cPanel and Fantastico Web Hosting

There are so many things to consider when choosing your web host, and a control panel is one of the most important. Because there are many control panel options available, Lunarpages is proud to offer one of the industry-leading control panels for your web hosting account: cPanel Control Panel is available for $2 (£1.50 UK) per month on any Basic or Business Hosting Plan.

What is cPanel?

cPanel is one of the most recognizable control panels, used to assist you in managing your website. It simplifies website management tasks, such as creating email addresses, adding domain names, checking webmail, installing e-commerce shopping carts, monitoring website statistics and website usage, customizing your site, and a lot more. Literally everything you could think to do on your site, you can do with cPanel control panel.

One of the features cPanel includes is Fantastico, a scripts library that offers one-click installations of the most popular website tools, including blogs, content management systems (CMS), photo galleries, FAQs, and more.

Why Fantastico Hosting?

Fantastico offers you the most powerful but easiest-to-use services in the world! Through Fantastico, you can install various website tools with just one click: Fantastcio does all the work, leaving you with more time to customize and build your website. From blogging tools like Wordpress to CMS like Joomla and Mambo, as well as forum, helpdesk, and e-commerce hosting features, Lunarpages and Fantastico have you covered. The best part is that Fantastico is free with your cPanel purchase, so there are no extra costs associated with the free 37 scripts to help make your website do everything you require!

Fantastico web hosting includes the following scripts:

• Blog Hosting: Free installations of WordPress, b2evolution, and Nucleus.
• Content Management: CMS web hosting, with free installations of Joomla, Joomla 1.5, Mambo, phpWCMS, phpWebSite, Siteframe, and Zikula. Many of these CMS include free templates, WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) website editors, site statistics, photo albums, and more!
• Customer Relationship: Connect with your customers in real time, through Crafty Syntax Live Help, Help Center Life, osTicket, PHP Support Tickets, Support Logic Helpdesk, and Support Services Manager.
• Discussion Boards: Free installation of the most powerful discussion board on the planet: SMF.
• E-Commerce: Install a free shopping cart through CubeCart, OS Commerce, and Zen Cart!
• FAQ: Manage your Frequently Asked Questions with FAQMasterFlex.
• Image Galleries: With 4Images Gallery, you can use unlimited categories/subcategories, web-based and FTP image uploading, auto-thumbnails, comments, send a picture, rate a picture, random pictures, and an extensive administration panel.
• Mailing Lists: PHPList offers powerful tools, featuring multiple mailing lists and attachments.
• Polls and Surveys: Using LimeSurvey or phpESP, develop, publish, and collect responses to surveys, enabling your business to view results in real time.
• Project Management: Use dotProject or PHPProjekt to manage projects with features including tasks, forums, files, calendar, contacts, tickets/helpdesk, language support, chat, time card, notes, and more.
• Site Builders: Templates Express helps you install and edit static templates for your website.
• Wiki: PHPWiki allows you to edit pages through an HTML form easily and simply.
• Other Scripts: Also included with your free Fantastico hosting are Dew-NewPHPLinks for your link directory, Open-Realty to help you operate real estate hosting, PHPauction to run an auction website, and phpFormGenerator to help you customize over 100 form fields including file uploads and more.