New cPanel |
"Admin Panel" Equivalent |
Description |
|
PREFERENCES |
| Change
Password |
Change Password |
Update your master password |
| Update
Contact Info |
Account Management |
Enter contact email addresses, set notification preferences |
| Change
Style |
N/A |
Lets you pick different color schemes for your cPanel |
| Change
Look and Feel |
N/A |
Lets you switch 'skins' for your cPanel |
| Language |
Language (4 to choose from) |
24 languages for your cPanel |
| Getting
Started Wizard |
N/A |
Walks you through common setup tasks for your new cPanel |
| Access
cPanel Shortcuts |
N/A |
Creates bookmarks and desktop shortcuts for easy cPanel access |
| Video
Tutorials |
N/A |
Step-by-step video instruction on many cPanel functions |
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EMAIL
MANAGEMENT TOOLS |
| Add/Remove
E-mail account(s) |
Mail Manager |
Create and delete email addresses |
| Read
Webmail |
WebMail |
Provides simple link to WebMail portal |
| Webmail
Manager |
N/A |
Edit and assign WebMail profiles for multiple users. |
| E-mail
Forwarders |
Mail Manager |
Set up an email address at your domain that forwards elsewhere. NOTE: forwarding is not permitted to the following ISPs: aol, hotmail, msn, comcast, yahoo. |
| E-Mail
Address Trace |
N/A |
Show the delivery path to an address you specify. |
|
Mailing Lists |
Mailing List/Mail
Manager |
Create and manage mailing lists |
| MX Entry
Maintenance |
N/A |
Update your domain's MX record if you use off-site mail service |
| User Level
Filtering |
N/A (though WebMail allowed
user-based filters) |
Create mail filters for specific email addresses |
| Account
Level Filtering |
SpamGuard (add-on) |
Create filters that affect all users in your account |
|
MailScanner Configuration |
AntiSpam Suite (add-on) |
Powerful configuration tool to control how spam, viruses, etc are handled |
|
ANALYSIS AND LOG FILES |
| Latest
Visitors |
Site Statistics / Urchin
(add-on) |
See the latest visitors to your site updated fresh |
| Bandwidth |
Resource Meter |
Traffic graphs, usage and history |
| Webalizer |
Site Statistics / Urchin
(add-on) |
Comprehensive stats |
| Webalizer
FTP |
N/A |
Stats for FTP usage/activity |
| Awstats |
Site Statistics / Urchin
(add-on) |
Nicer-looking graphical stats analyzer |
| Raw Access
Logs |
N/A |
Download raw log files to your computer |
| Error Log |
N/A |
View the error log for your account |
| Choose Log
Programs |
N/A |
Not necessary in new setup |
|
FILES |
| Backup |
Archive Manager (limited, no
MySQL backups) |
Easily make backups of site, databases, & email settings in cPanel |
| Backup
Wizard |
N/A |
Walks you through creating and/or restoring from backup sets |
| Legacy
File Manager |
File Manager |
Graphical interface to work with your files - previous version from cPanel 10 |
| File
Manager |
File Manager |
Graphical interface for working with files & folders, cPanel 11 version |
| Disk Usage
Viewer |
Resource Meter (sort of) |
Shows you usage and where it's coming from (how much is in each folder) |
| FTP
Accounts |
FTP User Manager
(add-on) |
Create FTP users, assign home folders & quotas |
| FTP
Session Control |
N/A |
Allows you to monitor & control FTP connections to your account in real-time |
| Web Disk |
N/A |
Make a drag & drop folder on your computer for easy access to files |
|
DOMAINS |
| Sub Domain
Stats |
N/A |
Visitor info for your subdomains |
| SubDomains |
N/A |
Create & manage subdomains (something.yourdomain.com) and determine where they point |
| Manage
Redirects |
Redirect URL |
Redirect visitors to a different URL |
|
DATABASES |
| MySQL
Database Wizard |
N/A |
Easy way to quickly create a new DB |
| MySQL
Databases |
MySQL |
Create & manage your MySQL DBs. |
| Manage
Remote MySQL Access |
MySQL |
Allow external web sites/servers to access your MySQL databases |
| phpMyAdmin |
MySQL |
Work with your MySQL databases
|
|
SECURITY |
| HotLink
Protection |
N/A |
Prevent other websites from stealing your bandwidth by disabling the ability to link directly to your images. |
| IP Deny
Manager |
N/A |
Block IP addresses and ranges from accessing your site |
| Web
Protect |
Protect Directories |
Password-protect folders in your account.
|
| Manage
OpenPGP Keys |
N/A |
Manage GnuPG encryption |
| SSL/TLS
Manager |
GeoTrust QuickSSL |
Generate keys, signing requests and install SSL certificates you have purchased. |
|
SOFTWARE |
| CGI Center |
FormMail, Counter |
Useful scripts including FormMail, counter, guestbook and more. |
|
Fantastico! (available on selected plans) |
CartXpress, ContentXpress,
SiteXpress, Powertools (add-ons) |
30+ tools including blogs, bulletin boards, CMS, more... |
| Perl
Module |
N/A |
Install Perl Modules and get info on server-installed modules as well |
| PHP PEAR |
N/A |
Install & manage PHP Extensions and Applications |
| PHP
Configuration |
N/A |
Display important PHP configuration information to help you in coding PHP. |
| RubyGems |
N/A |
Install & configure modules for Ruby on Rails |
| Ruby on
Rails |
N/A |
Create & manage Ruby on Rails applications |
|
ADVANCED TOOLS |
| Mime Types |
Mime Types |
Add/configure mime types |
| Apache
Handlers |
N/A |
Create user-defined file types and tell Apache how to treat them |
| Cron Jobs |
Cron Manager |
Schedule & configure cron jobs |
| Networking
Tools |
Network Troubleshooter |
Basic domain lookup, ping, trace |
| Index
Manager |
N/A |
Control how your folders are viewed online (or not) |
| Custom
Error Pages |
Error Manager |
Create custom error pages for 404 and other common error conditions |
| FrontPage
Extensions |
MS Frontpage |
Enable/disable FP extensions |
