|
New cPanel Tool
|
Old
CP Tool |
Description |
| PREFERENCES |
| URL:mydomain.com/cpanel
|
URL:
mydomain.com/menu |
Direct URL to
access your account cPanel |
| Change Password
|
Change Password
|
Update your
master password |
| Update Contact
Info |
Account
Management |
Enter contact
email addresses, set notification preferences
|
| Change Style
|
N/A |
Lets you pick
different color schemes for your cPanel |
| Change Look and
Feel |
N/A |
Lets you switch
'skins' for your cPanel |
| Language |
Language (4
to choose from) |
24
languages for your cPanel |
| Getting Started
Wizard |
N/A |
Walks you
through common setup tasks for your new cPanel
|
| Access cPanel
Shortcuts |
N/A |
Creates
bookmarks and desktop shortcuts for easy cPanel access
|
| Video Tutorials
|
N/A |
Step-by-step
video instruction on many cPanel functions |
| EMAIL
MANAGEMENT TOOLS |
| Add/Remove
E-mail account(s) |
Mail Manager
|
Create and
delete email addresses |
| Read Webmail
|
WebMail |
Provides simple
link to WebMail portal |
| Webmail Manager
|
N/A |
Edit and assign
WebMail profiles for multiple users. |
| Auto-Responders |
Mail Manager
|
Create and
manage auto-responders (use sparingly!) |
| E-mail
Forwarders |
Mail Manager
|
Set up an email
address at your domain that forwards elsewhere. NOTE:
popping is better, and forwarding is not
permitted to the following ISP:
Comcast |
| E-Mail Address
Trace |
N/A |
Show the
delivery path to an address you specify. |
| Mailing Lists
|
Mailing
List/Mail Manager |
Create and
manage mailing lists |
| MX Entry
Maintenance |
N/A |
Update your
domain's MX record if you use off-site mail service
|
| User Level
Filtering |
N/A (though
WebMail allowed user-based filters) |
Create mail
filters for specific email addresses |
| Account Level
Filtering |
SpamVault
(add-on) |
Create filters
that affect all users in your account |
| ANALYSIS AND LOG FILES
|
| Latest Visitors
|
Site Statistics
/ Urchin (add-on) |
See the latest
visitors to your site updated fresh |
| Bandwidth |
Resource Meter
|
Traffic graphs,
usage and history |
| Webalizer |
Site Statistics
/ Urchin (add-on) |
Comprehensive
stats |
| Webalizer FTP
|
N/A |
Stats for FTP
usage/activity |
| Awstats |
Site
Statistics / Urchin (add-on) |
Nicer-looking
graphical stats analyzer |
| Raw Access Logs
|
N/A |
Download raw log
files to your computer |
| Error Log
|
N/A |
View the error
log for your account |
| Choose Log
Programs |
N/A |
Not necessary in
new setup |
| FILES |
| Backup |
Archive
Manager (limited, no MySQL backups) |
Easily make
backups of site, databases, & email settings in
cPanel |
| Backup Wizard
|
N/A |
Walks you
through creating and/or restoring from backup sets
|
| Legacy File
Manager |
File Manager
|
Graphical
interface to work with your files - previous version
from cPanel 10 |
| File Manager
|
File Manager
|
Grpahical
interface for working with files & folders, cPanel
11 version |
| Disk Usage
Viewer |
Resource Meter
(sort of) |
Shows you usage
and where it's coming from (how much is
in each folder) |
| FTP Accounts
|
FTP User
Manager (add-on) |
Create FTP
users, assign home folders & quotas |
| FTP Session
Control |
N/A |
Allows you to
monitor & control FTP connections to your account in
real-time |
| Web Disk
|
N/A |
Make a drag
& drop folder on your computer for easy access to
files |
| DOMAINS |
| Sub Domain Stats
|
N/A |
Visitor info for
your subdomains |
| SubDomains |
N/A |
Create &
manage subdomains (something.yourdomain.com) and
determine where they point |
| Manage Redirects
|
Redirect URL
|
Redirect
visitors to a different URL |
| DATABASES |
| MySQL Database
Wizard |
N/A |
Easy way to
quickly create a new DB |
| MySQL Databases
|
MySQL |
Create &
manage your MySQL DBs. |
| Manage Remote
MySQL Access |
MySQL |
Allow external
web sites/servers to access your MySQL databases
|
| phpMyAdmin |
MySQL |
Work with your
MySQL databases |
| SECURITY |
| HotLink
Protection |
N/A |
Prevent other
websites from stealing your bandwidth by disabling the
ability to link directly to your images. |
| IP Deny Manager
|
N/A |
Block IP
addresses and ranges from accessing your site
|
| Web Protect
|
Protect
Directories |
Password-protect
folders in your account. |
| Manage OpenPGP
Keys |
N/A |
Manage GnuPG
encryption |
| SSL/TLS Manager
|
GeoTrust
QuickSSL |
Generate keys,
signing requests and install SSL certificates you have
purchased. |
| SOFTWARE |
| CGI Center
|
FormMail,
Counter |
Useful scripts
including FormMail, counter, guestbook and more.
|
| Fantastico
|
CartXpress,
ContentXpress, SiteXpress |
50+ tools
including blogs, bulletin boards, CMS, and much much
more! |
| Perl Module
|
N/A |
Install Perl
Modules and get info on server-installed modules as well
|
| PHP PEAR
|
N/A |
Install &
manage PHP Extensions and Applications |
| PHP
Configuration |
N/A |
Display
important PHP configuration information to help you in
coding PHP. |
| RubyGems |
N/A |
Install &
configure modules for Ruby on Rails |
| Ruby on Rails
|
N/A |
Create &
manage Ruby on Rails applications |
| ADVANCED TOOLS
|
| Mime Types
|
Mime
Types |
Add/configure
mime types |
| Apache Handlers
|
N/A |
Create
user-defined file types and tell Apache how to treat
them |
| Cron Jobs
|
Cron
Manager (add-on) |
Schedule &
configure cron jobs |
| Networking Tools
|
Network
Troubleshooter |
Basic domain
lookup, ping, trace |
| Index Manager
|
N/A |
Control how your
folders are viewed online (or not) |
| Custom Error
Pages |
Error Manager
|
Create custom
error pages for 404 and other common error conditions
|
| FrontPage
Extensions |
MS Frontpage
|
Enable/disable
FP extensions |
