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Category: Security

Top Premium, Free & Open-Source Hosting Panels

What Is an Administration Panel?

An admin panel is a tool with a visual interface. You use it to control and manage a server. It’s easier than typing text commands. Even people with little tech skill can use it.

Skilled admins can do every server task with text commands alone. But a hosting panel makes daily tasks much easier. Here’s what you can do with one:

  • Create or delete FTP accounts
  • Connect and manage domains
  • Add or remove subdomains
  • Manage email accounts
  • Create and manage databases
  • Set up backups and security

Modern hosting panels aren’t just for server experts. They’re built for beginners too. You can manage your website and hosting while you learn.

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There are two main types of hosting panels:

  • Premium (paid) hosting panels
  • Free and open-source hosting panels

Premium Hosting Panels

We’ll look at four popular paid panels: cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, and RunCloud.

cPanel

cPanel is one of the most popular hosting panels in the world. Many hosting providers support it. Developers, businesses, and hosting companies use it to manage websites on dedicated servers and VPS setups.

cPanel offers many tools in one place: server admin, website management, email hosting, security, and backups. It works well for experts and beginners alike.

One handy feature is the built-in app installer. You can install apps like WordPress in just a few clicks.

Key cPanel Features

  • Check available disk space
  • Manage FTP accounts
  • Connect to FTP servers
  • Create, edit,
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Do I Need to Set Up Security for my Website – Yes!

Fifteen years ago, if you were to ask the average web design company about whether you need website security or not, the common answer you’d hear would be, “Unless you’re an eCommerce site or a site storing sensitive information, you probably don’t need it.”

Things have sure changed! These days, any reputable website will want at least an SSL certification to their site. To not have some sort of website security installed communicates to visitors that you do not take security seriously and that has the potential to leave customer information exposed.

Website security

Why Is Website Security Important?

It’s important for visitors to trust the websites they are visiting. An SSL/TLS certificate signifies trust and reliability, and provides no doubt to a customer that their information is going to be protected.

Although SSL certificates are not strictly for online shopping websites, they serve as one of the better examples as to why you want this level of security in place. If you’re asking for a consumer’s financial information directly on your site, a non-secure site is not an option. A website security certification confirms your website has data encryption in place and the appropriate authentication standards are met. Even for a site that is not selling direct to consumer, this is highly important.

Do I Still Need An SSL Certificate If I’m Not An eCommerce Website?

If you use Google Chrome, browse a few different of your favourite websites. You will … Read more