cPanel & Webmail Tutorials

Accessing cPanel (Your hosting)

Accessing Your Hosting

To access your cPanel / Web hosting account. Visit yourdomain.co.uk/cpanel address. Please Note: Remember to replace yourdomain.co.uk with your own domain / web address. You will now see the login screen, which asks for a Username & Password. Use your username and password we sent to you to access the

Webmail Tutorials

Creating Email Accounts

To create new email accounts, you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged in. Scroll down to locate the Email Section & Click Email Accounts. Now click the Create Button. Add your new email

Creating Email Forwarders

Email forwarders can be created on your mailbox to forward/send received emails to another mailbox of your choice. To begin creating email forwarders, you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged in. Scroll down

Domains

Addon Domains

If your HostBacker plan allows you to add more domains, that means you can have more than one website on your cPanel/web hosting account. Adding another domain to your web hosting account can be done easily. Firstly – you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you

Sub Domains

Adding a Subdomain is a simple process. Firstly – you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged in, scroll down until you reach the Domain Section and click Subdomains. A subdomain uses your original

Website Backups & Restoring Backups

Backups

To begin taking backups of your website, you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged Scroll down to locate the Files Section & click Backup. Scroll down to Partial Backups Section & click Home

Restoring a Backup

To begin restoring a backup from file, you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged in. Scroll down to locate the Files Section & click Backup. Scroll down until you reach Restore a home

File access

Using File Manager

To upload, download or modify your website files, your can use file manager, which is a feature included in your cPanel/Web hosting solution. To manage website files you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once

FTP Accounts

To create FTP accounts – you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged in, locate the Files Section and click FTP Accounts. On this screen, you can now create a Log in (Username) and

Databases

Creating a Database

Many websites today require a database for all data to be stored in a secure place ready for when a visitor lands on your site, were the data can be seen. To create a database you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know

Hosting Security

cPanel Password Change

To change your cPanel password – you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged in, scroll down until you reach the Preferences Section and click Password & Security. On this screen, you would need

Two Factor Authentication

For extra protection, you can add Two Factor Authentication to your account. Firstly – you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged in, scroll down until you reach the Security Section and click Two

Password Protect Folders – Directories

Password protecting folders/directories on your web hosting account can be done easily. Firstly – you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged in, locate the Files Section and click Directory Privacy. On this next

Block IP Address

An IP Address looks similar to this: 192.168.99.112. Each computer that connects to the internet has an IP address. You may notice an ongoing attack on your website from a specific IP address that you want to block. To block an IP Address from accessing your website, you must login

Block Spam Email Addresses

To block spam emails, you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged in, scroll down until you reach the Email Section and click Spam Filters. You will now need to make sure the radio

Statistics

Website Stats

To see the statistics on how your website is performing, you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged in, scroll down until you reach the Metrics Section and click AWStats. Once you click AWStats

cPanel Resource Usage

To check the resource usage on your cPanel/Web hosting account you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged in, down the right-hand side – you will see Statistics. Each of these stats will tell

Installing WordPress

If you have decided not to use our premium website theme, which is included in your plan, you can install WordPress yourself. To do this – you must login to your cPanel / Web hosting account. If you need to know how to do this – click here. Once logged