How to use webmail from within cPanel

How to use webmail from within cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to use webmail to access our email from within cPanel.

Click the Email Accounts icon.

To access webmail for the main account, you would use this link… but we’re not going to do this because we want to access webmail for a specific account.

Instead, click the More drop down box for the email account you wish to access.

Then click Access Webmail.

Type the email address password, then click Log in.

Click the webmail application available to you… in this case, we’ll select Horde.

Then click Log in.

This is the Horde webmail main screen, where we can check our inbox…

… and compose a New Message.

We’re not going to get into the specifics of using Horde’s webmail… just know that this is how you access and manage your emails from within cPanel.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to access your webmail from within cPanel.

How to use the password generator when creating an email account in cPanel

How to use the password generator when creating an email account in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to use the password generator.

Click the Email Accounts icon.

Enter the new email address you want to create.

Then instead of entering a password, click the Password Generator button.

A random password will generate.

You can set some advanced options on what type of characters to allow if you wish.

Make sure you copy your new password in a safe place, then check the box indicating so.

Then click Use Password.

That’s it! The password fields have been filled in with your new randomly generated password, and you can now proceed with the creation of the account.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know howe to use the password generator in cPanel.

How to add a record with the DNS Zone Editor in cPanel

How to add a record with the DNS Zone Editor in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to add an A record with the DNS Zone Editor.

Click the Simple Zone Editor icon.

Select the domain you want to edit.

Then enter the A Record, followed by the IP address you want it to point to.

Click Add a Record.

That’s it! We’ve successfully added an A Record to our domain.

Which is also where you can click to delete the record when it’s no longer needed.

You can see the new record listed here at the bottom…

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to add and remove records with the DNS Zone Editor.

How to add an email account in cPanel

How to add an email account in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to add an email account.

Click the Email Accounts icon.

Enter the new email address you want to create.

Then enter and confirm a password for this new account.

You can choose to set a mailbox quota, or have it unlimited.

When ready, click Create account.

That’s it! The new email account has been created, and is now listed at the bottom of the page.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to add an email account in cPanel.

How to add an MX entry in cPanel

How to add an MX entry in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to add an MX entry.

Click the MX Entry icon.

Setting a custom MX entry is useful if you want your email handled by another server, or if you want to setup a backup email server.

Enter a priority number for the new MX record: the lower priority numbers will be tried first, followed by higher numbers.

Then enter the new MX entry.

Click Add New Record.

That’s it! The new MX record has been added.

So in this case, the default mybiz1234.com mail server will be tried first because it has a priority of 0…

… followed by the new email server mx1.myexchange.com, because its priority number is 1.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to add an MX entry in cPanel.

How to add an MX entry in cPanel

How to add an MX entry in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to add an MX entry.

Click the MX Entry icon.

Setting a custom MX entry is useful if you want your email handled by another server, or if you want to setup a backup email server.

Enter a priority number for the new MX record: the lower priority numbers will be tried first, followed by higher numbers.

Then enter the new MX entry.

Click Add New Record.

That’s it! The new MX record has been added.

So in this case, the default mybiz1234.com mail server will be tried first because it has a priority of 0…

… followed by the new email server mx1.myexchange.com, because its priority number is 1.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to add an MX entry in cPanel.

How to assign a user to a MySQL database in cPanel

How to assign a user to a MySQL database in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to assign a user to a database.

Click the MySQL Databases icon.

Under Add User To Database, select the user you want to add, and then select the database you want to add it to.

When ready, click Add.

Select the privileges you want to grant the user… in this case, let’s select All Privileges.

Then click Make Changes.

That’s it! The user has been assigned to the database.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to assign database users to databases in cPanel.

You can see the user assigned to the database in the table of databases.

How to backup your website in cPanel

How to backup your website in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to backup our website.

Click the Backup Wizard icon.

This is the main backup screen where you can backup, or restore the files in your hosting account.

To backup your website, click the Backup button.

You have the option of only backing up part of your account…

… or generating a full backup, which we’ll do now. Click the Full Backup button.

Select the destination, then click Generate Backup.

That’s it! We’ve just created a full backup to the home directory.

To download a copy of the backup to your computer, simply click it’s link.

That’s all there is to it!

Restoring files is just as easy. Click the Backup Wizard icon again.

Then click the Restore button.

Choose what type of restore you want to do… in this case, let’s restore the Home Directory.

Locate the Home Directory backup…

Then click Upload.

The files have been restored!

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to create a backup in cPanel, and restore files from a backup.

