These are the supporting features found on your cPanel. Click on each items to know what they are and how to use them :

Web/FTP Stats
The Web / FTP Statistics area presents you with a wide variety of information about your web site, from the latest visitors to a detailed monthly summary of hits, as well as providing an error log. Use the Statistics tools to keep track of what pages are being visited most often, and where they are being referred from.

For more information about exactly what these web site statistics actually mean, refer to the following excellent articles:

• Measuring Web Site Usage
• How the web works

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Chatroom
Chat rooms are scripts that allow any number of logged-in users to have a typed, real-time, on-line conversation. There are several pre-installed chat scripts available:

• Entropy Chat - a simple chat script that offers basic features.
• Melange Chat System - a Java chat script that offers more advanced features.
• phpMyChat - a PHP/mySQL chat combination with a number of features.

Which script you choose is entirely up to you. As always, if the available script are inappropriate, there are many free and chargeable scripts available on the Internet.

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Addon Scrits
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CGI Center
CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is a standard for running external programs from a Web server. CGI allows the returned HTML page to be dynamic - for example, with a CGI script you could access information in a database and format the results as part of an HTML page. Not surprisingly, CGI scripts are very popular and used extensively throughout the World Wide Web.

There are a number of very good introduction to CGI documents available on the Web. The information given below is a summary of the most important points to remember when using CGI. Please refer to the following for a more in-depth introduction:

• Intro to CGI - one of the best introductions available.
• Ada's Introduction to CGI - a useful introduction.

Key points to bear in mind when using CGI scripts:

• The pre installed scripts available through cPanel are the easiest to use, but if a certain script does not do exactly what you want, feel free to look for better scripts on the Web. You can usually find a script to do almost anything, especially if you are prepared to pay.
• Read all available documentation on a particular script before using it. This will help avoid most problems.
• CHMOD ("Change Mode") means change the permissions on a particular file (usually the script itself). The cPanel File Manager allows you to quickly do this, as do most FTP tools.
• Important - after uploading cgi-bin scripts, CHMOD to 755 (unless the script documentation specifically states otherwise). For example, you need to CHMOD the pre-installed cPanel CGI EMail scripts to 755 to use them properly.
• Many scripts need to know the path to Perl (scripting language engine) and to sendmail (HTTP mail engine). You can find this information on the front page of cPanel.
• Make sure you test your scripts repeatedly! Testing is vital to make sure everything is working to your satisfaction.

There are many ready made CGI scripts for use in our CGI Center. Click on each of them to know more : Simple CGI Wrappper , Random HTML , Guestbook , Advanced Guestbook , Counter Maker , Clock , Java CountDown/CountUp Maker , CGI EMail , FormMail , Entropy Search , Entropy Banner
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Network Tools
The Network Tools area has two available functions:

• Domain Lookup - Allows you to look up information about a particular domain.
• Trace Route - Allows you to trace the IP (Internet Protocol) route taken by your server to reach your current ISP (Internet Service Provider).

There are a number of free sites that offer similar functions. One of the most popular is http://www.network-tools.com/.

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Interchange Shopping Cart
The Interchange Shopping Cart is a fully-featured shopping cart that can be installed with the click of a button. The product is fully documented at the Interchange site - please refer to the Interchange web site if you have any questions about using the shopping cart.

Note: Some hosting sites do not use Interchange Shopping Cart - please refer to your hosting administrator before installing the shopping cart.

Installing Interchange Shopping Cart will take up approximately 5 megabytes of space.

To install the Interchange Shopping Cart:

1. Click on the Interchange Shopping Cart link in the CGI Center area.
2. Click on the admin interface link to start customizing your shopping cart. Refer to the Interchange web site if you have any questions.

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Agora Shopping Cart
The Agora Shopping Cart is a fully-featured shopping cart that can be installed with the click of a button. The product is fully documented at the Interchange site - please refer to the Agora web site if you have any questions about using the shopping cart.

To install the Agora Shopping Cart:

1. Click on the Agora Shopping Cart link in the CGI Center area.
2. Enter the administrators user name and password in the Admin User and Admin Pass fields.
3. Enter the location of the cart in the third available field. This must be a top-level directory on your site.
4. Click on the button.

