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Intro to Web Hosting series (28 demos)

What is web hosting?

What are web servers? Why are they necessary?

What's the difference between shared, dedicated, and other types of hosting?

What is a control panel?

What do you mean when you say gigabyte, megabyte, GB and MB?

How much disk space and bandwidth do I need for my website?

Why shouldn't I go for that unlimited plan? Beware overselling.

What happens if I exceed my space or bandwidth quotas?

Am I allowed to resell my hosting space?

Can I host more than one site per account?

In general, what can get my account suspended?

What is an Uptime Guarantee?

What are domain names? How do they work?

How do I decide what to choose for a domain name?

Where can I buy a domain name for my site?

Can people find out where I live based on my domain registration information?

Should I pay for private domain registration?

What are parked and addon domains? What about subdomains?

What is an IP address? Do I need a Dedicated IP?

What is an SSL/TLS certificate?

What are PHP, Perl, Python, and Ruby on Rails?

What is a MySQL database?

What is FTP? Why do I need it?

How many email accounts do I need?

What are email forwarders?

What is an email auto-responder?

What is Spam?

Should I be taking backups of my account? If so, how often?


cPanel11 x3 end-user series (31 demos)

How to create an add-on domain

How to create an auto-responder

How to backup your website

How to create a default (catch-all) email account

How to keep your contact information up to date

How to create a MySQL database

How to setup a Cron Job

Using the Disk Usage Viewer

How to create custom error pages

An introduction to using Fantastico

Using File Manager

How to setup email forwarding

How to install and uninstall FrontPage extensions

How to create additional FTP accounts

Using Hotlink protection

Using Index Manager

How to use the IP Deny Manager

How to login to cPanel

Becoming familiar and navigating around in cPanel

How to park a domain

Managing MySQL databases with PHPMyAdmin

How to create a POP email account

How to password protect a directory

How to change your cPanel password

How to manage the Raw Access Logs

How to manage URL redirects

How to change your cPanel Style

How to create a subdomain

How to trace an email address

How to use Web Disk in cPanel

How to use webmail from within cPanel


cPanel11 rvBlue end-user series (29 demos)

How to create an add-on domain in cPanel

How to create an auto-responder in cPanel

How to use the backup feature in cPanel

How to create a default (catch-all) email account in cPanel

How to keep your contact information up to date in cPanel

How to create custom error pages in cPanel

Becoming familiar and navigating around in cPanel

An introduction to using Fantastico

How to setup email forwarding (redirects) in cPanel

Installing and uninstalling FrontPage extensions in cPanel

How to create additional FTP accounts in cPanel

How to setup hotlink protection in cPanel

How to use the Index Manager in cPanel

How to use the IP Deny Manager in cPanel

How to login to cPanel

How to create a MySQL database in cPanel

How to park a domain in cPanel

How to change your password in cPanel

Managing MySQL databases with phpMyAdmin in cPanel

How to create a POP email account in cPanel

How to password protect a directory in cPanel

How to manage the Raw Access Logs in cPanel

How to manage URL Redirects from cPanel

How to change your cPanel style

How to create a subdomain in cPanel

How to trace an email address in cPanel

Using the Disk Usage Viewer in cPanel

How to use Web Disk in cPanel

How to use Webmail from within cPanel


WHM 11 reseller series (30 demos)

How to setup your Remote Access Key

How to create hosting packages

How to limit bandwidth usage in WHM

Using cPanel Branding

How to create a new hosting account

Disable or enable Demo mode

Managing DNS zones

How to edit or delete hosting packages

Using the Feature Manager in WHM

Managing Frontpage extensions

How to login to WebHost Manager (WHM)

Using Mail Troubleshooter

How to modify an account

Using multi-account functions

Managing MX entries

Becoming familiar with and navigating around in WHM

Using cPanel/WHM News

How to park a domain

How to change an account password

How to modify an account's quota

Learning about the skeleton directory

Generating and Installing SSL certificates

Checking your Server Status and information

Suspending or unsuspending an account

How to modify the suspended accounts page

Terminate an account in WHM

How to change your WHM theme

How to upgrade/downgrade an account

What is the difference between WHM and cPanel?

