At OzWebHost, our goal is to make hosting simple for
everyone. One of our most remarkable features is our Control
Panel. The Control Panel is a user-friendly graphical
interface that allows quick and easy access to all the
features available to your particular web hosting service
plan. The features inside the Control Panel automate many
processes that users must do manually with other hosting
services.
NOTICEto Microsoft FrontPage
users: Most of the options in your Control Panel will NOT
work with FrontPage Extensions installed. We provide FP
Extensions as a courtesy to those that know how to use it and
prefer it over the more common methods of designing web sites.
If you choose to utilize FrontPage, we have provided some
brief information that will assist you elsewhere on this site.
This demo has been disabled
temporary due to misuse by some visitors.
However,
if
you
go
to
ozwebhost.net/demo.htm
you
will
see
and
experience
many
features
of
our
CPanel.
FILE
MANAGER
By clicking
this option you can view all the directories and files
in your account, as well as change permissions for
directories and files, create directories, create and
edit files, and upload files from your hard drive to
your site.
MAIL
MANAGER
This option
is where you create and edit, change passwords, forward
email to other email accounts, and create autoresponders
for your POP3 email accounts. (Note: It is not necessary
to create email aliases as your default email account
acts as a "Catch All Account.” In other words anything@yourdomain.com
will be delivered to your default mail account.)
CHANGE
PASSWORD
Click this
icon to change the password for your Control Panel and
FTP Client.
SITE
STATISTICS
This option
will assist you in monitoring visitors to and from your
site. This area features 3 different views of your
traffic: Analog, which basically provides you with a
quick summary, Webalizer, which provides you with more
detailed information, and Last 300 visitors, with
detailed information on each. This area also contains a
link to access your error log, which will assist you in
trouble shooting your scripts.
NETWORK
TOOLS
This option
provides you with DNS lookup capabilities and traceroute.
FTP
MANAGER
This option
is available in service plans with multiple ftp accounts
and also those with anonymous ftp. From here your can
setup your users, setup how anonymous users are treated,
change anonymous user policies, view who is online, and
remove anyone from a session.
SSH/Shell
access (secure telnet)
This allows
you to access your site via a terminal screen generated
from the Control Panel. Where enabled you may also use
an SSH client to log directly into your directories and
manage your files.
PASSWORD
PROTECT DIRECTORIES
This option
allows you to select the directory you wish to password
protect from a drop down box and then enter usernames
and passwords of those users you want to allow to have
access to that part of your web site. You can remove
them just as easily. You cannot
use this option with FrontPage. This action will have to
be taken within the FrontPage program.
CUSTOM
ERROR PAGES
This option
will assist you in customizing the look of your error
pages. It includes 400, 401, 403, 404,and 500 error
pages.
MySQL
MySQL is a
database engine that you can use with your web site.
There are two separate features in the Control Panel.
One allows you to create your databases and assign users
while the other feature permits you to edit the
database.
MIME TYPES
MIME =
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - This option
allows you to add Mime Types to your account. Refer to
the section dedicated to this for more information. You
cannot use this option with FrontPage Extensions
installed. You will have to use FrontPage to perform
this function.
CRONTAB
This option
will assist you setting up automated server side
processes.
ENTROPY
CHAT
This option
will allow you to setup a web based chat room on your
site.
SHOPPING
CART
This feature
is still under development with several cart scripts
already being tested. However, once it is complete,
users will be able to setup a fully functional shopping
cart on their site at the click of a button. If you
require a shopping cart now, we can arrange to install a
functioning script at no extra charge.
SEARCH
ENGINE SUBMISSION
This option
will assist you in submitting your URL to several of the
popular search engines. This area is being tested with
several different scripts, so you may notice changes
occurring from time to time.
SUB
DOMAINS
This option
will assist you setting up subdomains of your main
domain name. Subdomains are anydomain.yourdomain.com.
The subdomains that are setup through your control panel
draw their resources from the parent plan and do not
come with an IP address.
CGI CENTER
This option
provides you with easy installation of the following cgi
scripts: Random HTML Editor; Guest book; Counter; Clock;
Countdown; FormMail; Entropy Search Engines.
BANDWIDTH
MONITOR
This feature
shows your monthly usage and data transfer.
APACHE
HANDLERS
This allows
you to add script types eg .cgi, .pl.
BACKUP
This allows
you to back up all your files ready for download.
FRONT PAGE
EXTENSIONS
This enables
or disables Front Page Extensions.
FORUM /
BULLETIN BOARD
Set up a
Forun or Bulletin Board.
AGORA
SHOPPING CART
Another
Shopping Cart.
You
can also keep track of your available storage space
and
general usage of enabled features from the main Control Panel
screen.
NOTE:
Some features may not be included in all control panels
depending on the Hosting Plan chosen.