What is A Control Panel?

A control panel allows the web site owner to administer and manage the features and tools included in the web hositng account. For example, tasks such as creating email accounts, installing scripts, using web site builders, managing domains, installing shopping cart software, managing databases and more can all be accessed and utilized through the account control panel. It is a central location to manage all aspects of the site owner's account.

In addition, most control panels will also reflect the amount of disk space, bandwidth and other resources you are using, allowing you to monitor that. The most popular control panels in the market today are cPanel and Plesk, but plenty of others exist.