If Fantastico is installed on your Linux dedicated server but you are not getting the Icon of Fantastico under cPanel. In such case verify the following settings:

-please make sure that the Fantastico is enabled in your WHM’s Feature Sets as well as enabled in the WHM Fantastico admin

- Please make sure that their is a symlink to the Fantastico directory in every theme you use x or x3

ln -s /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/fantastico /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x3

- Please verify the version of wget on your server and update it accordingly  wget-1.10.2-3.2.1 

For 32-bit:

rpm -qa wget ;
wget ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/wget-1.10.2-3.2.1.i386.rpm
chattr -ia /usr/bin/wget
rpm -e wget ;
rpm -ivh --force wget-1.10.2-3.2.1.i386.rpm ;
rpm -qa wget ;

For 64-bit:

rpm -qa wget ;
wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/Fedora/wget-1.10.2-15.fc7.x86_64.rpm ;
chattr -ia /usr/bin/wget
rpm -e wget ;
rpm -ivh --force wget-1.10.2-15.fc7.x86_64.rpm ;
rpm -qa wget ;

once wget version get updated, Please install fantastico once again .

PHP and Apache are not being able to track which users are sending out mail through the PHP mail function from the nobody user causing leaks in formmail scripts and malicious users to spam from your server without you knowing who or where.

Monitiring exim_mainlog doesn’t exactly help, you see th email going out but you can’t track from which user or script is sending it. This is a quick and dirty way to get around the nobody spam problem on your Linux server

If you check out your PHP.ini file you’ll notice that your mail program is set to: /usr/sbin/sendmail and 99.99% of PHP scripts will just use the built in mail(); function for PHP - so everything will go through /usr/sbin/sendmail
Requirements:

We assume you’re using Apache 1.3x, PHP 4.3x and Exim. This may work on other systems but we’re only tested it on a Cpanel/WHM Red Hat Enterprise system.

Step 1:

Login to your server with root.

Step 2:
Turn off exim before proceeding
service exim stop

Step 3:
Take the Backup of your original /usr/sbin/sendmail file

mv /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail_bak

Step 4:

You need to Create the spam monitoring script for the new sendmail.
pico /usr/sbin/sendmail

Paste in the following:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

# use strict;
use Env;
my $date = `date`;
chomp $date;
open (INFO, “>>/var/log/spam_log”) || die “Failed to open file ::$!”;
my $uid = $>;
my @info = getpwuid($uid);
if($REMOTE_ADDR) {
print INFO “$date - $REMOTE_ADDR ran $SCRIPT_NAME at $SERVER_NAME n”;
}
else {

print INFO “$date - $PWD - @infon”;

}
my $mailprog = ‘/usr/sbin/sendmail.hidden’;
foreach (@ARGV) {
$arg=”$arg” . ” $_”;
}

open (MAIL,”|$mailprog $arg”) || die “cannot open $mailprog: $!n”;
while (<STDIN> ) {
print MAIL;
}
close (INFO);
close (MAIL);

save and close

Step 5:
Now change the new sendmail permissions
chmod a+x /usr/sbin/sendmail

Step 6:

Create a new log file to keep a history of all mail going out of the server using web scripts
touch /var/log/spam_log

chmod 0777 /var/log/spam_log

Step 7:
Start Exim up again.
/etc/init.d/exim start

Step 8:
You can Monitor your spam_log file for spam, try using any formmail or script that uses a mail function - a message board, a contact script.
tail - f /var/log/spam_log

Reference taken from : webhostgear.com

cPanel Web Hosting FAQ’s

1. How to activate or install Zend Optimizer?

Ans: To activate or install Zend Optimizer run /scripts/installzendopt from the command line as root.

2. How to import data into MySQL?

Ans: From command line you can import data into MySQL.

You will need to import data from the command line into MySQL. The way you will do this depends on the type and format of the sata you wish to import.