How to backup your website in cPanel

How to backup your website in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to backup our website.

Click the Backup Wizard icon.

This is the main backup screen where you can backup, or restore the files in your hosting account.

To backup your website, click the Backup button.

You have the option of only backing up part of your account…

… or generating a full backup, which we’ll do now. Click the Full Backup button.

Select the destination, then click Generate Backup.

That’s it! We’ve just created a full backup to the home directory.

To download a copy of the backup to your computer, simply click it’s link.

That’s all there is to it!

Restoring files is just as easy. Click the Backup Wizard icon again.

Then click the Restore button.

Choose what type of restore you want to do… in this case, let’s restore the Home Directory.

Locate the Home Directory backup…

Then click Upload.

The files have been restored!

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to create a backup in cPanel, and restore files from a backup.

How to change a MySQL database users password in cPanel

How to change a MySQL database users password in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to change a database users password.

Click the MySQL Databases icon.

Locate the user whose password you want to change, and click it.

Enter your old password in the top box, then enter and confirm a new password.

Then click Change Password.

That’s it! The database user’s password has been changed.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change a database user’s password in cPanel.

How to change an email account password in cPanel

How to change an email account password in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

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

Click the Email Accounts icon.

Find the account you want to change, then click the Change Password link beside it.

Enter and confirm a new password for this account, then click Change Password.

That’s it! The password has been changed for that email account. You’ll now have to update your email clients with the new password, to make sure you can retrieve your emails.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change an email account’s password in cPanel.

How to change an email accounts quota in cPanel

How to change an email accounts quota in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to change an email account’s quota.

Click the Email Accounts icon.

Locate the email account you want to change, then click the Change Quota link beside it.

Enter a new value for Mailbox Quota, or choose unlimited if you like.

Then click Change Quota.

That’s it! The email account’s mailbox quota has been changed.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change an email account’s quota.

How to change the primary language in cPanel

How to change the primary language in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to change the primary language.

Click the Change Language icon.

Select the new desired language, then click Change.

That’s it! The language has been changed.

Now when you navigate through cPanel, you’ll notice that the language used has been translated to the newly selected language.

To change back, simply repeat the process.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change the primary language in cPanel.

How to change the primary language in cPanel

How to change the primary language in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to change the primary language.

Click the Change Language icon.

Select the new desired language, then click Change.

That’s it! The language has been changed.

Now when you navigate through cPanel, you’ll notice that the language used has been translated to the newly selected language.

To change back, simply repeat the process.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change the primary language in cPanel.

How to change your cPanel password

How to change your cPanel password

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to change the cPanel password.

Click the Change Password icon.

First enter your old, or existing password.

Then enter and confirm a new password.

Click Change your password now.

That’s it! The cPanel password has been changed.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change your cPanel password.

How to change your cPanel password

How to change your cPanel password

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to change the cPanel password.

First enter your old, or existing password.

Click the Change Password link.

Then enter and confirm a new password.

Click Change your password now.

That’s it! The cPanel password has been changed.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change your cPanel password.

How to change your cPanel style

How to change your cPanel style

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to change cPanel’s style.

Click the Change Style icon.

Changing your control panel style does not change any functionality, only the way it looks.

To change your style, simply click the Switch Style button for the new style you want.

That’s it! As you can see, the look of our control panel has changed.

To change it back, simply repeat the process.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change the style of your cPanel control panel.

How to change your cPanel style

How to change your cPanel style

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to change cPanel’s style.

Click the Change Style icon.

Changing your control panel style does not change any functionality, only the way it looks.

That’s it! As you can see, the look of our control panel has changed.

To change it back, simply repeat the process.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change the style of your cPanel control panel.

How to check a MySQL database for errors in cPanel

How to check a MySQL database for errors in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to check a database for errors.

Click the MySQL Databases icon.

Under Modify Databases, and in the Check DB drop down box, select the database you want to check.

Then click Check DB.

That’s it! The check has been completed., and no errors were found.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to check a database for erros in cPanel.

How to create a domain alias in cPanel

How to create a domain alias in cPanel

This demo assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

Now let’s learn how to create a domain alias.

Click the Aliases icon.

A domain alias is useful when you have additional domain names that you want people to be able to use to get to your website.

Enter the new domain, then click Add Domain.

That’s it! Now when someone browses to mybiz123.info, they’ll automatically be redirected to mybiz1234.com.

Be sure to set your domain alias’s DNS settings to the same as your main domain, so the redirection will work properly.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to create a domain alias from cPanel.