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Search Engine Submit
cPanel allows you to submit your web site details to several search engines at one time. Some pointers on this process:

• This is not a guaranteed way of becoming registered by these search engines, as some may charge a registering fee. It is always best to check each search engine site individually to see what their registration policy currently is.
• It may take several weeks (4-8 weeks is common) before your web site will appear on a search engine.
• Do not submit your site multiple times to the same search engine within a short period of time, as the search engine may ban you from its list.

To submit your site to one or more search engines:

1. Click on the Search Engine Submit link in the CGI Center area.
2. Click on the tick boxes next to the search engines that you want to submit to.
3. Enter the address of your site in the URL field and your contact email address in the Email field.
4. Enter a short description of your site in the Comments field.
5. Enter the keywords of your site in the Keywords field. These are the handful (3-6) of words that are predominantly used by search engines to index your site. Separate each key word by a comma.
6. Choose the language of the site in the Language drop-down list and the country in which the site is located in the Country drop-down list.
7. Click on the button.

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Frontpage Extensions
Frontpage™ Extensions allow you to publish your web site using Microsoft Frontpage™. These extensions can occasionally become corrupted, so you can uninstall and then reinstall Frontpage™ Extensions whenever required.

To (re)install Frontpage™ Extensions:

1. Click on the Setup Frontpage™ Extensions link in the CGI Center area.
2. Click on the button.

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Setup Forums/Bulletin Board
cPanel allows you to install a pre-made forum called XMB. The XMB Forum is a PHP web-based bulletin board. Unlike an email list or newsgroup, the XMB Forum creates a forum on your web site that allows users to post questions and receive replies, all from their web browser. This allows you to choose from a variety of graphical interfaces and smilies - little faces that communicate the mood of the writer . Once a forum has been created you can modify it extensively, from adding new sub-forums to changing the visual appearance of the board. Be sure to visit the XMB Forum web site - http://www.xmbforum.com/ - for more information on how to customize and use your XMB Forum

Note: Keep in mind that each separate installation of XMB forum takes up approximately 2.7MB, and will grow in size with the popularity of the forum.

To install an XMB forum:

1. Click on the XMB Forum link in the Tools area.
2. Enter the name of the forum folder in the available field. Note that the folder must be on the top level of your site.
3. Click on the button.
4. Click on the login link. You need to do this immediately as the first registered user is automatically created as an admin user.
5. Click on the Register link at the top left corner of your browser window.
6. Once you have registered you can now continue to set up the forum. Refer to http://www.xmbforum.com/ if you need more information.

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Manage OpenPGP keys
OpenPGP is a tool for secure online communication. cPanel uses GnuPG for its public-key cryptography so that users may communicate securely. Each person gets a pair of keys, called the public key and the private key. Each person's public key is published while the private key is kept secret. Messages are encrypted using the intended recipient's public key and can only be decrypted using their private key.

General documentation and comprehensive user guides are available at the GNU Privacy Guard site.

To generate a public and private key:

1. Click on the Manage OpenPGP keys link in the Tools area.
2. Click on the Add Key link.
3. Enter your name, email address, and nickname in the Your Name, Your Email, and Comment/NickName fields.
4. Enter the password for the key in the Key Password field.
5. Enter the expiry date for the key in the Expiry Date field. You can suffix the entered number with the following:
   • y = year
   • m = month
   • w = week
   • d = day
6. Choose the size of the key that you want to generate in the Key Size field. 1024 bytes is a common size.
7. Click on the button. Note that it may take a few minutes to generate the key, depending on its size.

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phpMyChat Room
phpMyChat is a PHP chat room script that uses a mySQL database to store information. Refer to the phpMyChat home page for more information about this script.

To install phpMyChat:

1. Click on the on the phpMyChat Room link in the Tools area.
2. Enter the directory in which to install phpMyChat in the available field. This must be a top-level directory on your site.
3. Enter the administrator's user name and password in the Admin Username and Admin Password fields.
4. Click on the button.
5. Click on the entry page link to go to the new chat room.

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