WHM - Knowledgebase Articles

What is WHM?

WHM stands for WEB HOST MANAGER and is master reseller control panel from where reseller hosting customers can create packages and hosting accounts for their customers and manage their features, properti

How can i access WHM ?

Web hosting resellers can access WHM from ip like http://XX.XX.XXX.XXX:2086

You can get this ip url and its user/pass from you welcome or receipt email.

After the name server propagation you can acess

Whci cPanel skin shall i use for my clients?

We prefer X skin as its most featureful and easy to use.

How do my cleints access their hosting control panel?

Each of the hosting account you create in your WHM comes with cPanel hosting control panel which can be used by you clients to manage their accounts.

To know more about cPanel please check Cpanel category of our knowledgebase.

I'm getting " Ouch! That username is taken " when I try to create an account. But I already deleted it earlier !!

Sometimes, Cpanel doesn't fully delete usernames when you terminate an account. The easiest way around this is to create another username. If this is not an option,

Should I put a www in front of the domain when I create an account?

No, you should never do this. Where it says 'domain', please enter just domain.com with no www. Entering the www will cause all kinds of problems with the account.

Can i brand cPanel of my clients under my own company name?

Yes you can easily do the same from BRANDING option in your WHM (reseller control panel)

I just created an hosting account through WHM and it doesn works?

The hostingaccount that you add in WHM are still subject to at least 48 hours propagation time. That means, after you point the domain to the correct nameserve

How can i create packages and hosting accounts from my reseller control panel?

Please check this detailed video tutorial for the same at

http://www.thewebbrains.com/tutorials/whmtutorials/whm-add-package-create-hosting-a