner from the rotation Priority Click on the priority radio button you want to use for the associated banner Once you have made your selection click on the Save button Your choices include e Medium e Low Linked to Enter the url you want the associated banner to be linked to in the text box Once you have entered the URL you want to use click on the Save button 149 cPanel 11 User Manual Setup Your Web Site s Search Engine What is a web site search engine A web site search engine is specific to your web site only If your
45. Next find the database you want to delete in the Database column 3 Then click on the Delete Database in the Actions column 4 You will see the following confirmation statement Are you sure you wish to permanently remove the DATABASE_NAME 5 Click on the Yes button 6 You will see the following statement Deleted the database DATABASE_NAME Database DATABASE dropped 39 cPanel 11 User Manual Delete User MySQL There are two types of deleting users One way is to delete a user from a database The other type is to delete a user permanently Make your selection below Delete A User From The Database Delete A User Permanently Delete A User From The Database 1 When the page loads you will see a table containing the following information split into five columns e Database This entry will be the database name you created in Step 1 above e Size This entry will be the size of the database you created in Step 1 above e Users This entry will be the users in the database e Actions You have once choice e Delete Database Click on this link to delete a database 2 First find the database you want to delete the user from in the Database column Then find the user you want to delete from the Username column 3 Next click on the x in a circle icon 4 You will see the following confirmation statement Are you sure you wish to remove USERNAME User from the database DATABASE 5 Click o
46. Results Template What is the search results template The search results template control the look and feel of the results page used when your visitors search for information using your web site s search engine You can control all aspects of the results page according to your specific needs and personal preferences To learn more about your web site s search engine read the Setup Your Web Site s Search Engine document 1 You should see the following default search results code lt html gt lt title gt Default Template lt title gt lt body bgcolor FFFFFF gt lt Don t modify the cgi tag gt lt Cgi gt lt Don t modify the cgi tag gt lt body lt html gt Modify the code to your specific needs 2 Click on the Save button Save 144 Software FormMail Clone What is FormMail Clone FormMail Clone is clone of Matt Wright s FormMail under a less restrictive license It should behave almost exactly as FormMail cgi but it is completely written from scratch There may be a few minor visual differences Below are a few reasons you would want to use the FormMail Clone taken directly from the FormMail Clone web site 1 You want to have a form that will be mailed to you but aren t sure how to write the CGI script for it 2 You are the webmaster of your site and want to allow users to use forms but not to have their own cgi bin directories which can cause security risks to your system You
47. SQL database e Email forwarders or filters Creating A Full Backup A Full Backup will allow you to create an archive of all the files and configurations on your website You can only use this to move your account to another server or to keep a local copy of your files You cannot restore Full Backups through your cPanel interface 1 Click on the Download or Generate a Full Backup button 2 Set the following e Backup Destination Select the location where you want to save the backup copy Your choices include e Home Directory e Remote FTP Server e Remote FTP Server Passive mode transfer e Secure Copy scp NOTICE If you choose the Secure Copy scp option continue with the FTP SCP Settings otherwise move on to Step 3 below FTP SCP Settings 66 Files e Email Address Enter the email address where cPanel can send a confirmation email to you when your full backup has been created e Remote Server FTP SCP only Enter the name of the remote server host name IP address where you are sending your backup file e Remote User FTP SCP only Enter the username of the remote server login where you are sending your backup file e Remote Password FTP SCP only Enter the password of the remote server where you are sending your backup file e Port FTP SCP only Enter the port of the remote server where you are sending your backup file e Remote Dir FTP SCP only Enter the directory name of the remote
48. Style Check your script with your hosting administrator before adding a cron job cPanel includes two ways to create cron jobs for your web hosting account e Standard GUI based for beginners or users who are not familiar with Linux commands e Advanced Unix Style Command line style of creating cron jobs You should have experience creating cron jobs on the command line before using this feature Before you get started please view the following web pages to learn more about Cron Jobs http en wikipedia org wiki Cron Basic http www unixgeeks org security newbie unix cron 1 html Advanced Using The Standard GUI 1 Click on the Standard button 2 The first option request that you enter the email address where you want the output of your cron job files to be sent Enter the email address in the text box provided 3 By default Entry 1 will be available to you The first option is Command to run Enter the command or path to a script file you want to run in the text box 4 Below the Command to run are five options for setting the time and frequency your cron job will run Minute s Hours s Days s Month s Advanced e Weekday s Select from each of the categories accordingly 5 Next click on the Save Crontab to create the cron job entry Or if you want to reset the modifications you have made back to the default settings click on the Reset Changes button 6 A confirmation page will be sho
49. The public key resides on the server the remote location The private key resides locally on your computer server When you attempt to login to a server the public and private key are compared If they match then you will be allowed to login to the server location You can download the private public keys here and import into PuTTY or other SSH clients if you prefer using something else for SSH connections Or if you have been using PuTTY you can import the public private keys by click on Import Key You can also download your key in PuTTY s ppk format under View Download 9 Click on the Go Back link Java SSH Login When using the Java SSH clients you have your choice of two types of clients e Connect using SSHTerm SSH Term allows you to connect through public key or password authentication without downloading any software Public key authentication require you to have a copy of your private key 135 cPanel 11 User Manual locally This can be obtained by following the instructions in the Manage SSH Keys above e Connect using Java Telnet Applet Java Telnet Applet allows you to connect using password authentication without downloading any software To use either client click on the appropriate link 136 Security SSL TLS Manager The SSL TLS Manager will allow you to generate ssl certificates signing requests and keys These are all parts of using SSL to secure your website SSL allows you to secure pag
50. able Network Graphic png Jpeg jpg Gif gif Bitmap bmp Advanced Select the image type you want to use for the conversion For example if your image is currently a gif and you want to convert it to a jpg select Jpeg jpg from the drop down menu 4 Once you have made your selection from the drop down menu click on the Convert button 5 The next screen will show a status of your image s conversion Below the text box will state Your images have been converted once the process is done 6 Click on the Go Back link to return to the Image Tools section 19 cPanel 11 User Manual Index Manager The Index Manager allows you to customize the way a directory will be viewed on the web You can select between a default style no indexes or two types of indexing If you do not wish for people to be able to see the files in your directory choose no indexing Getting To The Index Manager To get to the Index Manager click on the Index Manager link in the Advanced section of your cPanel dashboard Navigating The Index Manager When the page loads you will see a list of subdirectories available in your root directory Each directory includes a folder icon and the directory name If you click on the folder icon next to the directory name it will descend into the associated directory For example if you click on the folder icon next to the public_html directory link name you will automatically be redirect
51. age has been set to LANGUAGE 119 cPanel 11 User Manual Getting Started Wizard cPanel 11 has a built in wizard that can help you configure your control panel quickly The Getting Started Wizard provides seven 7 configuration sections you can take step by step to get your system configured properly The seven 7 configuration sections are New Email Account Setup Access Email through Webmail Update Contact Information Setup Default Address Subdomain Configuration Change cPanel Look and Feel When the Getting Started Wizard page loads you have two choices e Use the Jump to Section You can use this feature at any point during the wizard It appears on every page and allows you to jump to any of the seven 7 configuration sections e Click on the Begin Wizard button to through the wizard and each step 120 Preferences Change Look And Feel You can change the look and feel of your cPanel interface This is done by selecting one of the many themes that are available in the system There are ten 10 themes available to you in the cPanel control panel Changing a theme does not change the location of features available in the system instead it changes graphics and colors Changing your theme is specific to your own interests and personal preferences Themes are also specified and available from your service provider Changing Your Theme 1 When the Change Look and Feel page loads you will see the Defaul
52. amAssassin What is SpamAssassin SpamAssassin and SpamBox allow you to identify spam mail and flag it or prevent it from entering your inbox SpamAssassin is an automated email filtering system that attempts to identify soam messages based on the content of the email s headers and body SpamBox will deliver any emails identified as spam by SpamAssassin into a separate mail folder named spam This spam folder will fill up and should be emptied regularly To learn more about SpamAssassin view the web site at http soamassassin apache org NOTICE Please note that you can only use BoxTrapper Spam trap or SpamAssassin on an email account not both To learn about BoxTrapper view the Email Verification BoxTrapper document Enabling SpamAssassin 1 You will see the following message in the SpamAssassin section of the page SpamAssassin is currently DISABLED or ENABLED If SpamAssassin is DISABLED click on the Enable SpamAssassin button 2 You will see the following confirmation message SpamAssassin is now ENABLED 3 If you want your Spam emails to be filtered into a separate folder you can set the system to send all emails marked as Spam to a Spam Box To set this up click on the Go Back link and continue on to Step 4 below 4 You will see the following message in the Spam Box section of the page Spam Box is currently DISABLED or ENABLED If Spam Box is DISABLED click on the Enable Spam Box button 5 You
53. ass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the Xoops on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs e Admin Display Name Enter the name you want to use for the administrator This will be displayed e Use Persistent Connections This setting is for advanced users Visit http www mysaql com news and events newsletter 2002 11 a0000000086 html to learn more about Persistent Connections and then make your select as Yes or No If you are not familiar or do not want to learn more about Persistent Connections leave as default No e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically for this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of you
54. attempts add all sites it knows you own to the list however you may need to add others Configure HotLink Protection 1 Enter all the URLs you are allowing to HotLink to your web site in the URLs to allow access text box Note If any default URLs should not be entered in the text box delete them accordingly 2 Next enter file extension types in the Extensions to allow separate by commas tex box By default jpg jpeg gif ong omp are automatically entered 3 If someone tries to visit a section on your web site that you have HotLink protected you can setup a Redirect URL to point them to another location Enter the URL you want the visitor to be redirected to in the Url to Redirect to text box 4 lf you want to allow direct requests to view image files on your web site ie http www yourdomain com cpanel gif click on the Allow direct requests check box 5 Click on the Submit button This will save all changes you have made in the steps above 6 Enable your HotLink Protection by following the instructions below Enabling HotLink Protection By default HotLink Protection is disabled To enable HotLink Protection click on the Enable button next to HotLink protection is currently disabled When the page loads you will see a confirmation statement 126 Security IP Deny Manager What is IP Deny Manager The IP Deny Manager will allow you to block a range of IP addresses to prevent them from accessing
55. aunch SSH or Shell Access tools Software Is there an overview of the available software within cPanel What is the CGI Center What is Site Software How do I run CGI scripts How do setup and use Random HTML How do setup a use a simple GuestBook How do setup and use an advanced GuestBook How do setup and use a Counter on my web site How do setup and use a Clock on my web site How do setup and use a Countdown on my web site How do setup and use CGI email on my web site How do setup and use FormMail Clone How do setup a search engine on my web site How do edit my web site s search engine results template How do rebuild the search index on my web site How do setup rotating banner ads on my web site Support Common Questions How do install cPSupport on my web site Web Site Traffic Statistics How do view the last 300 people that have visited my web site How do view web site traffic statistics using Webalizer a third party software program How do view the raw access logs of visitors to my web site How do view a simple summary of all the people who have visited my web site Uses Analog Stats How do view the last 300 error messages that have been created by my web site How do choose from a list of web site statistic programs including Analog Awstats and Webalizer How do view web site traffic statistics using Awstats a third party software program Advanc
56. ave button 13 cPanel 11 User Manual Frontpage Extensions Frontpage Extensions allow you to publish your site directly from the FrontPage application This means that you will not have to upload files through FTP or another method Warning Installing or uninstalling Frontpage Extensions will result in the loss of all htaccess files in your web area Any changes you have made to your htaccess files will be lost Any directories you have protected with WebProtect will become unprotected until you re protect them When the page loads you will see a table containing the following information split into three columns 14 Domain This column will show all the domain you have associated with your web hosting account Status This column will show the status of FrontPage Extensions installation for the domain in reference There will be two status labels displayed e installed This means FrontPage extensions have been installed on the domain in reference e not installed This means FrontPage extensions have not been installed on the domain in reference Functions This column provides two buttons that change according to the Status of the domain in reference For example if FrontPage extensions are installed for a domain the two buttons that will be displayed are as follows Reinstall Extensions This button appears if you already have FrontPage extensions installed for the domain in reference Click this button to
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58. cPanel 11 User Manual Table Of Contents README F RS KEE 1 SIDEN EE 1 Common QUESTIONS wiics2 cccecnetiaresnystsccnebed caneninuccentedecunysatesinySecceenenitveanySiccccneeetedan 3 COMMON Re EE 3 PCI GS a ec hha arb eh heap se a be Bn Si tee dat 9 Apache Handlers tienaan aa a a Ee 9 Eege 10 EEGEN 12 Frontpage Ee EE 14 Ittre hee ee 16 Index E ie E 20 ll 22 NetWork Kee 23 IER oo teste eege 24 Re 27 Check DB MY Te EE 27 Create User MYSQL EE 28 Create User PostgreSQL Ee 30 Creating A MySQL Database cccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 31 Creating A PostgreSQL Database AAA EEEE EE 35 Delete A MySQL Database ENEE 38 Delete A PostgreSQL Database AAA 39 Delete Yser dE 40 Delete User PostgreSQL eerste 42 DIDI elt e DE 44 DMP POAGINIY aipa i cnddend Aceh i eai 45 Remote WW E D 46 Repair DB MYSQL J sas tosrsssrds vaveies endesnmimnsatnce eouiswte tncaands occiods oncelaternciiwcemntabastis 47 EE Eege 49 Addon Ren UNE 49 Manage Setup Addon Domain Redirection 51 Manage Setup Subdomain Redirection 53 RR 55 ELE 56 Removing Addon Domains ssssssssseeeeeesseeertrrrteestrrrrtnnnnnneerrrrnnnnnnnnnerrrrnrn nnn 58 Removing SUDGOMAING tee 59 feele AUIS eet sei cei ee ee ne se veh eb eerie cdc deci eto 60 le 63 Anonymous H OE ONG ioe eee tah al hee E EA 63 Change Password FTP EE 65 Creating Eeer 66 Creating RV P ACCOUMS EE 68 Deleting FTP Accounts E 70 Download Raw Access Log
