Plesk 11.5 Getting Started

Parallels Plesk Panel is a software package designed to help you create and administer websites, email accounts, DNS entries, and more. Plesk 11.5 comes with our Windows Shared packages, Windows VPS plans, and Windows Dedicated servers.

Plesk offers multiple levels of access, management, and control. Broadly, server-wide management (including creating individual customer accounts on VPS and Dedicated servers) is accessed through the Server Administration Panel. Individual accounts are managed through the Plesk Control Panel associated with that account.

This article will link you to resources from both HostGator's KnowledgeBase and Parallels online documentation to show you how to accomplish the tasks you will most often perform.

HostGator Plesk Support Articles

• Plesk 11.5 - Server Administration Panel
• Plesk 11.5 - Service Plans
• Plesk 11.5 - Subscriptions
• Plesk 11.5 - Plesk Control Panel
• Plesk 11.5 - Creating Email Accounts
• Plesk 11.5 - Webmail

Parallels Support Articles

Below are links to articles from the Plesk Customer Guide and will each open in a new tab.

Quick Start with Parallels Panel

Customer Account Administration

• Changing Your Password and Contact Information
• Viewing Subscription Summary
• Viewing Statistics

Websites and Domains

• Domains and DNS
• Hosting Settings
• Website Content
• Previewing Websites
• Web Applications

Creating Websites with Web Presence Builder

FTP Access to Your Websites

• Changing FTP Access Credentials
• Adding FTP Accounts
• Setting Up Anonymous FTP Access

Mail

• Adding Mail Accounts
• Changing Mail Account Password
• Setting Up Mail Forwarding
• Creating Mail Aliases
• Setting Up Auto-Reply
• Protecting from Spam
• Protecting from Viruses
• Additional Services
• Using Mailing Lists

Scheduling Tasks

• Scheduling Tasks (Windows)

(Advanced) Using Databases

(Advanced) Backing Up and Restoring Data