The Best Web Host cPanel home screen provides access to all of your Best Web Host cPanel functions. You can reach the Best Web Host cPanel home screen from anywhere in the interface by clicking the Home button at the top left corner of the screen, or the Home link at the bottom of the screen. From the Home screen, you can reach any of Best Web Host cPanel’s features.You can change the order in which the feature-related boxes, such as Mail and Files, appear on your home screen. This can be useful for organizing the Best Web Host cPanel interface to better suit your needs. To change the location of a box:
Click and hold the box’s heading bar.
Drag it to its new location.
The information boxes can also be minimized or “hidden” by clicking the icon in the top right corner of the heading bar.To hide a feature box:
Click the arrow at the top right side of the box. This will collapse it into a heading bar.
Help
Clicking the Help button (or the Help link at the bottom of the screen) opens a pop-up window with information regarding the feature you have accessed within the Best Web Host cPanel interface. The contents of the Help menu change, depending on where you are in the interface.Help should be consulted any time you have trouble using a feature in Best Web Host cPanel. The Help link offers 3 options at all times:
Video Tutorials — Click to view a list of the video tutorials available from
Best Web Host cPanel.
Note: You will not hear sound while viewing the videos.
Full Interface Documentation — Click to access this documentation.
Contact Customer Support — Click to access a form for contacting customer support. You can also click the Contact link at the bottom of the page.
Note: This documentation may also be found by clicking the Documentation link at the bottom of every
Best Web Host cPanel screen.
Logout
The Logout button at the top right corner of the main screen, and the Logout link at the bottom of the screen, allow you to log out of your Best Web Host cPanel account.
Note: Be sure to click Logout after accessing your
Best Web Host cPanel account from any computer where access is shared.
Trademarks
To view information about trademarked names used within the Best Web Host cPanel interface, click Trademarks at the bottom of the screen.
Switch Theme
The theme is the framework of the Best Web Host cPanel interface. You may switch your Best Web Host cPanel interface to a different theme.
Find
The Find function can help you quickly locate a feature of Best Web Host cPanel. Simply type a keyword into the Find box on the left side of the screen. The menus on the right will automatically filter to show the results, as seen in the screenshot below.To show all features of Best Web Host cPanel, click the ‘X’ button to the right of the Find text box. The Find feature filters your available options.
Frequently Accessed Areas
Under the Frequently Accessed Areas heading, the 4 most accessed functions of Best Web Host cPanel are linked for your convenience. This menu is subject to change during operation as features are used more or less often.
The Stats Menu
The Stats menu shows exactly how much of your hosting account’s resources have been used. This is important for monitoring your resource usage, and it can help you decide when it’s time to upgrade your Best Web Host plan.
Click expand stats to see all of this data.
Click collapse stats to view only the first 5 stats.
The full Stats menu displays the following information:
Main Domain
— your domain name
Home Directory
— The folder, located on your web server, in which your website’s folders and files reside.
Last login from
— The IP address from which you last accessed your Best Web Host cPanel account.
File Usage — The number of inodes, or files and directories, that your account has used. The first number represents your account’s inode usage. The second number represents your account’s inode limit.
Disk Space Usage
— The amount of disk space that your account occupies on the web server, in Megabytes. This number appears next to the amount of disk space your account is allocated (the “quota”).
Monthly Bandwidth Transfer
— The amount of data transferred to and from your account for the month to date in Megabytes. This number appears next to the total monthly bandwidth your account is allocated.
Email Accounts
—The number of email accounts associated with your website, out of the total number allowed.
Subdomains
— The number of subdomains associated with your account, out of the total number allowed.
Parked Domains
— The number of parked domains associated with your account, out of the total number allowed.
Addon Domains — The number of addon domains associated with your account, out of the total number allowed.
FTP Accounts
— The number of FTP accounts associated with your website, out of the total number allowed.
SQL Databases
— The number of SQL databases you have created, out of the potential number of databases you are able to create.
Mailing Lists
— The number of mailing lists associated with your website, out of the total number allowed.
MySQL Disk Space — The amount of disk space used by your databases.
Hosting package
— The name of the Best Web Host plan to which you have subscribed.
Server Name
— The name of your Best Web Host web server.
Best Web Host cPanel Version
— The version of Best Web Host cPanel currently running on your Best Web Host server.
Theme
— The version of the Best Web Host cPanel interface layout currently being used.
Apache version
— The version of the Apache software running on your Best Web Host web server.
PHP version
— The version of the PHP scripting language currently installed on your Best Web Host server.
MySQL version
— The version of the MySQL database software currently installed on your Best Web Host server.
Architecture
— The type of microprocessor powering the Best
Web Host web server.
Operating system
— The software running on the Best Web Host web server, which allows the server to operate.
Shared IP Address/Dedicated IP Address
— If your domain is assigned a dedicated IP, this field displays that IP address. If your domain is assigned to a shared IP, this field displays that IP address.
Path to sendmail
— The location of the sendmail program on your Best
Web Host web server. This is useful if, for example, you create a script that lets visitors send you email using a form on your website.
Path to Perl
— The location of the Perl interpreter on your Best
Web Host web server. This information is necessary for writing Perl scripts.
Perl version — The version of Perl running on your Best Web Host server. This information is necessary for writing Perl scripts.
Kernel version
— The version of your Best Web Host web server’s kernel, which is the central operating system component, allowing the Best Web Host server’s software to communicate with its hardware.
Best Web Hosting cPanel Pro
— The version of the Best Web Host cPanel pro software currently running on your Best Web Host web server.
The Preference Links
The preference links are a set of 5 links located at the bottom of the Home screen. These links change the basic display preferences of Best Web Host cPanel’s interface.
Lite/Full Graphics
— Toggles display of the header and footer graphics, allowing for reduced memory demands and load times.
Hide/Show Icons
— Toggles display of the icons contained in the boxes between displaying only hyperlinks, or both icons and hyperlinks. Hiding icons will further reduce memory demands and load times.
Reset All Interface Settings — Resets any changes made to the interface and return it to its default.
Note: This will not reset the current theme.
Reveal All Boxes — Reveals any menu boxes that have been hidden.
Reset Box Order — Returns the order of boxes to
Best Web Host cPanel’s default setting if the order has been changed.
Note: Boxes can be hidden by clicking the arrow icon in the top right-hand corner of the heading bar. Hidden boxes appear in “window-shade” format as a simple heading bar.
