When you log in to Parallels Plesk Panel, it shows your Home page with shortcuts to the operations you frequently perform.
The top banner area provides access to the following functions:
- My account. This is where you can select a language and theme for your control panel and change your contact information.
- Switch user. This is where you can switch between user accounts. This shortcut is shown only when single sign-on technology is enabled on the server.
- Log out. This is where you close your session when you have finished working with control panel.
The navigation pane on the left provides access to the following sets of functions:
- Search area. Use it when you need to find user accounts and domains hosted on your server.
- Home. This is where you start working with the control panel. Most of the operations you might need to perform are accessible from this area.
- Resellers. This is where you perform operations on reseller accounts. Resellers can use hosting services and resell the services to end users. Resellers cannot create reseller accounts for other users. You can accomplish the following tasks from this area of the control panel:
- Create, modify, remove user accounts for resellers and their customers (referred to as clients).
- Create, modify, remove reseller account templates
- View traffic usage reports
- Clients. This is where you perform operations on user accounts. Clients are end users of hosting services; they cannot resell hosting services. You can accomplish the following tasks from this area of the control panel:
- Create, modify, remove user accounts
- Create, modify, remove user account templates (referred to as client account templates)
- View traffic usage reports
- Domains. This is where you perform operations on Web sites. You can accomplish the following tasks from this area of the control panel:
- Add Web sites (set up DNS zones, configure Web hosting settings and resource usage limits), modify Web hosting settings, remove Web sites.
- Create, modify, remove Web site hosting templates (referred to as domain templates).
- Applications. This is where you select which applications will be available for installation on users' sites.
- Settings. This is where you configure and manage the server and program components used by Parallels Plesk Panel.
- Modules. This is where you manage the additional modules that extend Parallels Plesk Panel capabilities, such as Firewall, Game Server, VPN, and others.
- Master. This shortcut gives you access to centralized management of Parallels Plesk Panel-enabled servers.
- Global Account. This shortcut appears in your Parallels Plesk Panel when the single sign-on capabilities are switched on on the hosting server. Single sign-on technology allows you to log in to different Parallels products using a single global login name and password. This shortcut is used for changing the global login settings.
- Help Desk. This is the help desk system integrated with your control panel. You can use it to view and solve the problems reported to you by your customers.
- Help. Provides context sensitive help with search function.
To see information about a tool or an item on the page, hover the cursor over an item, without clicking it, and a small hover box appears with supplementary information regarding the item being hovered over.
