The Interaction Between cPanel and the WHM    by Jamie Beuford

in Internet / Web Hosting    (submitted 2012-02-09)

cPanel is built to give users an easy to use interface for managing their sites while a Web Host Manager (WHM) is built to automate all server management duties for the server administrators. These individual systems work quite well alone but are very exceptional when used together. They work together to reduce excess work by creating a simplified yet intuitive web user interface that allows users to manage their own accounts the way they want to.

Who can use cPanel and WHM?
Unlike what many people think it is not difficult to use the two systems especially when they are made to work together. These systems are friendly to experts or professionals and new users alike. Most of the work done on a cPanel with WHM involves nothing more than a few mouse clicks on the right fields. For example while setting up an email account, the only tme you may have to type anything is when putting down the desired account name.

Activating new web technologies is no longer a heavy duty left to the programmers and web developers; it is just a click away. One click on the cPanel and you have successfully activated new web technologies. These in turn help you reposition yourself as a market leader and provider of effective hosting solutions.

Exceptional cPanel features
Apart from cPanel being simple, reliable and secure it also makes you the boss of your server among other features that are discussed below.

Reseller support
cPanel and WHM do not just offer any kind of reseller support, they allow you to sell white-label resseler accounts. In this kind of arrangement, resellers are allowed to have their own nameservers, make use of the branding editor or CSS to completely customize the software appearance to suit your liking. The resellers also have the rights to integrate their own desired payment systems on their servers for branding and effective customer service provision.

Developer friendly
cPanel is not just a user friendly or novice friendly platform, it is a web developer friendly platform too. It allows the web developer to install their own PHP PEAR packages, RoR applications and Perl modules through the cPanel. It is also possible for developers to choose which version of PHP they will use from PHP 4 or 5. The cPanel has an in built code editor made especially for a code editor who is constantly on the go.

Mobile features
The system admin can manage the cPanel and WHM on their smartphone. The software available on this interface automatically displays a mobile friendly version of the cPanel. It is also possible to receive emails on a blackberry phone on its fastmail support application.

Extending functionality
cPanel allows extended functionality of their software. This is powered by the APIs that let users automate many WHM functionalities like creating and modifying accounts. The functionality base has also been expanded with the addition of XML and JSON API functions to the current API. There are also a number of additional applications called hooks that allow you to insert personal maintenance scripts onto the cPanel.

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Cpanel is no doubt a respected web hosting platform with a perfect interface for users. This makes cpanel hosting famous among many website owners, especially because of its many features.