A Glance at cPanel - Usability
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If you have ever owned your own website, you are probably familiar with cPanel. cPanel is control panel specially designed to help a webmaster manage his or her website. Because it has a graphical user interface, cPanel is easy to learn and use, even for beginners. Moreover, it is also web-based, so website owners can access it from anywhere at any time of their convenience.
As a leading software in the market, cPanel has many features to support its users’ needs and simplify the process of administering a website. One of the many factors that put cPanel in the lead is its easy usage and friendliness towards new users. The cPanel has an easy to use getting started wizard that guides a new user to access and set up his or her new account.
An advantage of using cPanel is the layout of the control panel is carefully designed so that even if you are foreign to the software, you can still locate and access the menus without many troubles. Flexibility is also a strong point of cPanel as it gives you the freedom to “re-design” the control panel. You can arrange the menus by dragging and dropping them so that you have the most used ones ready whenever you need them and put away or minimize the least used ones to save space.
Aside from the friendly user interface and flexibility, the cPanel also has an integrated content relevant help menu, which is easily accessed by clicking on the Help button within the cPanel interface. The Help menu will pop up to provide a detailed explanation of a specific feature or function. Or, if you like to read technical documentation, it can also link you to full interface documentation.
With cPanel, error messages and system notifications are designed specifically to provide you with the latest issues about your account all the while maintaining readability and ease of use. These notifications are kept in a notice area to keep things organized. You can also take a look at the Stats area and retrieve information about your website’s statistics. The cPanel provides visual clues that allow you to know your account status at a quick glance.
Overall, cPanel is a powerful tool that you can use to easily maintain your website. However, you need to purchase the software in order to use it, as it is designed for use by commercial websites.

