All Stonegate Computers have a Control Panel (cPanel) which gives access to the following:
| Unlimited Email Accounts |
You can create
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, email accounts can be accessed via a standard email client or via the online webmail by going to yourdomain.co.uk/webmail. |
| SpamAssassin |
SpamAssassin is an automated email filtering system that attempts to identify spam messages based on the content of the email. |
| Email Forwarders | Email forwarders allow you to send a copy of mail from one email address to another. For example, if you have two different email accounts This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , you could forward This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it so you would not need to check both email accounts. Mail would be delivered to both accounts. |
| Auto Responders | Auto Responders allow you to send an email back automatically to anyone who send an email to a certain account. This can be useful when you are on holiday or if you wish to send a generic message for a support email address. |
| Mailing Lists | Mailing Lists can simplify sending messages to a large group of people. You can add a group of email addresses to a mailing list to avoid typing in those addresses each time an email is sent. This could be used for sending newsletters. |
| Change MX Entry | An MX (Mail Exchanger) entry tells a client which server receives mail sent to a domain name. |
| Create Backups | This allows you to download a zipped copy of your entire website or parts of it onto your computer. |
| Online File Manager | The Online File Manager allows you to view, edit and delete files on your website without the need of an FTP client. |
| Disk Space Usage | This provides a quick way to see the amount of disk space being used by folders. |
| FTP Accounts | FTP Accounts allow you to access your website's files through a protocol called FTP. You will need a third party FTP program to access your files. |
| Web Site Statistics | This shows you how many visitors you have had to your website, where they were located, how long they stayed on your website etc. |
| Bandwidth | This allows you to see the bandwidth usage for your website including HTTP(web), POP(email) and FTP if the FTP logging has been enabled. |
| Password Protect Directories | This will allow you to require a username and password to access a folder or folders from the web. This can be useful if you need to limit access to parts of your website. |
| IP Deny Manager | This denies IP addresses to prevent them accessing your website. You can also enter a full domain name and the IP Deny Manager will resolve it into an IP address to block. |
| HotLink Protection | HotLink protection prevents other websites from directly linking to files on your website. Other sites will still be able to link to any file type that isn't specified. |
| Leech Protect | Leech Protect allows you to prevent your users from giving out or publicly posting their password to a restricted area of your site. |
| Subdomains | Subdomains are URLs for different sections of your website. They use your main domain with a prefix, such as anything.yourdomain.co.uk. |
| Addon Domains | An addon domain allows you to reach a sub-domain when entering the name of the addon domain into a browser. |
| Parked Domains | Parked Domains (Domain Pointers) allow you to "point" and "park" additional domain names to your existing hosting account. This will allow users to also reach your website when entering the "parked" or "pointed" into their browsers. |
| Redirects | Redirects allow you to make a specific web page redirect to another page and display the contents of the page. This way you can make a page witha long URL accessible by typing a shorter and easier to remember URL. |
| MySQL Databases | MySQL Databases allow you to store lots of information in an easy access manner. The databases themselves are not easily read by humans. MySQL databases are often used by bulletin boards, content management systems and many others. |
| phpMyAdmin | This is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web. |
| Remote MySQL | This will allow external web servers to access your MySQL databases by adding their domain names to the list of hosts that are able to access databases on your website. |
| CGI Centre | CGI Centre contain CGI Scripts are pre-installed and ready to use on your website. |
| Softaculous | Is an auto-installer used to install scripts and software without having to upload any files. You don't need to create any databases or go through any complex preocedures to install this software packages. |
| Fantastico De Luxe | Is an auto-installer used to install scripts and software without having to upload any files. You don't need to create any databases or go through any complex preocedures to install this software packages. |
| Image Manager | The image manager allows you to view and modify images in your account. You can change the size of your images, convert their file type or just view them. |
| Error Pages | An error page informs a visitor when a problem exists. Each problem has its' own code. |
| Cron Jobs | Cron Jobs allow you to automate certain commands or scripts on your site. |
| Network Tools | Network Tools allow you to find information about any domain or trace the route from a server to your site to the PC you are veiwing cPanel on. |
| Virus Scanner | Scans Mail, Entire Home Directory, Public Web Space and Public FTP Space. This is provided by ClamAV. |
These are all provided through your cPanel which all web hosting packages automatically have access to from the moment the account is activate.
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