Managing DNS zones in WHM

Managing DNS zones in WHM

Now let’s learn how to manage our DNS zones.

Keep in mind that you rarely (if ever) have to modify your DNS zones, since WHM does that for you automatically. You should only attempt to modify DNS zones if you know exactly what you are doing.

Click the DNS functions link.

Then click Add a DNS Zone.

This is the screen where you can add new DNS zones, but we’re not going to do that in this tutorial.

Click Delete a DNS zone link.

This is the screen where you can delete DNS zones.

To delete the DNS zone for mynewtestdomain.com, select that account here.

Then we would click this delete button, but we’re not going to do this, as it would render the account useless.

Now click the edit DNS zone link.

We are now in the edit DNS zone screen.

Select mynewtestdomain.com, then click Edit.

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to WebHost Manager.

This is where you can edit the DNS zone properties of the mynewtestdomain.com account.

All of these zones properties (or records) can be modified from here. But again, do not change anything unless you know exactly what you are doing.

Click the Edit MX Entry link.

Select mynewtestdomain.com, then click Edit.

This is where you can specify a custom MX entry. You may want to do this for customers who want their email hosted elsewhere on another server. In those cases, you would enter the other server’s IP address here and click Save.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to manage DNS zones in WHM. Remember that WHM automatically manages DNS zones for you, so you should rarely have to do it manually.

How to login to WebHost Manager

How to login to WebHost Manager

In order to login to WebHost Manager, you must first have your login details including:

1) Login IP Address

2) Username

3) Password

This tutorial assumes you already have this information and have navigated to the IP address login page shown here.

Since your WHM is a secure environment that only you have access to, you now have to enter your username and password to gain access.

Before you login to WHM, you can now select your desire locale (language) as per your needs.

To view more available languages, click the 3 dots icon.

Enter your username and password, then click Login.

That’s it! You’ve successfully logged in to WebHost Manager (WHM), and can now begin setting up new web hosting accounts, creating packages and dozens of other tasks to help you manage your web hosting business.

When you’re finished with WHM, simply close your browser, or click the logout link.

This the end of the tutorial. Be sure to check out all other WHM tutorials to learn how to use the specific features in WHM.

How to limit bandwidth usage in WHM

How to limit bandwidth usage in WHM

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to WebHost Manager.

Now let’s learn about setting bandwidth limits for specific hosting accounts in your WHM.

Click the Account Functions link.

Then click Limit Bandwidth Usage.

A hosting account’s bandwidth limit cannot be exceeded. When it’s reached, the account will stop working until either:

1) The end of the month (When bandwidth usages are reset) or

2) The bandwidth limit is increased.

Every account in WHM already has a bandwidth limit, as it would have been set when the account was created.

Let’s go ahead and check the bandwidth limit on one of the listed hosted accounts.

Click the Limit button.

Here we can see that the anotherdomain.com account has used 0 megabytes of bandwidth.

It has a bandwidth limit of 100,000 megabytes.

Let’s go ahead and increase this account’s bandwidth limit by typing in a new value here.

Then click Change.

That’s it! The bandwidth limit for this account has been changed.

Now click View Bandwidth Usage.

From here you can see the bandwidth used by each individual account in WHM.

You can see the modified bandwidth we just set here.

The amount of bandwidth used is shown in this column.

We can click here to see how much bandwidth each account used last month.

Click Show Units in Megabytes, to show the bandwidth usages and limits in megabytes instead of gigabytes.

Bandwidth limits and usages are now shown in megabytes.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to manage bandwidth limits for your hosting accounts and how to check current and past bandwidth usages.

Learning about the skeleton directory in WHM

Learning about the skeleton directory in WHM

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to WebHost Manager.

Now let’s learn about the skeleton directory.

Click the Account Functions link.

Then click Skeleton Directory.

The skeleton directory is where you put a temporary home page for all accounts you create in WHM.

The temporary home page is what visitors will see in their browsers, until they create a new home page.

In this tutorial , the WHM’s account’s main username is demoreseller, so that’s where the skeleton directory is located as shown here.

To change the temporary (or default) home page, simply upload a new page to the cpanel3-skel directory in the location show above, using either an FTP program or the file manager tool in your main account’s cPanel.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know about the skeleton directory in WHM, and what it’s used for.

How to create hosting packages in WHM

How to create hosting packages in WHM

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to WebHost Manager.

Now let’s learn how to create hosting packages.

Hosting packages help speed up the process of creating new cPanel hosting accounts by pre-defining several properties of the accounts you want to create (i.e. storage space, bandwidth, emails, parked domains etc..)