59. cate for you If you receive an error please contact your web hosting provider for further support 138 Software CGI Center Advanced GuestBook The Advanced GuestBook is located in the Site Software section of this manual as well as the Site Software section in your cPanel interface View the Advanced Guest Book document 139 cPanel 11 User Manual Clock What is a Clock A Clock is a real time java clock you can use on your web site to show the current time Installation 1 Set the following information Select TimeZone Select your timezone from the drop down menu Select Your Time format Select either 12 or 24 from the drop down menu Border Select On from the drop down menu if you want your clock to have a border Select Off from the drop down menu if you do not want your clock to have a border Show Date Select On from the drop down menu if you want your clock to show the current date Select Off from the drop down menu if you do not want your clock to not show the current date Foreground Color Select the color you want your clock to use as the foreground color from the drop down menu Background Color Select the color you want your clock to use as the background color from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Create Html button 3 The HTML code for your Clock will appear in the Html Code section of the web page Copy the code and paste in the HTML code of one of your web page
60. ch of the items in the two columns that you want to allow for your new database The options include SELECT Allows USERNAME to select data from a table in the database INSERT Allows USERNAME to insert data into a table in the database UPDATE Allows USERNAME to update data in a table in the database DELETE Allows USERNAME to delete data from a table in the database INDEX Allows USERNAME to create index on table column in the database This can speed up a database e CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES Allows USERNAME to create temporary tables in the database CREATE Allows USERNAME to create tables in the database ALTER Allows USERNAME to alter tables in the database DROP Allows USERNAME to drop tables in the database LOCK TABLES Allows USERNAME to lock tables in the database REFERENCES Allows USERNAME to create references to a table in the database Note Typically you may want to check the All Privileges option unless you want specific control over the user you are creating for this database 28 Databases 8 Assuming you have either checked the All Privileges option or a combination of the options in the two columns continue the wizard by clicking on the Make Changes button 9 You should see the following statement User USERNAME was added to the database DATABASE 10 Click on the Go Back link 11 You should now see the user you created in Step 1 above in the Users column 29 cPanel 11 U
61. d icon to change or modify the password of the associated FTP account 3 Find the FTP account you want to delete in the Account Management table 4 Click on the Delete icon to delete the FTP account from the system 5 You will see the following statement Are you sure you wish to delete the FTP account LOGIN USERNAME 6 Underneath the statement you will see the following three buttons e Yes e Yes amp Remove All Files in DIRECTORY _PATH e No 7 Click on the Yes button to remove the FTP account but leave the files in place Click on the Yes amp Remove All Files in DIRECTORY_PATH button to remove the FTP account and all associated files in the FTP account s directory 70 Files Download Raw Access Log Files FTP What are Raw Access Logs FTP Raw Access Logs FTP allow you to see who has accessed your site without the use of graphs charts or other graphics You can use the Raw Access Logs FTP menu to download files related to the any of the FTP accounts you have setup This can be very useful when you need to see who is accessing your site quickly through FTP accounts Follow the instructions below to download Raw Access Log Files specifically for FTP accounts 1 Go to the FTP Accounts page in your cPanel control panel 2 When the page loads scroll down to the Raw Access Log Downloads Using FTP section of the page 3 There will be a statement underneath the section title giving you instructions
62. d Questions How do setup customized Apache Handlers How do customize my web site s Error Pages How do create custom MIME Types How do customize the way directory indexes are viewed on my website Backups How do create a backup of my web site directory or hosting account Bandwidth How do view how much bandwidth my web site has used today this month or this year Blogs How do install B2Evolution on my web site How do install WordPress on my web site Bulletin Boards How do install YaBB on my web site How do install phpBB on my web site Chat How do install phpMyChat on my web site CMS How do install E107 on my web site How do install Geeklog on my web site How do install Mambo on my web site How do install Nucleus on my web site cPanel 11 User Manual How do install PostNuke on my web site How do install Xoops on my web site How do install phpWiki on my web site CronJobs How do setup a CronJob Databases How do I check my MySQL database How do create a user in MySQL How do create a user in PostgreSQL How do create a MySQL database How do create a PostgreSQL database How do delete a MySQL database How do delete a PostgreSQL database How do delete a user from my MySQL database How do delete a user from my PostgreSQL database How do use phpMyAdmin How do use phpPgAdmin How do setup remote access to my MySQL databases
63. d in Step 1 above from the Database drop down menu 11 Next click on the Submit button 12 When the page loads you will see a two column table The top of the table provides a checkbox option ALL PRIVILEGES allowing you to create the database with all privileges otherwise you can check each of the items in the two columns that you want to allow for your new database The options include SELECT Allows USERNAME to select data from a table in the database INSERT Allows USERNAME to insert data into a table in the database UPDATE Allows USERNAME to update data in a table in the database DELETE Allows USERNAME to delete data from a table in the database INDEX Allows USERNAME to create index on table column in the database This can speed up a database e CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES Allows USERNAME to create temporary tables in the database e CREATE Allows USERNAME to create tables in the database 33 cPanel 11 User Manual ALTER Allows USERNAME to alter tables in the database DROP Allows USERNAME to drop tables in the database LOCK TABLES Allows USERNAME to lock tables in the database REFERENCES Allows USERNAME to create references to a table in the database Note Typically you may want to check the All Privileges option unless you want specific control over the user you are creating for this database 13 Assuming you have either checked the All Privileges option or a combination of the opti
64. domain you want to use for viewing Webalizer web site traffic statistics the next page shows a Usage summary of pages files hits visits and sites for the last twelve 12 months If your web site has not been online for the last twelve 12 months the Webalizer Usage summary will show only those months your web site has been online The second chart shows a Summary by Month for the last twelve 12 months your web site has been online If your web site has not been online for the last twelve 12 months the Webalizer Summary by Month will show only those months your web site has been online This chart is useful as it shows the actual numbers for hits files pages visits sites etc as values instead of a graphic chart representation of the data itself 3 Click on any of the available month links in the Month column 4 When the page loads you will see the following links available e Daily Statistics The Daily Statistics shows both a bar chart anda numbers chart representation of hits files pages visits sites and Kbytes e Hourly Statistics The Hourly Statistics shows both a bar chart and a numbers chart representation of hits files pages visits sites and Kbytes e URLs The URLs tables show the top links access on your web site including hits Kbytes and the associated URL e Entry The Entry table shows the top entry pages accessed on your web site including hits Kbytes and the associated URL
65. e Enter your two digit state abbreviation City Enter your city s name Company Enter your company s name 137 cPanel 11 User Manual e Company Division Enter your company s division e Email Enter your email address e Pass Phrase Enter any phrase you want to use for the pass phrase 3 Click on the Generate button 4 Click on the Go Back link 5 Use the CSR you copied in Step 5 above to generate your SSL Certificate with your SSL provider Your SSL provider will create a CRT file and send it to you Save the file on your computer so you can use it in a later step 6 Continue with Step 3 below Step 3 Certificates CRT 1 Click on the Generate view upload or delete SSL certificates link 2 Paste the CSR you copied in Step 5 of the Certificate Signing Request CSR section above 3 When the page loads click on the Browse button and locate the CRT file your SSL provider created for you Or if you have highlighted and copied the contents of your CRT file paste it in the Upload a New Certificate text box 4 Click on the Upload button 5 Continue with Step 4 below Step 4 Activate SSL on Your Web Site HTTPS NOTICE This step must be done prior to using your SSL Certificate 1 Click on the Setup a SSL certificate to work with your site link 2 Select the domain you are using to install a SSL Certificate from the Domain drop down menu The system will attempt to Fetch the SSL Certifi
66. e installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically for this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed phoMyChat on your account it will show the version number you have installed 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 177 cPanel 11 User Manual 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install phpMyChat on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uni
67. e useful for informing customers that you are on vacation or providing useful information when a customer submits a question or order This can be useful for times when you are on vacation or unavailable or if you have a generic message that you wish to send for a support email address 1 Click on the Add Auto Responder button 2 Set the following e Email Enter the username of the email address you are using to create an auto responder Then select the domain for the associated email address from the drop down menu e From Enter the From email address in the From text box e Subject Enter the subject of the auto responder in the Subject text box e Character Set Select the character set you want to use from the Character Set drop down menu e HTML Message If you want the auto responder to be sent as HTML click on the HTML Message check box e Body Enter the text html of your auto responder in the Body text box Note You also have the option to use any of the following variables in your email Body text area box for both Plain Text and HTML email subject The subject of the message that was sent to the autoresponder from The sender of the message that was sent to the autoresponder email The sender s email from the message that was sent to the autoresponder 3 Click on the Create Modify button 95 cPanel 11 User Manual Change Disk Quota Email You can modify the amount of disk space a
68. eb based database administration tool specifically for managing MySQL databases Once you click on the phpPgAdmin link on the cPanel dashboard phpPgAdmin will automatically load in a new window First you will need to login to the PostgreSQL server by clicking on the PostgreSQL link under the Servers section on the left menu Then click on the Login button Once you have logged in successfully select the database you want to manage by expanding the PostgreSQL link under the Servers list on the left side menu Your database will appear Click on the database name Then you can begin using all the functions and features phpMyAdmin has to offer in this advanced yet easy to use web based database administration tool To learn how to use all of the phpPgAdmin features available visit http ohppgadmin sourceforge net 45 cPanel 11 User Manual Remote MySQL What is Remote MySQL Remote MySQL allows external web servers to access your MySQL databases by adding their domain name to the list of hosts that are able to access databases on your web site Note localhost stands for the server that your site is currently on 1 Enter a server s host name or IP address in the Host wildcard is allowed text box 2 Click on the Add Host button 3 You will see the following statement Added Host HOSTNAME to the access list 4 Click on the Go Back link 5 When the page loads you will see a two column table containing
69. ect all folders within that folder Also you will need to create users who can access the protected directory You can give the password protected directory any name no matter what the actual directory is called Security Settings When a user accesses the protected directory through the web they will be prompted to enter a username and password The name that you choose for the protect directory will appear as well 1 Click on the Password protect this directory text box 2 Think of a name you want to users to see when they visit the password protected directory Enter the name in the Name the protected directory text box 3 Click on the Save button 4 You will see the following confirmation The access permissions for PATH_TO_PASSWORD_PROTECTED_ DIRECTORY have been set 5 Click on the Go Back link 6 When the page loads you will see your settings have been saved in the Security Settings section Leech Protect 1 Create an account by entering a username in the Username text box 2 Enter a password in the Password text box 3 Click on the Add modify authorized user button 131 cPanel 11 User Manual 1 When the page loads a list of your web hosting account s public_html directory will be shown You can navigate your way to the directory you want to Leech Protect by clicking on the folder icon next to the directory name associated with the path to the directory you want to view 2 When you find
70. ed Apache Handlers What are Apache Handlers Apache handlers allow you to control what Apache will do with certain file types When Apache sees a file it has an action built in for that file type and will perform that action If you wish Apache to do a different action you will need to make a handler to tell Apache to perform that action For example if you use a file type that requires a special service to run it such as a file with server side includes that is not named with a shtml extension you need to tell Apache to treat these files differently More information on Apache s Handlers can be found at http httpd apache org docs 1 3 handler html Creating An Apache Handler 1 Enter the handler you want to create in the first empty text box 2 In the second empty text box enter the extension the handler will use when being called 3 Click on the Add button cPanel 11 User Manual Cron Jobs Cron jobs allow you to automate certain commands or scripts on your server to complete repetitive tasks automatically A cron job allows you to run a certain command at times set by the job For example you could set a cron job to delete temporary files every week so that your disk space is not being used up by those files Warning It is important that you familiarize yourself with how cron jobs work You need to have a good knowledge of Linux commands before you can use cron jobs effectively especially when using the Advanced Unix
71. ed in Step 1 above e Domain Root This entry will be the path to the Parked Domain The system will automatically default the path to home public_html e Remove Click on the X icon to remove the Parked Domain When the next page loads click on the Yes button to remove the Parked Domain A confirmation page will display The parked domain YOUR_PARKED_DOMAIN has been successfully removed 55 cPanel 11 User Manual Redirects What are redirects Redirects are used when you want to point a specific url or web page to another location For example you want your visitors to be redirected to DomainB com Order HTML when they visit DomainA Com Sales HTML 1 Select the type of redirect you want to create from the drop down menu You have two choices e Temporary A permanent redirect will notify the visitor s browser to update any bookmarks that are linked to the page that is being redirected e Permanent Temporary redirects will not update the visitor s bookmarks 2 There will be two empty text boxes on the page The first text box is following the root path of your current domain Enter the path to the file you want to redirect in the first empty text box Example http DomainA com Sales HTML Just enter Sales HTML or the directory and filename you are redirecting Enter the domain name and path or url you want your visitor to be redirected to in the second empty text box Example http DomainB Com Order HTML Just e
72. ed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install phoWiki on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 179 cPanel 11 User Manual 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed phpWiki on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 180 Software PostNuke What is PostNuke PostNuke is a PHP MySQL Content Manager System To learn more about PostNuke visit http Awww postnuke com Installation 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the PostNuke on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs
73. ed on prior to visiting the directory or file e Agent An agent is the browser type and its related information 85 cPanel 11 User Manual Choose Log Programs The Choose Log Program allows you to choose the stats programs you ant to use when viewing web site statistics assuming your service provider has turned the feature on for your specific web hosting account What Are Log Programs Log programs allow you to see a visual representation of the visitors to your web site Using different log statistics programs you can see who is visiting your site what they are viewing what they are downloading where they enter your site where they exit and more Configuration Notes To disable a log program for a domain make sure the box next to the domain for that program is unchecked To enable it make sure the box is checked If you do not see boxes with checkmarks you do not have the ability to change what log programs you use It is recommended to disable any log programs you do not use frequently Configuring The Log Programs 1 When the page loads there will be a four column table showing the following e Domain This entry shows each domain available on your web hosting account e Analog Check the Analog box and its associated domain if you want to use the Analog web site statistics program when viewing web site statistics for the associated domain e Awstats Check the Awstats box and its associated domain if
74. ed to a list of subdirectories if available for the public_html directory Once inside the public_html directory or any other subdirectory you will also see the Up One Level folder icon Click on the folder icon to go back to the previous directory Customizing A Directory Using The Index Manager In this example we are demonstrating how to customize the public_html directory The public_html directory is where all your website files are located subdirectories included 1 Assuming you are in the root level directory click on the public_html link 2 When the page loads you will see the following four options e Default System Setting This option displays a list of directories and files for the associated directory e No Indexing This option displays a blank page to keep visitors from moving through your directory tree e Standard Indexing text only This option displays a list of directories and files for the associated directory as text based only e Fancying Indexing graphics and text This option displays a list of directories and files for the associated directory using graphics and text Note Click on the navigation link below the Save button under the options shown above to return to your previous location 20 Advanced 3 Click on the radio button next to the option you want to choose as described in Step 2 above 4 Click on the Save button 5 You should see a statement similar to the following
75. elect the domain you want to install the OSCommerce on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed OSCommerce on your account it will show the version number you have installed 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install OSCommerce on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be 173 cPanel 11 User Manual installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed OSCommerce on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 174 Software phpBB What i
76. eph domain com you could forward joe domain com to joseph domain com so you do not need to check both accounts Note that the mail for a forwarded email address will still be delivered to that address as well When the page loads you will see the Email Account Forwaders table consisting of three columns Note The following information will only be available if you have created an email forwarder e Address This entry contains the email address being forwarded e Forward To This entry contains the email address the Address above is being forwaded to e Functions The functions column provides the following options e Trace You can trace a forwarder by clicking on the Trace link e Delete You can delete a forwarder by clicking on the Delete link Adding An Email Forwarder 1 To add an Email Forwarder click on the Add Forwarder button 2 Enter the email address username you want to forward in the Address to Forward text box 3 Select the domain associated with the email address username from the drop down menu 4 Enter the email address where you want the email to be forwarded to in the Forward to email address text box Note You can also choose from one of the three other options instead of using the Forward to email address feature e Discard This feature will automatically delete the email but is not recommended e Discard with error to sender This feature will delete the email and send the sender
77. es on your site so that information such as logins credit card numbers etc are sent encrypted instead of plain text It is important to secure your site s login areas shopping areas and other pages where sensitive information could be sent over the web The first step in generating an SSL certificate is to create a Private Key Start by reading the instructions in the Private Keys KEY section below Step 1 Private Keys KEY 1 Click on the Generate view upload or delete your private keys link 2 When the page loads scroll to the bottom and you will see the Generate a New Key section Enter the domain you want to create an SSL Certificate in the Host text box Or you can select the domain from the Select a Domain drop down menu 3 Click on the Generate button 4 Click on the Return to SSL Manager link 5 When the page loads click on the Go Back link This will take you to the main SSL TLS Manager page 6 Continue with Step 2 below Step 2 Certificate Signing Requests CSR Before you being check with your SSL provider as they may require your information in a specific way Please check with their necessary CSR information for Apache Then proceed with the steps below 1 Click on the Generate view or delete SSL certificate signing requests link 2 When the page loads set the following Host Select the domain name from the drop down menu Country Enter your two digit country code Stat
78. ext enable Leech Protection by following the instructions in the Enabling Leech Protect section below Enabling Leech Protect By default Leech Protection is disabled If you want to enable Leech Protection click on the Enable button You will receive a confirmation statement on the next page Click on Go Back link When the page loads you will see a leech icon next to the directory you just protected 132 Security Disabling Leech Protect If you want to disable Leech Protection click on the Disable button You will receive a confirmation statement on the next page Click on Go Back link When the page loads you the leech icon will not appear next to the directory you just protected NOTICE At the top of the page it will state the status of Leech Protection on your directory Manage Users When you click on a directory name and the Leech Protection page loads you will see a Manage Users button at the bottom of the page This feature takes you to the Password Protect Directories configuration section for the directory you are viewing To learn more about the Password Protect Directories view the Password Protect Directories document 133 cPanel 11 User Manual SSH What is SSH SSH allows secure file transfer and remote logins over the internet Your connection via SSH is encrypted for a secure connection You can manage your SSH keys to allow automation when logging in via SSH Using public
79. f the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install Coppermine on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed Coppermine on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 162 Software cPSupport What is cPSupport cPSupport is a Perl MySQL based support ticketing system you can use to provide support to your customers Installation Note Before you attempt to install cCPSupport make sure the GD Securitylmage Perl Module is installed on your account Otherwise your cPSupport installation will not work properly 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install
80. file but the system will generate an error if a spider is unable to locate a robots txt file on your server Wed Feb 14 17 06 46 2007 error client 1 1 1 1 File does not exist nome user public_html robots txt The errors displayed in this report are to help you identify where problems may be occurring on your web site and or web hosting account If you need further assistance with any of the errors listed please contact your web hosting provider 87 cPanel 11 User Manual Analog Stats What are Analog Stats Analog produces a simple summary of all the people who have visited your site It is fast and provides great lightweight statistics Analog shows the people who have accessed your site during a specific month It provides limited content but can be helpful to see where your main users are coming from and how they got to your web site To learn more about Analog Stats visit http www analog cx docs meaning html Key Terms e Request This is each time someone asks to see any part of your site To see your site they will have to request a specific page or file e File Any part of your site an image html page pdf document script etc e Host The individual computers that view your site Each computer that views your site is treated as differently Multiple users on one computer will be treated as one host e Data Data is the contents of the files in your site Anytime someone views a file data is transferred a
81. fy your welcome message in the Anonymous FTP Welcome Message text box Users will see this message when they connect to your anonymous FTP server 2 Once you have entered or modified your welcome message click on the Save Message button 3 You will see the following statement When your visitors connect to your anonymous FTP server they will see the following welcome message 63 cPanel 11 User Manual YOUR_WELCOME_MESSAGE 64 Files Change Password FTP You can change the password to any of the available FTP accounts Follow the instructions below Note Your overall FTP disk quota is limited by the total disk space available for your hosting account For example If you have 5000 MB of disk space in your hosting account and set a FTP account s disk quota to 9999 MB the quota will still be 5000 MB 1 Go to the FTP Accounts page in your cPanel control panel 2 When the page loads you will see an Accounts Management table consisting of the following information split into six columns e User This entry shows the login username for the associated FTP account e Type This entry shows various icons depending on the type of FTP account View the Legend table for further information e Directory This entry shows the location of the FTP account the FTP user is restricted to the directory defined in this entry e Disk Usage This entry shows the amount of disk space used by the associated FTP account
82. h index This allows your web site s search engine to find accurate results to return to your users 1 To rebuild the search index click on the Rebuild Search Index link under the Entropy Search category NOTICE This should be done periodically as your web site s content may change 2 You should see the following output after your web site s search index has been rebuilt Scanning Web Area Loading Files 1 Complete 101 Complete Building Index this could take a while All Done Note If you have a large web site it may take a few minutes to complete the search index rebuild 147 cPanel 11 User Manual Rotating Banners What are Rotating Banners Rotating Banners are used for alternating graphic banner ads on your web site The Rotating Banners script will automatically rotate your banner ads based on your specific preferences From the Rotating Banners management console you can adjust the priority that each banner should get upload and remove banners and change where the user will be redirected to when they click on a banner Adding Banners 1 Click on the Add Banners button 2 You can upload up to twelve 12 banners at a time Select your banners by clicking on the Browse button 3 If the banners you are uploading have already been uploaded previously and you want to overwrite the existing banners click on the Overwrite existing files check box 4 Click on the Upload button 5
83. he associated FTP account e Functions This entry provides the following options e Delete Click on the Delete icon to delete the FTP account from the system e Edit Quota Click on the Edit Quota icon to change or modify the amount of disk space allocated to the associated FTP account e Change Password Click on the Change Password icon to change or modify the password of the associated FTP account 3 Find the FTP account you want to modify in the User column 4 Click on the Edit Quota icon in the Functions column for the associated FTP account 5 Enter or change the current quota in the New Quota text box Remember the value you enter is in megabytes only 6 Click on the Change button 7 You will see the following statement 72 Files The ftp account LOGIN was successfully modified with a new quota of NEW_AMOUNT Megabytes 73 cPanel 11 User Manual FTP Session Control What is FTP Session Control You can use this function to see who is currently logged into your site through FTP You can also terminate any FTP connections to your site that you feel should not be open This can be very useful in preventing users from accessing your files without your permission When the page loads you will see a Current Sessions table split into six columns consisting of the following information 74 User This entry shows the login username for the associated FTP account that is logged in to the sy
84. he File Manager tool loads you will see a four column table consisting of the following information e Type This entry contains an icon representing a directory folder file or image e File This entry shows the name of the associated directory or file e Size This entry shows the size of the associated directory or file e Mode This entry shows the permissions of the associated directory or file To navigate from one directory to another find the directory you want to ascend into in the File column Then click on the Folder icon in the Type column for the associated directory you want to ascend To use the file or directory click on the directory file name in the File column A set of tools will be displayed in the top right corner of the File Manager screen View your options below Tools For Directories e Delete this folder and all files under it e Change Permissions e Rename Folder e Copy this folder e Move this folder Tools For Files e Show File Contents e Delete File 75 cPanel 11 User Manual Change Permissions Rename File Copy File Move File Also available is a trash can icon If you have deleted any files on your web hosting account you can click on the trash can icon to empty the deleted files At the top of the table there are three options you can choose e Upload files e Create a New Folder e Create a New File 76 Files Using Web Disk What is Web Disk The Web Disk allo
85. home directory at the end of each month Each of the above options has a check box next to it You can check each one according to your own specific needs Once you have checked or unchecked the check boxes in the above options click on the Save button to save your settings Download Current HTTP Access Logs This section includes a one column table showing a list of domains associated with the web hosting account you are currently using to view cPanel Click on any of the available domains to download the HTTP access logs Archived Raw Logs If there are any archived raw logs available click on the one of the available links to download the raw log 91 cPanel 11 User Manual Webalizer What is Webalizer Webalizer is a complex stats program that produces a variety of charts and graphs about who has visited your site To learn more about Webalizer visit http www mrunix net webalizer Viewing Webalizer Web Site Traffic Statistics Webalizer web site traffic statistics are specific to each domain you have setup on your web site Follow the instructions below to get started 1 When the Webalizer Stats page loads you will see a two column Select a Domain table consisting of the following information e Domain This entry contains the domains you have setup on your web site e View Click on the magnifying glass icon to view the web site statistics for the associated domain using Webalizer 2 Once you have chosen the
86. hoosing a really bad password but it isn t foolproof create your password wisely Don t use something you d find in a dictionary in any language or jargon Don t use a name including that of a spouse parent child pet fantasy character famous person or location or any variation of your personal or account name Don t use accessible information about you or your environment such as your phone number license plate or social security number Don t use a birthday or a simple pattern such as backwards followed by a digit or proceeded by a digit Instead use a mixture of upper and lower case letters as well as digits or punctuation When choosing a new password make sure it s unrelated to any previous password Use long passwords say 8 characters long You might use a word pair with punctuation inserted a pass phrase an understandable sequence of words or the first letter of each word in a pass phrase Changing Your Password 1 Enter your current password in the Old Password text box 2 Enter your new password in the New Password text box 3 Enter your new password in the New Password again text box 4 Click on the Change your password now button 122 Preferences Update Contact Info It is important that you keep your contact information up to date so your web hosting provider can contact you regarding updates news and other related information to your account The contact information cPanel stores is an e
