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Installing Wordpress in cPanel

The blog can no longer be called a fad, as it is more like a phenomenon.  Blogs have gone from small platforms to complete websites with all the works.  They are used by a range of demographics from teens and adults to freelance writers and well known online entities.  Many have used the blog as their vehicle to success.  Some have even gone on to say that no business should be without one.  Thanks to web hosting technology, blogs are no longer limited to their respective development community.

Control panels are powerful web hosting tools that enable users to build and administer their site with ease.  cPanel is regarded as one of the best and is currently the most widely installed.  This control panel is known for being user-friendly with a plethora of features.  cPanel allows you to manage your emails, set up domains, view web stats, backup data and much more right from the interface.  It also gives you the ability implement a variety of scripts to create message forums, chat rooms and even blogging software.

In this tutorial you learn how to install the popular Wordpress blogging software in cPanel by way of the Fantastico script installer.  If you make use of another control panel, we suggest referring to the Wordpress website for more details.

Getting Started

After logging into the cPanel account, click on the “Fantastico” icon.  When that window opens, open the “Full List” menu and click the “Wordpress” link in the “Blogs” category.  A separate page for Wordpress will open giving a short description on what the program is about.  After verifying that the server has adequate space, you will click on a link that reads “New Installation”.

Your next step is to make a few essential configurations, starting with the installation location.  Your options are “Install on Domain” and “Install in Directory”.  If you want to install Wordpress on your domain, access the drop-down menu and select the appropriate name.  If want to install it on the root of your domain, leave the “Install in Directory” section blank.  For example, if you want to access Wordpress in a different directory such as “blog”, you would type something like this into the field: http://mysite.com/blog.

After determining where to install the program, you will then need to assign a username and password, the credentials that will allow you to access the back-end of Wordpress.  Enter the following information into the main configuration section:

Administrative nickname: This is the name that will be display on your Wordpress administrative account

Administrative email: The email account where you want to receive administrative messages

Site name: The URL that represents your website

Description: A short description that describes your website

Once you have entered this information, click on the “install” button.  From there the installation will notify you of the updates that were made.  After clicking the “Finish Installation” button you’re done.  You then have the option of sending the details to a particular email account or returning to the overview section.

Tips on Reducing Spam

#1 – In cPanel, set the default address to :fail:

This means that you must have a POP3 account or Mail Forwarder setup for every address@yourdomain.com that you actually want to receive mail at. Any other address@yourdomain will fail. (Which is good, because spammers usually target random email addresses).

#2 – Do NOT use any common email addresses. This includes (accounting, billing, sales, support, webmaster, abuse, ect… ect…)

Instead of having a POP3 or Fowarder for common addresses, setup an auto-responder instead. Your autoresponder could have a message similar to the following:

Quote:
Were sorry, your message was NOT received. Due to the large amount of spam sent to common email addresses, sales@yourdomain.com is no longer a valid address.If you are trying to reach the sales department, please email salesdept@yourdomain.com

This let’s people who are really trying to reach you know the proper address to send mail to. Luckily spammers usually use fake addresses, and will never see the auto-reply.

#3 – If you want to list your email address on your website, make it an image. Spammers sometimes use automated software that searches web sites for email addresses. Luckily their software can not read email addresses if there an image.

#4 – Be cautious when filling out forms on the web. Alot of offers on the web are really just an attempt to get your email address. So if you don’t fully trust a company, don’t give them your email address. If you really want to give an email address to an untrusted company, create a yahoo or gmail account.

Windows Hosting control panel from Cpanel

Cheap Web Hosting

Finally we see feature rich windows hosting control panel from Cpanel Inc. :)
The below excerpts from their web site.
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The control panel for Windows Server
It’s here! We’ve been working hard to develop the world’s only Windows web hosting control panel worthy of carrying the cPanel logo — and now it’s arrived.

The simple yet powerful Enkompass interface offers a rich assortment of features that can save your business time and money.

Top Business Features

* Reduce software licensing costs
Quickly add servers as your business grows, paying only for the licenses you need on each type of server.
* Gain access to 30% more market share
According to Netcraft, Microsoft IIS7 is is one of the two leading web server technologies, installed on over 60,000,000 servers worldwide.
* Reduce support costs
Single sign-on provides easier management, greater time savings, and the ability to add new resources.
* Accurate & fast reporting
Easily run reports on bandwidth utilization, disk space utilization, active accounts, resource availability and more, for instant access to valuable decision-making tools.
* Offer premium hosting plans
As a commercial technology, Windows® web hosting can command premium prices. This provides you the opportunity to increase your bottom line.

For more information visit http://www.cpanel.net/windows/overview.html

How to create your own hosting packages in WHM ?

What is package ?

Packages enables you to create your own custom web hosting packages/plans and are a critical function in WebHost Manager.
Web Host Manager (WHM) helps you in this process by allowing you to customize a large number of parameters, from disk space and bandwidth to the number of sub-domains and MySQL databases, as well as specifying whether CGI, shell access, and what CPanel default theme are provided.

Step-by-step procedure to create hosting packages in WHM reseller panel.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: do not put “unlimited” text in any fields while creating package as WHM takes “Unlimited” = 1. you can assign some number 99 or 999 or 9999 instead of “unlimited”. Enter “0″ (zero) when you do not want to allow that particluar feature.
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To add a package:

1) Click on the Add New Package link in the Packages menu.

2) Enter the name of the package and the maximum disk space the account can occupy in the Package Name and Quota fields.

3) Indicate whether Shell Access is allowed in the Shell Access tick box.

4) Enter the maximum number of items allowed in the Max Ftp Accounts, Max Email Accounts, Max Email Lists, Max SQL Databases, Max Sub Domains, Max Park Domains, and Max Addon Domains fields.
See above IMPORTANT information.

5) Never tick IP tick Box.

6) Indicate whether CGI access and Frontpage Extensions are allowed in the CGI Access and Frontpage Extentions tick boxes.

7) Enter the maximum bandwidth in megabytes allowed by the account in the Bandwidth Limit field.

Cool Select default CPanel theme for the package in the Cpanel Theme
field.

9) Click on create button on top.

10) You can see status “Created the package yourusername_packagename”. WHM creates packages by adding your user name as prefix to package name.

Now you can start creating domains using this package.