You can create as many hosting packages as you wish.

Click the Packages link.

Then click Add a Package.

This is where you setup a new pre-defined hosting account package.

Let’s go ahead a create a package called Silver.

Click here and make sure you enter a single word name. Don’t use any underscores or dashes.

Note that space and bandwidth must be entered in megabytes and not gigabytes. In this case we’ll enter 10,000 megabytes in disk quota which is equal to 10 gigabytes.

Let’s enter 100,000 megabytes for bandwidth which is equal to 100 gigabytes.

Now continue down the list, setting limits for each of the resources.

Generally you should sepcify an amount for space and bandwidth, but it’s also advisable to set an amount for parked and add-on domains.

You will also see maximum hourly email and other email options. It’s highly recommended that you set an amount; don’t use unlimited which can take your server down if a user starts spamming.

Here you can set some extra options. Generally you don’t need to change any of this. You can select dedicated IP if you want to give one with the package.

When finished, click the Add button.

That’s it! The new account package has been created, and can now be used to speed up the hosting account creation process.

Click the Packages link.

Then click Edit Packages.

Here you can see the new package that we just created.

This is the end of the tutorial. Remember that you can create as many hosting packages as you wish, and that they greatly speed up the process of creating new hosting accounts.

Becoming familiar with and navigating around in WHM

Becoming familiar with and navigating around in WHM

Every hosting account created in WHM has its own cPanel, an end user control panel.

Let’s take a look around. In this center frame there are several icons we can click on.

These icons correspond to headings in this left frame.

Clicking on an icon will bring up sub-icons that correspond to all the tools available on the left.

Click the account information icon.

Here are the 5 tools available to use under Account Information.

To access any of the these tools, you can click on the corresponding icon in this frame.

You can also click on the link here in this menu frame. You could have also done this from the WHM home page.

Scroll down here to see all the tools available in WHM.

As you can see, there are dozens of tools available to you.

Click the News link.

This is where you would get updates and the latest news from cPanel.

Click the Change Log link.

This page shows detailed information of your version of WHM, historical information about when it was updated, and what changes were made.

To logout of WHM, simply close your browser , or click the Log Out link.

This is the end of the tutorial. You should now be more familiar with WHM and how to navigate its pages. For more information on how to perform specific tasks, please refer to our other videos.

How to edit or delete packages in WHM

How to edit or delete packages in WHM

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to WebHost Manager.

Now let’s learn how to edit a pre-existing hosting package.

Click the Packages link.

Then click Edit a Package.

Note that there are only 2 packages created in this WHM reseller plan. If there were others (and you can create as many packages as you wish), they would all be listed here.

Select demoreseller_Silver as the package you wish to edit.

Then click Edit.

This is the screen we use to edit the package. Let’s change a few things.

We have changed number of Max Databases.

When finished, click the Save Changes button.

That’s it! The package has been modified as per your new specifications.

Now we’ll show you quickly how to delete packages you’ve created ( or edited ).

Click the Packages link.

Then click Delete a Package.

To delete a package from your reseller plan, select it from this list and click the Delete button.

Note that deleting packages does not delete the actual hosting accounts that were created using the package. It only removes the package as an option when creating new accounts.

This is the end of the tutorial. Remember that you can create as many packages you wish, delete them or edit them at any time. Doing so does not affect any existing hosting accounts.

Disabale or enable Demo mode in WHM

Disabale or enable Demo mode in WHM

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to WebHost Manager.

You have ability to turn any account in your WHM into a demo account. A demo account is commonly used as a sales tool, as it allows potential customers to login to cPanel and browse around, but restricts the user’s ability to alter files or folders.

Click the account functions link.

Then click Manage Demo Mode

Select myotherdomain.com as the account to convert into a demo account.

Then click Modify.

We can see here that demo mode is currently disabled for this account.

Click the Enable button.

That’s it! Demo mode has been enabled, meaning that when a user logs in to this account’s cPanel, certain functions will be disabled.

Click Manage Demo Mode again.

Select myotherdomain.com again.

Click Modify.

Then click Disable.

Demo mode has been turned off and the account is once again fully functional.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup a demo account, so you can allow your customers access to a seemingly fully functional cPanel but that won’t allow them to alter any files.

What is the difference between WebHost Manager and cpanel

What is the difference between WebHost Manager and cpanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to WebHost Manager.

Now let’s learn what the difference is between WHM and cPanel.

WHM is a reseller’s, or hosting provider’s control panel. It is what resellers or hosting providers use to create and manage end-user hosting accounts.

cPanel on the other hand, is the end user’s control panel. It is what the hosting provider’s customers use to manage their individual hosting accounts.

