What is cPanel?
Web hosting seems like a difficult and complicated aspect of building a website when a newbie first gets to know about it, however with continued research and practical experience, web hosting does not seem very intimidating. However, keeping this difficult aspect in mind, web hosting now has been made much easier as compared to what it was a few years ago.
For the convenience of managing websites effectively web hosting control panels have been developed. One of the most popular web hosting control panels is the cPanel, which is a Linux-based control panel for web hosting accounts. Many of the web hosting companies have included cPanel as part of their packages for their customers to have a web hosting control panel at their ease.
There are two interfaces of the cPanel, a user interface (cPanel) and a system interface (web host manager or WHM). The combination of these two interfaces allow both the management of the website by the website owner and also the management of the server by the web hosting service providers. Therefore, cPanel has become one of the most popular web hosting control panel due to its dual advantages for all around effective management.
cPanel allows users to maintain domains, publish websites, organization of web files, create email accounts and much more. This tool is highly recommended which speaks volumes about the authenticity and effectiveness of this web hosting control panel.
Advantages of cPanel
Based on the popularity of cPanel, it was already presumable that it is an advantageous web hosting control panel. Here is a quick rundown of all the advantages of cPanel:
- cPanel is beginner friendly, which makes it easy to understand and equally easy to use as well.
- This web hosting control panel not only saves time, but is also light on the pocket thus making it a popular choice.
- It is tried and tested and therefore a highly trusted web hosting control panel. There are also many tutorials available for the ease of new users. The availability of ample information leaves customers with little doubts about the effectiveness of cPanel.
- The size requirements of cPanel are also very minimal, it only requires 20GB disk space and 512MB RAM.
- cPanel is highly compatible with all internet browsers.
- Automatic detection of errors by cPanel allows the system to get restarted on its own to resolve any possible bugs, making it a highly reliably web hosting control panel.
Popular Features of cPanel
Following are some of the most popular features of cPanel:
Highly Portable: it is very easy to move the cPanel on to a different server because of its high compatibility. Many a times website owners find themselves wanting to switch to a different web hosting server for any reason, therefore the compatibility comes in very handy.
File Management: cPanel has a remarkable built-in file manager that allows the users to have the ability to download, upload and edit files.
Convenient Email Functions: cPanel allows you to create and modify email accounts for the websites and also remove people from the email account when they are no longer working with you.
Database Management: cPanel provides flexibility in database management. The database management can involve many functions including control of the tables, uploading files and backing up the entire system.
With 16+ years in the Web Hosting Industry, Brian has had the opportunity to design websites for some of the largest companies in the industry. Brian currently holds the position as Creative Director at HostPegasus Web Hosting.