"A great book for getting the most out of your cPanel-supporting web host"

If you have web hosting requirements beyond the most basic, you should look for a host that offers cPanel. cPanel gives you tight control over every aspect of your web site, email accounts, and domain names.

But once you've got a web site with cPanel support, how do you go about using it? While the documentation  included with cPanel may provide a quick reference, to really get the most from it you need a more detailed, systematic tutorial.

Read this book to find out exactly how to get the most from cPanel in all aspects of your web site management: web, email, FTP, security, domains, back ups, and more.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction to cPanel Hosting

• Webmaster, Meet cPanel…
• What Tools Will You Need?
• Finding cPanel Web Hosting
  • Types of Web Hosting
  • Windows versus Linux Hosting
  • Hunting for Hosting
  • The Quest for Features
• Questions to Ask Hosting Companies
  • How's the Company's Support?
  • What Special Features does the Company Offer?
  • What are the Company's Hosting Policies?
• Summar

Chapter 2: Getting Started with cPanel

• Logging into cPanel
  • Logging into cPanel from Behind a Firewall

• The Main cPanel Interface
  • General Account Information
  • Resource Usage
  • Mail and FTP Information
  • General Server Information
  • Programming Language and Database Information
  • cPanel Information

• Summary

Chapter 3: FTP and cPanel's File Manager

• FTP Basics
  • General FTP Tools
  • Configuring your FTP Client for use with your Main FTP Account

• Creating and Managing FTP Accounts in cPanel
  • Creating a New FTP Account in cPanel
  • Monitoring your FTP Usage in cPanel

• Anonymous FTP Access
• cPanel FTP Session Control
• Other Types of FTP Connections
  • Secure FTP
  • FXP Transfers

• cPanel's File Manager
  • A Few Words about File Permissions

• Summary

Chapter 4: Working with Mail

• Why Manage your Own Email Accounts?
• Common Email Terms
• Accessing cPanel's Email Features
• Managing POP3 and IMAP Email Accounts
• Creating an Email Account
• Configuring your Email Client to Use your New Address
• Changing Advanced Email Options and Monitoring your Email Account
• Web Mail
  • Accessing Web Mail
• Email Forwarders (Aliases)
• Email Domain Forwarding
• Mailing Lists
• Dealing with Unsolicited Email (SPAM)
  • SpamAssassin
  • SpamBox
  • Email Filtering
  • BoxTrapper
  • Virus Scanning using ClamAV
• Default (Catch All) Email Address
• Email AutoResponders
• Advanced Email Tools
• Summar

Chapter 5: Working with Databases

• Database 101
• Working with Databases in cPanel
  • Creating a Database
  • Creating a Database User
  • Adding a User to a Database
  • Removing or Repairing a Database

• phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin
  • phpMyAdmin
  • phpPgAdmin

• Summary

Chapter 6: Controlling Access to and Organizing Your Data

• Changing your cPanel Password
• Subdomains
• Redirects
• Hotlink Protection: Stop People from Stealing Content
• Password-Protect Directories
• Leech Protect: Keep Users from Giving Away Access to your Site
• Index Manager
• IP Deny Manager
• Custom Web Error Messages
• Summary

Chapter 7: Keeping an Eye on Account Activity

• Web Statistics: What's Going On?
• Raw (Apache) Web Logs
  • Raw Log Control

• Web Stats to the Rescue!
  • Analog
  • Awstats
  • Webalizer
  • Urchin
  • Statistics Configuration

• Other Related Tools
  • Last Visitors
  • Bandwidth
  • Error Log
  • Disk Usage

• Summary

Chapter 8: Backing up and Restoring Data

• Backups and their Importance
  • Home Directory Backup
  • Database Backup
  • Email Aliases (Forwarders) and Filters Backup
  • Full Backups

• Automated Unattended Backups
• Restoring Backups
• Summary

Chapter 9: Working with Scripts

• What are Web Scripts?
• The Scripts cPanel Offers for Installation
  • The Scripts Library
    • Advanced Guestbook
    • b2Evolution
    • Coppermine
    • cPSupport
    • e107
    • Geeklog
    • Invision Power Board
    • Mambo Open Source
    • Nucleus
    • osCommerce
    • PHPNuke
    • phpBB
    • phpWiki
    • PostNuke
    • WordPress
    • Xoops
  • Chat Rooms
    • Entropychat
    • Melange
    • phpMyChat
  • Shopping Carts
    • AgoraCart
    • Interchange
  • CGI Center
    • CGIWrapper
    • Random HTML
    • Simple Guestbook
    • Advanced Guestbook
    • Counter
    • Clock
    • Countdown
    • CGI Email
    • FormMail Clone
    • Entropy Search
    • Entropy Banner
  • Third-Party Addons
  • Finding Other Web Scripts

• Advice on Working with Scripts
• Summary

Chapter 10: Advanced cPanel Features

• Welcome to cPanel 102
• FrontPage Extensions
• Addon Domains
• Parked Domains
• Cron Jobs
• SSH/Telnet
• MIME Types
• Apache Handlers
• OpenPGP Keys
• SSL Management
• Network Tools
  • Domain Lookup Tool
  • Traceroute Tool
• cPanel Pro
  • Image Manager
  • Leech Protect
  • ClamAV
  • Submit a Support Request
• Summa

Chapter 11: Site and Account Security

• Site Security and You
• The Security Plan
• What to do if the Worst Happens
  • Step One: Contact Your Web Host
  • Step Two: Restore and Verify All Data and Secure Site
• Summar

Chapter 12: ThirdParty Additions to cPanel

• cPanel Themes: New Look, New Features
  • cPanel's Other Themes
    • Blue Lagoon
    • Monsoon
    • Xmail
    • X2
  • ThirdParty Themes
    • 7Dana
    • Ace
    • BlueCrush
    • CoolBreeze
    • CPANEL XP Evolution
    • cpSkins
    • iCandy
    • InteliSkin
    • Java
    • Radiance
    • RVSKIN
    • Simskins
    • Stainless Steel
    • Trix
    • Winterfall
    • XController
    • ZabrinskiPoint
• ThirdParty Addons
  • Fantastico: The Original Script Autoinstaller
  • Autoinstaller: More Scripts for cPanel's Script Library
  • OpenInstaller: Additional Script Library Scripts, for Free
  • MailScanner cPanel Front End: Kill Email Nuisances before they Reach your InBox
    • Exploring MailScanner Front End's Many Features
    • How does MailScanner Handle Mail?
  • Other ThirdParty Addons
• Summa

Chapter 13: Useful Tools and Links and the Final Curtain Call

• FTP Clients
• Additional cPanel Information
• Basic Webmaster and Scripting Assistance
• Domain, DNS, and Site Monitoring Tools
• Password Storing Programs
• Curtain Cal

Appendix A: Glossary