We are currently logged in to WHM, so let’s go take a look at our list of hosting accounts.

Click the account information link.

Then click the List Accounts link.

Here is a list of accounts in this WHM. Once again, each of these accounts have their own individual cPanel, and we can login to their cPanel by clicking the corresponding link.

Let’s login to the cPanel for demoreseller.com

That’s it! As you can see here, we’re now in the cPanel control panel for the demoreseller.com hosting account.

WHM admins have the ability to login to their customer’s cPanel control panels without their username or password. This can be useful in helping customers learn how to use their cPanel.

Ok, now let’s close this window and return to WHM

Welcome back to WHM (WebHost Manager).

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know the difference between cPanel (end user’s control panel) and WHM (hosting provider’s control panel).

How to create a new hosting account in WHM

How to create a new hosting account in WHM

Click the Account Functions link.

The click Create a New Account.

This is the heart of WHM. It is the screen where you can create new hosting accounts in real time.

There are several options for which you get to set limits. The limits you set here will define how many resources the account has access to.

Let’s go ahead and create a new hosting account.

Enter the domain name that will be used for this new account.

Click in the Username field to automatically create a username based off the domain name.

Now give the account a password…

Or use the Password Generator to create one.

Make sure you select the I have copied… option and then click Use Password button.

Now enter a working account holder’s email so if you ever need to send announcements via WHM to customers, the user will get it.

Choose a pre-defined account package to automatically fill in many of the options for your new account. This will speed up the process of creating a new account.

You can set up as many packages you want. We cover how to create account packages in another video.

Let’s go ahead and choose the demoreseller_Silver package.

Then click the Create button.

That’s it! The hosting account has been created on the server, along with a new cPanel control panel has set for it.

You should now send this informatioin to the person who will be using the account. They will need to know the username, password and IP address, as well as the nameservers.

They can now login to cPanel for this new account using the username and password we assigned, but will have to use the IP address method rather than the domain name method since the domain name will not work until its nameservers have been changed and propagated.

Let’s go take a look at the accounts in WHM. Click the Accounts link.

There it is, the new account we just created.

This is the end of this tutorial. If you ever want to make changes to accounts you create, you can do so by returning to WHM and using the Modify an Account feature.

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to WebHost Manager.

Now let’s learn how to create a new hosting account.

Using cPanel branding in WHM

Using cPanel branding in WHM

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to WebHost Manager.

Now let’s learn about cPanel branding and how to display a custom logo in cPanel.

Click the cPanel link.

Then click Customization.

This is where you can insert your company name along with a Help URL and Documentation URL.

You can also brand cPanel with your own logo.

Click Browse button to locate and upload the logo and then click Save… that’s all there is to it!

Click Customize Style tab.

To view help documentation on customizing the style of your Cpanel, click this link.

To upload your own cPanel style, click the Upload a Style button.

From here, you can manage and set your default cPanel style.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to use cPanel branding to replace the standard cPanel logo with your own.

How to change your WHM password

How to change your WHM password

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to WebHost Manager.

Now let’s learn how to change our WHM admin password.

Click the Account Functions link.

Then click Password Modification.

Remember that the WHM password is the same as the cPanel password for your main account.

In this tutorial, our main account is demoreseller.com so let’s go ahead and change its password.

Enter and confirm a new password…

… then click Change Password.

That’s it! We’ve successfully changed our main password that’s used to login to WHM and cPanel for demoreseller.com.

Now let’s go try and do something else in WHM.

Click List Accounts.

Since we’ve just changed the WHM password, we are required to login again before being able to do anything else in WHM.

Login with your new password.

We are now logged back in to WHM.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change your WHM password. Remember to keep your password in a safe place. Although you can change the password for any account in WHM, you cannot retrieve a lost password.

How to change an account password in WHM

How to change an account password in WHM

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to WebHost Manager.

Now let’s learn how to change an account password.

You may need to change an account password if it’s been forgotten, or if the customer wants it changed for security.

Remember that you can tell a customer that they can change their password themselves from their cPanel, so you really should only need to use the WHM password modification tool if it’s been forgotten and the customer cannot login to cPanel.

Click the Account Functions Link.

Then click the Password modification link.

Select the account that needs a password change.

Then enter a new password for the selected account…

… or click the Generate button to generate a new password.

To confirm the password, either re-type it or copy and paste it in the Confirm Password window.

Make sure to save the new password for your records.

When ready, click Change Password.

That’s it! This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change the password of any account in WHM.

