Control Panel Demo

Checkout the DirectAdmin Demo to familiarize yourself with the Hosting Controls available in DirectAdmin.  Note the login and password info below then click the image.

Login - demo_user | Password - demo

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Site Helper

Site helper is a great first read and offers a great deal of information about the DirectAdmin controls.  All the user control panel settings are explained in some detail.

Go to Site Helper

Feature List

E-Mail Menu
Users can create POP3 accounts, catch-all e-mail addresses, forwarders, mailing lists, autoresponders, and webmail.  Filters allow users to block mail by domain, keyword, and size.  Adult Filter is also available.

FTP Menu
Users can create FTP accounts and set directory permissions for each account.  Anonymous FTP is also supported.

DNS Menu - restricted to system admin

Statistics Menu
Users have available every possible statistic about their account.  More advanced options and Webalizer are also included.

FrontPage Extensions
Users can enable or disable Microsoft FrontPage Extensions at any time with the click of a button.

Subdomains Menu
Users can list, create, delete, and get statistics on subdomains.

File Manager
A user-friendly and fast alternative to FTP. Includes every feature needed to build and maintain a web site.

MySQL Databases
Users can easily create, modify, and delete MySQL databases from this menu.

Site Backup
Using this powerful tool, users can backup and restore only what they want to. For example, account data but not web site files.

Custom Error Pages
Users can create custom messages and outputs for 401, 403, 404, and 500 error codes.

Directory Password Protection
Users can password protect any directory with a username and password.

Advanced Tools
Users can install SSL certificates, view sever information and installed perl modules, set cron jobs, mime types, and apache handlers, enable site redirection and add domain pointers.