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CPanel is a fully featured web-based control
panel that allows you to manage your domain
through a web interface. The idea is to
transfer as much of the control and responsibility
of managing your web site to you. You have
the ability to manage all aspects of e-mail,
files, backup, FTP, CGI scripts, and web
site statistics.
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Sub Domains
Subdomains are a way of creating separate
accounts within your master account, which
are accessed as separate URLs. For example,
you could set up a "timber" subdomain
on your master account "hardware.com",
which would be accessed as "timber.hardware.com".
A lot of larger businesses use subdomains
to establish branding and focus on separate
product lines, because a subdomain creates
a separate URL and web presence. However,
you do not create a new control panel when
you create a subdomain. You still perform
most administration functions for the subdomain
through your main control panel.
Practically, a subdomain is a sub folder
within the public_http level of your account
that has it's own cgi-bin directory. The
"timber" example above creates
a new top-level folder called timber, with
a cgi-bin sub-folder. Upload your files
for the subdomain to this location, including
a separate home file (such as index.htm).
You can then access this "new site"
in one of two ways:
http://www.hardware.com/timber
http://timber.hardware.com
Additionally, you can setup separate FTP
accounts for people so they only have access
to the subdomain, and not the rest of your
hosting account.
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