Managing your website and email in the Hosting Panel

Some newer hosting accounts use an administration interface directly within the hosting.com Hosting Panel. Unlike cPanel or Plesk, there is no separate login -- you just log in to your hosting.com account at https://my.hosting.com and control your web site, email, and more from one unified interface.

This article provides an overview on how to use this administration interface, and applies to the following account types:

• Starter Web Hosting
• Plus Web Hosting
• Pro Web Hosting
• Max Web Hosting

Logging in

To log in, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your hosting.com account at https://my.hosting.com.

2. In the left sidebar, click Products & Services:

   

3. In the list of products and services, click your shared hosting account:

   

4. On the Overview tab, click Login to Control Panel:

   

   You are automatically logged in to the control panel.

5. The control panel home page appears with an overview of your site's configuration, recent visitors, and more:

   

Managing your website

You can configure applications, manage your files, view site analytics, and much more. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your account as described in the Logging in section above. A list of tabs appears at the top of the page:

   
   Let's go through each of these tabs.

2. The Apps tab is where you can install applications. To do this, click Install app, select the settings you want, and then click Install:

   

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   Note

   Only WordPress is supported at this time. You can install other applications manually.

3. The Files tab is where you manage your files. You can download, edit, delete, and do many other operations on your files:

   

4. The Databases tab is where you manage your MySQL databases. You can add, modify, and delete databases and users, and more. (phpMyAdmin is also available here.) To get started, click Add database:

   

5. The Emails tab is where you configure your email accounts. For more information, please see the Managing email section below.

6. The Domains tab is where you manage your domains. You can add subdomains, addon domains, and aliases. You can also configure domain settings, such as the document root directory, DNS settings, and more:

   

7. The Analytics tab is where you can view bandwidth usage and visitor stats for your website. You can view statistics for today, last week, or last month:

   

8. The Backups tab is where you manage automatic and manual backups. To create a backup, click Create backup. To restore from a backup, click Restore. You can selectively restore email, your website, or a custom collection of items:

   

9. The Security tab is where you manage SSL certificates for your site, and allow or block specific IP addresses:

   

10. The Advanced tab contains several additional tools:

    • Redirects: You can add permanent (301) or temporary (302) redirects to forward visitors to another domain.

    • Optimization: You can enable Opcode caching for your site.

    • FTP: You can add, modify, and delete FTP accounts.

    • Developer tools: You can access several advanced settings here, including PHP settings and cron jobs. You can also view and configure SSH connection details for your account.

      

Managing email

You can easily configure email accounts and more from the administration interface. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your account as described in the Logging in section above. On the list of tabs, click the Emails tab:

   

2. To add an account, click Add account:

   

   Complete the fields, and then click Add:

   

3. To modify an existing account, click the account in the list:

   

4. You can change the following settings for each account:

   • Display name, mailbox size, and password.
   • Forwarders.
   • Spam settings.
   • Out-of-office notifications (autoresponders).

   You can also view email client application settings for IMAP, POP, and SMTP.