You can view the MySQL manuals below:

Version 4.1

dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/index.html

Version 5.0

dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html

Version 5.1

dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/index.html

3. I’ve already installed Tomcat but how do I install Servlets on an account?

Ans: To install Servlets go through the following steps:

In WHM go to WHM -> Account Functions -> Install Servlets.

Select an account/domain you wish to have Servlets installed upon and apply the settings.

4. How to turn off anonymous FTP?

Ans: Turn off anonymous FTP : Under the FTP menu in X3, go to ‘Anonymous FTP and make sure the boxes next to the following options are turned off:

Allow anonymous access to ftp://ftp.domain.com

Allow anonymous uploads to ftp://ftp.domain.com/incoming

5. I am resident in the UK but forms etc on my websites are showing USA time and not GMT.

Ans: It means that your site is hosted on a US server and not UK server. The forms on your page are using the time on the server (US Server) that your site is on. Edit the code in the form to show the time zone you wish to use.

View WebHosting UK cPanel Hosting packages and cPanel Tutorials

OpenVZ uses Operating System Virtualization technology through which you can partition a single physical server into multiple small computational partitions and thus a physical server can have multiple secure isolated operating systems. Each such partition looks and feels like a real server. OpenVZ is based on Linux OS.
OpenVZ requires both the host and guest to be on Linux. OpenVZ allows to have multiple Virtual Environment (up to as many as several hundreds) on a single Hardware Node such physical server are know as Virtual Private Servers(VPS) or Virtual Environments(VE).
Each VE performs and executes exactly like a stand-alone server; VEs can be rebooted independently and have root access, users, IP addresses, memory, processes, files, applications, system libraries and configuration files.

Following are some important commands which are normally used while working on a Hardware Node.
# vzlist -a : Shows list of all the VPS’s hosted on the Node.
# vzctl start VPS_ID: To start the VPS.
# vzctl stop VPS_ID : To stop (Shut Down) the VPS
# vzctl status VPS_ID : To view the status of the […]
# vzctl stop VPS_ID –fast : to stop the VPS quickly and forcefully
# vzctl enter VPS_ID : To enter in a particular VPS

The OpenVZ project is an open source community project supported by SWsoft

Marketing techniques

The success and stability of the business depends upon its marketing strategies though the investment in terms of money that one needs to make in a reseller Web hosting business is quite negligible.

Targeting the right audience is very important. Many people who use Internet quite frequently would sure know about reseller hosting as much as you do. They would, obviously, prefer to purchase hosting packages from a full fledged Web Hosting Company. Thus, a reseller’s potential customers are those who are less net savvy. His clients would be mostly such people who wish to host a personal static Web site.

Hosting a professional web site to display his packages and offers online would help the reseller in taking his business to great heights.

Last but not the least. The reseller should not ignore his offline or niche market. He should employ all the conventional and effective ways of marketing in the local market. This would include publicity through media, banners, telephone directories,business cards, etc. Business cards might sound old fashioned but it is the cheapest mode of publicity for any new business in the local market. The marketing expenditure should grow proportionately with the growth of the business.

The marketing strategies should be revised from time to time and implemented in the most fruitful manner. This would result in a better conversion vis-a-vis the expenses incurred.

A reseller buys a hosting package from a hosting company and then tries to sell it independently. As a reseller you create your own hosting plans you are free to resell each plan under your own brand name and charge your customers whatever you want.

You will have full control over all of your customers’ hosting packages via a central reseller control panel. You can add, remove and modify any of your customer’s domains within your reseller hosting plan directly from this central control panel, called web host manager.

As a reseller you can decide what kinds of services you will sell. You can provide shared hosting, dedicated hosting or co-location web hosting. Start small if you are very new to the concept of host reselling, and then you can expand as you get more and more customers. In that case offering domain registration is an excellent way to make money.

