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As one of the best of its kind in the market, the cPanel is a great website administration program that comes with a bunch of helpful and easy to learn features. Friendly to even the newest users, cPanel makes setting up a website easy and painless. In these series of articles, we will be discussing about one of the many useful features in cPanel, the “Preferences” menu.

The “Preferences” menu bar is the home of 7 easy access menus: Getting Started Wizard, Video Tutorials, Change Password, Update Contact Info, Change Style, Change Language, and Shortcuts. Using the “Preferences” menu, you can easily change the settings in your account. For example, you can modify the way your account looks, change your password, set up email accounts, choose a language of your preference, create dozens of easy shortcuts, etc.

If you are just starting to use cPanel, it is advised that you first familiarize yourself with the “Getting Started Wizard” tool. The Wizard is a built-in tool that allows quick configuring of your control panel. It gives you an overview of the many features available in your account and also provides some basic knowledge on how to use the cPanel.

The Wizard conveniently provides step-by-step guides to help you maintain your account. For example, the Wizard can teach you to how to easily drag and drop files from your hard drive into your server. It can also show you how to use webmail and set up your own email accounts. It will also help you keep your contact information up to date.

The “Getting Started Wizard” has 7 configuration sections. They are:

1. New Email Account Setup
2. Access Email through Webmail
3. Update Contact Information
4. Setup Default Address
5. Subdomain Configuration
6. Change cPanel Look and Feel

To start using these configuration sections, you are given two options. First, you can use the “Jump to Section” feature that appears on every page and can be used at any point during the Wizard. The “Jump to Section” feature allows you to “jump” to any of the 7 configuration sections. Or, you can also click on the “Begin Wizard” button to go through the Wizard and follow each step.

The Wizard, just like its namesake, makes setting up your account quick and easy, just like magic. You can always trust the cPanel Wizard to help maintain the administration your website.