Plesk is a powerful, yet user-friendly hosting account dashboard. Plesk has a simple-to-use interface that makes editing your hosting details extremely easy.
With Plesk, which is included with all HelioHost hosting accounts, you can:
- Install Blog, Forum, CMS, or other software with the Softaculous auto-installer service
- Install software using Plesk Applications Installer (
Plesk > Applications) - Update your HelioHost account information (email address / password)
- Create and manage FTP accounts for access using external FTP clients (
Plesk > Websites & Domains > [domain] > Dashboard tab > Connection Info for FTP, Database) - Use the built-in Plesk File Manager (
Plesk > Files) - View error logs for your site
- Password protect directories on your site
- Create MySQL/PostgreSQL databases/users (see MySQL Databases)
- Edit SQL tables using phpMyAdmin (
Plesk > Databases) - Create and manage unlimited email accounts for your domain(s)
- Check webmail using the preinstalled RoundCube web interface, or install SquirrelMail or AfterLogic
- Set-up e-mail clients (such as Outlook, Gmail, Thunderbird, or iOS Mail on iPhone/iPad) for use with your e-mail addresses (through POP3/SMTP)
To access Plesk, log in to the HelioHost website at heliohost.org or heliohost.org/login and click on the Plesk button.
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