87. ic needs but generally the default entries created by the system will work 3 Enter any password you choose in the Password text box The password can be anything and does not have to already exist 4 Click on the Add Domain button Notice It may take a few minutes for the system to create your Addon Domain Please be patient and do not click on any buttons while the system is working 5 The next page will state ADDON_DOMAIN has been created The page will also display a link to the File Manager for you to manage the files for your new Addon Domain To learn more about the File Manager read the Using The File Manager document Or you can click on the Go Back button to view your Addon Domain information Proceed to Step 6 below to learn more 6 When the page loads you will see a table with your newly created Addon Domain containing the following information split into five columns 49 cPanel 11 User Manual e Addon Domains This entry will be the Addon Domain name you chose in Step 1 above e Document Root This entry will be the Document Root path created in Step 2 above e Username This entry will be the password you entered in Step 3 above e Redirection If you have setup a redirection on the Addon Domain you are viewing the Redirection column will state redirected to PATH YOU ENTERED To learn how to setup redirection on your Addon Domain view the Manage Setup Addon Domain Redirection document e Ac
88. ients 1 Find the email account you want to use to check mail via the web mail client in the Current Accounts table 2 Click on the icon in the Access Webmail column 3 When the page loads enter the password associated with the email address you chose in Step 1 above 4 Click on the Login button 5 Anew window will open stating that you are logged in as the email account you chose in Step 4 above When the page loads you will have the option to use either Horde or SquirrelMail as your web based email client To learn about the Horde web based email client visit the web site at http www horde org To learn about the SquirrelMail web based email client visit the web site at http www squirrelmail org 98 Mail Configure Mail Client You can easily configure a mail client to use any of your email accounts using the cPanel interface What is a mail client A mail client is an application you use to check your email The mail client can be either web based or a desktop application such as Microsoft Outlook or Express Why configure my mail client You can configure your mail client to receive emails from any account you setup through cPanel For example if you use Microsoft Outlook and want to configure the application to receive and send emails from an account created in cPanel you can set cPanel to automatically configure your Microsoft Outlook for you 1 Find the email account you want to use when conf
89. iguring your mail client in the Current Accounts table 2 Select the Configure Mail Client option from the drop down menu in the Functions column 3 There are two ways to configure your mail client You can use the Auto Configure options or manually adjust the settings using the information provided in your control panel Note You can only use the Auto Configure options for the following mail clients e Microsoft Outlook e Microsoft Outlook Express e Mac Mail app Also note that you can choose between IMAP and POP3 when configuring your mail client Definitions are shown below IMAP IMAP email access coordinates between the server and you mail application Messages that have been read deleted replied to will show as read deleted replied to both on the server and in the mail application You can learn more about IMAP through Wikipedia at http en wikipedia org wiki Internet_Message_Access_ Protocol POP3 POP3 does not coordinate with the server Messages marked as read deleted replied to in the mail application will not show as 99 cPanel 11 User Manual read deleted replied to on the server This means that future downloads of your inbox or other mailboxes with POP will show all messages as unread You can learn more about POP3 through Wikipedia at http en wikipedia org wiki Post_Office_Protocol Auto Configure Option Click on one of the Auto Configure options according to the mail client and type you
90. l e UPDATE Allows USERNAME to update data in a table in the database e DELETE Allows USERNAME to delete data from a table in the database e INDEX Allows USERNAME to create index on table column in the database This can speed up a database e CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES Allows USERNAME to create temporary tables in the database CREATE Allows USERNAME to create tables in the database ALTER Allows USERNAME to alter tables in the database DROP Allows USERNAME to drop tables in the database LOCK TABLES Allows USERNAME to lock tables in the database REFERENCES Allows USERNAME to create references to a table in the database Note Typically you may want to check the All Privileges option unless you want specific control over the user you are creating for this database 8 Assuming you have either checked the All Privileges option or a combination of the options in the two columns continue the wizard by clicking on the Next Step button 9 You should see the following statement User USERNAME was added to the database DATABASE 10 When the page loads you will have three available options to choose e Add another database Click this link if you want to add another MySQL database to your web hosting account e Add another user using the MySQL Database Area Click this link if you want to add another user to the database you created in the steps above e Return to Home Click this link if you want to return to
91. l as your DNS entries e Trace Route Run a trace the route from the server your site is on to the computer you are accessing cPanel The information shown will provide the number of servers and what servers your data must pass through to get to your site Using Domain Lookup To use the Domain Lookup feature enter the domain you want to lookup in the Enter a domain to lookup text box Then click on the Lookup button The next screen provides information about the domain you are looking up Using The Trace Route Click on the Trace button The next screen provides information about the trace route including hops and number of milliseconds it took each hop during the route from your computer to the domain you are using cPanel 23 cPanel 11 User Manual Virus Scanner cPanel 11 comes with a built in virus scanner When the page first loads choose one of the following e Scan Mail This feature only scans your email accounts for potential viruses e Scan Entire Home Directory This feature only scans your home or web hosting account s root directory ie nome for potential viruses e Scan Public Web Space This feature only scans your public_html and all the files and directories associated with the public web space for potential viruses e Scan Public FTP Space This feature only scans your public FTP space and associated accounts for potential viruses Once you have made your selection click on the Scan Now
92. l is to provide as much information to you on the features of cPanel Version 11 The categories to your left follow the same structure as the cPanel user interface To find a specific topic on a particular section click on one of the books and a list of topics will appear Or you can use the index and search features to target your specific interests NOTICE Only the links in the Table of Contents TOC are active If you need to refer to an active link please view the online documentation Common Questions You might want to view our list of common questions located in the following document Common Questions Providing Feedback All of the documents in the cPanel 11 Manual have a link to the right of the topic name Click on the link to provide feedback directly to our technical writer Please note the link is not a method for getting support rather it is an effective way for you to request more documentation on a particular topic You can also provide feedback on steps shortcuts or general configuration settings that you think are important for all users You can also provide feedback from this page by clicking on the link below Click to provide feedback or request more information Common Questions Common Questions Below is a list of common questions specific to using cPanel 11 Each set of questions is categorized for you to find what you need quickly Each question is linked to a document for further information Advance
93. le MX entries Files How do navigate and manage the directories and files on my web hosting account Can use a drag and drop feature for moving files around on my web hosting account FrontPage How do install FrontPage extensions How do uninstall FrontPage extensions FTP File Transfer Protocol How do I create an FTP account How do delete an FTP account How do edit the amount of disk space allocated to an FTP account How do change the password associated with an FTP account How do download the raw access logs using FTP How do view and manage FTP account holders on my web site that are currently logged in to an FTP session How do manage anonymous FTP account login Gallery How do install Coppermine on my web site Guest Books cPanel 11 User Manual How do install Advanced Guestbook on my web site Images How do view Thumbnails of images in a directory How do scale images How do convert an image to a jpg gif bmp or png Virus Scanner How do I scan my Mail for viruses How do scan my web hosting account s root directory for viruses How do scan my public accessible web pages for viruses How do I scan my FTP accounts for viruses Security How do setup HotLink Protection How do setup IP Deny How do generate a new GnuPG Key How do setup Leech Protection How do password protection a directory How do install a SSL Certificate How do l
94. llocated to any email address The amount allocated is represented in megabytes 1 Find the email account you want to use to change the disk quota in the Current Accounts table 2 Select the Change Quota option from the drop down menu in the Functions column 3 Enter the amount in megabytes in the New Quota text box 4 Click on the Change button 5 A confirmation statement will be shown The e mail account EMAIL_ACCOUNT was successfully modified 6 Click on the Go Back button 7 When the page loads the disk quota you modified will be displayed in the Quota column in the Current Accounts table 96 Mail Change Password Email 1 Find the email account you want to use to change the password in the Current Accounts table 2 Select the Change Password option from the drop down menu in the Functions column 3 Enter the new password in the New Password text box 4 Click on the Change button 5 A confirmation statement will be shown The e mail account EMAIL_ACCOUNT was successfully modified 97 cPanel 11 User Manual Check Mail Using Web Mail You can easily check email using one of the available web mail clients What is web mail Web mail is a web based mail client you can use on any browser to access all your email Email is typically checked using a desktop mail application such as Outlook Express cPanel includes both Horde and Squirrelmail as available web based mail cl
95. llowing protocols Http Web site page bandwidth usage Pop Mail bandwidth usage Imap Mail bandwidth usage Ftp File Transfer Protocol or amount of file upload and download bandwidth usage e Smtp Outgoing mail bandwidth usage e All Total bandwidth usage for Http Pop Imap Ftp and Smtp This Year The next section shows the amount of bandwidth or traffic used on your web site for the current year The Traffic for CURRENT YEAR graph shows the amount of bandwidth or traffic on the following protocols Http Web site page bandwidth usage Pop Mail bandwidth usage Imap Mail bandwidth usage Ftp File Transfer Protocol or amount of file upload and download bandwidth usage e Smtp Outgoing mail bandwidth usage e All Total bandwidth usage for Http Pop Imap Ftp and Smtp The last three sections shows the amount of bandwidth used for the last three months including the current month The two months prior to the current month 83 cPanel 11 User Manual displays a circle graphic that says Click to Show Click on the circle graphic to display the amount of bandwidth used as displayed on a pie chart Note If your web site or the associated domain you choose to view visitor information on has not received 300 visitors it will only show the number of visitors who have actually accessed or visited your web site Viewing The Latest Visitors Stats The Latest Visitor Stats is specific to each d
96. lso links provided at the top of each summary or report section You can click on any of the links at anytime throughout the Analog Stats page 89 cPanel 11 User Manual Latest Visitor Stats What are the Latest Visitor Stats The Latest Visitor Stats will provide useful information on the last 300 people that have accessed or visited your web site Note If your web site or the associated domain you choose to view visitor information on has not received 300 visitors it will only show the number of visitors who have actually accessed or visited your web site Viewing The Latest Visitors Stats The Latest Visitor Stats is specific to each domain you have setup on your web site Follow the instructions below to get started 1 When the Latest Visitor Stats page loads you will see a two column Select a Domain table consisting of the following information e Domain This entry contains the domains you have setup on your web site e View Click on the magnifying glass icon to view the last 300 visitors to your web site for the associated Domain 2 Once you have chosen the domain you want to view the last 300 visitors for in Step 1 above the next page will list sections based on the Host IP address Each section will show the information listed below e Host The host will be the IP address of the visitor that accessed your web site e Http code An http code is the status of the directory or file the visitor is tr
97. mail you use that is not associated with the domain your web hosting account is using For example if the web hosting account your cPanel is running on uses domain xyz com your contact information email should not be user xyz com Instead using a different email address that is NOT associated with any of the domains in your cPanel system NOTICE MAKE SURE THE EMAIL ADDRESS YOU USE IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOMAIN cPANEL IS RUNNING ON Updating Your Contact Information 1 Enter your email address in the Contact Email text box 2 Click on the Save Email button 3 You should see the following Contact Email has been set to CONTACT EMAIL for DOMAIN 123 Security GnuPG Keys What are GnuPG Keys GnuPG is a publicly available encryption scheme that uses the public key approach With GnuPG messages are encrypted using a public key however they can only be decrypted by a private key which is retained by the intended recipient of the message If you are unfamiliar with GnuPG Keys visit the WikiPedia web site on GNU Privacy Guard at http en wikipedia org wiki Gpg Configure HotLink Protection 1 Enter all the URLs you are allowing to HotLink to your web site in the URLs to allow access text box Note If any default URLs should not be entered in the text box delete them accordingly 2 Next enter file extension types in the Extensions to allow separate by commas tex box By default jpg jpeg gif ong om
98. n found during the scan a pop up will appear stating Virus Scan Complete No Virii Found Click the OK button to be redirected back to the Virus Scanner page 25 Databases Check DB MySQL You can check to see if your MySQL database is running properly using the Check DB feature in cPanel 1 Select the database you want to check from the Check DB drop down menu 2 Click on the Check DB button 27 cPanel 11 User Manual Create User MySQL There are two primary steps when creating a MySQL user The first step is to create a username and password combination for the user The second step is to add the user to the database you want the user to access 1 In the New User section enter the username and password you want to use for this database in the Username and Password text boxes respectively 2 Next click on the Create User button 3 You should see the following statement Added USERNAME with the password PASSWORD 4 Click on the Go Back link 5 Find the Add User To Database section Select the user you created in Step 6 above from the User drop down menu Then select the database you want to add the user to from the Database drop down menu 6 Next click on the Submit button 7 When the page loads you will see a two column table The top of the table provides a checkbox option ALL PRIVILEGES allowing you to create the database with all privileges otherwise you can check ea
99. n the Yes button 6 Then click on the Go Back link The user you deleted should no longer be associated with the database you chose in Step 2 above Delete A User Permanently 1 There will be a two column table containing the Users and Delete column Find the user you want to delete from the system and click on the x in a circle icon 40 Databases 2 You will see the following statement Are you sure you wish to permanently remove the USERNAME User 3 Click on the Yes button 4 You will see the following statement Deleted the USERNAME 41 cPanel 11 User Manual Delete User PostgreSQL There are two types of deleting users One way is to delete a user from a database The other type is to delete a user permanently Make your selection below Delete A User From The Database Delete A User Permanently Delete A User From The Database 1 When the page loads you will see a table containing the following information split into five columns e Database This entry will be the database name you created in Step 1 above e Size This entry will be the size of the database you created in Step 1 above e Users This entry will be the users in the database e Actions You have once choice e Delete Database Click on this link to delete a database 2 First find the database you want to delete the user from in the Database column Then find the user you want to delete from the Username column