Como eliminar una cuenta de mail en su iPad

Como eliminar una cuenta de mail en su iPad

Este tutorial le mostrará como eliminar la cuenta de mail en su iPad.

Primero, ubicar y presionar el icono de Ajustes. Puede aparecer en una pantalla o una ubicación diferente de la que se muestra aquí.

Luego seleccionar Mail, Contactos, Calendario.

Seleccionar la cuenta de mail que quiere eliminar de su iPad

Luego presionar el boton Eliminar Cuenta aquí.

Presionar aquí para confirmar que quiere eliminar la cuenta. Nota: eliminar la cuenta de su iPhone tambien removerá todos los mensajes que había en su iPad.

Eso es todo! La cuenta de mail ha sido eliminada de su iPhone, Y no será listada aquí.

Regresar a la pantalla principal presionando el boton Home en el iPad

Ahora ya sabrá como eliminar la cuenta de mail desde su iPad.

Como cambiar la contraseña de mail en su iPad

Como cambiar la contraseña de mail en su iPad

Este tutorial le mostrará como cambiar la contraseña de mail en su iPad.

Primero, ubicar y presionar el icono de Ajustes. Puede aparecer en una pantalla o ubicación diferente de la que se muestra aquí.

Luego seleccionar Mail, Contactos, Calendario.

Seleccionar la cuenta de mail para la cual quiere actualizar la contraseña

Luego seleccionar la cuenta de mail aquí

Aquí es donde podrá actualizar la contraseña. Solo debería realizar esto si la contraseña de su mail ha cambiado.

Ingresar la nueva contraseña aquí

Cuando termine, presionar hecho

Presione hecho otra vez.

Eso es! La contraseña ha sido actualizada en su iPad.

Regresar a la pantalla principal presionar el boton Home en el iPad

Ahora ya sabrá como cambiar la contraseña de mail en su iPad.

Configurando la firma de email en su iPad

Configurando la firma de email en su iPad

Este tutorial le mostrará como configurar la firma de email en su iPad.

Primero, ubicar y presionar el icono Ajustes. Puede aparecer en una pantalla o ubicación diferente de la que se muestra aquí.

Luego seleccionar Mail, Contactos, Calendario.

Deslizar hacia abajo…

Seleccionar la Opción Firma

Colocar su firma aquí. Debería ser algo que quisiera añadir automáticamente al final de los mails que envie desde su iPad.

Cuando termine, presionar el botón Mail, Contactos…para volver atrás

Felicitaciones! Su nueva firma ha sido guardada, como puede ver aquí.

Regresemos a la pantalla principal al presionar el boton Home en el iPad

Vamos a probar la firma…presione el icono Mail aquí (Nota: el icono puede ser diferente o estar ubicado en un lugar distinto en su iPad)

Presionar aquí para comenzar a componer un nuevo mail

Eso es! Nuestra firma ha sido añadida automáticamente al final de este mail que acabamos de crear.

Eso es todo! Ahora ya sabrá como configurar la firma del mail en su iPad.

Ajustando la configuración de email en su iPad

Ajustando la configuración de email en su iPad

Este tutorial le mostrará como configurar los ajustes de su mail en el iPad.

Primero, ubicar y presionar el icono de Ajustes. Puede aparecer en una pantalla o una ubicación distinta de la que es mostrada aquí.

Luego seleccionar Mail, Contactos, Calendario.

Aquí es donde puede configurar todos los ajustes de email. Vamos a ver las más comunes.

Presionar la opción Buscar Nueva Data

Si tu servicio de email soporta Push, puede seleccionar esta característica habilitándola desde aquí.

o puede configurar su iPhone en Buscar/Fetch en ciertos intervalos…cada 15,30 o 60 minutos…o manual.

Presionar aquí para regresar a la pantalla de ajustes de Mail

Desde aquí puede seleccionar cuanta cantidad de mensajes mostrará de una vez…

… cuantas Lineas de Previsualización mostrará…

Puede ajustar el tamaño de la fuente…

… y si mostrar o no las etiquetas To y CC.

Habilitando esta opción enviará una copia de sus mensajes hacia usted mismo, en caso de querer conservar una copia de los mensajes enviados en otro lado

Puede configurar una firma de email…

… y puede configurar cual cuenta de email es la cuenta por defecto (si tiene más de una)

Cualquier configuración que desee cambiar en su iPad, puede ser modificada desde esta pantalla .

Regresar a la pantalla principal presionando el boton Home en el iPad

Felicitaciones! Ahora ya sabrá como ajustar su configuración de email en su iPhone.

