Wanted, Control Panel on the Cheap!

As the Web hosting control panelquestions keep rolling in, I'll keep answering them. This latestquestion came to me after writing the three part series on control panelsa few weeks ago for Lockergnome. I made a request for folks to send meany questions they might have about control panels, and they did justthat. I received an E-mail from Sheldon about this subject just theother day.

Mitch, Thanks for your site. I am finding some good info there.

I founded (as a BBS in 1991), ran and sold a small ISP. I now havea single web server that I host a school and a church website on. Now acouple more non profits want to host with me too. I am using WindowsServer 2k (because I know it best) and setting up things the hard way.

My former company uses Plesk but it is not cheap ($199 for 30 domains).In your research, have you found a functional, low cost or free controlpanel? I do not need to set up email or DNS, just site and FTPpermissions on the web server. Doing it all manually I seem to forgetsome permission setting every time I do it! Now back to reading yoursite...

Now I do have to admit, I have yet to stumble across a freeWindows-based control panel. If you happen to know of any, please letme know and I'll be sure to include it in a future article. I suggestedto Sheldon that he read through my control panel round up articles tosee if he liked any of my examples from there. There are more than afew Windows-based control panels listed. Success! He found somethingthat worked out for him.

I did find your articles just minutes after I emailed you. InsPanelhas a free version for 10 or less sites. It also limits a few otheritems. At $499 for the unlimited version, it is still a good deal. I amplaying with this software some more, but it looks like I will beuninstalling it and reinstalling it to fix a goof I did during install.But their email support already answered a question, so that wasimpressive!

I did look at a virtual server setup, but I have free bandwidth aslong as my former company stays in business. It is kind of nice to havea fiber cable to your home! So I take advantage of this and host somelow cost sites just for spending money (so I can buy more computerhardware...).

I am surprised at the limitation of free or low cost Windows panelsolutions. Microsoft makes the much of code available and if I was aprogrammer I would try and make my own. But I am a hardware guy andcould not program my way out of a paper bag.

Another tough Web hosting question, now answered. Remember, if youhave any Web hosting or Web development questions, feel free to shootthem my way! I'm always looking to help folks out when it comes tounderstanding all this Web site mumbo-jumbo. The thing to remember hereis, never give up on looking for a better solution out there. Chancesare if you think it should exist out there, then it probably does, andin more than one version.

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