100. n you have finished modifying your confirmation messages click on the Go Back link When the page loads click on the Go Back link one more time Then move on to the next section below Edit Forward White Black Ignore Lists Edit Forward White Black Ignore Lists Allows you to permit deny and ignore email messages from certain accounts There are four types of lists available in the BoxTrapper software These include e Forward List The forward list is a list of email address where white listed and verified mail should be sent to in addition to the address BoxTrapper is protecting e White List The white list is a list of content that will be allowed into your inbox with a confirmation The list should contain one entry per line Entries should be in the format of a perl regular expression For example john domain com would be john domain com and all addresses at domain com would be domain com e Ignore List The ignore list is a list of users or subjects to prevent from emailing you The list should contain one entry per line Entries should be in the format of a perl regular expression For example john domain com would be john domain com and all addresses at domain com would be domain com 112 Mail e Black List The black list is a list of content to prevent emailing you The sender of black listed content will also receive a warning message of your choice The list should contain one entry per line Entries
101. nd filenames to be run properly on your system 152 Software Simple GuestBook What is a Simple GuestBook A Simple GuestBook allows your visitors to post or sign a web page on your web site There are several sections of the Simple GuestBook settings page e Edit Guestbook Template This allows you to modify the surrounding look and feel of your Simple GuestBook e Sign GuestBook You can sign your Simple GuestBook from this page e View GuestBook You can view your Simple GuestBook at any time e Manage GuestBook You can manage your Simple GuestBook at any time e Web Page Form Code Use this code on any web page on your web site to display your Simple GuestBook Edit Guestbook Template 1 When the page loads you will see the following code lt html gt lt title gt Default Template lt title gt lt body bgcolor FFFFFF gt lt Don t modify the cgi tag gt lt Cgi gt lt Don t modify the cgi tag gt lt body lt html gt Note Do not modify any code between the following tags lt Don t modify the cgi tag gt lt Cgi gt lt Don t modify the cgi tag gt You can modify any of the surrounding code to meet your specific requirements 2 Once you have modified your Simple GuestBook template click on the Save button Sign GuestBook 1 Set the following information e Name Enter the name you want to use when signing your Simple GuestBoook 153 cPanel
102. nd it will count towards your bandwidth usage e Referrer A Referrer is the web site that linked to your site It referred the visitor to your site Viewing The Analog Stats The Analog Stats feature is specific to each domain you have setup on your web site Follow the instructions below to get started 1 When the Analog Stats page loads you will see a two column Select a Domain table consisting of the following information e Domain This entry contains the domains you have setup on your web site e View Click on the magnifying glass icon to view the Analog Stats for the associated Domain 2 The first screen allows you to view statistics by month Select a month that is currently available from the list provided The months listed will go back twelve months If the domain you are viewing has not been online for twelve months the Analog Stats page will only show the months that have been available assuming it s less than twelve months There are several summaries and reports available once the page loads Below is a list of available summaries and reports 88 Logs General Summary Monthly Report Daily Summary Hourly Summary Domain Report Organization Report Redirected Referrer Report Failed Referrer Report Referring Site Report Browser Report Browser Summary Operating System Report Status Code Report File Size Report File Type Report Directory Report Request Report Each of the above are a
103. nstall If you have installed phpMyChat on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 178 Software phpWiki What is phpWiki phpWiki is a PHP MySQL Content Manager System To learn more about phpWiki visit http www phpwiki org Installation Note Before you attempt to install the phoWiki make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the phpWiki on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed phoWiki on your account it will show the version number you have installed 1 Located to the right of the list
104. nter the domain name and directory filename of the new location 3 Click on the Ada button 4 A confirmation page will display the redirection you have created 5 Click on the Go Back link 6 When the page loads you will see a table with your newly created redirects containing the following information split into four columns e Directory This entry will be the location of the file you are redirecting e Redirect URL This entry will be the new location you are redirecting the visitor e Type This entry will be the type you chose in Step 1 above e Remove Click on the X icon to remove the Redirect When the next page loads click on the Yes button to remove the Redirect A confirmation page will display YOUR_REDIRECTED_PATH has been successfully removed 56 Domains 57 cPanel 11 User Manual Removing Addon Domains If you want to remove an Addon Domain cPanel has a built in feature that will allow you to easily delete any Addon Domains you have previously created 1 Assuming you have created an Addon Domain view the Addon Domains table as described in Step 5 of the Addon Domains document 2 Find the Addon Domain you want to delete in the table 3 Next click on the Remove link in the Actions column 4 When the page loads click on the Yes button 5 The next page will state The Addon Domain YOUR_ADDON_DOMAIN has been successfully removed 58 Domains Removing Subdomains If y
105. o learn more about E107 visit http e107 org Installation Note Before you attempt to install the E107 make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the E107 on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically for this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed E107 on your account it will show the version number you have installed
106. of the associated email account e Function This column contains a Manage link that allows you to manage email verification using BoxTrapper software Click on this link to setup and enable email verification for the associated email address 2 Click on the Enable button to enable verification 3 You will see the following confirmation statement BoxTrapper has been ENABLED on the account EMAIL_ADDRESS 4 Click on the Go Back link 5 When the page loads you will have the following five options available to you e Configure Settings Allows you to set the email addresses that are associated with the BoxTrapper software You can also modify how long logs and queue messages are kept e Edit Confirmation Messages Allows you to change the different messages that users will receive when sending messages to an account with the BoxTrapper enabled e Edit Forward White Black Ignore Lists Allows you to permit deny and ignore email messages from certain accounts e Review Log The review log provides an overview of all messages sent to your email accounts for each day 110 Mail e Review Queue Allows you to set the email addresses that are associated with the BoxTrapper software You can also modify how long logs and queue messages are kept Configure Settings Allows you to set the email addresses that are associated with the BoxTrapper software You can also modify how long logs and queue messages are kept 1 Se
107. omain you have setup on your web site Follow the instructions below to get started 1 When the Latest Visitor Stats page loads you will see a two column Select a Domain table consisting of the following information e Domain This entry contains the domains you have setup on your web site e View Click on the magnifying glass icon to view the last 300 visitors to your web site for the associated Domain 2 Once you have chosen the domain you want to view the last 300 visitors for in Step 1 above the next page will list sections based on the Host IP address Each section will show the information listed below e Host The host will be the IP address of the visitor that accessed your web site e Http code An http code is the status of the directory or file the visitor is trying to view To view a complete list of codes and what each code means please visit http Awww ws org Protocols rfc26 1 6 rfc26 16 seci10 html e Date The date shows the month day and time the visitor viewed the directory or file on your web site e Http Version The http version is the latest version supported by the w3 organization To learn more about http version please visit http www w3 org Protocols rfc261 6 rfc2616 html e Size in Bytes The size in bytes refers to the amount of space the directory or file is using on your web site 84 Logs e Referer The referer is the url of the web site or location the visitor click
108. on the x in a circle icon Adding A Domain Forwarder 1 To add an Email Forwarder click on the Add Domain Forwarder button 2 Select the domain you want to forward from the drop down menu 3 Enter the domain you want this domain to be forwarded to in the text box 4 Click on the Add Domain Forwarder button 5 You should see the following All email sent to DOMAIN_BEING_FORWARDED will now be redirected to FORWARDED_TO_DOMAIN 5 Click on the Add Forwarder button 6 You should see the following All email sent to EMAIL_LADDRESS_BEING_FORWARDED will now be redirected to FORWARDED_TO_EMAIL_ADDRESS 104 Mail Email Delivery Route What is an Email Delivery Route The email delivery route feature allows you to view how the mail server will treat a message when sending to or delivering to a specific address If you enter an address on the server it shows how the mail server will deliver mail to that address If you enter an address that exists somewhere other than this server it will show how the mail server will attempt to send mail to that address Viewing An Email Delivery Route 1 Enter an email address you want to use for viewing an email delivery route in the Enter an email address to see the delivery path text box 2 Click on the Show Route button 3 When the page loads you will see the delivery route of the email address you entered in Step 1 above Follow the on screen instructions for further informa
109. ons in the two columns continue the wizard by clicking on the Make Changes button 14 You should see the following statement User USERNAME was added to the database DATABASE 15 Click on the Go Back link 16 You should now see the user you created in Step 6 above in the Users column 34 Databases Creating A PostgreSQL Database What is a PostgreSQL Database PostgreSQL databases allow you to store lots of information in an easy to access manner The databases themselves are not easily read by humans PostgreSQL databases are required by many web applications including some bulletin boards content management systems and others To use a database you ll need to create it Only PostgreSQL Users different than mail or other users that have privileges to access a database can read from or write to that database There are two ways to create a PostgreSQL database The easiest way to create a PostgreSQL database is to use the PostgreSQL Database Wizard built directly into the cPanel interface The second way involves a few more steps but does not require you to go through the wizard Make your selection below Create A PostgreSQL Database Using The Wizard Create A PostgreSQL Database Manually Create A PostgreSQL Database Using The Wizard 1 When the page loads enter the name of your new database in the New Database text box 2 Next click on the Create Database button 3 You should see the following statement
110. or this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed Mambo on your account it will show the version number you have installed 169 cPanel 11 User Manual 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install Mambo on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed Mambo on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 170 Software Nucleus What is Nucleus Nucleus is a PHP MySQL Content Manager System To learn more about Mambo visit http
111. ories being shown on the page If you ascend into a directory the total in megabytes value will change 80 Logs Awstats What is Awstats Awstats is a web site analysis tool you can use to view the number of visitors to your web site their activity including page view reports on keywords used to reach your web site and many other available reports that can help you monitor your web site s overall activity You can learn more about Awstats by visiting http awstats sourceforge net Viewing Awstats Web Site Traffic Statistics Awstats web site traffic statistics are specific to each domain you have setup on your web site Follow the instructions below to get started 1 When the Awstats Stats page loads you will see a two column Select a Domain table consisting of the following information e Domain This entry contains the domains you have setup on your web site e View Click on the magnifying glass icon to view the web site statistics for the associated domain using Awstats 2 When the page loads Awstats automatically loads the current month s web site data You can change the month and year by selecting the dates from the drop down menus then click on the OK button to reload the web site statistical data for the month year you selected 3 After selecting your month and year you can view the Summary section containing total sums of the following Unique visitors Number of visits Pages Hits Bandwidth
112. ou have made your selections click on the Delete Selected link Actions Show Top Parent Directories Select this option from the Actions column to display only the parent directories in the root directory Show Top Level Select this option from the Actions column to display only the top level directories in the root directory Clear File Usage Cache Select this option to clear the disk space usage values from the screen Hide Small Files Select this option to not show files that are smaller in size Show File Sizes as Bytes Select this option to show file size values in bytes instead of megabytes in the Size MB column The page shows a three column table consisting of the following information Directory This entry shows the path to the directory based on the option you choose above You can click on any of the path links to ascend into any of the directories Size MB This entry shows the value in megabytes of the associated directory You can change the displayed value from megabytes to bytes 79 cPanel 11 User Manual by selecting the Show File Sizes as Bytes in the Actions drop down menu as described in the Actions section above e Select All None Click on any of the checkboxes in this column and then select from one of the Actions drop down menu as described in the Actions section above At the bottom of the page is a total in megabytes of the file space being used for ONLY the direct
113. ou want to remove a subdomain cPanel has a built in feature that will allow you to easily delete any subdomains you have previously created Note When you delete a subdomain you are ONLY removing the URL action for that domain You will also need to delete the directory and files for the subdomain separately 1 Assuming you have created a subdomain view the Subdomains table as described in Step 5 of the Subdomains document 2 Find the subdomain you want to delete in the table 3 Next click on the Remove link in the Actions column 4 When the page loads click on the Yes button 5 The next page will state The subdomain YOUR_SUBDOMAIN has been successfully removed 59 cPanel 11 User Manual Subdomains This section of the cPanel 11 manual will teach you everything you need to know about Subdomains What is a subdomain A subdomain is a domain using your main domain and a prefix name As an example let s say our main domain is cox3demo com We want to create a domain for our support department and direct visitors to a separate area on our web site Our subdomain would use support as the prefix and cpx8demo com as the main domain The example of putting these two together are shown below Example support cpx3demo com Consider a subdomain a url for any area on your web site You can create the prefix as any name you want based on your own personal preferences Creating A Subdomain 1 Enter the prefix yo
114. our newly public key containing the following information split into three columns e Name This entry will be the Key name you chose in Step 2 above 134 Security e Authorization Status If your key has not been authorized it will state not authorized in this column To authorize your key follow the instructions in the Manage Authorization section below e Actions You have three choices e Delete Click on this link to delete the key e View Download Click on this link to view or download the key e Manage Authorization Click on this link to authorize your key Once the page loads click on the Authorize button You should receive a confirmation stating KEY NAME has been Authorized Click on the Go Back link Now when you view the Public Keys table you should see authorized in the Authorization Status column for your new key 7 In addition to the Public Keys table you will also see a Private Keys table with your newly public key containing the following information split into two columns e Name This entry will be the Key name you chose in Step 2 above e Actions You have three choices e Delete Click on this link to delete the key e View Download Click on this link to view or download the key 8 Now that you have created a new key review the following information The public and private key are similar to a puzzle They are created together to use during the login authentication process