Como configurar una cuenta de email de Yahoo! En su iPad

Como configurar una cuenta de email de Yahoo! En su iPad

Este tutorial le mostrará como configurar una cuenta de mail de Yahoo! En su iPad.

Primero, ubicar y presionar el icono Ajustes. Puede aparecer en una ubicación o pantalla diferente de la que se muestra aquí.

Luego seleccionar Mail,Contactos,Calendarios.

Seleccionar Añadir Cuenta.

Luego ingresar Yahoo!

Ingresar el Nombre, Dirección de Mail, y la contraseña de la cuenta de Yahoo! Que este añadiendo.

Una Descripción aparecerá automáticamente, pero puede cambiarla si desea

Cuando termine, presionar Siguiente

Presionar Guardar

Felicitaciones! La cuenta de Yahoo! ha sido configurada en su iPad, y puede verla aquí listada debajo de Cuentas

Retornar a la pantalla principal, presionar el boton Home en el iPad

Para verificar su cuenta de mail, presionar el icono de Mail aquí (Nota: el icono puede estar ubicado en un lugar diferente en su iPad)

… Cualquier mail en su bandeja de entrada será mostrado aquí.

Hacer click en el encabezado de mail para poder verlo

Eso es todo! Ahora ya sabrá como configurar su cuenta de Yahoo! En su iPad.

Como configurar una cuenta de Gmail en su iPad

Como configurar una cuenta de Gmail en su iPad

Este tutorial le mostrará como configurar una cuenta de Gmail en su iPad.

Primero, ubicar y presionar el icono ajustes. Puede aparecer en una pantalla o en una ubicación diferente de la que se muestra aquí.

Luego seleccionar Mail, Contactos, Calendario.

Seleccionar Añadir Cuenta

Luego ingresar Gmail

Ingresar el Nombre, Cuenta de Mail, y la Contraseña de la cuenta de Gmail que este añadiendo.

Una Descripción aparecerá automáticamente, pero puede cambiarla si desea

Cuando termine, presionar Siguiente

Presionar Guardar

Felicitaciones! La cuenta de Gmail ha sido configurada en su iPad, y puede verificarla aquí listada debajo de Cuentas

Retornar a la pantalla principal presionando el boton Home en su iPad

Para verificar su correo, presionar el icono Mail aquí (Nota: el icono puede aparecer en una diferente ubicación en su iPad)

Si usted tiene múltiples cuentas de email configuradas en su iPad, todas seran listadas aquí.

Seleccionar la cuenta de Gmail que hemos configurado…

…Y cualquier mail en su bandeja de entrada se mostrara aquí.

Seleccionar el encabezado para poder verlo

Eso es todo! Ahora ya sabrá como configurar una cuenta de Gmail en su iPad.

Como configurar una cuenta de email POP en su iPad

Como configurar una cuenta de email POP en su iPad

Este tutorial mostrará como configurar la cuenta de mail POP en su iPad.

Primero, ubicar y presionar el icono Ajustes. Puede aparecer en una pantalla o ubicación diferente de la que se muestra aquí.

Luego seleccionar Mail. Contactos, Calendario.

Seleccionar Añadir Cuenta.

Luego seleccionar otro.

Presionar Añadir Cuenta de Mail.

Ingresar el Nombre, Dirección de mail y Contraseña de la cuenta que este añadiendo.

Una descripción aparecerá automáticamente, pero puede cambiarla si desea

Cuando termine, presionar Siguiente

En este tutorial estaremos creando una cuenta POP…por ende, asegúrese que la opción POP este seleccionada aquí.

Luego debe colocar la configuración del Servidor entrante…presionar aqui…

Luego colocar el Nombre del Servidor ,Usuario y Contraseña para el Servidor Entrante

Siguiente, colocar el Nombre del Servidor, Usuario y Contraseña para el Servidor de Salida

Cuando termine, presionar Guardar

Felicitaciones! La cuenta POP ha sido configurada en su iPad, y ahora podrá verla listada aquí debajo de Cuentas

Retornar hacia la pantalla principal, presionar el boton Home en el iPad.

Para verificar su correo, presionar el icono Mail aquí (Nota: el icono puede encontrarse en una ubicación diferente en su iPad)

Si tiene múltiples cuentas de correo configuradas en su iPad todas seran listadas aquí.

Seleccionar la cuenta que ha configurado…

… y cualquier mail en la bandeja de entrada se mostrara aquí.

Hacer click en el encabezado de mail para verlo

Eso es todo! Ahora ya sabrá como configurar una cuenta de mail POP en su iPad.