Sometimes you already have content uploaded to a specific folder on your account, or you want the content to be in a different folder than the default. In that case, you would specify the correct folder in the “Username/directory/subdomain Name” field in the instructions above, instead of the one it […]
How to Create an Addon Domain
With addon domains, you can host multiple different domains with different website content, all under the same disk space and bandwidth of one cPanel. Here is a video tutorial in creating an addon domain in cPanel. To Create an Addon Domain: Log in to your cPanel. Click the Addon Domains icon under Domains. There […]
How to access the Image Section in cPanel
Log in to cPanel. In the Files section, click the Images icon. The next page is where you can find toll that you can use to modify your images. Thumbnailer Thumbnailer allows users to create smaller, thumbnail-sized versions of all images in a defined directory of a website, reducing bandwidth usage. The Thumbnailer application can only […]
Restore a Home Directory Backup
A home directory backup can be restored in cPanel, in the same place where the backup was created. Log into cPanel. In the Files section, click on the Backup icon. Under Partial Backups, navigate to the Restore a Home Directory Backup, click on the Choose File button. In the pop-up that appears, navigate to the appropriate destination and select the […]
Create a Home Directory Backup
To create a backup of your home directory: Log into cPanel. In the Files section, click on the Backup icon. Under Partial Backups,> Download a Home Directory Backup, click the Home Directory button. There will be no pop-up, but it will automatically be saved on your computer’s download folder. The backup file will be in a .tar.gz file, which can be opened […]
Copying and Moving Files in File Manager
Log in to cPanel. Look for the Files section, then click File Manager. Locate and select the files or folders you want to copy or move (hold Ctrl to select multiple items or hold Shift to select a group of items). You may also want to show the hidden files in the selected directory. To do this, click Settings located at […]
How To Create an FTP Account in cPanel
To create an FTP account: Log in to cPanel Look into the Files section, then click on FTP Accounts. Enter the necessary information in the required fields. In the Log in field, type the name of the FTP user. A full FTP user name will always be formatted as user@yourdomain.tld. Choose the domain where you wish to create […]
What are the Different Features of cPanel?
As a beginner, the cPanel dashboard can be pretty overwhelming. First, you will see all these different icons in rows and columns, with tables of information clustered together with words and numbers that all seem unfamiliar. Rest assured, all of this will start to make perfect sense the more you […]
A Beginners Guide to cPanel
If you are just getting started with web hosting, you will likely hear about cPanel at some point, but what is it? In short, cPanel is a control panel for your hosting account. When you think about hosting, even if you are not too familiar with how to use a […]
How To Generate a CSR in cPanel
Log in to cPanel. Look for the Security section, then click on SSL/TLS. Under Certificate Signing Requests (CSR), click the Generate, view, or delete SSL certificate signing requests link. Fill out the necessary fields on the next page. Click Generate.