3.4. ACCOUNT SETTINGS

CHAPTER 3. HOW DO I USE CPANEL?

3. Click on the

button. Click on the Sub Domains link to return to the Subdomain window to

confirm that it has been deleted.

3.4.3

Parked Domains

You can set up a domain name that you own to point to another domain name. This is known as

 parking  a domain. Example: You own the business.co.nz and innovation.co.nz domain names. You already

have a web site for business.co.nz, but you do not want to create a new website for innovation.co.nz at the

moment. By parking innovation.co.nz on top of business.co.nz, all URLs for innovation.co.nz will automatically

go to business.co.nz instead.

To park a domain:

1. Click on the Parked Domains link in the Account Settings area.

2. Enter the name of the domain that you want to park in the New Domain Name field.

3. Click on the

button.

Figure 3.24: Parking a domain

Deleting a parked domain

You need to delete a parked domain when you no longer own that domain or when you want to set up a separate

web site for the parked domain.

To delete a parked domain:

1. Click on the Parked Domains link in the Account Settings area.

2. Click on the required domain from the available drop down list.

3. Click on the

button.

3.4.4

FTP

The FTP area deals with all the tools relating to setting up and managing FTP accounts, as well as managing

FTP sessions. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a method by which you can transfer files between computers,

usually using the Internet. There is a huge amount of information stored on FTP servers around the world which

can only be accessed by using FTP. When using FTP you use an application called a  client  to connect to a

machine called a  server . There are a large number of FTP software packages available. Some of them are

built in to your browser (such as Internet Explorer), others are dedicated applications (such as such as CuteFTP

or WS FTP ), while still others are built into web applications (page 38 in CPanel is one example). Generally

speaking, if you are going to spend a lot of time using FTP or have a large amount of files to upload/download,

a dedicated FTP client is the way to go.

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