cPanel Mastery: A Comprehensive Guide to Web Hosting

Explore the cPanel file manager to identify the public html, public ftp, mail, and logs folders, and touch only the public html folder since it is what visitors see.

Discover how to manage images in cPanel by creating thumbnails, using scalar for per-image resizing, and converting formats to save storage in public_html/images.

Create an autoresponder in cPanel by selecting a domain, clicking add autoresponder, and configuring from, subject, and body to send automatic replies with an interval of zero meaning always respond.

Explore the SiteJet editor to build a website by selecting a domain and template, dragging in elements, enabling e-commerce, and using backups before publishing to your domain with device previews.

Learn how to manage domains and create subdomains in cPanel, including linking add-on domains and publishing sites under subdomains such as site jet for a react app.

Enable HTTPS on your cPanel site by running Auto SSL and verifying DNS points to your server. Then enable force HTTPS redirects to ensure all visitors use encrypted connections.

Learn the basics of databases and the structured query language, including tables, columns, and rows, plus core SQL operations—select, insert into, update, and delete—and remote connection concepts.

Master the select statement by fetching all rows and columns from the users table. Filter results with where first name equals Eric and practice inserting new records with insert statements.

Learn how to safely delete records in a MySQL database through cPanel by using a where clause with delete from users, and practice deleting by name or age.

Enable remote access to your cPanel MySQL by adding a remote host and using database name and user; connect from an allowed IP on the correct port to run SQL.

Explore the visitors section in the metrics, compare ssl/https with http, and review user agents, IPs, and URLs to detect attempts. Learn to block offending IPs with the IP blocker.

Analyze your site's AWStats metrics in cPanel, including unique visitors, visits, pages, hits, bandwidth, and domain-level daily activity.

Deploy a Node.js API in cPanel by creating a subdomain, packaging index.js and package.json, uploading via file manager, installing dependencies, and testing endpoints like /status and /example.

Learn to configure cPanel indexes to hide or reveal directory listings in public_html, show file names or details, and manage inheritance with index files like index.html and index.php.