Items in the Standard View
The navigation pane is located on the left. It gives you access to sets of administrative functions:
- Home. This is where you modify settings related to your account, manage Web sites and e-mail services.
- Sessions. When site and mailbox owners log in to control panel, or connect to the server via FTP protocol, they establish sessions that you can monitor and terminate.
- Help Desk. This is the help desk system integrated with your control panel. If your provider uses it, then you can use it to report your problems to provider's technical support staff.
- Help. Provides context sensitive help.
- Log Out. When finished working with control panel, click this icon to close your session.
Below the Help icon, there is a context help tip area. It provides a brief description of the current screen or available operations. When you place the mouse pointer over a system element or status icon, it displays additional information.
To navigate through Plesk, you can also use a path bar: a chain of links that appears in the right part of the screen, below the banner area. To return to a previous screen, use the
Up Level icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.
To find items in lengthy lists, use search boxes located above every list of items: type a search criterion into the input box, and click Search. A list will show the items matching the search criteria. To return back to viewing all items, click Show All.
To sort a list by a certain parameter in ascending or descending order, click on the parameter's title in the column heading. The order of sorting will be indicated by a small triangle displayed next to the parameter's title.
The main work area is located on the right. It provides shortcuts for access to the major functions available for your account. The set of controls you can use depends on your provider's policy. Below you will find the entire list of controls that could ever appear on your Home page.
The following functions are accessible from the Tools group:
Edit. Edit your personal information and change the password for control panel access. Refer to the Changing Your Contact Information and Password section for more information .
Report. View your account status report. Refer to Chapter Viewing Statistics for more information.
Preferences. Set the interface skin, language and other interface-specific options. Refer to the Customizing Your Control Panel section for more information.
Permissions. View the permissions to manage certain features within your account. Refer to chapter Viewing Resource Allotments and Hosting Features Included in Your Hosting Package for more information.
Limits. View the resource allotments defined for your account. Refer to chapter Viewing Resource Allotments and Hosting Features Included in Your Hosting Package for more information.
IP Pool. View available IP addresses in your IP pool and their properties. Refer to chapter Viewing Resource Allotments and Hosting Features Included in Your Hosting Package for more information.
Skeleton. Predefine content for new web sites with virtual host skeleton. Refer to the Predefining Content for New Web Sites section for more information.
Logo Setup. Customize the logo displayed at the top of the Plesk interface. Refer to the Customizing Your Control Panel section for more information.
Custom Buttons. Set up and manage multiple additional buttons that will be displayed in the control panel. Refer to the Customizing Your Control Panel section for more information.
Backup. Backup and restore your account and web sites. Refer to chapter Backing Up And Restoring Your Data for more information.
Add New Domain. Allows you to create and host new web sites. Refer to the Setting Up Hosting Account for a Web Site section for more information.
Domain Templates. Implement your hosting plans using domain templates. Refer to chapter Implementing Hosting Plans for more information.
Register. Register your domain name through MyPlesk.Com online store.
Manage. Manage the domain names you have registered with MyPlesk.Com.
Extras. Purchase SSL certificates and Web applications from MyPlesk.Com online store.
Traffic. View bandwidth usage statistics for hosted domains. Refer to chapter Viewing Statistics for more information.
Custom Buttons group displays the button you placed to your Home page. For more information on custom buttons, refer to the Customizing Your Control Panel section.
Info group displays a short resource usage report for your account. This includes the information on the total amount of domains, amount of active domains, and disk space and bandwidth used. For more information about resources and limits, refer to chapter Viewing Resource Allotments and Hosting Features Included in Your Hosting Package.
Domains group displays the list of all domains/web sites you are currently hosting. You can see the basic domain statistics there.
- To manage a domain/web site, click its name.
Refer to chapter Hosting Web Sites for more information.
- To see a detailed report on a domain/web site, click the icon corresponding to the domain name, located in the P column.
Refer to chapter Viewing Statistics for more information.
- To configure hosting for a site, click the icon corresponding to the domain name, located in the H column.
Refer to the Setting Up Hosting Account for a Web Site section for more information.
- To make similar changes to several domains/web sites at once, select the check boxes corresponding to the domain names and click
Group Operations. Refer to the Performing Group Operations on Domains section for more information.
To customize your control panel in the Standard view, refer to the Customizing Your Control Panel in the Standard View section.