Disabale or enable Demo mode in WHMThis demo assumes you've already logged in to WebHost Manager.You have ability to turn any account in your WHM into a demo account. A demo account is commonly used as a sales tool, as it allows potential customers to login to cPanel and browse around, but restricts the user's ability to alter files or folders.Click the account functions link.Then click Manage Demo ModeSelect myotherdomain.com as the account to convert into a demo account.Then click Modify.We can see here that demo mode is currently disabled for this account.Click the Enable button.That's it! Demo mode has been enabled, meaning that when a user logs in to this account's cPanel, certain functions will be disabled.Click Manage Demo Mode again.Select myotherdomain.com again.Click Modify.Then click Disable.Demo mode has been turned off and the account is once again fully functional.This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup a demo account, so you can allow your customers access to a seemingly fully functional cPanel but that won't allow them to alter any files.
How to edit or delete packages in WHMThis demo assumes you've already logged in to WebHost Manager.Now let's learn how to edit a pre-existing hosting package.Click the Packages link.Then click Edit a Package.Note that there are only 2 packages created in this WHM reseller plan. If there were others (and you can create as many packages as you wish), they would all be listed here.Select demoreseller_Silver as the package you wish to edit.Then click Edit.This is the screen we use to edit the package. Let's change a few things.We have changed number of Max Databases.When finished, click the Save Changes button.That's it! The package has been modified as per your new specifications.Now we'll show you quickly how to delete packages you've created ( or edited ).Click the Packages link.Then click Delete a Package.To delete a package from your reseller plan, select it from this list and click the Delete button.Note that deleting packages does not delete the actual hosting accounts that were created using the package. It only removes the package as an option when creating new accounts.This is the end of the tutorial. Remember that you can create as many packages you wish, delete them or edit them at any time. Doing so does not affect any existing hosting accounts.
Becoming familiar with and navigating around in WHMEvery hosting account created in WHM has its own cPanel, an end user control panel.Let's take a look around. In this center frame there are several icons we can click on.These icons correspond to headings in this left frame.Clicking on an icon will bring up sub-icons that correspond to all the tools available on the left.Click the account information icon.Here are the 5 tools available to use under Account Information.To access any of the these tools, you can click on the corresponding icon in this frame.You can also click on the link here in this menu frame. You could have also done this from the WHM home page.Scroll down here to see all the tools available in WHM.As you can see, there are dozens of tools available to you.Click the News link.This is where you would get updates and the latest news from cPanel.Click the Change Log link.This page shows detailed information of your version of WHM, historical information about when it was updated, and what changes were made.To logout of WHM, simply close your browser , or click the Log Out link.This is the end of the tutorial. You should now be more familiar with WHM and how to navigate its pages. For more information on how to perform specific tasks, please refer to our other videos.
How to create hosting packages in WHMThis demo assumes you've already logged in to WebHost Manager.Now let's learn how to create hosting packages.Hosting packages help speed up the process of creating new cPanel hosting accounts by pre-defining several properties of the accounts you want to create (i.e. storage space, bandwidth, emails, parked domains etc..)You can create as many hosting packages as you wish.Click the Packages link.Then click Add a Package.This is where you setup a new pre-defined hosting account package.Let's go ahead a create a package called Silver.Click here and make sure you enter a single word name. Don't use any underscores or dashes.Note that space and bandwidth must be entered in megabytes and not gigabytes. In this case we'll enter 10,000 megabytes in disk quota which is equal to 10 gigabytes.Let's enter 100,000 megabytes for bandwidth which is equal to 100 gigabytes.Now continue down the list, setting limits for each of the resources.Generally you should sepcify an amount for space and bandwidth, but it's also advisable to set an amount for parked and add-on domains.You will also see maximum hourly email and other email options. It's highly recommended that you set an amount; don't use unlimited which can take your server down if a user starts spamming.Here you can set some extra options. Generally you don't need to change any of this. You can select dedicated IP if you want to give one with the package.When finished, click the Add button.That's it! The new account package has been created, and can now be used to speed up the hosting account creation process.Click the Packages link.Then click Edit Packages.Here you can see the new package that we just created.This is the end of the tutorial. Remember that you can create as many hosting packages as you wish, and that they greatly speed up the process of creating new hosting accounts.
Learning about the skeleton directory in WHMThis demo assumes you've already logged in to WebHost Manager.Now let's learn about the skeleton directory.Click the Account Functions link.Then click Skeleton Directory.The skeleton directory is where you put a temporary home page for all accounts you create in WHM.The temporary home page is what visitors will see in their browsers, until they create a new home page.In this tutorial , the WHM's account's main username is demoreseller, so that's where the skeleton directory is located as shown here.To change the temporary (or default) home page, simply upload a new page to the cpanel3-skel directory in the location show above, using either an FTP program or the file manager tool in your main account's cPanel.This is the end of the tutorial. You now know about the skeleton directory in WHM, and what it's used for.
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