115. p are automatically entered 3 If someone tries to visit a section on your web site that you have HotLink protected you can setup a Redirect URL to point them to another location Enter the URL you want the visitor to be redirected to in the Url to Redirect to text box 4 lf you want to allow direct requests to view image files on your web site ie http www yourdomain com cpanel gif click on the Allow direct requests check box 5 Click on the Submit button This will save all changes you have made in the steps above 6 Enable your HotLink Protection by following the instructions below Enabling HotLink Protection By default HotLink Protection is disabled To enable HotLink Protection click on the Enable button next to HotLink protection is currently disabled When the page loads you will see a confirmation statement 125 cPanel 11 User Manual HotLink Protection What is HotLink Protection HotLink protection prevents other web sites from directly linking to files as specified below on your web site Other sites will still be able to link to any file type that you don t specify below ie html files An example of hotlinking is using a lt img gt tag to display an image from your site from somewhere else on the net HotLinking files on your web site ensures that no other site can steal your bandwidth You should ensure that all sites that you wish to allow direct links from are in the list below This system
116. plays the url of the web site the visitor was previously viewing e Visitor s IP Address Displays the IP address of the visitor viewing the error page e Requested URL Displays the intended url the visitor is trying to view e Server name Displays the web site s server name e Visitor s browser Displays the visitor s browser type such as IE FireFox Netscape etc e Redirect Status Code This displays the type of code in the 300 307 range To learn more about Redirection Status Code visit the WikiPedia web page at http en wikipedia org wiki List_of_HTTP_status_codes You do not have to use any of the above tags They are available to you based on your own personal preferences and needs specific to your web site You can place any html code or text in the error page specific to your own personal preferences and needs specific to your web site Once you have customized your error page you will notice the Save as option text box The Save as option will default to the number you chose with the additional of an shtml extension For example if you chose 400 it would appear as 400 shtml You can modify this name to code you want Only modify this to an error that you know will be shown on your web site 12 Advanced Tip You can find what error codes are being shown to your visitors by viewing any of the available web site statistical analysis programs built in to cPanel such as Awstats Webalizer etc Click on the S
117. populated by the system Note You can customize the look and feel of the search text box to your specific needs 2 Insert the code anywhere on your web site within the open lt body gt tag and close lt body gt tag 3 Click on the Go Back link 4 Next click on the Rebuild Search Index link under the Entropy Search category 150 Software NOTICE This should be done periodically as your web site s content may change 5 You should see the following output after your web site s search index has been rebuilt Scanning Web Area Loading Files 1 Complete 101 Complete Building Index this could take a while All Done Note If you have a large web site it may take a few minutes to complete the search index rebuild Related Topics Edit Search Results Template 151 cPanel 11 User Manual Simple CGI Wrapper What is a Simple CGI Wrapper A Simple CGI Wrapper is a script that will allow you to run CGI Scripts with your User ID When you click on the Simple CGI Wrapper link in the CGI Center it will automatically enable the Simple CGI Wrapper SCGI script You will need to place the CGI Scripts that you want to run with your userid in the directory nome USER public_html scgi bin Once you place your CGI scripts in this directory the can be accessed at http YOUR_DOMAIN scgi bin Troubleshooting Make sure that the scripts you have placed in scgi bin have the correct permissions a
118. r cPaddons scripts listing page 185 cPanel 11 User Manual Managing After you have installed Xoops on your account it will show the version number you have installed 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install Xoops on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed Xoops on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 186 Software YaBB What is YaBB YaBB is a fast and efficient forum BB system written in Perl It is feature rich and does not have the security issues inherent to PHP based scripts To learn more about YaBB visit http yabbforum com Installation Note Before you attempt to install the YaBB make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Selec
119. r other users that have privileges to access a database can read from or write to that database There are two ways to create a MySQL database The easiest way to create a MySQL database is to use the MySQL Database Wizard built directly into the cPanel interface The second way involves a few more steps but does not require you to go through the wizard Make your selection below Create A MySQL Database Using The Wizard Create A MySQL Database Manually Create A MySQL Database Using The Wizard 1 When the page loads enter the name of your new database in the New Database text box 2 Next click on the Next Step button 3 You should see the following statement Added the database YOUR_DATABASE_NAME 4 Enter the username and password you want to use for this database in the Username and Password text boxes respectively 5 Next click on the Next Step button 6 You should see the following statement Added USERNAME with the password PASSWORD 7 When the page loads you will see a two column table The top of the table provides a checkbox option ALL PRIVILEGES allowing you to create the database with all privileges otherwise you can check each of the items in the two columns that you want to allow for your new database The options include e SELECT Allows USERNAME to select data from a table in the database e INSERT Allows USERNAME to insert data into a table in the database 31 cPanel 11 User Manua
120. rectory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install YaBB on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed YaBB on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 188 Software Software Overview There are two types of software available in your cPanel e CGI These software applications are called CGI or Common Gateway Interface programs They are pre installed on your web hosting account and are ready to be configured and used on your web site The CGI programs are located in the CGI Center The CGI Center includes the following software Simple CGI Wrapper Random HTML Generator Simple GuestBook Advanced GuestBook Counter Clock Countdown CGI email FormMail Clone Entropy Search Entropy Banners e Scripts These scripts are not pre installed on your web hosting account but include a variety of programs such as Blogs Bulletin Boards CMS Chat Ecommerce Gallery Guest Books Support 189
121. reinstall FrontPage extensions Occasionally FrontPage extensions may not work properly If you run into this problem use this button to reinstall the extensions Uninstall Extensions This button appears if you already have FrontPage extensions installed for the domain in reference Click this button to uninstall FrontPage extensions If the Status for the domain in reference shows not installed the two buttons that will be displayed are as follows Install Extensions This button appears if you do not already have FrontPage extensions installed for the domain in reference Click this button to install FrontPage extensions Advanced Cleanup Old Extensions This button appears if you do not already have FrontPage extensions installed for the domain in reference If you have previously installed and uninstalled FrontPage extensions for the domain in reference use this button to wipe the domain s account clean of any FrontPage extensions that may have been left behind during the removal of the FrontPage extensions 15 cPanel 11 User Manual Image Manager cPanel 11 includes an Image Manager that allows you to view and modify images in your account You can change the size of your images convert their file type or just view them with the Image Manager When using the Image Tools available in the Image Manager you have three options e Thumbnailer The Thumbnailer allows you to view a small thumbnail sized version of an
122. rname you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the Coppermine on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs e Gallery Name Enter the name of your gallery or you can leave it as default My Photo Gallery e Gallery Description Enter the description of your gallery e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically for this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing 161 cPanel 11 User Manual After you have installed Coppermine on your account it will show the version number you have installed 1 Located to the right o
123. rom your web hosting account Follow the instructions below 1 When the page loads you will see a table containing the following information split into five columns e Database This entry will be the database name you created in Step 1 above e Size This entry will be the size of the database you created in Step 1 above e Users This entry will be the users in the database e Actions You have once choice e Delete Database Click on this link to delete a database 2 Next find the database you want to delete in the Database column 3 Then click on the Delete Database in the Actions column 4 You will see the following confirmation statement Are you sure you wish to permanently remove the DATABASE_NAME 5 Click on the Yes button 6 You will see the following statement Deleted the database DATABASE_NAME Database DATABASE dropped 38 Databases Delete A PostgreSQL Database You can easily delete a PostgreSQL database from your web hosting account Follow the instructions below 1 When the page loads you will see a table containing the following information split into four columns e Database This entry will be the database name you created in Step 1 above e Size This entry will be the size of the database you created in Step 1 above e Users This entry will be the users in the database e Actions You have once choice e Delete Database Click on this link to delete a database 2
124. ry you want to Leech Protect click on the directory s name not the folder icon 3 Enter a numerical value in the Number of Logins Per Username Allowed in a 2 Hour Period text box Note Four is recommened as setting the number lower then 4 can cause suspension of legitimate users who have disconnected then reconnected to their ISP If users are reconnecting from the same network subnet their account will not be disabled 4 Enter a URL in the Url to Redirect Leech Users to text box Note You must choose a url outside of the leech protected area or the leech users will get a internal server error message 5 If you want an email sent to you when someone tries to access a leech protected area click on the checkbox next to Send Email Alert To Then enter the email address you want the alert email to be sent to in the Send Email Alert To text box Note You will receive an email at this address when leech protection is used to redirect users away from the site If you choose not to disable an account you may receive a lot of emails as you will get one per each attempt to access your site 6 If you want to disable accounts that have tried to access leech protected areas of your web site click on the checkbox next to Disable Compromised Accounts Note Users who trigger leech protection will have their account suspended by disabling their password To reactivate their account reset their password 129 cPanel
125. s 140 Software Countdown What is a Countdown A Countdown is a box showing the time remaining to a date you set Installation 1 Set the following information e Select TimeZone Select your timezone from the drop down menu e Select Month Hour Day Year Select the Month Hour Day and Year from the respective drop down menus enu 2 Click on the Create Html button 3 The HTML code for your Countdown will appear in the Html Code section of the web page Copy the code and paste in the HTML code of one of your web pages 141 cPanel 11 User Manual Counter What is a Counter A Counter allows you to post the number of visitors to your web site for all your visitors to see once they land on the web page you have inserted a counter Installation 1 Set the following information e Please select functionality Click on the Counter radio button e Please select timezone Select your timezone from the drop down menu e Please select format There are three settings e Time Format Select either 12 or 24 from the drop down menu e Date Format Select the date format you want to use from the drop down menu e Frame Thickness Enter the frame thickness you want to use for your counter e Please select frame color There are three settings Red Green Blue Enter the appropriate RGB colors for each Red Green and Blue text boxes Or click on the multi colored box to choose your frame color e Plea
126. s phpBB phpBB is a PHP MySQL Based Bulletin Board To learn more about phpBB visit http ohpbb com Installation Note Before you attempt to install the phoBB make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the phpBB on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically for this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed phpBB on your accoun
127. se select maximum digits Select anywhere between five and ten digits from the drop down menu If you leave as default 5 your counter will show only five characters If you select 10 from the drop down menu your counter will show ten characters e Please select style Click on the See Styles link A new window will open View the available styles Then select the letter referencing the style you want to use for your counter from the drop down menu e Counter Name Enter the name you want to use for your counter e Source Color Red e Replacement Color Red 2 Click on the preview button to see an example of your counter based on the settings you chose above If the counter settings need to be modified you can change any of your settings accordingly Then click on the preview button until the counter is showing the way you want it to appear Once you have the settings you want to use for your counter go to Step 3 3 Please read Step 2 above before proceeding Click on the html button The HTML code for your counter will appear in the Code Counter View section of the web page Copy the code and paste in the HTML code of one of your web pages 4 Enter a name for your Counter in the Counter Name text box 142 Software 5 You can reset or modify the starting number of your counter by enter the number in the New Count text box 6 Click on the Commit Changes button 143 cPanel 11 User Manual Edit Search
128. ser Manual Create User PostgreSQL There are two primary steps when creating a PostgreSQL user The first step is to create a username and password combination for the user The second step is to add the user to the database you want the user to access 1 In the New User section enter the username and password you want to use for this database in the Username and Password text boxes respectively 2 Next click on the Create User button 3 You should see the following statement Added USERNAME with the password PASSWORD 4 Click on the Go Back link 5 Find the Add User To Database section Select the user you created in Step 6 above from the User drop down menu Then select the database you want to add the user to from the Database drop down menu 6 Next click on the Submit button 7 You should see the following statement User USERNAME was added to the database DATABASE 8 Click on the Go Back link 9 You should now see the user you created in Step 1 above in the Users column 30 Databases Creating A MySQL Database What is a MySQL Database MySQL databases allow you to store lots of information in an easy to access manner The databases themselves are not easily read by humans MySQL databases are required by many web applications including some bulletin boards content management systems and others To use a database you ll need to create it Only MySQL Users different than mail o
129. server where you are sending your backup file 3 Click on the Generate Backup button 4 You will see the following statement Once the full backup of your account has been completed you will receive an email message to the address you specified EMAIL_ADDRESS 5 After you receive the confirmation email click on the Go Back link You will see an entry in the Backups Available for Download You can download the backup file at any time 67 cPanel 11 User Manual Creating FTP Accounts What are FTP Accounts FTP Accounts allow you to access your web site s files through a protocol called FTP or File Transfer Protocol You will need a third party FTP program to access your files You can login to a FTP by entering the domain name you are currently using when you create the FTP account The domain name will be the host name You will also use the username and password of the account you wish to log into after successfully creating the FTP account as describe in the following instructions Creating An FTP Account 1 Set the following e Login Enter the username you want to use for this particular FTP account e Password Enter the password you want to use for this particular FTP account Note When you tab or click on the Password text box the next setting automatically defaults to the root public_html LOGIN or USERNAME you entered above You can change the location according to your own specific needs e Directory
