What is a hosting control panel

A Control Panel and is a web based hosting account control panel that allows you to manage domain, email and website settings, through a web browser interface. Not all plans come with access to a control panel.

The idea of the control panel is to enable you to manage every-day domain and website hosting tasks immediately, instead of requesting help from our support staff (though we are always here to help you, when you need it).  In this way, you are able to perform simple jobs without waiting.

For example, you can

  • set up email accounts, email forwarding options and more
  • create new file folders or delete unwanted website files,
  • create or restore backups,
  • setup additional FTP accounts,
  • install scripts,
  • set up MySQL databases
  • check on daily website traffic statistics
  • check your hosting account performance
  • and a lot more!

Not all plans come with access to a control panel - if your plan has access to a panel account you will be notified of access information in the welcome email.

You will need your panel login username and password.  This was sent to you in the Web Hosting Welcome email that you should have received when you opened your hosting account with us.  If you can't find the welcome email, please open a support ticket and we will send you a reminder.

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