When using cPanel/WHM, Resellers can log in to their account by using the following details:

http://domain.ext:2086

http://91.186.24.4:2086

(where domain.ext is the primary domain chosen when registering your account).

To add an account choose the ‘account functions’ option then ‘Create Accounts’. If you have created any pre-defined packages you can select these here or simply choose your own features.

Domain Name: the domain name of the account you wish to create without the ‘www’

Username: cPanel will automatically  create a username for you however you can change this if required. Usernames must be unique, cannot start with a number and must be different from the password.

Password: This can contain letters and numbers and must be different from the username. It is advisable to create a password containing uppercase letters, lowercase letters and numbers.

Quota: enter the amount of disk space you are allocating in MB

IP: Leave this un-checked

CGI Access: If you are offering CGI check this box

FrontPage Extensions: If you are offering FrontPage extensions check this box

Max FTP accounts, Max Email Accounts, Max Email Lists, Max SQL Databases, Max Sub Domains, Max Park Domains, Max Addon Domains: enter the number of these features you are offering (leave 0 if none)

Bandwidth: Enter the amount of bandwidth you are offering in MB

cPanel Theme: Choose the default cPanel theme you are allocating to your customer (not really important)

IP Address: Leave as ‘auto assign’

Package: If you have entered the above details manually, leave this as ‘-’ or if you have created a preset package select it from here

Contact E-mail: Enter your customer’s contact e-mail here

Use domain registry nameservers: Leave this unchecked

Click the ‘Create’ button - if any errors appear use the back button on your browser and enter your details again.

Ever wanted to make a certain part of your site ‘members only’?

The Password Protect feature is an extremely useful way to password protect certain parts of your site. Simply click on the directory you wish to protect you you will be asked for the following

• Password Protect Checkbox - you MUST tick this box to switch on Password Protection
• Protected Resource Name - this will appear in the password box the user will see, for example you could have ‘mysite.com member’s only area’
• Username
• Password

Please note this is only a very basic (and not totally secure) way of password protecting areas of your site

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 you don’t specify (ie. html files). An example of hotlinking would be using a tag to display an image from your site from somewhere else on the net. The end result is that the other site is stealing your bandwidth. You should ensure that all sites that you wish to allow direct links from are in the list below. This system attempts to add all sites it knows you own to the list, however you may need to add others.

The cPanel Change Password utility is pretty self explanatory really! However, it does contain some good tips on safe passwords.

The FTP manager controls all aspects of FTP access to your site.

Using FTP Account Maintenance you can add/remove FTP users and set their permissions, for example a user may only have access to certain directories within your site or you can give them access to the site root if required.

You can also download FTP logs to analyse your FTP user’s activity. Please note: these logs are in .tar.gz format (the linux equivalent to .zip files) so in order to view them you will need to expand them - we recommend using 7zip (www.7-zip.org) - a free software utility.

For security reasons we do not recommend you offer anonymous FTP access to your site.

You can also use the FTP Session Control feature to terminate current FTP sessions.