130. so note that you will see a Warning message regarding the MX you are changing If this applies to you or if you have further questions regarding the Warning statement please contact your hosting provider s support department 4 You will see the following statement The MX entry for DOMAIN has been changed to NEW_DOMAIN 5 Click on the Go Back link 6 You will see your domain and its associated MX Entry in the Current MX Entries table This table provides a quick view of all your email domains and their associated MX Entries 116 Mail Setup A Catch All Email What is a catch all email The default email address catch all will catch any mail that is sent to an invalid email address for your domain All mail that is sent to an address that does not exist will go to the default email address This document shows you how to set the default address with the following options Forward to an email address Discard Delete Emails Discard with error to sender Pipe to a program Setting Up the Default Email Catch All Options 1 The first option is to Send all unrouted e mail for a particular domain Choose the domain you want to setup the catch all email from the drop down menu 2 Then choose one of the following options e Forward to an email address Click on this option to forward all mail that is sent to an invalid email address to a particular email address that you choose Then enter the email address
131. stalled on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed Advanced Guest Book on your account it will show the version number you have installed 155 cPanel 11 User Manual 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install Advanced Guest Book on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed Advanced Guest Book on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 156 Software AgoraCart What is AgoraCart AgoraCart is a Perl MySQL based shopping cart you can use on your web site to sell and promote products and services To learn more about AgoraCart visit http Awww agoracart com Installation 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password
132. stalled your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed B2Evolution on your account it will show the version number you have installed 159 cPanel 11 User Manual 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 To move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install B2Evolution on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed B2Evolution on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 160 Software Coppermine What is Coppermine Coppermine is a PHP MySQL based script you can use on your web site as an image gallery To learn more about Coppermine visit http coppermine gallery net index php Installation Note Before you attempt to install the Coppermine make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the use
133. stem Logged In From This entry shows the location and IP address of the user currently logged into your web hosting account via FTP Login Time This entry shows the exact time the user logged into your web hosting account via FTP Status This entry shows the current mode of the FTP user logged in to your web hosting account via FTP If the user logged in via FTP is not uploading or download files the status will remain IDLE Disconnect If you want to disconnect the FTP user click on the x ina circle icon The next screen will state Are you sure you want to disconnect FTP_USER ftp user Click on the Yes button to disconnect the user from the system Process ID This entry is the ID the system is using to identify the user logged in to the system Files Using The File Manager What is the File Manager The File Manager is a tool you can use to navigate your way through your web hosting account and view directories create directories folders uploade delete view edit files view the size of your directories files rename files directories and see the permissions of your files directories At the top of File Manager you will see Current Directory and the path to the current location you are viewing on your web hosting account Underneath the Current Directory display is a Go Up One Dir link You can click on the Go Up One Dir link at any time to move up a directory regardless of your current location When t
134. t Actions You have two choices e Manage Redirection Click on this option to manage the redirection for the subdomain e Remove Click on this option to remove the subdomain from the system completely 61 Files Anonymous FTP Controls What are Anonymous FTP Controls You can allow users to connect to your anonymous FTP directory without having a password to login This may be useful if you have files that you wish to be publicly available for download Anonymous FTP allows anyone to access a specified directory without a username or password This means that anyone can access the files in your anonymous directory Your anonymous directory is public_ftp NOTICE Please note that allowing anonymous users to access any part of your system may be considered a security hole 1 The Anonymous FTP Controls page shows the following two check boxes e Allow anonymous access to ftp ftp DOMAIN NAME e Allow anonymous uploads to ftp ftp DOMAIN _NAME incoming The first check box is to allow anonymous login to any directory for the associated domain The second check box is to allow anonymous login to the incoming directory You can check and uncheck each box according to your specific needs 2 Once you have finished modifying the Anonymous FTP Controls click on the Save Settings button 3 You will see the following statement Updated Managing the Anonymous FTP Welcome Message 1 When the page loads enter or modi
135. t theme selected as the theme that is currently being used in your cPanel interface 2 Click on the radio button next to a theme you want to use in your cPanel interface 3 Once you have selected the new theme you want to use in your cPanel interface scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Change Look and Feel button 4 The theme will then be changed to the theme you selected in Step 2 above 5 You will see the following Your style has been changed Style set io NEW_THEME_NAME 121 cPanel 11 User Manual Change Password You can change the main password to your web hosting account Before you begin make sure you have closed all windows that are currently open and associated with your control panel NOTICE PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE CHANGING YOUR PASSWORD Protect your password Don t write down your password memorize it In particular don t write it down and leave it anywhere and don t place it in an unencrypted file Use unrelated passwords for systems controlled by different organizations Don t give or share your password in particular to someone claiming to be from computer support or a vendor unless you are sure they are who they say they are Don t let anyone watch you enter your password Don t enter your password on a computer you don t trust Use the password for a limited time and change it periodically Choose a hard to guess password Our system will try to prevent you from c
136. t it will show the version number you have installed 175 cPanel 11 User Manual 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and directory of your choice 2 TO move or copy the installation select the domain you want to install phpBB on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs 3 Click on either the Move or Copy radio button 4 Next click on the Perform Move Copy button Uninstall If you have installed phpBB on your account you can uninstall the software at anytime 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 176 Software phpMyChat What is phpMyChat phpMyChat is a PHP MySQL Based Chat Room To learn more about phpMyChat visit http ohpmychat sourceforge net Installation 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the phpMyChat on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will b
137. t the domain you want to install the YaBB on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs Note You may install it directly in your public_html directory by leaving the installation URL blank Please note any files that already exist that are in the installation will be overwritten All files installed are removed upon uninstallation so take care you don t lose anything on uninstalls for installs that are installed directly in a DocumentRoot e Password for admin Enter the password you want to use for the administrator e Webmaster email Enter the email address of the webmaster maintaining your YaBB installation Leave blank if the email address you want to use is the same as the Email address you enter above 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully installed your script the system will tell you how many you have installed on the main page of your cPaddons scripts listing page Managing After you have installed YaBB on your account it will show the version number you have installed 187 cPanel 11 User Manual 1 Located to the right of the listed installation URL is a Rearrange link If you click on the Rearrange link it will allow you to move or copy the installation to another domain and di
138. t the following e Email address going to this account comma separated list Enter the email account usernames you want associated with the BoxTrapper Configuration settings Or you can set each one individually by following the steps in the Setting Up Email Verification Per Email Account section above e How many days should logs and messages in queue be kept Enter the number of days you want email logs and queues to be kept This will allow you to review logs and queues at anytime for the length of days you specify e Enable Automatic White listing Click on the checkbox or make sure the box is checked in order to enable white listing as this will enable the BoxTrapper software for the email addresses you entered or configured above 2 Click on the Save button 3 You will see the following confirmation statement Configured Box Trapper for EMAIL_ADDRESS Your changes have been saved 4 Click on the Go Back link When the page loads click on the Go Back link one more time Then move on to the next section below Edit Confirmation Messages Edit Confirmation Messages Allows you to change the different messages that users will receive when sending messages to an account with the BoxTrapper enabled There are three types of messages that are used with the BoxTrapper software e verify This confirmation message is the first email to be sent to someone when they first send you an email You must leave the verify msgid
139. the cPanel dashboard Create A MySQL Database Manually 1 When the page loads enter the name of your new database in the New Database text box 2 Next click on the Create Database button 3 You should see the following statement Added the database YOUR_DATABASE_NAME 4 Click on the Go Back link 32 Databases 5 When the page loads you will see a table with your newly created database containing the following information split into five columns e Database This entry will be the database name you created in Step 1 above e Size This entry will be the size of the database you created in Step 1 above e Users This entry will be the users in the database you created in Step 1 above When you first create a new database manually this column entry will be empty Continue to Step 6 below to learn how to create and adda user to your new database e Actions You have one choice e Delete Database Click on this link to delete a database 6 In the New User section enter the username and password you want to use for this database in the Username and Password text boxes respectively 7 Next click on the Create User button 8 You should see the following statement Added USERNAME with the password PASSWORD 9 Click on the Go Back link 10 Find the Add User To Database section Select the user you created in Step 6 above from the User drop down menu Then select the database you create
140. the filtered email should be sent See the example below Example of valid destinations are Discard nome user email pl or user domain com without quotes 4 Click on the Activate button 5 You will see the following statement A filter has been added that sends all mail OPTION_1 that OPTION_ 2 FILTER_TEXT to DESTINATION 6 Click on the Go Back link 7 When the page loads you will see a two column table consisting of the following information e Filter This entry contains the filter you setup in the steps above e Destination This entry contains the location you chose for the Destination option in Step 3 above e Delete Click on the x in a circle icon to delete the filter 8 Assuming you have followed Steps 1 6 above you can now test your new filter View the Filter Test section and enter a complete e mail message including headers in the Filter Test text box to see how it will be processed with the current filters in place 9 Click on the Test Filter button 10 The Test Filter results will be shown when the page loads If you have any errors or problems with the email filter contact your hosting provider s support department for further assistance 107 cPanel 11 User Manual Email Forwarders What is an Email Forwarder Forwarders allow you to send a copy of all mail from one email address to another For example if you have two different email accounts joe domain com and jos
141. the following options e Delete Click on the Delete icon to delete the FTP account from the system e Edit Quota Click on the Edit Quota icon to change or modify the amount of disk space allocated to the associated FTP account e Change Password Click on the Change Password icon to change or modify the password of the associated FTP account 69 cPanel 11 User Manual Deleting FTP Accounts Deleting An FTP Account 1 Go to the FTP Accounts page in your cPanel control panel 2 When the page loads you will see an Accounts Management table consisting of the following information split into six columns e User This entry shows the login username for the associated FTP account e Type This entry shows various icons depending on the type of FTP account View the Legend table for further information e Directory This entry shows the location of the FTP account the FTP user is restricted to the directory defined in this entry e Disk Usage This entry shows the amount of disk space used by the associated FTP account e Quota This entry shows the amount of disk space allocated to the associated FTP account e Functions This entry provides the following options e Delete Click on the Delete icon to delete the FTP account from the system e Edit Quota Click on the Edit Quota icon to change or modify the amount of disk space allocated to the associated FTP account e Change Password Click on the Change Passwor
142. time 1 Select the install you want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 182 Software WordPress What is WordPress WordPress is a PHP MySQL based blog you can use on your web site for blogging To learn more about WordPress visit http wordpress org Installation Note Before you attempt to install the WordPress make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the WordPress on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically for this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you
143. tion 105 cPanel 11 User Manual Email Filters What are Email Filters You can use email filters to send messages to certain places depending on their content You can use filters to sort mail between business and pleasure to delete unwanted mail or to sort mail in another manner Creating an Email Filter 1 Click on the Add Filter button in the Create Filter section 2 The first setting is the Filter definition Two drop down menus and a text box will be available The first drop down menu contains the following information Options 1 From Subject To Body Any Header SpamAssassin Spam Header Select one of the above options from the Options 1 drop down menu This option will be used to specify the actual components of email to filter Note To filter all mail that SoamAssassin has marked as spam just choose SpamAssassin Spam Header begins with and then enter Yes in the box The second drop down menu includes the following Options 2 e equals e matches regex e contains e begins with Select one of the above options from the Options 2 drop down menu This option will be used to specify how you want to filter the actual components of email Filter Text 106 Mail The text box that follows the first two drop down menus should include the word or key word you want to use when filtering email Enter your filter in the text box 3 The next option is the Destination or location of where
144. tions You have two choices e Manage Redirection Click on this option to manage the redirection for the Addon Domain e Remove Click on this option to remove the Addon Domain from the system completely Further Discussion You will be able to FTP or upload download files directly to the location of your Addon Domain file set by using the username and password combination you created in Steps 2 and 3 above 50 Domains Manage Setup Addon Domain Redirection You can easily manage setup Addon Domain redirection using the cPanel interface What is Addon Domain redirection You can set any of your Addon Domains to point to a different location on your web site or server For example if we want www cpx3demo com to point to our sales page we can setup a Addon Domain redirection and have it point to www cpx3demo com sales html or any url that s specific to our needs Managing Subdomain Redirection 1 Assuming you have created an Addon Domain view the Addon Domains table as described in Step 6 of the Addon Domains document 2 Find the Addon Domain you want to manage setup a redirection for in the table 3 Click on the Manage Redirection link in the Actions column 4 The Addon Domain you are using will be listed You will see http entered by default in the text box Enter the domain or location you want the Addon Domain to be redirected to when visitors go to the Addon Domain you are using Note You do not have
