The Host Gate Site Control Panel

Whilst creating and sending an email message is easy, administering your electronic mail accounts could be tough. The Mail Account Manager located in the Host Gate Site Control Panel is here to assist you with that. It offers a sleek user interface from where you can easily forward e–mails, create e–mail filters, order email spam protection, etc.

In case you have a mail client, we offer you some useful auto–configuration scripts – simply download a file and it’ll set up your e–mailbox account automatically. You can also take advantage of our webmail client – it’s full–featured and you can access it from any place in the world.

The Domain Name Manager is the only place you have to go to in order to administer your domains. With only a few clicks, you can forward or park domain names, edit WHOIS records or alter DNS settings.

The best of all is that, when you are done, you can instantly begin working on your web site – you can upload new files, set up databases or install software applications. All thanks to the fact that all the tools are located in a single Site Control Panel.

With the File Manager included in the Host Gate Site Control Panel, you’ll have one of the most efficient web file managers at your disposal. With it, you can upload files simply by dragging them to your browser window. You can move files and directories in your account by dragging and dropping them. You can unzip uploaded zipped archives.

You can also right–click on a particular file or directory to access these functions.

Databases are an indispensable component of any application – it is where all the info is located. With our Database Manager, you’ll have a handy tool at your disposal, which will allow you to administer both your MySQL and PgSQL databases with merely several clicks.

We’ve streamlined the database creation process, so you can now create a brand new database in seconds. We also offer a one–click database backup possibility. And if you install a new web application, we can automatically create the database for you.

Manual software application installation can be tricky. Because of this, we have come up with an automated Web App Installer, which will do the job for you. It works with more than 40 famous web applications and we’ve rendered the installation process as easy as possible. All you really need to do is type in the administrator user name and pass. Our intelligent tool will deal with the rest for you.

It also keeps a record of the installed software applications and the used user names and passwords. That way, even if you fail to remember your password, you can always see what it is in our Site Control Panel.

When you run a web site, it is crucial to have it protected against all possible attacks. The Host Gate Site Control Panel offers you automatic protection against known hacker attacks, XSS attacks and URL request forgeries – the ModSecurity Apache module. ModSecurity is activated automatically for all the websites in your account.

The ModSecurity firewall stops requests to your websites on the basis of predetermined rules. We’ve gathered a big list of confirmed harmful requests, so you do not have to do the work on your own. ModSecurity requires no further setup from you.

With our VPN access solution, you will be able to safely browse different websites without leaving any digital footprint that can be traced back to you. We will supply you with all the info that you will need to create a connection to one of our VPN servers dispersed around the globe.

You can obtain VPN access on any web–connected device, be that your home PC, cell phone, notebook, etc. There is no limit as to the number of connected devices and no need to authenticate each new device.

Our Site Control Panel features an array of in–house–built Internet marketing tools, which will help you heighten the reputation of your sites. You’ll have a Sitemap Generator for spiders and visitors to easily scan your sites, an RSS News module to publish fresh content on your main page and a GeoIP redirection tool to match website visitors’ whereabouts with their language of preference.

All these marketing tools have been created by us. They offer all the functionalities you’d anticipate and simultaneously are very easy to use. Try them and see for yourself.