Server Demo Panel

The web hosting server management can be done using the hard way – the black window and command line management which can be done by professional system administrator, rt the easy way – using special graphic server control panel with nice icons and easy to understand features which are accompanied with help and various forum support.

Server control panel allow beginning administrators fully manage the website and all other server resources included in the VPS or shared hosting plan.

Host1Plus offer three control panels:

• cPanel. The most popular paid control panel which allow easy management of various server resources. cPanel can be installed on demand to the cloud VPS plans.

• DirectAdmin. Also very popular paid control panel which can be used in VPS on demand. Also it is used for Host1Plus’ web hosting plans.

• ISPConfig. This is the free and open source control panel for hosting professionals to manage the different hosting plans. It is mainly used in big servers which needs to be made as an internal hosting service.

• ISPmanager. Commercial control panel for regular server resource management. Most popular in Russian speaking countries.

• Webmin. BSD license based control panel.Iit is possible to configure operating system internals, such as users, disk quotas, services or configuration files, as well as modify and control open source applications.

• Kloxo. Free and open source RedHat and CentOS Linux distribution based control panel.

cPanel vs. DirectAdmin

The main battle in the commercial control panel battle is fought by tho main competitors cPanel and DirectAdmin. The brands fight, the users win. What are the main features of both of them to be considered before choosing?

• Price. Both of them are paid ones. Host1Plus offers cPanel for $20 and DirectAdmin for $10. Prices may vary depending on the ordered plan period.

• Usage. There are lots of discussion going on which of those control panels is more comfortable to work with. It is almost agreed that DirectAdmin is suitable for beginning hosting service user while cPanel is mostly used by advanced users and professional system administrators.

• Simplicity. As DirectAdmin is considered to be simpler than cPanel, it is usually used in shared hosting plans, which are managed by the beginners rather than professional system administrators. Also shared hosting has less managing freedom than VPS, therefore DirectAdmin satisfy all the user needs.

cPanel has got more features than DirectAdmin. Some users may see this as disadvantage, but for professional system administrators it is definitely an advantage.

Host1Plus uses DirectAdmin, because we believe that majority of our customers need a simple and easy to understand management of the service. If beginner is starting with cPanel, there can be some problems which will be fixed with the help of our support, of course.

What Control Panel is in Each Location

Host1Plus provides a unique possibility to see which control panel is used in each of our locations. It is not a secret that Host1Plus has partnered with datacenters of 6 countries – USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Lithuania and Singapore. All the services are distributed among all these countries. Shared hosting is provided from all six countries while cloud VPS hosting is provided from USA and Germany locations.

Before ordering the web hosting plan, every customer is welcome to login and check the demo account of each location control panel.

Please login and try out the control panel. Your actions will not bring any harm to existing customer accounts. In some time time the demo account settings are restored to default ones, therefore you can perform real actions as if it was your server.

The demo control panel is for the educational purposes only. Is you have some questions, please contact our customer support.

Location: United Kingdom
Control Panel: DirectAdmin
Demo Login: demo_user
Demo Password: demo

How to Choose the Right Location

International hosting companies usually provide the option to choose the hosting location. Choosing the right hosting locatios is really important because of few reasons:

• The IP adresses. If the IP adress belongs to one country and majority of visitors are coming from another country there may be some problems in case of internet backbone problems. The internet traffic in majority of countries are divided into local traffic and foreign traffic. If you will use the IP adress of the foreign country, you may have an issue with loading speed. Therefore it is important to use the location which is the same as your country. This principle is not valid to the international traffic websites.

• Google and SEO. The location has an impact to the website SEO. If you host the Chinese website in UK, most probably your website will rank well in google.co.uk, but not in baidu.com which is Chinese search engine.

• The network speed. In case you are in the country where Host1plus does not have the location, you should consider choosing the international location. UK, Netherlands and Germany have the highest network speeds and internet connections, therefore your website will be loading quick enough even though it is not located in the same country.

• Price. The Host1Plus prices are the same for all locations. Why paying £29.95 or €29.95 if you can pay $29.95 for cloud VPS plan.

Host1Plus provides shared hosting in all six locations – USA, Germany, Netherlands, Lithuania, Singapore and United Kingdom. Cloud VPS hosting is provided from USA and Germany, so selection of VPS hosting location is much easier task – European projects should be hosted in Germany, Worldwide ones in USA.

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