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title: "New cPanel Interface: Paper Lantern"
description: "Topic: cPanel's upgrade from x3 to Paper Lantern. Status: Updates will be completed no later than June 30, 2017. Updates will begin the first week of May. We do not have specific schedule for..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/cpanel/cpanel-replacing-x3-with-paper-lantern/
date: 2017-05-01
modified: 2017-05-01
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["cPanel"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# New cPanel Interface: Paper Lantern

| Topic: | cPanel’s upgrade from x3 to Paper Lantern. |
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| Status: | Updates will be completed no later than June 30, 2017. Updates will begin the first week of May. We do not have specific schedule for individual servers. |
| Who is impacted? | All Business Class & Reseller Hosting Customers. |

Keep in mind, as we update the server that houses your account, we DO NOT expect any downtime to occur. See cPanel’s blog post to learn about [the deprecation of x3 cPanel theme](https://blog.cpanel.com/its-time-to-say-goodbye-to-x3/). Please feel free to post any questions or comments regarding the upgrade to Paper Lantern at the bottom of this announcement.

## What are the advantages of Paper Lantern?

cPanel designed Paper Lantern as a better option to x3. Paper Lantern includes many improvements including:

### Bootstrap

Paper Lantern uses Twitter Bootstrap 3. This allows the creation of beautiful, responsive themes that look great on any device.

![](/support/images/stories/paper-lantern/phone-screen2.png)

### Better Design

The new design is much easier to navigate and use the interface, making it much more user-friendly.

![](/support/images/stories/paper-lantern/overview2.png)

### Improved Search

A better search feature allows you to find the right content much easier, taking you straight there from the clickable dropdown results.

![](/support/images/stories/paper-lantern/search2.png)

### Notification System

New notification design makes it easier to get information on updates within cPanel, or other important cPanel alerts.

![](/support/images/stories/paper-lantern/notifications2.png)