Running your own web hosting reseller company has never been easier. There are tens of thousands of people earning extra money or full time salaries as hosting resellers. To become a reseller, you don’t need to have a lot of technical knowledge, but some sales and internet marketing knowledge is required. Also, you do not require a lot of upfront investment. All you need is a decent computer for your customer accounts management, and a good Internet connection.

Wish to resell Web hosting?

Almost every Web hosting company provides the option to purchase reseller accounts. The reseller hosting packages and the probable incomes seem quite lucrative. Reseller hosting is indeed a good business to do especially if your aim is to earn a stable and recurring income. However, as for any other venture, you should do enough scrutiny about the reseller hosting packages offered by the Web hosting company.

Find out the facilities and features offered with the reseller hosting package. Good hosting companies generally offer both windows reseller plans and unix reseller plans. You should also see what is the amount of space and bandwidth provided. The number of domains and subdomains that are allowed; the databases that are provided and the scripting/programming languages supported should also be adequate to suit various needs of your future customers.

There should also be a scope for up gradation. Extra features should be available (for a small fee) without requiring you to purchase a whole new package for a couple of extra features or facilities which are compatible with the basic package. For example, extra bandwidth may be needed in a particular month which should be available as an add on service.

The utmost essential thing is to see that the Web hosting company with which you intend to have a reseller account, provides 24/7 live technical support. Only then you will be able to support your probable customers and in turn to retain them. A good ‘round the clock’ support will be one of your effective selling features.

Once you have satisfied yourself that the Web hosting company is a reputed and reliable company, plan your marketing strategies and just go ahead with this highly rewarding reseller hosting business.

A reseller buys a hosting package from a hosting company and then sells it in small parts to clients independently. As a reseller you create your own hosting plans you are free to resell each plan under your own brand name and set a price for those plans yourself. You have full control over all of your clients hosting packages via a central reseller control panel. You can add, remove and modify any of your clients’ domains within your reseller hosting plan directly from this central control panel, called web host manager WHM .

Start small if you are very new to the concept of web hosting reselling business, and then you can expand as you get more and more customers. To become a reseller, you dont need to have a lot of technical knowledge, but some sales and internet marketing knowledge is required. Also, you do not require a lot of upfront investment. All you need is a decent computer for your customer accounts management, and a good Internet connection with cheap and reliable hosting plans which will suit needs of your customers, you will have to provide excellent after sales support and need to have aggressive marketing strategy. In webhosting industry you need to keep updated yourself with latest technologies.

If you are planning to get into hosting business you can start with reseller hosting plans. You can create small hosting accounts and can sell then at lower cost and can start independent hosting business. A reseller buys hosting package from a web hosting company and then tries to sell it independently. As a reseller you are free to resell each plan under your own brand name and charge your customers with the rate as you feel good. As a reseller you can decide what kinds of services you will sell. You can resell shared hosting, dedicated hosting, or VPS Hosting plans. Start small if you are very new to the concept of reselling. To become a reseller, you don’t need to have a lot of technical knowledge, but some sales and internet knowledge is required. All you need is decent computer for your customer accounts management, and a good internet connection. Its always better to start with reseller hosting if you want to get into hosting business and once are confident with hosting platform you can proceed with VPS or dedicated servers . Always try to get webhost who is available round the clock for your support.

Some important tips in choosing a good reliable webhost :

1. Adequate and affordable hosting plans : Do they have what you need? You don’t want to sign up for a plan and then go and build your site in a fashion that isn’t supported by the host.

2. Check Server Status : Check whether you can ping their servers, and what speeds you are getting.

3. Web Hosting Forums : ask around about hosts you have interest in. If the host site itself has user forums, browse around there.

4. Technical support : Do they have toll free number? if they have phone support, is it outsourced or on the same premises as your server? Do they have a client list? Companies that have been open longer obviously have the experience and reputation and resources needed to survive in the industry.Send them an email, see how long it takes for them to respond to get an impression on wait times between getting responses.