How to change your WHM password


Configuring Email (SMTP auth) series (12 demos)

How to configure an email account in Eudora

How to configure an email account in FoxMail

How to configure an email account in IncrediMail

How to configure an email account in Netscape

How to configure an email account in Opera

How to configure an email account in Outlook 2000

How to configure an email account in Outlook 2003

How to configure an email account in Outlook 2007

How to configure an email account in Outlook Express

How to configure an email account in Pegasus

How to configure an email account in Thunderbird

How to configure an email account in Windows (Vista) Mail


RoundCube series (10 demos)

How to manage your address book in RoundCube

How to save a draft message in RoundCube

How to create folders in RoundCube

Using multiple identities in RoundCube

How to mark messages in RoundCube

How to open an email message in RoundCube

How to edit your preferences in RoundCube

How to reply to or forward messages in RoundCube

How to search for messages in RoundCube

How to write an email message in RoundCube


Horde series (11 demos)

How to create calendar entries in Horde

How to manage your contacts in Horde

How to export contacts from Horde

How to setup email filters in Horde

How to create folders in Horde

How to import contacts into Horde

How to open an email message in Horde

How to configure global options in Horde

How to edit your personal information in Horde

How to create tasks in Horde

How to write an email message in Horde


SquirrelMail series (10 demos)

How to manage contacts in SquirrelMail

How to modify display preferences in SquirrelMail

How to modify folder preferences in SquirrelMail

How to create folders in SquirrelMail

How to highlight messages in SquirrelMail

How to modify the index order in SquirrelMail

How to open an email message in SquirrelMail

How to edit your personal information in SquirrelMail

How to search for messages in SquirrelMail

How to write an email message in SquirrelMail


Updating DNS series (17 demos)

Updating DNS at 000domains.com

Updating DNS at 123-reg.co.uk

Updating DNS at DomainSite.com

Updating DNS at dotster.com

Updating DNS at DynaDot.com

Updating DNS at enom.com

Updating DNS at GoDaddy.com

Updating DNS at ItsYourDomain.com

Updating DNS at NameBargain.com

Updating DNS at NameCheap.com

Updating DNS at NetworkSolutions.com

Updating DNS at OpenSRS

Updating DNS at 1and1.com

Updating DNS at Register.com

Updating DNS at StarGate.com

Updating DNS at MelbourneIT.com.au

Updating DNS at Netfirms.ca


Complete FTP series (24 demos)

Configuring your website in CuteFTP

Managing files/folders in CuteFTP

Uploading files using CuteFTP

Configuring your website in FileZilla

Managing files/folders in FileZilla

Uploading files using FileZilla

Configuring your website in FlashFXP

Setting your preferences in FlashFXP

Uploading files using FlashFXP

Configuring your website in LeapFTP

Managing files/folders in LeapFTP

Uploading files using LeapFTP

Configuring your website in SmartFTP

Managing files/folders in SmartFTP

Uploading files using SmartFTP

Configuring your website in FTP Voyager

Managing files/folders in FTP Voyager

Uploading files using FTP Voyager

Configuring your website in WinSCP

Managing files/folders in WinSCP

Uploading files using WinSCP

Configuring your website in WS_FTP

Managing files/folders in WS_FTP

Uploading files using WS_FTP


WHMCS4 End-user series (10 demos)

How to login to WHMCS

How to update your personal details in WHMCS

How to update your billing information in WHMCS

Reviewing your hosting packages in WHMCS

How to register a domain name in WHMCS

How to order additional items in WHMCS

How to pay invoices in WHMCS

Creating and managing support tickets in WHMCS

Reviewing emails sent to you in WHMCS

How to change your password in WHMCS


RVSiteBuilder PRO 3.x series (16 demos)

Getting started with RVSiteBuilder

Editing your website information in RVSiteBuilder

Changing your website template in RVSiteBuilder

Changing your website style in RVSiteBuilder

Changing your page structure in RVSiteBuilder

Using layout templates in RVSiteBuilder

Creating tables in RVSiteBuilder

Editing and Formatting text in RVSiteBuilder

Creating hyperlinks in RVSiteBuilder

How to upload and use images in RVSiteBuilder

Creating Form pages in RVSiteBuilder

Creating Forms within a page in RVSiteBuilder

Creating a Photo Album in RVSiteBuilder

Creating a Guestbook in RVSiteBuilder

Adding your logo to your website in RVSiteBuilder

Configuring Site Extras in RVSiteBuilder