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admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:25:39 +0000

cPanel is a web based control panel which is graphical and is used for web hosting purposes.

cPanel is a proprietary software which is distributed by cPanel, Inc.

The main goal of this graphical web based web hosting control panel is to make it easier for web administrators to go about their tasks.

cPanel has been designed for the use of commercial web hosting services and as such, personal users are not the main clients of the software.

cPanel Origins

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:24:58 +0000

When cPanel was first designed, it was meant to be used as a control panel for Speed Hosting web hosting company.

However, mergers and other industry developments kept the product alive and in 1999, cPanel 3 was released. This version has some advantages over the previous version, which includes automatic upgrades and the Web Hosting Manager.

Since then, more developments led to the improvement of the software. To date, cPanel is known to be one of the most reliable and stable control panels.

cPanel Products

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:24:43 +0000

The main products of cPanel are Server Administration Automation and cPanel Software Modules.

Server Administration Automation

It includes cPanel and WHM (Web Hosting Manager) and cPanel Server Suite. cPanel and WHM allows users full control over their web hosting control panel system.

cPanel Server Suite is meant to be used by clients running Microsoft Windows Server based hosts.

cPanel Software Modules

It includes cPanel DNS Only and cPanel GS (also dubbed cPGS). cPanel DNS Only is a free product which is designed to be used on standalone DNS servers which do not contain previous data in them.

cPGS allows users to run a gameserver.

cPanel Web hosting

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:24:28 +0000

There are a lot of web hosting services today that offer cPanel plans.

As cPanel is meant to be used commercially, the best option for users is to sign up with a web hosting service that offers cPanel.

Blue Host

One of the most popular and reliable providers today is Blue Host.

Their cPanel Hosting Plan will set clients back by about $8 a month.

The services included in this plan are:

1,500,000 MB of web space, 15000 GB bandwidth,
2,500 POP3 Email accounts, MySQL & PostgreSQL databases,
PHP, CGI-BIN, SSH (Shell access), Cron, Frontpage, etc.

Other cPanel web hosts

There are many more options if one is looking for cPanel providers.

A quick search on any major search engine will help compare the providers and resellers that would suit various needs and preferences.