You may need to set up a wildcard subdomain, and this can be done within your cPanel account. A wildcard DNS record is a record that matches requests for non-existent domain names. A wildcard DNS record is specified by using the * symbol to create a record for the *.example.com. The most common applications for Read More >
cPanel
cPanel, often referred to as control panel, is the interface used for making changes to and customizing your hosting account with InMotion Hosting. Some of the great features that cPanel includes are:
- Email: Within cPanel you can create new email accounts, view/modify your existing accounts, modify your MX records, change email passwords, set up mail box quotas and much more.
- Domains: Under the domains section of cPanel, you can configure new domains to your account, set up parked domains, create subdomains, setup redirects, and much more.
- File Management: In the files section of cPanel, you can backup your cPanel account, access/modify files stored in your account, review your disk usage, and create/manage FTP accounts.
- Databases: Here you can create new databases, set up remote access to MySQL, access the databases using phpMyAdmin, and much more.
cPanel is very user friendly and is quite robust. There are numerous tools within cPanel to handle a wide variety of tasks. It contains a full help menu that is easy to use.
Getting Started in cPanel
- How to Log Into cPanel *Highly Recommended
- The cPanel Layout/Interface
- Changing Your cPanel Password
- How to View Your PHP Version in cPanel
- How to Setup Backups in cPanel *Highly Recommended
Using Email
- Creating an Email Account *Highly Recommended
- How to Log Into Webmail
- How to Modify MX Records Using cPanel
Using Softaculous
Softaculous is a tool located within your cPanel you can use to help you easily install other programs. Softaculous does the tedious work involved with software installation. No more uploading installation files or creating and configuring databases, you can now install programs such as WordPress and Joomla by simply clicking a link.
- FAQ – Installing Programs with Softaculous
- List of Programs in Softaculous
- How to Install Programs Using Softaculous
- How to Uninstall Programs in Softaculous
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Viewing your Email Settings in cPanel and Webmail
In order to set up email clients like Outlook, Mac mail, or Thunderbird you need your email settings from cPanel. This article guides you through how to locate them. Steps to find your email settings Finding your email settings in Webmail Note about Reseller Email Server Settings (not VPS or Dedicated) If you are a Read More >
How to Set Up and Run a Cron in cPanel
A cron job is an automated background task scheduled to happen at a specific time. A few examples include checking for updates, backups, or sending out reminder notifications. Cron jobs are important because they automate tasks that reduce manual operations to help with security, performance, and functionality for an administrator and all of the users Read More >
How to Find Your Shared Server IP Address in cPanel
The IP address of your Shared Hosting server can be found in the cPanel. Note that these directions apply to the Paper Lantern style of the cPanel used by InMotion Hosting. Use the following information in order determine the shared IP address. How to view your Shared IP Address Log into cPanel In the column Read More >
How to Configure cPanel in WHM
One of the primary tasks you will face when managing your dedicated server is creating and managing accounts. WHM (Web Host Manager) creates cPanel accounts based on a primary domain. Each cPanel account can be configured after the completion of the setup using the Modify an Account option within the cPanel. The following tutorial displays Read More >
Making DNS Changes for your Dedicated Server Accounts
DNS —short for “Domain Name System”— includes the settings that enable your website and email to be found on the internet. When you are working with website accounts, it’s common to have a need to add, edit, or delete DNS records associated with the account. The easiest way to manage DNS revisions for each website Read More >
How to Create Email Forwarders in cPanel
Email forwarding can be set up using your cPanel account. This can be valuable if you have a lot of different email addresses to check. Setting up email forwarders allows you to check all of the incoming messages sent to multiple addresses in one mailbox. It is also possible to set up a domain forwarder, Read More >
How to Change Your cPanel Style
In this tutorial: Change from Basic to Retro Change from Retro to Basic In this tutorial, we will show you how to change your cPanel style. This allows you to customize the look and feel of your cPanel. By default, your cPanel will display the Paper Lantern theme with the Basic style option. We will Read More >
Resetting the cPanel Password in WHM
Using WHM, you can reset cPanel passwords for your clients on your dedicated server. You can also allow the cPanel password to be reset by the users after enabling the option in the Tweak settings of WHM (note: Making a Tweak Setting change requires root access). This tutorial will guide you through the steps for Read More >
How to Create cPanel Account in WHM
If you’re a VPS service provider, a Reseller host, or a own a Dedicated hosting plan, you will likely have to create a cPanel amount in WHM. With WHM you can manage and host separate cPanel accounts independent from one another, and the cPanel users are completely unaware of the other people they are sharing Read More >
How to Access cPanels from WHM
Dedicated server accounts can access the cPanel, reset the password, and create or terminate cPanel accounts from the WHM interface. This tutorial will step you through how to access cPanel accounts using the WHM interface. Please note that you can no longer create unlimited cPanels. For more information and price listings, please see our article Read More >
Transferring from cPanel to cPanel in WHM
cPanel provides a tool that you can use to transfer from cPanel to cPanel, from one server to another. This is a very powerful tool in that it makes moving from one cPanel server to another into a very simple process. Keep in mind that any configuration files that are affected by the change will Read More >
Moving an Account from a Non-cPanel Host to Your Reseller Account
If your old host is not a cPanel host or the total account size is over 3GB, you cannot perform a cPanel backup move. Instead, you will need to transfer the account manually. Below are the steps needed to perform a manual account move. Moving an Account from a Non cPanel Server Transfer Checklist You Read More >
How to Move an Account from Another cPanel Host
NOTE: Before you begin this process, be aware that restoring a cPanel completely erases any content on that cPanel that was there. Here you will learn how to move your hosting account from another cPanel host to your Reseller Hosting account. This is the easiest of the migration methods; it involves moving a single file. Read More >
How to Transfer a Website from Non-cPanel Server
If you are a customer of a host that does not use the cPanel as it’s interface for managing your website, then there are few basic things that you should do when you want to move your site to a new InMotion Hosting dedicated server for your hosting solution. If you are not familiar with Read More >
How to Remove a cPanel in Your Reseller WHM
When working with clients as a reseller, you will need to know how to remove client cPanel accounts on your reseller account. This quick guide shows you how to remove a cPanel account from within your reseller WHM. Removing a cPanel via WHM Log into your WHM. Click on the Account Functions category from Read More >
How to Access cPanels via your Reseller WHM
When using the WHM, you have the ability to create, access, modify, and terminate your client’s cPanel accounts. In this guide, we demonstrate how to access cPanel accounts from within the WHM interface. NOTE: This guide requires WHM access. WHM access is included (at no extra charge) with our Dedicated Server, VPS, and Reseller Hosting Read More >
How to Reset cPanel Passwords in Reseller WHM
Part of being a reseller hosting provider is helping your customers when they have issues and need help. In this article, we will show you how to reset a cPanel password using WHM. These steps will work for the VPS reseller program as well as the shared option. How to Reset a cPanel Password in Read More >
How to Create a New cPanel in your Reseller WHM
One of the first things you will need to do for a new client is to give them their own hosting space. This is done by creating a cPanel account. As a reseller, you will have the ability to do this from within your Web Host Manager (WHM). Follow along below as we Read More >
How to Disable cPanel on your Dedicated Server
Before we tackle the question of disabling the cPanel in a Dedicated Hosting Server, we need to explain the basic model of the web service solution. The acronym, LAMP, is given to the model and it stands for Linux operating system, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL relational database management system, and the PHP programming language. It Read More >
