The Plesk platform gives our web hosting customers an easy way to perform a wide variety of tasks from the web interface. It includes all the necessary tools to create and manage their website, mailboxes, databases, and so on.
After logging into the control panel you will see the Plesk interface:
- Shows the logged in user and the current selected subscription. A user can change the properties of their user account and choose what subscription they want to manage.
- Help drop-down box: Access a context-sensitive online guide and watch video tutorials if available.
- Search field.
- The navigation pane. Tools are grouped by function, for example, the tools enabling users to manage web hosting settings are found on the Websites & Domains page, and those enabling to manage mail accounts are found on the Mail page.
Here is a brief description of the pages and the functionality they enable:
- Websites & Domains. Tools present here enable customers to add and remove domains, subdomains, and domain aliases. They also enable them to manage various web hosting settings, create and manage databases and database users, change their DNS settings, and secure their websites with SSL/TLS certificates.
- Mail. Tools present here enable customers to add and remove mail accounts, as well as manage mail server settings.
- Applications. Tools present here enable customers to easily install and manage a wide range of web applications.
- Files. This page features a web-based file manager that enables customers to upload content to their website, as well as manage files already present on the file system within their subscription.
- Databases. This page allows customers to create new ar manage existing databases.
- Statistics. This page features information about disk and traffic usage, as well as the link to web statistics that present a detailed overview of the site’s visitors.
- Users. Tools present here enable customers to add and remove user accounts that enable other people to log in to Plesk.
- Account. This page features information about resource usage for the subscription, allowed hosting options and granted permissions. Tools present here enable customers to retrieve and update their contact details and other personal information, and also back up their subscription settings and websites.
- This section houses all the controls relevant to the page that is currently open. On the screenshot, the Websites & Domains page is open, and so the various tools that allow managing aspects of the subscription related to web hosting are displayed.
- This section contains a mix of various miscellaneous controls and information displays featured for users' convenience.