145. to include the http in your redirection url 5 Click on the Save button 6 The next page will state YOUR_ADDON_DOMAIN is currently being redirect to THE_LOCATION_YOU_ENTERED 7 Click on the Go Back button 8 When the page loads find the Addon Domain you are using and you should see redirected to THE_LOCATION_YOU_ENTERED displayed in the Redirection column Disable Addon Domain 1 Assuming you have created an Addon Domain view the Addon Domains table as described in Step 6 of the Addon Domains document 2 Find the Addon Domain you want to manage setup a redirection for in the table 51 cPanel 11 User Manual 3 Click on the Manage Redirection link in the Actions column 4 The redirect you previously created the Addon Domain should be entered by default in the text box Click on the Disable Redirection button 5 The next screen will state Redirection has been disabled on YOUR_ADDON_DOMAIN 6 Click on the Go Back link to view details on your Addon Domain 52 Domains Manage Setup Subdomain Redirection You can easily manage setup subdomain redirection using the cPanel interface What is subdomain redirection You can set any of your subdomains to point to a different location on your web site or server For example if we want support cpox3demo com to point to our sales page we can setup a subdomain redirection and have it point to www cpx3demo com sales html or any url that s
146. tory path and name according to your own specific needs However if this is your first time using Web Disk you may want to leave it as default until you are comfortable using the Web Disk feature in cPanel 5 Click on the Create button 6 You will see the following statement ACCOUNT_LOGIN has been given Web Disk access 7 Click on the Go Back link 77 cPanel 11 User Manual 8 When the page loads you will see a four column table consisting of the following information e Login This entry contains the login account username e Directory This entry contains the path to the directory associated with the Web Disk login account e Access Web Disk Click on the Access Web Disk button to use the Web Disk program e Actions The Actions column provides two features e Change Password Click on the Change Password link to modify and change the password for the associated Web Disk login account e Delete Click on the Delete link to remove the Web Disk login account from the system Accessing and Using Web Disk 1 When the page loads select the operating system you are using to view Web Disk from one of the available drop down menus 2 The SSL option is checked by default If you prefer not to use a secure SSL connection click on the SSL Recommended checkbox 3 Then click on the Go button 4 Follow the on screen instructions for accessing Web Disk based on the operation system you chose
147. u want to use for the subdomain in the Subdomain text box Based on our example above support cox3demo com we would enter support as the Subdomain prefix 2 Once you place your cursor in the Document Root text box it will automatically fill in the location of your subdomain cPanel will use the prefix you chose in Step 1 above and add it to the root path ie public_html PREFIX or in our example it would be public_html support If you want to specify a particular location other than what cPanel automatically enters for you modify the path according to your specific needs 3 Once you have completed the above click on the Create button 4 The next screen will indicate if your subdomain was created successfully Click on the Go Back button to return to the previous page 5 When the page loads you will see a table with your newly created subdomain containing the following information split into five columns e Subdomains This entry will be the Prefix you chose in Step 1 above e Root Domain This entry will be the domain used when creating your subdomain e Document Root This entry will be the Document Root path created in Step 2 above 60 Domains Redirection If you have setup a redirection on the subdomain you are viewing the Redirection column will state redirected to PATH YOU ENTERED To learn how to setup redirection on your subdomain view the Manage Setup Subdomain Redirection documen
148. want to remove from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Uninstall button 158 Software B2Evolution What is B2Evolution B2Evolution is a PHP MySQL based blog you can use on your web site for blogging To learn more about B2Evolution visit http o2evolution net Installation Note Before you attempt to install the B2Evolution make sure you read the License Terms shown on the page 1 Set the following information e Admin User Enter the username you want to use for the administrator s username e Admin Pass Enter the password you want to use for the administrator s password e Email Enter the email address you want to use for the administrator s contact information e Installation URL Select the domain you want to install the B2Evolution on from the drop down menu By default the directory it will be installed in is pre populated You can change the directory to meet your specific needs e Table Prefix The table prefix is used when the software creates a MySQL database You can leave it as default or modify the table prefix according to your specific needs e MySQL DB You can create a new database specifically for this installation or choose another database for this installation Select which one you want to do from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Install button 3 You should see the following statement Done You can access your new addon at URL_LOCATION Note After you have successfully in
149. want to use In our example we chose the Auto Configure Microsoft Outlook for POP3 Access option A new pop up message will appear stating what the control panel is going to do in order to automatically configure the mail client you chose cPanel will modify your registry settings and configure your mail client Follow any additional on screen prompts in order to complete the process Manually Configuring Your Email Client The following settings are predetermined for you in your control panel based on the email account you chose in Step 3 above Mail Server Username Incoming Mail Server Outgoing Mail Server Supported Incoming Mail Protocols Supported Outgoing Mail Protocols If you need assistance manually configuring your mail client ask your system administrator for more information 100 Mail Create A Mailing List What is a mailing list A mailing list can simplify sending messages to a large group of people You can add a group of email addresses to a mailing list to avoid typing in those addresses each time a mailing is sent This can be very useful when sending newsletters or other updates to large groups of people Create A Mailing List 1 Set the following e List Name Enter the name of your new mailing list e Password Enter the password to your new mailing list e Domain Select the domain you want your new mailing list to be used on from the drop down menu 2 Click on the Add Mailing List button 3
150. web site contains pages of quality content you can setup a search engine where your visitors can search for content that s only available on your web site Your web site s search engine uses a simple text box that you can place anywhere on your web site using the code highlighted in Step 4 below Your visitors can enter a keyword or keywords and click on the Search button to retrieve all related information available on your web site The results are displayed according to what the search engine finds on your web site You can also change the look and feel of your web site s search engine results To do this follow the instructions in the Edit Search Results Template document Note There are other scripts available that you can automatically install to enhance your web site s functionality 1 Highlight and copy the all the code displayed between the open lt form gt tag and the close lt form gt tag as shown below lt form action cgi sys entropysearch cgi target searchwindow gt Search Query lt input type text name query value gt lt input type hidden name user value davey gt lt input type hidden name basehref value http www cpx3demo com gt lt input type hidden name template value default gt lt input type submit value Search gt lt form gt NOTICE Our example domain http www cpx3demo com highlighted above is specific to our account Your domain name should be used and will be pre
151. will appear stating Virus Scan Complete No Virii Found Click the OK button to be redirected back to the Virus Scanner page Using The Scan Public Web Space Feature The system will start scanning your Mail files You will see a status section on the next page stating how many files have and will be scanned by the system Also shown is the percentage of completion by the scanning software In addition the system will tell you which files are being scanned as they are being processed by the scanner If any infected files are found during the scan they will appear in the Infected Files section of the page You will have the option to delete the files that are infected If no infected files have been found during the scan a pop up will appear stating Virus Scan Complete No Virii Found Click the OK button to be redirected back to the Virus Scanner page Using The Scan Public FTP Space Feature The system will start scanning your Mail files You will see a status section on the next page stating how many files have and will be scanned by the system Also shown is the percentage of completion by the scanning software In addition the system will tell you which files are being scanned as they are being processed by the scanner If any infected files are found during the scan they will appear in the Infected Files section of the page You will have the option to delete the files that are infected If no infected files have bee
152. wn stating Cron Updated Click on the Go Back button to return to the main Cron Job screen Using the Advanced Unix Style Option 1 Click on the Advanced Unix Style Option button 2 The first option request that you enter the email address where you want the output of your cron job files to be sent Enter the email address in the text box provided 3 Next enter the Minute Hour Day Month Weekday and Command in the text boxes provided 4 Next click on the Save Crontab to create the cron job entry Or if you want to reset the modifications you have made back to the default settings click on the Reset Changes button 6 A confirmation page will be shown stating Cron Updated Click on the Go Back button to return to the main Cron Job screen 11 cPanel 11 User Manual Error Pages With this tool you can create custom error pages to display when a user enters a wrong URL an outdated URL or when the user is not authorized to access a specific directory of your web space Error Pages consists of the following five types of errors 400 Bad Request 401 Authorization required 403 Forbidden 404 Wrong page 500 Internal server error To customize the error page you can click on the error page number 400 401 403 404 500 or the error page name Bad Request Authorization required etc When the page loads you have the following six tags available Available Tags e Referring URL Dis
153. ws you to easily drag and drop files to your hosting account You can create a Web Disk login and access your Web Disk below Once your Web Disk is configured you can then drag and drop files to it just like they are part of your home computer You can also navigate through the files in your hosting account just as you do the files on your local computer Web disks are relative to your account s home directory The house icon signifies your home directory By default your cPanel account username will have a Web Disk login account already created The default login gives you access to all directories in your web hosting account To skip over how to create a web disk account click on the Access Web Disk button in the Access Web Disk column It should be the only entry in the Web Disk Account Management table shown at the bottom of the page Also you may want to read the Accessing and Using Web Disk section below Create A Web Disk Login Account 1 Enter the username you want to use for the new web disk account in the Login text box 2 Select the domain you want to use for the web disk account from the drop down menu 3 Enter the password you want to use for the web disk account in the Password text box 4 Once you place your cursor in the Directory text box the system will automatically fill in the path to a directory using the public_html directory and the username you entered in Step 1 above You can modify the direc
154. y images in a directory on your site e Image Scaler The Image Scaler allows you to change the size of an image on your site e Convert Image Format jpg gif omp etc The Convert Image Format function allows you to change the format of an image to another file type Such as changing a jpg to a omp Using The Thumbnailer 1 Click on the Thumbnailer link in the Image Tools section of Image Manager 2 A list of your web hosting account s home directory will be shown You can navigate your way to the directory you want to thumbnail by clicking on the folder icon next to the directory name associated with the path to the directory you want to view 3 When you find the directory you want to thumbnail click on the directory s name not the folder icon 4 When the page loads you will see two Scale Percent text boxes Both text boxes default to 25 You can modify the percentage to your personal preferences 5 The next option is the Keep Aspect Ratio checkbox This option is checked by default If you leave it checked cPanel will maintain the correct proportional sizing of the images in the directory you are thumbnailing If you uncheck this option it will use both values in the Scale Percent text boxes described in Step 4 above Note If the Keep Aspect Ratio checkbox is checked the second Scale Percent text box will automatically change according to the value in the first Scale Percent text box once you tab over
155. ying to view To view a complete list of codes and what each code means please visit http Awww ws org Protocols rfc26 1 6 rfc26 16 seci10 html e Date The date shows the month day and time the visitor viewed the directory or file on your web site e Http Version The http version is the latest version supported by the w3 organization To learn more about http version please visit http www w3 org Protocols rfc261 6 rfc2616 html e Size in Bytes The size in bytes refers to the amount of space the directory or file is using on your web site e Referer The referer is the url of the web site or location the visitor clicked on prior to visiting the directory or file e Agent An agent is the browser type and its related information 90 Logs Raw Access Logs What are Raw Access Logs Raw Access Logs allow you to see who has accessed your site without the use of graphs charts or other graphics You can use the Raw Access Logs menu to download a zipped version of the server s access log for your site This can be very useful when you need to see who is accessing your site quickly There are three sections available on the Raw Access Log page e Configure Logs e Download Current HTTP Access Logs e Archived Raw Logs Configure Logs When the Raw Access Log page loads the first two options include e Archive Logs in your home directory at the end of each month e Remove the previous month s archived logs from your
156. you want to use the Awstats web site statistics program when viewing web site statistics for the associated domain e Webalizer Check the Webalizer box and its associated domain if you want to use the Webalizer web site statistics program when viewing web site statistics for the associated domain 2 Once you have clicked on the check boxes associated with each domain click on the Save button to save the settings 86 Logs Error Messages What does the Error Messages function do This function will display the last 300 errors for your site This can be very useful for determining what links are broken on your site or what files do not exist that should Checking this log frequently can help keep your site running smoothly When the page loads and if there are any errors associated with your account the following will be listed Day Month Year Time Client IP Error Location of page error occurred For example if a particular file does not exist the following error will be shown Wed Feb 14 21 41 43 2007 error client 1 1 1 1 File does not exist nome user public_html 404 shtml The above indicates the file 404 shtml is not on your account Most likely the file was accessed somewhere on your web site and is now giving you an error Another example is if you do not have a robots txt file on your account First note that a robots txt file is specific to search engine spiders It s okay if you do not have this
157. you want the catch all or default email to go to in the Forward to email address text box e Discard Not Recommended Select this option to have the system discard or delete all mail that is sent to an invalid email address This option is not recommended as you may delete important email e Discard with error to sender at SMTP time Select this option to have the system discard or delete all mail that is sent to an invalid email address An error email message that you specify will be sent to the sender of the email Enter the error message you want the sender to see in the Failure Message seen by sender text box e Pipe to a program Select this option to have the system send all invalid mail to that program or script on your server Enter the path to the program or script in the text box 3 Click on the Change button 4 You will see a confirmation message based on the option you chose in Step 2 above 117 Preferences Change Language There are over two dozen languages available in your cPanel system You can select the language you want to use throughout the interface by following the directions below NOTICE IF ALANGUAGE YOU WANT TO USE IS NOT SHOWN IN THE DROP DOWN MENU PLEASE CONTACT YOUR cPANEL PROVIDER AND REQUEST YOUR LANGUAGE TO BE INSTALLED 1 Select the language you want to use from the Set Language to drop down menu 2 Click on the Change button 3 You should see the following Your Lang

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