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Support CenterIn this article, we will outline how to install the popular NGINX web server software on your VPS or Dedicated Hosting account. Installing NGINX allows your web server to cache content and increase server performance. This ultimately translates into faster websites and better experiences for end users. The NGINX installation process requires both root WHM Read More >
cPanel Education Channel
Note that cPanel creation is no longer unlimited. For more information, please see cPanel Pricing Changes. You can see the pricing that now applies to cPanel licenses. To learn more about the change, please see our FAQ on cPanel Pricing.
cPanel, often referred to as control panel, is the interface used for making changes to and customizing your hosting account with InMotion. 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’s 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
Logging Into cPanel
The cPanel Layout
Changing Your cPanel Password
How to View Your PHP Version
in 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
More cPanel Tutorials:
Propagation – How Long do DNS Changes Take?
When changing hosting providers and moving your website and/or email to your new host, you’ll notice that it takes a while for the change to be completed across the web. Once a DNS change is made, root nameservers and cache records will need to update their cache with the new server information, allowing your website Read More >
What Features are in cPanel?
cPanel is a web hosting control panel designed for ease of use. It is the most popular tool of its type in the world and included on many of InMotion Hosting’s plans. cPanel allows you to use various tools by way of a Graphical User Interface (GUI). This makes account management much easier than working Read More >
DNS and Nameserver Changes
Nameservers for Shared, VPS, & Dedicated Accounts (not Resellers) Nameservers for Resellers (Not Shared, VPS or Dedicated Accounts) Changing Nameservers at Other Registrars To get your domain working on your server with InMotion Hosting, you will need to point your domain to our server. You can point your domain Using a DNS change or you Read More >
How to Use the MultiPHP INI Editor in cPanel
cPanel’s MultiPHP INI Editor lets you make configuration changes to your PHP settings. This complements the MultiPHP Manager, which lets you change PHP version of your sites. The MultiPHP INI Editor has two modes, Basic and Editor. Basic Mode Basic Mode allows changes to some of the most common PHP configuration changes with the ease Read More >
Issues with Merging cPanel Accounts
If you have a Reseller, VPS, or Dedicated Server plan, the method described below allows you to merge cPanel accounts. While we are glad to assist in this process, merging cPanel accounts is not a native function of cPanel and may produce undesired results. Data Backup Ensure that you have a full data backup prior Read More >
Where You Should Keep Your Addon Domains
When you set up a web hosting account using cPanel, one domain must be the primary domain. Your primary domain will always go in a directory labeled public_html. If you host other sites on the same cPanel account, then they are addon domains. cPanel used to require that these addon domains go inside public_html. Now, Read More >
How to Use the Code Editor in the cPanel File Manager
Editing code on your website is an inevitable event. If you have minor changes to make on your website that can be done simply, you can use the code editor in the cPanel File Manager to change the code. This is called “Editing on the fly“, which is changing the files of the source website Read More >
How to use Fantastico de Luxe
Fantastico, a feature in cPanel that helps you easily install programs to your account, is no longer available. As of September 17th, 2012, Fantastico has been replaced by Softaculous. This article is being kept in our Support Center for our VPS and Dedicated Customers who may still be using Fantastico. For all other users, please Read More >
Installing WordPress using Fantastico
Fantastico, a feature in cPanel that helps you easily install software to your account, is no longer available. As of September 17th, 2012, Fantastico has been replaced by Softaculous.This article is being kept in our Support Center for our VPS and Dedicated Customers who may still be using Fantastico. For all other users, please see Read More >